No Cause to Believe in Belmont Stakes
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said Thursday that Cause to Believe would not run in the Belmont Stakes on June 10 at Belmont Park. Hollendorfer had considered running his gray colt in the third leg of the Triple Crown after a fine 1-mile workout in 1:39.80 Monday at Bay Meadows.
"The owners (Peter Redekop and Peter Abruzzo) and I talked over all the options and decided the best thing to do is keep him on the West Coast instead of shipping him all the way back again," Hollendorfer said.
The Belmont Stakes would have been the third long trip for Cause to Believe in two months. He finished third in the Illinois Derby on April 8 at Hawthorne Park and 13th in the Kentucky Derby on May 6 at Churchill Downs and returned to the Bay Area after each race.
"We're looking at the Affirmed Handicap (on June 17) and the Swaps Stakes (on July 8) at Hollywood Park and beyond that at some races at Del Mar," Hollendorfer said.
Cause to Believe, who has six wins, three seconds and a third in 11 starts, was Hollendorfer's second Kentucky Derby starter. The other, Eye of the Tiger, finished fifth in the 2003 Derby and then won the Affirmed Handicap and dead-heated for third in the Swaps Stakes.
Eleven 3-year-olds headed by Bluegrass Cat, Steppenwolfer, Jazil and Sunriver remain under consideration for the Belmont. Bluegrass Cat ran second, Steppenwolfer third and Jazil a dead-heat for fourth in the Kentucky Derby, and Sunriver won the Peter Pan Stakes on May 20 at Belmont Park.
Briefly: Trickey Trevor drew the inside post position and Carthage the outside when entries were taken for Sunday's Grade 3, $125,000 Bay Meadows Breeders' Cup Sprint. In between are No. 2 Areyoutalkintome, No. 3 Peak a Bootrando and No. 4 Bonfante. ... Lost in the Fog drew the No. 5 post against six opponents in the Grade 3, $150,000 Aristides Breeders' Cup Handicap on Saturday at Churchill Downs. ... Victorina, Lost in the Fog's stablemate, drew No. 6 against eight other 3-year-old fillies in the Grade 3, $150,000 Dogwood Breeders' Cup Stakes also Saturday at Churchill Downs.
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"The owners (Peter Redekop and Peter Abruzzo) and I talked over all the options and decided the best thing to do is keep him on the West Coast instead of shipping him all the way back again," Hollendorfer said.
The Belmont Stakes would have been the third long trip for Cause to Believe in two months. He finished third in the Illinois Derby on April 8 at Hawthorne Park and 13th in the Kentucky Derby on May 6 at Churchill Downs and returned to the Bay Area after each race.
"We're looking at the Affirmed Handicap (on June 17) and the Swaps Stakes (on July 8) at Hollywood Park and beyond that at some races at Del Mar," Hollendorfer said.
Cause to Believe, who has six wins, three seconds and a third in 11 starts, was Hollendorfer's second Kentucky Derby starter. The other, Eye of the Tiger, finished fifth in the 2003 Derby and then won the Affirmed Handicap and dead-heated for third in the Swaps Stakes.
Eleven 3-year-olds headed by Bluegrass Cat, Steppenwolfer, Jazil and Sunriver remain under consideration for the Belmont. Bluegrass Cat ran second, Steppenwolfer third and Jazil a dead-heat for fourth in the Kentucky Derby, and Sunriver won the Peter Pan Stakes on May 20 at Belmont Park.
Briefly: Trickey Trevor drew the inside post position and Carthage the outside when entries were taken for Sunday's Grade 3, $125,000 Bay Meadows Breeders' Cup Sprint. In between are No. 2 Areyoutalkintome, No. 3 Peak a Bootrando and No. 4 Bonfante. ... Lost in the Fog drew the No. 5 post against six opponents in the Grade 3, $150,000 Aristides Breeders' Cup Handicap on Saturday at Churchill Downs. ... Victorina, Lost in the Fog's stablemate, drew No. 6 against eight other 3-year-old fillies in the Grade 3, $150,000 Dogwood Breeders' Cup Stakes also Saturday at Churchill Downs.
Source: sfgate.com
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