The Shared Belief Stakes (formerly the El Cajon Stakes) is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the last week of August or the first week of September at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. Open to three-year-old horses, the event is contested at a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on the dirt. The purse is currently $100,000.[1]
| Listed race | |
| Location | Del Mar Racetrack Del Mar, California, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1973 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.dmtc.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $100,000[1] |
The race is named for champion Shared Belief, whose major wins included the 2014 Pacific Classic at Del Mar.[2] It was previously named for the city of El Cajon, California.
Inaugurated in 1973, the race was run as a restricted overnight stakes until 2004. The distance was set at one and one eight miles in 1973 and 1974, then reduced to a mile and a sixteenth from 1975 through 1996 after which it was set at its current distance of one mile. From 2008 to 2015, the race was run on Polytrack synthetic dirt surface – all other renewals have been on a natural dirt surface.
The race was not run in 1994 and 2001.
Past winners
edit- 2024 - Muth
- 2023 - Tahoe Sunrise
- 2022 - Go Joe Won
- 2021 - Medina Spirit
- 2020 - Thousand Words
- 2019 - Improbable
- 2018 - Tatters To Riches
- 2017 - Battle of Midway
- 2016 - Accelerate
- 2015 - Gimme Da Lute
- 2014 - Red Outlaw
- 2013 - Holy Lute
- 2012 - Fed Biz
- 2011 - Celestic Night
- 2010 - Haimish Way
- 2009 - Grazen
- 2008 - Slews Tiznow
- 2007 - Rush with Thunder
- 2006 - Cindago
- 2005 - Follow the Rainbow
- 2004 - Perfect Moon
- 2003 - Excess Summer
- 2002 - Joey Franco
- 2001 - RACE NOT RUN
- 2000 - Spicy Stuff
- 1999 - National Saint
- 1998 - Opine
- 1997 - Best Star
- 1996 - Ready to Order
- 1995 - Turbulent Dancer
- 1994 - RACE NOT RUN
- 1993 - Pleasant Tango
- 1992 - Slerp
- 1991 - Letthebighossroll (California Champion sprinter)
- 1990 - Asia
- 1989 - Bruho
- 1988 - Old Exclusive
- 1987 - Sebrof
- 1986 - Tasso (1985 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt)
- 1985 - Nostalgias Star
- 1984 - Bunker
- 1983 - Mamaison
- 1982 - Craelius
- 1981 - Island Whirl
- 1980 - Mighty Return
- 1979 - Shamgo
- 1978 - Go West Young Man (Multiple Grade I winner)
- 1977 - Kulak
- 1976 - Wood Green
- 1975 - Crumbs
- 1974 - Within Hail
- 1973 - Quick Bluff
References
edit- ^ a b "Del Mar Media Guide". dmtc.com. p. 59. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Jim Rome Remembers Shared Belief". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 26 August 2016.