California Chrome (foaled February 18, 2011) is an American Thoroughbred racing horse. He was crowned as the American Horse of 2014 and 2016. He won the Derby Kentucky 2014, Preakness Stakes, and Dubai World Cup 2016. In 2016, it surpassed the Curlin as the leading North American horse in the won revenue.
Raised in California, the chestnut-colored horses are named for striking white marks, called "chrome" by horse lovers. He grew up and was originally owned by Perry Martin of Yuba City, California, and Steve Coburn of Topaz Lake, Nevada, who named their partnership DAP Racing, stood for "Dumb Ass Partners" - an unpleasant response to pedestrians who questioned their wisdom in bought the California Chrome dam, Love the Chase. In 2015, Coburn sold its minority stake to Taylor Made Farm, and a new ownership group, California Chrome, LLC, was formed. Horses are trained by the father-daughter art team of Art and Alan Sherman. Special fans - called "Chromies" - actively support California Chrome, called "the people's horse."
At the age of two, the horse ran inconsistent until working with jockey Victor Espinoza. The growing relationship between the pair led to a six-game winning streak in 2013-2014. After winning San Felipe Stakes and Santa Anita Derby, California Chrome is the morning line favorite for Kentucky Derby. Critics who underestimated their chances of win proved wrong when Chrome California was won with long 3 / 4 even though Espinoza lowered it for the last 70 meters (64 m). In Preakness, he fended off two powerful challengers at homestretch and won by 1 1 / 2 long. He was then sent to Belmont Park in the hope of winning the Triple Crown at Belmont Stakes 2014, but was trodden by a horse next to him at the beginning, tearing some tissue off his right front heel. With no one noticing his injury until the race was over, he finished fourth in dead form. After healing and resting in the meadow, he ran in the Breeders' Cup Classic 2014, finishing third, neck behind the winner. California Chrome returned to form its first early win on grass at the Hollywood Derby in late November. California Chrome won many awards and awards in 2014: The California State Legislature unanimously passed a resolution recognizing its outstanding performance, and the city of Fresno proclaimed October 11, 2014, as "California Chrome Day". She won the Vox Populi 2014 Secretariat Award, her Kentucky Derby victory awarded NTRA "Moment of the Year", and she won the Eclipse Awards for the American Champion Three-Year-Old Horse and American Horse of the Year.
2015 California California season is tumultuous. He started the year with second place finishes at San Antonio Stakes and Dubai World Cup. He was then sent to England to train for Prince of Wales at Royal Ascot but carded a few days before the race due to bruised nails. Upon returning to the United States in July 2015, he was diagnosed with bruises on his cannon bone, which ended the 2015 season. Shortly thereafter, Coburn sold out its holdings. After resting a few months, he re-trained with Sherman at the Los Alamitos Race Course and regained his form with six consecutive wins in 2016 which included Grade I wins in Dubai World Cup, Pacific Classic and Awesome Again Bets before suffering a narrow loss to Arrogate in Breeders' Cup Classic. He again won the Horse of the Year, Moment of the Year, and Vox Populi in 2016. After the Pegasus World Cup in January 2017, he retired to study.
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California Chrome heralded on February 18, 2011, near Coalinga, California, at Harris Farms, a horse breeding division at Harris Ranch. He is a chestnut with four white stockings and a blaze. At the age of four, he stood with 16-inch hands (64 inches, 163 cm).
As a foal, he was nicknamed "Junior" because of his resemblance to his father, Lucky Pulpit. Lucky Pulpit has won three races, placed in several storied betting races, and hits the boards in 13 of the 22 starts. However, a respiratory viral infection damages his breathing and limits him to running short distances. California's Chrome Dam is Love the Chase, and he's his first child. She was bought for $ 30,000 at the age of two by an agent for a horse ownership group called Blinkers On Racing Stable. As a two- and three-year-old foal, he was restless in the paddock, and as a result, often lost the race before he reached the starting gate. He ran six times and won on his fourth try in the February 2009 race at Golden Gate Fields. After his victory, Steve Coburn and Perry Martin became owners, running it twice more, then resigned later that year. They hope he will be a good boy, because he has a promising pedigree. When he retired, it was discovered that he had run with respiratory problems - trapped epiglottis that limited his air intake, but that could be fixed by surgery. By 2015, she has given birth to four foals, two fillies and a stallion, all full siblings to Chrome California. After California Chrome became a competitor to the Kentucky Derby, Martin and Coburn turned down a $ 2.1 million bid for Love the Chase, and eventually sold it in November 2016 for $ 1.95 million.
Ownership
California Chrome was raised by Perry Martin from Yuba City, California, and Steve Coburn from Topaz Lake, Nevada. Their wives, Denise Martin and Carolyn Coburn, are closely involved with this partnership, although they are not listed as owners on the official record kept by Equibase. Perry Martin holds a 70% stake in the horse and the owner of the manager. Coburn owns a 30% equity stake and sells its share to Taylor Made Farm in July 2015.
Initially, Martins and Coburns each had a five percent stake in Love the Chase through the Blinkers On Racing Stable syndicate. When Blinkers On Racing Stable dismissed the Love the Chase syndicate, the two shareholders wanted to buy the foal, so they formed a partnership and paid $ 8,000 for it. A casual observer, knowing the simple record of the Love the Chase race, said that only "stupid donkeys" would buy it, so Coburn and Martin named their racing operation, DAP Racing, for "Dumb Ass Partners". They created a caricature of round-toothed mules to decorate the backs of their racing silk, and placed the initials "DAP" on a hood flashing hood and the left front of the jockey's sutra.
The Martins and Coburns have the same likes for Chrome California but very different personalities and backgrounds. Melissa Hoppert of The New York Times described Martins as a "quiet thinker," noting that Perry Martin planned a Lucky Pulpit to Love the Chase marriage, mapped out the Road to the Derby racing plan for Chrome California, and promoted use of nose strips for race horses. Originally from Chicago, they moved to California in 1987, where Perry Martin was employed as a metallurgist by the Air Force and Denise briefly worked to overshadow a horrible horse trainer in the Sacramento area. Today they own and operate Martin Testing Laboratories (MTL), which test high reliability items such as car airbags and medical equipment.
