California Chrome

California Chrome
California Chrome (left) at the 2014 Kentucky Derby
Sire	Lucky Pulpit
Grandsire	Pulpit
Dam	Love the Chase
Damsire	Not For Love
Sex	Colt
Foaled	February 18, 2011
Country	United States
Color	Chestnut
Breeder	Perry Martin & Steve Coburn
Owner	Perry Martin & Steve Coburn
Racing colors	Purple, Green, Jackass on Back, Green Cap.
Trainer	Art Sherman
Record	12:8-1-0
Earnings	$3,452,650
Major wins
Graded stakes wins Santa Anita Derby (2014) San Felipe Stakes (2014) California Cup Derby (2014) King Glorious Stakes (2013) Graduation Stakes (2013) Triple Crown classic race wins: Kentucky Derby (2014) Preakness Stakes (2014)
Last updated on May 4, 2014

California Chrome (foaled February 18, 2011) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred in California. He won the 2014 Kentucky Derby, following wins in the Santa Anita Derby and the San Felipe Stakes. Trained by the father-son team of Art Sherman and Alan Sherman, the colt was the first horse they entered in the Kentucky Derby. As a young man, the elder Sherman was the exercise rider for the 1955 Kentucky Derby winner Swaps, another California-bred horse.

The colt's first win was in his second race, but he had trouble winning consistently until he was paired with jockey Victor Espinoza for the King Glorious Stakes on December 22, 2013. He won that race and has been undefeated since. Prior to the Santa Anita Derby, his owners turned down an offer of $6 million for a 51 percent controlling interest, which would have resulted in a change of trainer and crew.

Arriving in Kentucky less than a week before the Derby, the colt drew the 5th post position and was the morning line favorite, though analysts at Churchill Downs were critical of the colt, his trainer's strategy, and downplayed his chances of winning. He won by 13⁄4 lengths, even after being eased for the final 70 yards (64 m), in a ride by Espinoza that Art Sherman described as "perfect". The colt shipped to Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland on May 12, 2014 and is anticipated to run in the 2014 Preakness Stakes.

Background

California Chrome was foaled on February 18, 2011, at Harris Farms in Coalinga, California, the horse breeding division of the Harris Ranch. He is a chestnut with four white stockings and a blaze.

His sire is a son of Pulpit named Lucky Pulpit, Lucky Pulpit won three races, including a stakes race, and hit the board in 13 of his 22 starts. He placed in several graded stakes races, including a second place finish in the Santa Catalina Stakes.

His dam is Love the Chase, and he is her first foal. She was purchased as a yearling for $30,000 by an agent for a horse ownership group called the Blinkers On Racing Stable. As a two- and three-year-old filly, she ran six times and won on her fourth try in a maiden claiming race at Golden Gate Fields. After her win, Steve Coburn and Perry Martin became her official owners. They paid $8,000 for her, and after two more races, they retired her in 2009. They hoped she would become a good broodmare. When she retired, it was discovered that she had a breathing problem. When California Chrome became a Kentucky Derby contender, Martin and Coburn turned down an offer of $2.1 million for Love the Chase.

Ownership

California Chrome is owned by Perry Martin of Yuba City, California and Steve Coburn of Topaz Lake, Nevada, who also own his dam, Love the Chase, and thus are his breeders. Their wives, Denise Martin and Carolyn Coburn, are closely involved with the partnership, though they do not appear as owners on official records kept by Equibase. The Martins own a 70% share in the horse and are the managing owners. Originally, the two couples each owned a five percent share in Love the Chase through membership in Blinkers On Racing Stable. Martin had been a member since 2007, Coburn joined when he bought his share of the filly in 2008. When Blinkers On Racing Stable was dissolved, both the Coburns and the Martins wanted to buy Love the Chase for themselves, but decided to form a partnership instead. When they bought Love the Chase, a casual observer remarked that only a "dumb ass" would buy her, and so Coburn and Martin decided to name their racing operation DAP Racing, which stands for "Dumb Ass Partners". They created a caricature of a buck-toothed jackass to adorn the back of their racing silks and picked purple and green, the favorite colors of Carolyn Coburn and Denise Martin, for their stable colors. The initials "DAP" appear on California Chrome's blinker hood and the left front of the jockey's silks.

