2015 Horse Racing - Jim Rome's champion, Shared Belief, dies after colic surgery....
From The Bloodhorse: Shared Belief, the champion 2-year-old male of 2013, died Dec. 3 after a colic episode. The Candy Ride gelding, who had resumed training after suffering a fractured pelvis while racing in the April 18 Charles Town Classic Stakes (gr. II), was in trainer Jerry Hollendorfer's barn at Golden Gate Fields in California.
According to co-owner Alex Solis II, Shared Belief trained well the morning of Dec. 3, but after being returned to his stall, broke out in a sweat and was unresponsive to initial medical treatment.
He was quickly transferred to the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, where tests were run, and he was diagnosed as having a possible rupture. Surgery was attempted, but doctors could not save him.
"This is really a tough one," said Solis. "Very tough to take. He was so good, he never seemed real. He wasn't a big horse but he turned out to be bigger than life, the kind of special horse you dream about."
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/96357/shared-belief-dies-after-colic-surgery
My condolences go out to his connections and all who loved this tough little horse. May his bones rest in peace. May his spirit live forever.
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