Instead, Hoppert marks the more open Coburns as the "public relations arm" of the partnership. Steve Coburn, who is characterized by the media as "indifferent", describes himself and his wife, Carolyn as "just an ordinary person". He worked as a press operator for a company that made magnetic strips, and Carolyn Coburn retired from a salary working in the health care industry. Carolyn introduced Steve to the racetrack, and when she was looking for tax abolition, she encouraged her to buy a racing syndicate instead of buying a small plane.
Taylor Made Farm, which bought Coburn shares in California Chrome, is headed by Duncan Taylor, president and CEO of a 1,600-hectare family-owned ranch (650 ha). His brother, Ben Taylor, is the company's vice president of the company's Taylor Made Stallions division. The brothers of the Taylor family have been the sole owners of the company in Nicholasville, Kentucky since 1986. In early 2016, the horse ownership was officially listed as "California Chrome, LLC". Perry and Denise Martin are described as "majority owners" by Daily Racing Form , and Frank Taylor, manager of Taylor Made's hostel, explains that both Martins and Taylor Made each sell "some" share in horses for " select a breeder who will support the horse. " Martin stated that they have brought in 22 partners. In August 2016, Martin announced that Love the Chase, confirmed on foal to Tapit, would be sold at Fasig-Tipton sales in November, stating that he would ultimately retain 10% ownership in California Chrome and invest in suitable horses to cross with 'Chrome.
Initial years
Harris Farms, where California Chrome grew up, cradled, and lived until the age of two, has previously fostered champions like two-time Breeders' Cup Classic Tiznow winners. In 2010 Love the Chase is bred to Harris Farms Lucky Pulpit. CNN reports that the stud fee for breeding is $ 2,000. Steve Coburn said he dreamed three weeks before the birth of California Chrome that the foal would be a stallion with four white feet and a blaze. California Chrome is relatively large for a new horse, weighing 137 pounds (62 kg), and active, "running around Momma" within two hours of birth. Love the Chase suffers from uterine laceration while foaling, and is placed in a drip due to internal bleeding. The horse and the foal are tied together for more than a month. He continues to use a catheter that gives anti-bleeding drugs, and the farm staff checks him two to three times a day. Because people give extra care and love to children when they take care of the dam, it instills in humans as well as their mothers. As a result, Chrome California is becoming very person-focused, a trait that has served it well in race training.
The Martins and Coburns chose California Chrome's official name in 2013 at Brewsters Bar & amp; Grill in Galt, California, a town between their two homes. Each of the four men wrote a potential name on paper and asked a maid to remove them from Coburn cowboy hat. They handed the names to the rank of The Jockey Club in the order they were withdrawn. California Chrome, the Coburn option, was first retrieved, and the registry received the name. The word "chrome" is derived from slang for horses with striking white marks. The foal began under the saddle by Harris Farms coach, Per Antonsen, who described him as a "smart horse" that was "very good to work with".
Sherman Training Stables
Perry Martin considers California Chrome a Derby competitor even before the horse runs. When the horse is ready to enter racing training at the age of two, Martin asks Steve Sherman, who has trained a horse for Martin at Golden Gate Fields, to recommend a highly competitive Southern California based coach. Steve advised his father, Art, who had an "old school" reputation for patience with young Thoroughbreds and a steady little racing of about 15 horses, allowing each animal to be given individual attention. Art Sherman liked Martin and Coburn's enthusiasm, but when Martin sent an email to the "Road to the Kentucky Derby" plan outlining the California race to run, Sherman doubted it. Then, Sherman's son Alan declared, "[Martin] charted the horse for this horse, it really works for 'T', so it's kind of amazing." Art Sherman underestimated his role in coaching California Chrome, saying, "This horse is my California rock star, I'm just the manager."
Sherman's first exposure to the Kentucky Derby horse was in 1955, when at the age of 18 he worked for Rex Ellsworth and was the Kentucky Derby-winning rehearsal rider that year, Swap. He was a professional jockey from 1957 to 1979, when he switched to racehorse training. California Chrome is the first Kentucky Derby prospect to be coached by Sherman. Art Sherman's assistant is his son, Alan, who is also a licensed coach. Instead of running a separate cage like his brother, Steve, Alan has been working with his father since 1991. He did most of the day's work with Chrome California and stayed with him throughout most of his journey when Art returned to California to keep an eye on the rest of the cage.
Unlike many of the upscale Californian Thoroughbred coaches, usually headquartered at Santa Anita Park, the Shermans rode horses in Hollywood Park, but when closed in December 2013, the Los Alamitos Race Course takes several races and coaches that have been snarling horses in Hollywood Park, including Sherman. The success of Chrome California, which is conditioned there on top of a path that has just been extended to accommodate an older race, creates good publicity for Los Alamitos.
The bride Sherman for California Chrome, beginning with his arrival at home, is Raul Rodriguez, a veteran horse handler. Other Rodriguez family members are employed by Sherman's operations, and his two sons are another steady exercise rider. Rodriguez travels everywhere with horses during the world horse ride. The groom's bonus from California's Chrome victory allowed Rodriguez to buy a house and an 80-acre farm at his Jalisco home in Mexico, where he intends to retire.
Behavior
Observers commented that California Chrome appears to be a very smart horse, as it expresses curiosity about everything around it. Its specialty, including the likes of one particular type of horse cake. His tendency to perform subordinate responses for no apparent reason, especially when bathed, prompted the press to claim that he "smiled". He will deliberately stop and direct his ears forward to "pose" for the camera when he hears them clicking. As Alan Sherman explains, "He's a ham"; and exercise rider Willie Delgado gave him the additional nickname, "Vogue". As a younger horse, especially in 2014, he will not walk out of a horse car designed for the front exit; he will only retreat, a play of words found by the press when he was first derived from an airplane. At Sherman's cage, he has a green tetherball in his stall to play, but his worst bad habit is that sometimes he bites.
