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Klimt staying home for Shared Belief Stakes

Steve Andersen|Aug 02, 2017

Klimt trains at Santa Anita on Oct. 25, 2016

Barbara D. Livingston Klimt is shipping to Saratoga to run in the Grade 1 Allen Jerkens Memorial on Aug. 26.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Klimt, second in the Grade 3 Los Alamitos Derby on July 15, will remain in Southern California rather than heading to Saratoga for his next start.

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Trainer Art Sherman said on Wednesday that Klimt will be pointed for the $100,000 Shared Belief Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on Aug. 26 at Del Mar. Sherman last week had considered sending Klimt to Saratoga for the Grade 1 Allen Jerkens Memorial at seven furlongs on the same day.

“I think this will be better for him,” Sherman said.

Owned by Kaleem Shah, Klimt has won 3 of 7 starts and earned $456,960. Last year, Klimt won the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity when trained by Bob Baffert. Klimt joined Sherman’s stable in January after Shah and Baffert split.

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