The Martins own and operate Martin Testing Laboratories (MTL), a division of Materials Technology Laboratories, Inc. and located within McClellan Business Park, at the former McClellan Air Force Base. The company provides product assurance testing and reliability testing of new technologies and materials including automobile airbags and medical equipment. Perry Martin described the items MTL tests as "the kind where somebody dies if something goes wrong.” Originally from Chicago, Perry Martin has an MBA plus degrees in both applied and solid state physics. Denise Martin is the company's senior chemist, managing the company's fatigue testing and thermal analytics. Perry Martin was employed by the Air Force at the McClellan Air Force Base prior to its 2001 closure, performing testing and analysis work, briefing both Congress and the Air Force Chief of Staff on his work with Air Force weapons systems. He wrote the Electronic Failure Analysis Handbook, published by McGraw-Hill in 1999.

Early years

Love the Chase was bred to Lucky Pulpit in 2010; she had failed to conceive in 2009 after being bred to a stallion named Redattore who was unavailable the next year for rebreeding because he had been shipped to Brazil. Steve Coburn said he had a dream not long before California Chrome's birth that the foal would be a colt with four white feet and a blaze. At birth, California Chrome was relatively large for a newborn horse, weighing 137 pounds (62 kg). Martin described the foal as "running circles around mama" within two hours of birth. However, Love the Chase had gotten a uterine laceration as a complication of giving birth to the large foal and had to be kept stall-bound for a month for treatment. She remained bonded to her foal and did not reject him, but in that time, the young foal also imprinted on humans, who gave him extra attention when they cared for his dam. As a result, he became very people-focused, a trait that has served him well since entering race training. He was raised from birth at Harris Farms until being shipped to the track for race training at age two. Harris farms had also helped conceive, raise and began the training of two-time Breeders' Cup Classic winner Tiznow.

The Martins and Coburns were very fond of California Chrome, visiting him regularly through his early years. His nickname, given to him as a foal, is "Junior". The Coburns and Martins chose his official name at a restaurant; they wrote several potential names on pieces of paper and asked a waitress to draw one out of a hat. The word "chrome" in his name comes from slang for a horse with flashy white markings. The colt was started under saddle by Harris Farms' trainer Per Antonsen, who described him as "a really smart horse" who was "really nice to work with."

Perry Martin considered California Chrome a Derby horse even before he began race training, and had mapped out a racing plan for the horse. He asked Steve Sherman, who had trained horses for Martin at Golden Gate Fields, to recommend a trainer based in the more highly competitive Southern California area. Steve suggested Martin contact his father, Art Sherman. Art Sherman liked the enthusiasm of both owners and accepted the colt for training. Martin and Coburn liked the elder Sherman because of his "old school" reputation for patience with young horses and his small barn of about 15 horses, which allowed the colt to be given individualized attention.

The horse was the first Kentucky Derby prospect that Sherman has trained in his career. In 1955 at the age of 18, Sherman worked for Rex Ellsworth, and was the exercise rider at Churchill Downs for Swaps, who won the Kentucky Derby that year. Sherman rode as a professional jockey beginning in 1957, and became a race horse trainer in 1979. His assistant is his son, Alan Sherman, age 45, who is also a licensed trainer. Sherman typically downplays his role and credits the horse, saying, "This horse is my California rock star. I'm just his manager."