On the track, California Chrome has the ability to use tactical speed at almost any point in the race. Early in his career, he tended to slow down from the starting gate; if he has to wait too long to start, he sometimes expresses anxiety by swaying from side to side, preventing him from being oriented straight ahead when the gate opens. He overcame this problem at the end of the 2014 season and learned to break up fast. When outside and in a clean place, he usually wins. He initially did not run well inside or within close range; two of his worst appearances were in the race where he had the number-one positions, and his fourth-place performance at Belmont Stakes was linked to his initial injury and second-place sweepstakes. However, as an older horse, he won the 2016 preparation race at Meydan Racecourse and Pacific Classic from post number one.
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History of the race
2013: Two-year season
The first start of California Chrome was in the inaugural race at Hollywood Park in April 2013, where it was placed second to long. Three weeks later, he won his first race with 2 Ã, / 4 long. In both races, he was driven by Alberto Delgado. About a month later, California Chrome was included in Willard L. Proctor Memorial Stakes. He is one of four horses assigned to carry  £ 120 (54 kg), the highest impost provided by the handicapper. Alberto Delgado came out with a broken ankle, so Corey Nakatani was the rider. The foal was second for the first three furlongs but finished fifth in the field of nine. The next two races are on the Del Mar racetrack. Delgado returned as a jockey, and California Chrome scored his second career win at Stake Graduation, a race limited to California-raised horses, which goes with the 2 3 /sub > 4 long. He carries the same weight over the same distance as the previous race, but this time he wears a blindfold and runs in Lasix for the first time in his career. Next is the first tiered race race, Seventies, Class I Del Mar Futurity. He ran strong but finished sixth after he was caught in traffic in the field of 11 horses and was accidentally hit in the face by other jockey whips. Two months later, California Chrome ran on Golden State Juvenile Stakes on November 1 at Santa Anita Park, and at 1 mile (1.6 km), was the longest race that he run. He was assigned pos position number 1 and had to wait for all other horses to load. He became anxious, raised at the gate, the last one out, struggling throughout the race, and again finished sixth.
Sherman's public assessment of California Chrome's bad show is that he is still growing and learning how to be a racehorse. But things began to change. In the fall of 2013, Alberto's younger sister, Willie Delgado, an experienced rider and coach whose career in Maryland is sluggish, moves to California and in a few months becomes a horse morning rider. At about the same time, Alberto was expelled from the horse as a jockey. In December, California Chrome began to wear a new horseshoe type. She has developed low heel shoes, and her mugger, Judd Fisher, invented a special horseshoe-style attached to a long, hard, durable and raised heel horse to fix the problem. Instead of sticking it, Fisher drilled a hole in the shoe so it could be nailed to the hooves by a traditional metal shoe. According to Fisher, nailing shoes lifted the horses' feet a little farther away from the ground. This may be a contributing factor to the subsequent winning series of Chrome California. Aside from that problem, Sherman described the horse's hooves as generally healthy.
Hollywood Park held the last race of California Chrome in 2013, King Glorious Stakes on December 22nd. He has a record lighter than 119 pounds (54 kg), a shorter distance than seven furlong, and a new jockey, Victor Espinoza. California Chrome won the race with a span of 6 1 / 4 , became the final betting winner at Hollywood Park Racetrack, organizing his last race of the day. Sherman likes to ride Espinoza, and Espinoza impressed in turn with Chrome California. Alan Sherman later said that after this race he started thinking that California Chrome could be a competitor to Kentucky Derby.
2014: Season three years
California Chrome starts 2014 with the California Derby Cup on January 25th. Espinoza returns as a jockey. California Chrome is slow out of the gate but quickly rises to third, leads into the nest, and is won by 5 1 / 2 long. Sherman noted that it was the second race in a row in which the horse was stretched clear and won by a decisive margin, stating, "It's like a light bulb that has burned."
The first California Chrome betting victory rated was Stake San Felipe March 8th Class II. Espinoza tried different riding tactics and let the horse go ahead right in front of the gate. California Chrome led most of the way, and after Espinoza gave him a knock on the shoulder with a whip, the horse pulled out of the field at the top of the homestretch and won by 7 1 / 2 long. Alan Sherman said, "My jaw went down", while Art Sherman joked, "I'm glad I trained at Los Alamitos, because he looks like a 350 yard out of the gate"; reference to race distance from the Quarter Horse. Espinoza commented, "I want to let him enjoy his race," then added, "I want to see if he [can] go to the wire... that's the day I know how much he likes to run." The San Felipe is California's first win of Chrome in an open race for all three-year-olds, not just California descendants, and gives him 50 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby system.
The first California Grade I I won was Santa Anita Derby on April 8th. California Chrome is in front of the field by quarter's mast and goes on to win the $ 1 million race by 5 1 / 4 long. Before the race, the owner has turned down a $ 6 million offer to 51% controlling interest in horses who will be mandated to put horses with different coaches. Coburn then explained, "It's not about money, it's about a dream."
California Chrome time of 1: 47.52 makes it Beyer Speed ​​Figure 107, the fastest for any horse on the Road to the Kentucky Derby in the 2014 preparation race. It is also the second fastest time in the history of Santa Anita Derby; The only horse that runs faster is Lucky Debonair, Sham, and Indian Charlie, who holds a three-way tie for the record at 1:47:00. A decisive win makes him an early favorite to win the Kentucky 2014 Derby and raised speculation that he has a knack for winning the Triple Crown. The four winning streaks of California Chrome have a combined winning margin of 24 1 / 4 long. After Santa Anita Derby, Sherman began describing the horse as "My Swap". From his growing popularity, Denise Martin commented, "He's not just our horse any more, he's... a people's horse."
