ARCADIA, Calif. – Shared Belief, the champion 2-year-old male of 2013, continues to recover from a grabbed quarter suffered in early January, but is not being pointed to a specific race, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said Friday.
Hollendorfer said he does not have a timetable for Shared Belief’s next workout. Shared Belief has been walking at the barn.
“We’re taking our time until that is as solid and healed as it can be,” Hollendorfer said of Shared Belief’s troubled foot.
NEW ORLEANS – With three victories last weekend, trainer Keith Desormeaux continued to make his presence known at this Fair Grounds meet.
On Jan. 25, Desormeaux saddled two winners, including the 3-year-old Flatter colt Flat Gone. His 2 1/2-length win against maidens at a mile and 70 yards has Desormeaux aiming him at the Risen Star on Feb. 22.
Last Sunday, Desormeaux scored with a $55.80 winner when the 3-year-old filly T Lo ran away with a mile and 70-yard race for $12,500 maiden claimers by 6 1/4 lengths.
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Spot PlayNot sure if she is good enough for this allowance, but ASCRIPTION (#5, 10-1) was a mile best last time vs. claimers. |
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Spot PlayMENTAL ICEBERG (#4, 7/5) is dropping out of graded stakes tries, but he wasn’t particularly competitive at that level, and if he is indeed favored over the #1 Deceived, it wouldn’t be that hard of a call for me to head in that di |
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Spot PlayPURE LUXURY (#1, 8-1) cuts back to a sprint and goes for a tag for the first time; expecting him to be involved early from the rail given a clean break, something he didn't get last time.-Kenny Peck |
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| Not a great sign that she posted a career-low Beyer speed figure 1st time ever on dirt; brief speed in latest so cutting back a quarter mile can only help the cause; the runner-up finisher from last graduated next out in an SA-20K-maiden claimer with a 67 Beyer; Frannie'sspirittoo beat her 2-back on synthetic vs. |
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| Missed the break but garnered some black type in the Damon Runyon, in which he was well beaten in his initial venture around two turns; half-brother to the popular millionaire Naughty New Yorker earned a 75 Beyer while graduating convincingly in the mud here on the main track, which is the type of effort that would put him in the ballpark here; Maragh finished third on his lone mount at the meet for Gyar |
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Spot PlayLOVE THE BREEDING (#5, 7-2) is back from a layoff and is making her first start off the claim, and if you combine those two angles the barn has won at 33% ($2.10) going back five years. -Kenny Peck |
