4/18 (CT): Charles Town Classic (G2), Sugar Maple, Hilton Memorial..

[Kasept]

3rd (1:37) Caixa Eletronica S.

4 1/2 Furlongs | Open | 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $35,000

1 Immortal Eyes Dunkelberger T L 120 L
2 War and Thunder Almodovar G 121 L
3 Amazing Bolt Marrero C 114 L
4 Smoking for Free Ramirez Erick 116 L
5 Ashburton Grove Thomas A 117 L
6 Gold for Cash Whitacre B 119 L



5th (2:29) Original Gold S.

7 Furlongs | Fillies and Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $50,000

1 Hattie B Montano J 123 L
2 Dimples Acosta J D 123 L
3 Anyladysinthehouse Montano J 116 L
4 Morningisbreaking Hiraldo C 123 L
5 Moonlight Run Bocachica A 123 L
6 Kluvyabye Whittaker D 123 L
7 Down Town Allen Ramirez Erick 123 L



6th (2:55) Confucius Say S.

7 Furlongs | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $50,000

1 Waves and Tides Bocachica A 123 L
2 Russell Road Montano J 123 L
3 Little Big Sime Crews K 123 L
4 Lucy's Bob Boy Dunkelberger T L 123 L
5 In the Fairway Bocachica A 123 L
6 Allegheny Jack Acosta J D 123 L



9th (4:20) Its Binn Too Long S.

4 1/2 Furlongs | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $50,000

1 Candy Castle Acosta J D 122 L
2 Nay's Back Almodovar G 122 L
3 My Sister Caro Flores O 122 L
4 Country Mamma Montano J 122 L
5 Sassafras Springs Ortiz Y O 122 L
6 Goodbye Kiss Flores O 122 L
7 Lady Jillet Lopez A 122 L
8 Get the Sensation Djuric S 122 L



10th (4:50) Robert Hilton Memorial S.

7 Furlongs | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $100,000

1 Charitable Annuity Lopez A 118 L
2 Estimated Prophet Montano J 118 L
3 Control Stake Velasquez C 123 L
4 One More Time Ramirez Erick 118 L
5 Arkaybee Montano J 118 L
6 To the Victor Rosario J 118
7 Noteworthy Peach Karamanos H A 120 L
8 Attempt to Dream Hiraldo C 118 L
9 Governmentshutdown Dunkelberger T L 118 L



11th (5:20) Sugar Maple S. presented by CANTER Mid-Atlantic

7 Furlongs | Fillies and Mares | 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $150,000

1 Nesso De La Cruz F 118 L
2 Found Olmo C J 118 L
3 Cecileabration Hiraldo C 118 L
4 Dallas Cowgirl Flores O 118 L
5 Printasticat Acosta J D 118 L
6 Frivolity Velasquez C 118 L
7 Flattering Bea Montano J 118 L
8 Taketheodds Smith M E 118 L



12th (6:05) Charles Town Classic S. (G2)

1 1/8 Miles | Open | 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $1,500,000

1 Looking Cool, Walter De La Cruz, 118, 30-1
2 Vyjack, Jose Montano, 118, 12-1
3 Street Babe, Joel Rosario, 120, 15-1
4 Shared Belief, Mike Smith, 123, 2-5
5 Page McKenney, Horacio Karamanos, 118, 20-1
6 Moreno, Cornelio Velasquez, 118, 7-2
7 General a Rod, John Velazquez, 118, 12-1
8 Warrioroftheroses, Travis Dunkelberger, 118, 50-1
9 Imperative, Alonso Quinonez, 118, 15-1

[10 pnt move up]

surprised they got 9 for this race.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

surprised they got 9 for this race.

I don't know about that. Running second is like what, maybe winning a 500k race?

And SB is probably more vulnerable at that track than any other tracks he'd be likely to run at.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I don't know about that. Running second is like what, maybe winning a 500k race?

And SB is probably more vulnerable at that track than any other tracks he'd be likely to run at.

yea seems like a strange spot other than the money for SB.

[bare it all]

Jerry says Mike told him the horse would handle it, so guess that's good enough. Only thing that beats him here is the track.

[Alabama Stakes]

Or Moreno on a loose kead

[Sightseek]

Wow, Russell Road is still running. They love him at CT.