Kentucky Derby
Before 2014, only three California horses grew up winning the Kentucky Derby: Morvich in 1922, Swap in 1955, and Obviously in 1962. Besides Swap, other horses to win the Derby of Santa Anita and Kentucky Derby would have I Other (2012), Sunday Silence (1989), Winning Colors (1988), Affirmed (1978), Majestic Prince (1969), Lucky Debonair (1965), Determining (1954), and Hill Gail (1952). Steve Coburn predicted victory: "I'm not cocky, just positive", he said.
Before the May 3 races, rival coach Bob Baffert compared California well to the War Emblem. Trainer D. Wayne Luke, who has no entry at Derby 2014, told reporters that he intended to bet on horses and commented, "He looks like real... I like everything about him." On the other hand, Dallas Stewart, the coach of Commander Curve, dismissed the chances of California Chrome due to his pedigree and lack of competition in the previous race. Others doubted his ability because the horse never ran outside California. In contrast to the critics, reports emerged that the owner had turned down a new offer of $ 10 million.
The foals arrive at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 28, 2014. He was flown from California, the first time on a plane, and traveled quietly. After the plane landed, however, the strangeness of his journey was found by a waiting press when he refused to be lowered until he turned and retreated down the incline; Alan Sherman explained later that this is also a typical escape route from ground transportation. Arriving at Churchill Downs, the horses entering the Kentucky Derby were each given a special saddle to wear while exercising on the track, identifying them as Derby's contenders and including their names. The one provided to Chrome California contains typographical errors, with California misspelled as "Califorina". He wore it on day one and then track management got one with the correct spelling. Critics commented that bringing a horse too late and not giving him full practice on the track is a mistake, but Sherman's strategy is supported by Luke. In the days leading up to the race, California Chrome ran on the track, walked on the paddock, and went to the starting gate. Willie Delgado later said that the horse did not really like the song, saying "he never felt comfortable with it."
The California Connection Chrome pulls the fifth pos position for Derby. She is a favorite line of the morning with odds 5-2. The press suggested that place number five, relatively close to the rail inside, could be a problem because the "fast horses" that will go ahead at the start of the race, surround it on both sides, especially if the horse is slow. out of the gate. Espinoza responded by pointing out that he won the 2002 Kentucky Derby in the War Emblem from the same post position.
In the race, California Chrome had a clean start and could lead, but Espinoza held him behind two racehorse and only moved it forward on the final bend as other horses began to tire. At homestretch, he opens the lead from five long before Espinoza lowers it the last 70 yards of the race, narrowing his winning margin to 3 /Length 4 . Sherman later explains that Espinoza slows the horse at the finish is "saving something for the next", a reference to Preakness Stakes coming two weeks later. Winning time of 2: 03.66 is relatively slow for Kentucky Derby, but Sherman describes Espinoza's journey as "picture perfect". This victory was the second Derby win of Espinoza, and the 77-year-old Sherman became the oldest coach ever to win the race.
In a post-race press interview, Sherman said he had visited the Swap tomb at the Kentucky Derby Museum prior to Derby and prayed for success. Trainer Dale Romans, who has confirmed that California Chrome has no chance of winning, said, "I am very, very wrong... We may have just seen a super horse and a super coach.You do not pretend your way to the winning circle at Kentucky Derby. "
Preakness Stakes
California Chrome was sent on May 12 to Baltimore to run in Pitchness Preakness 2014 on May 17th. On the plane there are two other Derby contenders to enter Preakness: Ride On Curlin and General a Rod. Once on the ground, their van has a police escort from the airport to the Pimlico Race Course. When California Chrome arrived at Pimlico, management on the track greeted him with two saddlecloths for his practice, one with the spelling mistakes of "Califorina" and the other with the correct spelling; Just like at Churchill Downs, a stallion is trained in the path of Pimlico but has no time training. Delgado compares the long and narrow Pimlico Oval nicely to their home track at Los Alamitos. Sherman did not like racetrack only with a two week break, but sure because California Chrome has gained weight again he has lost the Derby run, plus  £ 35 (16 kg).
News continues to question the horse's ability, noting the relatively slow speed of Derby and the low Beyer Speed ​​Figure 97 earned in his victory. A coach said, "California Chrome should prove again that he's the best 3 years old." The horse was given the position of heading number three in the field of ten horses, and the morning line on the favorites at 3-5. Followers noted that the Secretariat also runs Paster 1973 Preakness from heading number three. Thursday before the race, California Chrome was observed coughing after his morning movement, prompting speculation about his health. He has small blisters in his throat, which he also had before Kentucky Derby, both times treated with glycerin throat leaching. The intense attention paid to the relatively small problem was accidentally nicknamed "the gates" by sports writer Bill Dwyre of the Los Angeles Times.
On race day, California Chrome performs a clean start, close to the front via the backstretch, makes an offer to take the lead at the far corner, and first at the top of the stretch. The second-ranked seeker is Ride on Curlin, who makes a strong move at the end of the race to finish 1 1 1 / 2 behind Chrome California. Both withstood the challenge of Social Inclusion, which was tired and finished third. General Rod is the fourth. The winning time is 1:54:84, resulting in Beyer Speed ​​Figure 105. The Owner of Social Inclusion, Ron Sanchez, said, "He really... My horse came to challenge him, but he found another machine. He left. "Espinoza's trip was described as" flawless ", and the press noted a special link between horses and jockeys.
California Chrome became the only horse raised in California that ever won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. The press regards Preakness as the horse's strongest victory to date. Baffert, who has won the first two legs of Triple Crown with Silver Charm (1997), Real Quiet (1998), and War Emblem (2002), sent three different horses against California Chrome, and after Bayern finished second to survive in Preakness, said, "I'm done chasing him," adding, "he's super real deal." In a post-race interview, Coburn stated that California Chrome has become an "American Horse".
