GII San Antonio Invitational S. winner Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) and runner-up California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) both looked well the morning after their historic showdown. “Shared Belief was excellent this morning,” Dan Ward, assistant to trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, said Sunday morning. “He ate all his feed. What happened in the past is not important. The only thing is the future, and that would include the [GI] Santa Anita H. [Mar. 7]. He'll go back to Golden Gate tomorrow, train up there, probably come back the Wednesday before the race, keeping the same schedule as in the past.”
The connections of Horse of the Year California Chrome had planned on sending their dual Classic winner to contest the G1 Dubai World Cup Mar. 28, and Saturday's loss has not changed their minds. “He's going to Dubai,” trainer Art Sherman confirmed Sunday morning. “We're preparing for that. The horse came out the race well and ate up good.”
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