Cause to Believe won the graded $250,000 El Camino Real Derby in January of his three-year-old year.
PRECOCIOUS
- CAUSE TO BELIEVE had six starts, four wins and two seconds at two. He broke his maiden in June of his two-year-old year.
- CAUSE TO BELIEVE had four starts in stakes races at two, winning three consecutively and placing in the fourth.
- CAUSE TO BELIEVE won races at 4 ½ furlongs, 5 ½ furlongs, 6 furlongs and 1 mile at two.
- CAUSE TO BELIEVE ran 4 ½ furlongs in :51, 5 ½ furlongs in 103 3/5, 6 furlongs in 109 1/5, and a mile in 1:37 2/5, at two.
VERSATILE
- CAUSE TO BELIEVE won wire to wire and coming from behind.
- CAUSE TO BELIEVE won races at 4 ½ furlongs, 5 ½ furlongs, 6 furlongs, 1 mile, and 1 1/16 miles. He was 3rd in the $500,000 G11 Illinois Derby at 1 1/8 miles.
- CAUSE TO BELIEVE won or placed in stakes from two to five.
- CAUSE TO BELIEVE was 1st, 2nd, or 3rd at seven different racetracks, on fast and sloppy tracks, and on dirt and polytrack surfaces.
IMPRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Multiple stakes winner at two
- Multiple stakes winner at three
- Graded stakes winner by January of his three-year-old year
- CAUSE TO BELIEVE regularly had Speed Ratings in the 90’s at two and three, winning the California Derby with a Beyer of 98 and Speed Rating of 98.
- CAUSE TO BELIEVE ran the third fastest time in 17 years of the G11 El Camino Real Derby, and was in the top 20% in 25 years.
- 18 starts, 6 wins, 4 seconds, 2 thirds, including five stakes wins.
- CAUSE TO BELIEVE was never worse than second in his first nine starts.
Cause to Believe won the 1 1/16 miles California Derby by four lengths in 1:41.
COMMENTS AND QUOTES
“What impresses me is that this horse has done it in a lot of different ways and today he came from well out of it.”
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer (USA Today) after Cause to Believe won the California Derby
“swung five wide, exploded late”, “steered out, late rush”, “steady rally, driving”, “duelled inside”, and “bid 3 wide, drove clear”.
Daily Racing Form comments
“Absolutely nothing bothers him, and that’s a pretty rare thing.”
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer
Cause to Believe won the California Derby in the fastest time of the meeting by a full second and is the first horse to sweep the California Derby and the El Camino Real Derby.
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Launching an impressive bid on the turn for home, odds-on favourite Cause to Believe rallied from last to register an easy victory in Saturday’s $100,000 California Derby for 3-year-olds at Golden Gate Fields.
Blood-Horse, March 13, 2006
“The whole way, I felt very confident. When we made the lead, he started goofing around because he’s not used to being out front so early.”
Russell Baze (Blood-Horse) after Cause to Believe’s G111 $250,000 El Camino Real Derby win