Belmont Stakes
A day after Preakness, a new round of small press joy, dubbed "nasalgate", erupted when Sherman commented that Martin might not let California Chrome run on Belmont Stakes if the New York Racing Association (NYRA) does not allow horses to wear nasal strips as he does in six previous races. Nasal strips are not considered to improve performance, but can reduce airway resistance, decrease the risk of exercise-induced lung bleeding (EIPH), and aid post-race recovery. Sherman filed an official request for permission to use it, and the following day, NYRA approved its use for all horses on the New York track, thus solving the problem.
California Chrome was sent to New York on May 20 in a semi-trailer horse van along with Ride On Curlin. They have a police escort through New York City from Throgs Neck Bridge to Belmont Park. The press reports that Art Sherman believes the wrong saddle in Derby and Preakness is a lucky charm, and that he specifically asked Belmont Park for another misspelled piece along with a spelled version correctly. The first week California spent on the Belmont track was generally nothing, except running through the squirrels that roam the track on the morning of May 23. The horse paid little attention, but the press pounced on the story; the animal was labeled "Dumb-Ass Possum", and someone created a Twitter account for the creature. Delgado commented, "I can tell you that he likes this song, and I do not see him having any problems getting a mile and a half." On May 31, Espinoza arrived to deliver a short exercise known as "wind". The horse and jockey were greeted by a large contingent of fans and press at around 6:30, and ran "sharp" a half mile (0.80 km) formally clocked at 47.69 seconds. A clockmaker for Daily Racing Form states, "He will be hard to beat, I think we will have a Triple Crown winner."
Eleven horses entered Belmont Stakes on June 7, and California Chrome drew pos position 2, the same postal position as the Secretariat at Belmont 1973. Ride On Curlin and General a Rod also entered; they are the only other horse other than California Chrome fighting over the three legs of the Triple Crown. Four entries have been run on Kentucky Derby but missed Preakness, and there are four "New Gunners" who have not ran in any of the previous Triple Crown races, including Tonalist and Matterhorn, each of which ultimately plays a leading role in the race. Anticipating the possibility of Triple Crown champions, several people connected with the last three Triple Crown winners came to Belmont, including Penny Chenery, the owner of the Secretariat; Patrice Wolfson, who co-owns affirmed; and several Seattle Slew connections - coach Billy Turner and one of Jim Hill's owners. The jockeys of three former Triple Crown winners, Steve Cauthen, Jean Cruguet, and Ron Turcotte, were also present. Cauthen, affirmed jockey, stated, "This horse has a great chance to attract it," but added, "You never know, that's why they have to run the race."
On the day of the California race Chrome did not break out bravely. Espinoza then explains something that feels "off" and he holds the horse a bit instead of going ahead. When asked to move forward, the horse does not release its usual speed. Immediately after the race, Espinoza said "He's just a little empty today". Tonalist won the race, and California Chrome finished fourth in dead form with Wicked Strong. Early post race analysts criticized Espinoza for not bringing horses forward early, but noticed that California Chrome had some blood on the right front heel. After the race, a review of the photo taken at the beginning shows that the horse next to it, the Matterhorn, moved too far to the left and stepped on California's heel Chrome as the two horses came out of the gate. As a result, California Chrome runs the race with a "piece" of tissue taken from his right front heel and a small wound in his tendon. The tendon injury is shallow, but a heel injury may be a factor in its loss. Sherman explains that he knows that something is not right when he sees a horse throwing his head up in the nest, and speculates later that the sand and dirt from the racetrack causes pain in the open wound. The next day, Sherman convinced the press that the two wounds would heal.
Coburn caused controversy after the race, when he said the current Triple Crown system allows "cowardly way out" because the fresh horses that do not run in Kentucky Derby or Preakness Stakes can challenge the horse fighting over all three legs. Sherman downplayed the blast, saying, "[Coburn] is hot at that moment... Sometimes emotions are in front of you." Two days later, Coburn apologized, saying he wanted to congratulate Tonalist's owner and added, "I really want [California Chrome] to win the Triple Crown for the American people." Steve Haskin of the Blood-Horse magazine summarized the race that states, "when I think back... one picture that will last forever will be a weary horse walking back through the tunnel with bloody feet, head bowed down and panting, and every vein that protrudes from his drenched body.He has given every ounce of himself, and with it all, is still beaten only 3 / 4 long. "
California Chrome returns to Los Alamitos, where the Sherman crew takes care of the wound for about 10 days. After that, they sent Chrome California to Harris Farms where he turned out in the meadow. In early July, his legs were completely healed, his weight increased, and Sherman was quite happy with his recovery so he brought the horse back to Los Alamitos to resume training on July 17, two weeks earlier than anticipated.
Retired season 2014
California Chrome is the country's top three-year rank by NTRA in its post-race poll on June 9, 2014, regardless of its Belmont losses, and fifth among American horses of all ages. In the June 12 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, published by the Horser Horseracing International Federation, he was ranked fifth in the world, one point behind the only higher-ranked American horse, the winner of the Santa Anita Handicap Game On Dude,.
California Chrome ran next on September 20, Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing. He is a favorite, but draws the number 1 position inside. Kentucky Derby rivals Candy Boy and Tapiture also entered. Bayern, who had a poor performance at Preakness Stakes, but then won Haskell Invitational, was second favorite. Parx provides significant financial incentives for any incoming horse that has previously won a triple crown or other Class I race, so the Chrome Chrome connection earns $ 200,000 just because it started. Stuck on the tracks, first by fast horses in the early stages of the race, and once again round the corner by challengers who faded in stretch, California Chrome could not gain momentum and finish in sixth place. Bayern has a clean ride, leads the wire to the wire, and is won by 5 3 / 4 long. Espinoza explains, "I never really had a chance to let him run like he was running."
