Users' questions

Who owned California Chrome?

Who owned California Chrome?

The inspiring story of California Chrome that feels more like a fairy tale opened when first-time breeders Steve Coburn and Perry Martin purchased Love the Chase for $8,000.

Is California Chrome related to Secretariat?

Not since the day when Secretariat’s sunlit figure disappeared from center stage had a horse so fired the nation’s imagination as his great-great-great grandson, California Chrome. Secretariat was bred to the purple, the product of the best minds which the breeding industry could bring to bear.

Is California Chrome still alive?

Yet four seasons on and California Chrome resides in Japan. (As part of the agreement, the California Chrome Syndicate has the first right of refusal if California Chrome is ever sold, and upon retirement from breeding, he can live out the remainder of his life at Taylor Made).

What is California Chrome worth?

California Chrome, two-time Horse of the Year in 2014 and 2016, and the richest Kentucky Derby winner in history, won seven Grade 1 races—the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Pacific Classic, Dubai World Cup, Santa Anita Derby, Awesome Again Stakes, and Hollywood Derby and retired with earnings of $14,752,650.

Is American Pharoah related to Secretariat?

American Pharoah is a descendant of Secretariat through his dam, Littleprincessemma. Secretariat is his great, great, great grandfather on his maternal side. Secretariat isn’t the only successful horse in American Pharoah’s pedigree. His sire, Pioneerof the Nile, was second in the Kentucky Derby in 2009.

What year did California Chrome win the Kentucky Derby?

2014
Now the champion is attempting to defy the odds again in his stallion career. That California Chrome ran in the 2016 Dubai World Cup at all was unusual. He had won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 2014 and was named Horse of the Year.

Has California Chrome sired any winners?

winning sire, California Chrome (by Lucky Pulpit). The winner’s dam, Emma Carly, is a half-sister to GSW Royale Michele (Elusive Quality). The 17-year-old mare produced a filly by Nyquist last term and was bred to Bernardini this season.

What is the most expensive stud fee?

Fee: $225,000/£162,000 The remarkable and rapid rise of Into Mischief continues unabated. Having once stood for $7,500, the son of Harlan’s Holiday heads into his 13th season at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky at a career high of $225,000 to make him the most expensive stallion in North America.

How much is justify stud fee?

His stud fee for 2019 will be $150,000.

What killed Secretariat?

Secretariat had to be put down via lethal injection in October of 1989 after being diagnosed with laminitis, a painful, incurable condition that inflames the soft tissue of a horse’s foot.

Is Seabiscuit related to Secretariat?

Is Seabiscuit Related to Secretariat? Though they were two of the greatest racehorses ever to live, Secretariat is not a direct descendant of Seabiscuit.

Did California chrome win Triple Crown?

However, California Chrome, who won $14.7 million during his career, came from a humble background and had been the ultimate rags to riches story during his Triple Crown run. It brought him legions of fans known as “Chromies,” but the reality was breeders would be wary of his blue-collar pedigree.