Unlike most high-end California Thoroughbred trainers, who usually are headquartered at Santa Anita Park, Sherman stables and works out of Los Alamitos Race Course, which is better-known as a track for Quarter Horse racing and minor Thoroughbred claiming races. Sherman had stabled at Hollywood Park Racetrack, but when it closed in December 2013, Los Alamitos picked up some of the racing trainers, including Sherman. Los Alamitos also took over some of Hollywood Park's racing schedule, and will host all-Thoroughbred meets for the first time in 2014. Due to the impending schedule of major Thoroughbred races, the manager of the track was happy with the success of California Chrome and his ability to bring good publicity to their track, saying, "[b]y having Art's horse here, it jump-started our credibility."

Racing history

Front

Back

Racing colors of DAP Racing

2013: Two-year-old season

California Chrome came in second by a length in his first start, which was at Hollywood Park Racetrack in April 2013, when he was two years old. Three weeks later, he won his second race by 2-3/4 lengths. In both races he was ridden by Alberto Delgado. His next race was less than a month later when he was entered in the Willard L. Proctor Memorial Stakes, where he was one of the four horses given the highest impost assigned in the race, 120 pounds (54 kg), and had a jockey change, to Corey Nakatani. He fought for the lead in the first three furlongs, but then weakened and finished fifth in a field of nine. Given a six-week break from competition and moving to Del Mar racetrack for his next two races with Delgado back as his rider, he won the Graduation Stakes, a race limited to California-bred horses, by 2-3/4 lengths. While he once again was assigned 120 pounds (54 kg), he wore blinkers and also ran on the medication Lasix for the first time in his career. The next time out he ran a longer, seven-furlong race, was assigned 122 pounds (55 kg) and though he ran strongly, he got caught in traffic in a large field of 11 horses, and finished sixth. This was his first graded stakes race, the Grade I Del Mar Futurity. California Chrome was given almost two months before he ran again, in the Golden State Juvenile Stakes on November 1 at Santa Anita Park. This race was on the undercard for the Breeders' Cup, and at one mile, was the longest race he had ever run. Carrying 121 pounds (55 kg), he had a bad start from the number 1 post position, was last out of the gate, struggled throughout the race and faded to sixth at the end. Sherman viewed his "rough trips" simply as evidence that he was still growing and learning how to be a race horse.

The fortunes of Sherman and California Chrome changed for the better when he returned to Hollywood Park for his final race of the year, the King Glorious Stakes on December 22. Carrying 119 pounds (54 kg), back to running seven furlongs and with a new rider, Victor Espinoza, who won the 2002 Kentucky Derby on War Emblem, he won by 6-1/4 lengths. He was, coincidentally, the final stakes winner at Hollywood Park Racetrack, which held its final races that day and then closed permanently. Sherman was impressed with the way Espinoza rode the colt, and Espinoza was impressed with the colt, saying to the trainer, "Please put me on more of those." Alan Sherman later said that it was after this race that he first began to think that California Chrome could be a Kentucky Derby contender.

2014: Three-year-old season

California Chrome at the 2014 San Felipe Stakes with Victor Espinoza up, groom Raul Rodriquez leading the horse, and assistant trainer Alan Sherman at right

California Chrome began his 2014 season with the California Cup Derby on January 25. Espinoza returned as his jockey, and the horse went off as the second favorite and carried 124 pounds (56 kg), the same impost as the favorite. California Chrome was slow coming out of the gate, but quickly moved up to third place, then took the lead coming into the homestretch and won by 5-1/2 lengths. Sherman noted that it was the second race in a row where the horse pulled clear and won by a decisive margin, stating, "It's like the light bulb has gone on."

His first graded stakes win came in his next race, the March 8 Grade II San Felipe Stakes. The race was over the same distance as his previous race, but he was dropped down to 118 pounds (54 kg) in spite of being the favorite. Espinoza tried a different riding tactic and simply let him go to the lead right out of the gate. As a result, California Chrome led wire to wire, and after Espinoza gave him a tap on the shoulder with the whip, the horse pulled away from the field at the top of the homestretch and won by 7-1/2 lengths with only mild urging by his rider. This was also his first win in a race open at all three-year-olds and earned him 50 points in the Road to the Kentucky Derby system, making him a viable contender for the Kentucky Derby. Alan Sherman said, "my jaw dropped", and Espinoza explained in an interview, "I wanted to try something new today, so I let him go right out of the gate. I don't know if people expected me to go right to the lead, but I wanted to let him enjoy his race."