The next race is the Breeders' Cup Classic on November 1st. Since many older older horses retire in 2014, most of the main contenders for the Classic 2014 are three-year-olds: in addition to California Chrome, former Bayern enemies Candy Boy and Tonalist enter. Its main rival is regarded as the unbeaten last year's 2nd Colt, Shared Belief, a goat who misses the Triple Crown series because of a nail problem; the two never face each other. California Chrome is 4-1 in the morning line, second favorite for Shared Belief. In the race, Bayern meets with Confidence Together at the start, then leads during the race. California Chrome was net from traffic, maintaining third place for most of the race, closing at the end, and completing a very close third, just the neck behind the Bayern winner, who wins with a nose above second-place Toast of New York finisher. Joint Belief is the fourth. The post race analysis noted that California Chrome remained outside throughout the race, and actually ran 44 feet farther from the winner. Sherman speaks in a positive tone of the horse, stating, "My horse took out his eyeballs, he was there, right down to the money, I thought it was a great effort, he came back strong." Espinoza is less enthusiastic: "On the backstretch I think I have a chance to win... The last sixteen [California Chrome] is digging as hard as he can, but just a little tired.I hope he has one more race.That's too much for him today. "Coburn visited the horse the next day and declared," He is full of himself, I think he thinks he wins, and if the race is just a little longer, I'm sure he'll do it. "
Later in the month of California Chrome was sent to Del Mar, and following the practice in the meadow Sherman entered him at the Hollywood Derby on 29 November. This is his first start on the grass racing track. Sherman believes that California Chrome will run well on the grass, and it will also open up a variety of potential races to enter in 2015. He is a favorite of the morning line, with his toughest competitor seen as Lexie Lou, a foal who beat the horses to win Canada is equivalent to Kentucky Derby, Queen's Plate. California Chrome is won by two long, and Canada's foal is the second. With this victory, California Chrome grabbed four Grade I races for this year and is the only horse in the United States to grab Grade I in 2014 on a dirt track and grass. Espinoza concluded the race by saying, "he's back."
2015: Four-year season
California Chrome has a tumultuous four-year season. The horse starts in 2015 at Santa Anita at San Antonio Stakes on February 7, a return match with Shared Belief, whose traffic problems in Classic prevented the real match against California Chrome. Coach Art Sherman and Joint Belief, Jerry Hollendorfer, are old friends and rivals of the Northern California racing circuit, and each anticipates competition between their two horses. Sherman said, "I just want us both to be in the head stretch for no reason and then who gets to the first wire." Sharing Trust goes as a favorite, and although California Chrome leads by 3 / 4 , Shared Trust credits it in the sixteenth and winning final, with California Chrome second with half length. California Chrome was then sent to Meydan Racecourse for the Dubai World Cup on March 28, where it had to run at night, under artificial lighting, and without Lasix. He went as a favorite but ended up in second place Prince Prince, owned by Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum of Godolphin Racing. Sherman noted that his horse ran wide around the turn but said, "He tried every inch of the way, there's nothing wrong with the second finish in this race."
After the Dubai World Cup, California Chrome was sent to Newmarket Rae Guest enclosure in the UK to prepare for Royal Ascot week in June. The decision to go to England was made by Perry Martin, against Coburn's and Sherman's wishes. Martin explains, "I'm trying to think about what's best for a horse.That's my decision to send it to Newmarket.This is a beautiful place, with trees and meadows to jump... This is good for his mind I know" Art not making good decisions. But he'll be fine. "British horse racing rider Robbie Mills, who got acquainted with Sherman and advised them to stabilize horses with Guests, stated that California Chrome is making a good transition from the US flat track to the winding mountains- and the horse pointed to the Prince of Wales Stakes at Royal Ascot, with European jockey William Buick, who rode Prince Bishop in Dubai, knocked for a ride.A day before the race, the horse was scratched by a drenched bruised nail.The guest stated, He wanted to run it at Arlington Million in Chicago in August, and the quarantine requirement after returning to the United States combined with his training retreats seized every other early British.After the return of California Chrome to the US in early July, radiographs the animal reveals that it is bruised on the bone of the cannon that will require s at least three months to recover, effectively ending his four-year season. Veterinarians in Rood & amp; Riddle Equine Hospital in Kentucky explains, "The X-ray of California Chrome shows all its joints very clean.He has the initial signs of bruising down the bone of the cannon... The rate of return of the horse with this problem is very high... we find that the rate of recovery is 95% after giving time in the paddock to heal. "
Martin was originally meant for Chrome California to retire for stud at the end of the year. But on July 15, the racing press reported that Steve Coburn sold his 30% stake in horses to Taylor Made Farm from Nicholasville, Kentucky, and that a sudden end to the 2015 season opened the door to race the horse for an additional year. Duncan Taylor of Taylor Made Farms said, "You will not find many horses with quality that make 18 starts in 23 months.He just got his first break from training." On July 19, Art Sherman announced that after California Chrome rested in the desert at Taylor Made Farm, the horse would be sent back to Sherman and prepare for the race in 2016. On October 13, Chrome California returned to the Sherman shed. He finished the year named the California Champion-raised Older Male.
2016-2017: Five years of seasons and races last
Martin's plans for the horse in 2016 include returning to the Dubai World Cup, and finally trying again at the Breeders' Classic Cup. The Sherman Warehouse has a new training rider for horses, Dihigi Gladney, a former bull rider and former jockey who grew up in Watts, who also runs a horse-riding concession in Santa Anita. Purple and green DAPs were replaced with a new silver-gray design that represents California Chrome's partnership, LLC which is now owned by horses. Martin stated that his goal for Chrome California is to be the leading horse winner of all time.
California 2016 Chrome season begins with Pasak San Pasqual on January 9th. He faces a seven-horse field that includes former rivals of the Derby trail, Hoppertunity, and longtime Imperative and Hard Aces foes. Stalking the front runner to the final turn, he leads in the homestretch and won by 1 1 / 2 long. Sherman said of his modest margin of victory, "He could have turned to go home, but Victor put his full nelson on him, that's all we need." Espinoza, back in California Chrome after winning Triple Crown with American Pharoah, said, "He's one of the best horses I've ever met I'm so proud of him American Pharoah and California Chrome are too hard to compare, so I will not do it." it increased its lifetime income to $ 6,442,650, breaking the previous record held by Tiznow as the highest-earning California equestrian horse in history. He was sent to Dubai shortly after San Pasqual adjusted to the area, the same tactics used by Curlin coaches. He entered the 2,000 meters (6,600 feet) handicap race on February 25, where he drew the position of post number one and was charged with a 60 kilogram (130 pound) weight, impost 7.5 kilograms (17 pounds) more than any other horse in the field of eight horses. Alan Sherman, who accompanied the horse to Dubai and conditioned him there, did not care, noting that Gladney weighed £ 150 (68 kg). He is easily won by two lengths.
