Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Odds-on favorite Shared Belief was made to work, but the Eclipse Award winner came through to win Friday’s $300,000 Malibu Stakes, highlighting Santa Anita’s opening day.<\/p>\n
Co-owned and trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, Shared Belief went off as the 1-2 favorite among the nine-horse field of 3-year-olds going seven furlongs.<\/p>\n
With Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith in the saddle, Shared Belief stalked the pace being set by a pair of Bob Baffert horses, 2-1 second pick Chitu and 9-1 Indianapolis. The favorite was forced four wide around the final turn. At the top of the stretch Shared Belief was on even terms with the two pacesetters along with 70-1 longshot Conquest Two Step.<\/p>\n
Shared Belief, also owned by Jim Rome’s Jungle Racing and KMN Racing, drove through the stretch to post a neck victory over Conquest Two Step followed by Chitu and Indianapolis.<\/p>\n
Completing the order of finish were Frensham, Hollendorfer-trained Tamarando, Rprettyboyfloyd, Diamond Bachelor and Midnight Hawk, also trained by Baffert. Baffert’s fourth 3-year-old in the entries Pimpernel was an early scratch.<\/p>\n
The time for the Malibu was 1:20.69 on a fast track.<\/p>\n
Shared Belief, the 2013 champion 2-year-old, recorded his eighth win from nine career starts and picked up $180,000. The 3-year-old gelding has banked $2,032,200.<\/p>\n
Shared Belief was making his first start since finishing fourth Nov. 1 in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita. The gelding was the 5-2 favorite for the 1 1\/4-mile race, finishing behind Bayern, Toast of New York and California Chrome.<\/p>\n
He posted wins this year in the Los Alamitos Derby, Pacific Classic and Awesome Again Stakes after missing the Triple Crown races with a hoof injury. The champion began his season with an allowance victory at Golden Gate Fields on May 26.<\/p>\n
Shared Belief returned $3.00, $2.40 and $2.10. Conquest Two Step paid $21.80 and $6.80, and Chitu paid $2.80 to show.<\/p>\n
Hollendorfer also saddled Sam’s Sister to win the day’s $300,000 La Brea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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