Shared Belief resumes training; Candy Boy awaits SA Derby

Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer has issued an update on champion

two-year-old male Shared Belief, who has been recovering from a quarter-crack on

his right front foot.

Shared Belief is "in training again, but won't be breezing for another few

days," Hollendorfer said.

Owned by a partnership including Jim Rome's Jungle Racing, Shared Belief has

not raced since his smashing 5 3/4-length victory in the December 14 CashCall

Futurity at Hollywood Park. That romp extended his record to a perfect

three-for-three, and propelled him to an Eclipse Award over Breeders' Cup

Juvenile winner New Year's Day.

Shared Belief worked three times following the CashCall -- an easy half-mile

in :49 3/5 on the Cushion Track at Hollywood December 22; a five-furlong move in

1:02 1/5 at Santa Anita on December 28; and another five-eighths drill in 1:00

2/5 at the same venue January 3. He has not worked since, and news subsequently

emerged of his foot trouble.

Plans originally called for Shared Belief to kick off his road to the

Kentucky Derby in Saturday's Robert B. Lewis Stakes, until his setback scuttled

them. In his absence, CashCall Futurity runner-up Candy Boy came back to take

the Lewis in late-running fashion.

Candy Boy came out of his race in good shape, and the John Sadler trainee

will likely wait to make his next start in the Grade 1, $1 million Santa Anita

Derby on April 5.