Entering the 2016 Dubai World Cup, California Chrome has 11th place in 12th international field. He faces both old American rivals in Hoppertunity and Candy Boy and three young horses who challenged American Pharoah the previous year: Keen Ice, Frosted and Mubtaahij. He also had to run again without Lasix. The horse stays wide and has a clear ride across the race, leads 300 meters (980 feet) and is won by 3 / 4 long. The race developed an additional drama when the Espinoza's saddle began slipping back in the homestretch. After the race, he said, "I keep looking forward and thinking 'where is the cord? It's not fast enough." The wallet money for the win made him pass the Curlin when North America's most prominent horse in the revenue was won.
Upon his return to the United States, California Chrome played for a month at Taylor Made Farm, then returned to training with Sherman. On July 23, the horse was put into the San Diego Handicap where he faced Dortmund, who finished third in Kentucky Derby 2015 for American Pharoah. California Chrome tracks back Dortmund to far corner, then moves forward. Dortmund battled back and both dueled in the stretch, with California Chrome being in effect with a half-length while carrying five pounds more than Dortmund. A month later, California Chrome challenged the all-star field in the Pacific Classic, which included a rematch with Dortmund as well as the old Hoppertunity rivals. Most notably, Chrome met the champion champion for the first time. Viewers, the third favorite on the morning line, have won the previous year in their debut against the stallion, the only mare to ever win the race. California Chrome got the number-one positions in the field of nine horses, seen as an unfavorable draw because, in addition to its preparations for winning at Meydan Racecourse, he had previously played poorly on the tracks. The postal position was not a problem, because the horse broke cleanly and quickly went to the lead, led the entire race, and only the Audience remained close to it until the pole of miles, at which point it was pulled in front of the field and won by five lengths. Espinoza continued to hold onto the horse throughout the race, and Beholder rider Gary Stevens commented, "Victor played with us, I do not think he really let him run, it's scary to think about." In a similar form, he was again challenged by Dortmund in Awesome Again Stakes on 1 October. The two horses at one point came out of the rest of the field with 12 long, but California Chrome led along and won by 2 Long 1 / 4 . Art Sherman commented, "You're looking at maybe the best horse in the world right now."
On November 5, California Chrome entered the Breeders' Cup Classic as a strong favorite of the winners of Travers Stakes, Arrogate. Chrome leads from the start, tracked by Arrogate. The two horses that fought in the homestretch and in the last yard, Arrogate surged forward to defeat California Chrome with a neck at the finish. Both horses dominate the rest of the field with more than 10 lengths. Critics of the race and Espinoza themselves speculated that the loss was because Espinoza had failed to make his pace and set a considerable lead at the start of the race. Sherman also wondered if Espinoza could open up a larger lead, but he was not sure if that would mean: "The winner is the real McCoy, I know he is the man we have to beat, but I do not know how good he is," he said. While the horse came out of the race in good shape, the press asked Raul Rodriquez if the horse "knew" that he had lost the race, and the groom replied, "oh yes." Post race analysis gave California Chrome a Beyer Speed ​​Figure 119, the highest in his career, was achieved by 120 for Arrogate. His final race in 2016 was Winter Challenge Stakes at Los Alamitos, the only time the horse ever ran on the track that became his home training base. In a one-mile and one-sixth race against a light competition, where he's 6 horses wide, he wins easily with 12 longs and makes track records. The last race of his career was the Pegasus World Cup on January 28, 2017, where he managed to get a far outpost and lead a very bad race, getting easier, and finished ninth, well behind the winner, Arrogate. Arrogate Jockey, Mike Smith, commented, "Chrome is not firing his race today." Sherman commented, "This is the first bad race he did for me." The horse had fluid in his right knee after the race, and although the injury did not look serious, Sherman theorized about the cause: "It seems he rushed off from there and could not get his footing." The arrogate coach, Bob Baffert, was also disappointed: "I kept waiting for the game with Chrome but he did not bring the race today. X-rays taken after the race do not show any bone injury, but California Chrome is a bit "off" in its gait. Frank Taylor explains that no one knows what really happened, "We do not know if he just grabbed it or touched it, but it has a little filling, fluid, and heat in it." A horse chiropractor gets a small "pop" when he stretches out the hooves. The clinical signs of the injury went down, and he was sent to Taylor Made Farm the next day on Sunday. On Monday he was allowed out and exercised in a field.
Mastering career
Although the Pegasus World Cup was just three weeks before the start of the Thoroughbred industry marriage season, Taylor Made stood California Chrome in the stud for the 2017 season. The cost of the stud was initially set at $ 40,000, making him the new horse with the second highest price for the 2017 season. A knee injury is not seen as problem, and he is scheduled to start breeding mares soon after arriving at the farm, starting around 14 February. Mark Taylor said, "He will have two weeks to go from the playground to the penthouse." His book includes nine horses purchased by California Chrome LLC, as well as Champagne Royale, the dam of two Grade I winners, including competitor Kentucky Derby California Chrome Danza.
In March 2017, Taylor Made announced that they had been brokered by Sullivan Bloodstock and arranged for Chrome California to deliver for part of that year, to stand in studs in Chile at Sumaya Stud, owned by Oussama Aboughazale, which also owns American horse farms at the former Belvedere Farm property by Paris, Kentucky. The agreement is to have the horse send every July to Chile for the southern horse breeding season, then return to the US. The staff from Taylor Made will travel with horses and stay with him in Chile when he is there.