What a record: 53- 28-12-5

[cakes44]

Well that didn't work so well.

[outofthebox]

A stumble leaving the gate and that's all she wrote..Hope it's just a foot issue.

[Indian Charlie]

I don't know that that was a stumble, but he was never moving well at all.

Within four or five strides he was done for.

[Arletta]

Maybe his feet were stinging.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I don't know that that was a stumble, but he was never moving well at all.

Within four or five strides he was done for.

Hopefully there was no injury.

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by jms62

Hopefully there was no injury.

Swelling in the stifle area being said on Twitter by HRTV

[outofthebox]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I don't know that that was a stumble, but he was never moving well at all.

Within four or five strides he was done for.

You may be right. But he was definitely off awkward and never looked good at all.

[ElPrado]

Track record for Moreno, by over a second! 1:48.1

[Indian Charlie]

From Facebook:

Shared Belief suffered a stifle injury during the Charles Town Classic on Saturday and was pulled up six furlongs into the 1 1/8-mile race by jockey Mike Smith. He was then vanned back to his stall in the equine ambulance.

Shared Belief stumbled at the start of the Classic and dropped far back in the nine-horse field. After failing to respond to Mike Smith's urging, Shared Belief was pulled up on the second turn of the thre-turn race.

According to steward Danny Wright, West Virginia state veterinarian, Elizabeth Daniel, told the stewards that "Shared Belief appears to have a stifle injury more than anything else. It doesn't appear life threating or career ending. it is a soft tissue injury."

Jockey Mike Smith described Shared Belief's race this way:

"The ground broke out from under him and he kind of slipped at the start. They left out of there really quickly, but he got up and he seemed all right. But going into the second turn he seemed to go off behind and I pulled him up.

"Hopefully, this is something that they can fix and he will be all right. He grabbed his right front, but that isn't the problem he was having. I just pray that he is going to be all right."

Jerry Hollendorfer said he was to busy to talk when reached after the race.

Is this a case where Mike Smith felt he didnt have a chance in the race and just pulled up anyways?

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by helicopter11

Is this a case where Mike Smith felt he didnt have a chance in the race and just pulled up anyways?

No.

This is coming from someone who questions just about everything in print or in the media, but seriously, I don't know how people think up this nonsense.

I guess the picture of Smith coming off the track in tears could be due to him losing a big bet?

I also read somewhere that though the injury isn't serious, according to (I think) some vet that was there, had he not pulled him up, it would have been life threatening.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by helicopter11

Is this a case where Mike Smith felt he didnt have a chance in the race and just pulled up anyways?

Oh brother!!!

[Kasept]

Jim Dunleavy, DRF: Shared Belief injury report from the Charles Town Classic

Shared Belief suffered a stifle injury during the Charles Town Classic on Saturday and was pulled up six furlongs into the 1 1/8-mile race by jockey Mike Smith. He was then vanned back to his stall in the equine ambulance.

Shared Belief stumbled at the start of the Classic and dropped far back in the nine-horse field. After failing to respond to Mike Smith's urging, Shared Belief was pulled up on the second turn of the thre-turn race.

According to steward Danny Wright, West Virginia state veterinarian, Elizabeth Daniel, told the stewards that "Shared Belief appears to have a stifle injury more than anything else. It doesn't appear life threating or career ending. it is a soft tissue injury."

Jockey Mike Smith described Shared Belief's race this way:

"The ground broke out from under him and he kind of slipped at the start. They left out of there really quickly, but he got up and he seemed all right. But going into the second turn he seemed to go off behind and I pulled him up.

"Hopefully, this is something that they can fix and he will be all right. He grabbed his right front, but that isn't the problem he was having. I just pray that he is going to be all right."

Jerry Hollendorfer said he was to busy to talk when reached after the race.

Shared Belief, a winner of 10 of 11 starts and the top-ranked horse in North America, was the 1-5 favorite in the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic.

Although the Charles Town track appeared to be in god shape on Saturday, Shared Belief's injury was the second serious one on the card.

In the fifth race, Down Town Allen, an 8-year-old mare with more than $1 million in earnings pulled a suspensory ligament and was pulled up in the $50,000 Original Gold Stakes. She is expected to undergo ankle surgery next week, according to trainer John A. Casey.

Downtown Allen had won 24 previous races at Charles Town.