His first reported horse, a mule from the horse Pay the Man, was thwarted on 20 January 2018. His first plant will be the age of racing in 2020.
Awards and honors
California Chrome won many awards in 2014. The concurrent resolution at California State Assembly recognizes the "outstanding performance of California Chrome" and all its connections include not only the owner and coach but also Willie Delgado and groom Raul Rodriguez. The resolution passed through both legislative rooms unanimously on August 14. This is the first time that the California Legislature has honored the racehorse. The city of Fresno proclaims October 11, 2014, as "California Chrome Day". In March 2015, the Los Angeles Sports Council placed the Kentucky Derby in California and Preakness won third in the LA Sports Awards' Sports Moment of 2014, behind only the Los Angeles Kings Stanley Cup victories and Clayton Kershaw Cy Young and the National League MVP Awards.
California Chrome wins the Vox Populi 2014 Secretariat Award given every year to recognize "the horse whose popularity and racing excellence is very popular with the American public and gained recognition for Thoroughbred racing." His Kentucky Derby victory was named NTRA "Moment of the Year". At the Eclipse Awards, he was crowned as America's Horse of the Year and Boyfriend of Three-Year-Old Men. He is a California-born second to win the Horse of the Year, the first since Tiznow, the first three-year-old to be the Horse of the Year since Rachel Alexandra, and the first Kentucky Derby winner since Charismatic. California Breeders Association Thoroughbred named it California Horse Riding This Year, Three-Year Cal-bred Champion, and Turf Champion. Lucky Pulpit is named Champion Sire, Love the Chase is Champion Broodmare, Martin and Coburn are named Champion Breeders, and Sherman is named Trainer of the Year. In 2015, California Chrome is named Champion California-bred Older Male.
2016 saw the inauguration of the California Chrome Stakes, the 1 /mile substitute mile with a $ 150,000 introductory bag for three year at Los Alamitos. This track creates the race in recognition of the horse that was hailed there as an initial base since early 2014. At the end of the season, he became the winner of the Eclipse Deuteronomy Award for Horse of the Year, becoming the first horse since John Henry (horse) to win twice in multiple years in a row. He is also named Champion Older Dirt Male. In addition, he once again won the NTRA moment this year, this time to win the 2016 Dubai World Cup, and also won the Vox Popili Secretariat award for the second time.
Fans and publicity
"Chromies"
An enthusiastic fan base supporting California Chrome became visible in Santa Anita Derby, when someone invited horse supporters to join the owner in the winning circle and over 100 people crammed into the area, including a woman dressed entirely with metal paper. Coburn told CNN about a supporter who has a tattoo on his shoulder. The unofficial Twitter account for horses, @CalChrome, started by a 37-year-old Florida fan, Shawn LaFata, has more than 12,000 followers by Belmont week. The New York Times notes the enthusiasm of the fans, who use the #Chromies tag on Twitter. LaFata believes the word "Chromies" first appeared in @CalChrome eight nights before Kentucky Derby. The horse's humble origins and the people around them play a role in its popularity, as does a horse-focused attitude. Proponents seem to be more motivated by the persistent doubts posed by industry experts about Chrome's California capabilities.
The horse has a national appeal, but Chrome's core Chrome fan base is centered on the Central Valley of California; the Sacramento television market ranked sixth in the country for television viewing on Preakness Day, and third in the country on Belmont day. Prior to Belmont, singer-songwriting teams Templeton Thompson and Sam Gay wrote and recorded a song titled "Bring it on Home, Chrome" and a rap video featuring elementary school kids being released on YouTube. Even after losing his Belmont, Harris Farms made numerous calls every day from fans who wanted to visit horses while he rested from racing in June and July 2014. Unlike his admirers, the image of California Chrome was somewhat diminished by critics following Coburn's post-Belmont comments. Additional negative emphasis occurred when Martin declined an offer to bring Chrome California paraded in a paddock in Del Mar on Pacific Classic day. Frank Deford NPR has a bit of patience with the story of the horse that became the model of American dreams; DeFord felt that the horse's victory would have little impact on the popularity of the racetrack, which he regarded as "a sport that fought against time and culture" due to the prevalence of other types of gambling and the reduced impact of horses on a daily basis. the lives of most people.
Overall, the press the horse receives is seen as providing the necessary boost for the sport. Jockey and sports analyst Gary Stevens noted before Belmont, "I've never heard the Thoroughbred horse racing mentioned on CNN for a long time, and it's just above the clock... He's brought us mainstream again for the first time in many years." the Post-Belmont press argues that California Chrome is the most popular Thoroughbred in America since Zenyatta. In December, when the horse was chosen as the winner of the Vox Populari Secretariat Award, Coburn said, "We always say that Chrome is a 'Horse of the People' and we are happy that people feel the same way we do to them. In announcing Moment of the Year, Keith Chamblin of NTRA stated, "The fans remind us that nothing beats the extraordinary looks by legendary horses." When the horse won the 2016 Vox Populi award, Perry Martin said, "I am proud to witness the love and devotion of Chrome fans, they always see what I see in her."
Marketing
Prior to 2014 Belmont Stakes, the owner of Chrome California applied for a patent for his trademark name for use on athletic attire, and hired two talent agencies to help marketing and sponsorship. After the "nasalgate" story, fans start appearing wearing human nose strips or purple auxiliary bands on their noses. Working with intellectual property lawyers who have brokered a deal for Smarty Jones, Chrome Chrome owners got a support deal with GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of the Breathe Right Human nose strip. On Belmont Day, GlaxoSmithKline distributed 50,000 pieces at Belmont Park. Santa Anita, who performed racing simulations, runs her own promotions, giving fans on the purple path with the word "Chrome" on the front. On June 2, the Skechers shoe company announced a sponsorship deal in which the company logo appeared on a variety of items worn by horses and handlers, the company used California Chrome image in its marketing, and launched a half-page ad featuring horses in the Wall Street Journal at the end of June 2014.
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