His first Grade I win was the Santa Anita Derby on April 8. Prior to the race, Martin turned down a $6 million offer for a 51% controlling interest in the colt that would have included putting the horse with a different trainer. In the Santa Anita Derby, California Chrome was, once again, slow out of the gate and then was briefly caught between two horses, but once clear, he moved up to first by the quarter pole and went on to win the $1 million race by 5-1/4 lengths, again with minimal urging. He defeated Rebel Stakes winner Hoppertunity, who came in second, and another 3-1/2 lengths back in third was another potential Kentucky Derby contender, Candy Boy. His time of 1:47.52 earned him a Beyer Speed Figure of 107, which was the fastest speed figure in any of the final prep races for 2014. It was also the fourth fastest time in the history of the Santa Anita Derby; the only horses to have run faster were Lucky Debonair, Sham, and Indian Charlie.

California Chrome's decisive win made him an early favorite to win the 2014 Kentucky Derby and raised speculation that he had the talent to win the Triple Crown. After the Santa Anita Derby win, Sherman began to describe the colt as "my Swaps".

Kentucky Derby

California Chrome won the 2014 Kentucky Derby. Only three California-bred horses had done so previously: Morvich in 1922, Swaps in 1955, and Decidedly in 1962. Besides Swaps, the only other horses to win both the Santa Anita Derby and the Kentucky Derby were I'll Have Another, Sunday Silence, Winning Colors, Affirmed, and Majestic Prince.

Prior to the 2014 Kentucky Derby, Bob Baffert, trainer of Hoppertunity, compared California Chrome to War Emblem, and commented, "As long as he breaks and he's in the clear ... he just keeps going." Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who had no horses entered in the 2014 Derby, told a reporter that he intended to bet on the horse and commented, "He’s looked like the real deal ... I like everything about him."

Espinoza celebrates winning the Derby on California Chrome, standing in his stirrups and raising his whip before the wire. Commanding Curve finished second, Danza third.

The colt shipped to Churchill Downs on April 28, 2014, one of the last four Derby horses to arrive. He was flown in from California, his first time on a plane, and traveled quietly. Once the plane landed, however, he refused to unload until he was turned around and backed down the ramp; Alan Sherman explained later that this was his typical way of unloading from ground-based transportation as well. Though critics commented that bringing the horse in late and not giving him a full workout on the track was a mistake, Sherman's strategy was backed by Lukas, who said "working over the racetrack is way overrated." There was also criticism that the colt had never raced outside California, countered by reporters who noted that the same was true of Derby winners Silver Charm and Giacomo. To become accustomed to the track, the horse jogged on the track with his regular exercise rider, Willy Delgado, the day after he arrived, where he had to adjust to a three-hour change in time zone, but was strong and energetic. He galloped on the track beginning on Wednesday of Derby week, and on Thursday schooled in the saddling paddock and the gate.

His connections drew post position number five for the race, and he was the morning line favorite, at odds of 5–2. Though reporters noted the spot, relatively close to the inside rail, could be a problem owing to the "speed horses" that surrounded him on both sides, combined with colt's past tendency to be slow out of the gate, Espinoza pointed out that he won the 2002 Kentucky Derby on War Emblem from the same post position.

In the race, California Chrome had a clean start and could have taken the lead from the outset, but Espinoza chose to keep him behind two speed horses and only moved him to the front at the final turn when other horses began to tire. In the homestretch, he opened up a lead of five lengths, but then Espinoza eased California Chrome the last 70 yards of the race, making his winning margin only 1-3/4 lengths. Sherman later explained that Espinoza was "saving something for the next one"; a reference to the probable start of the horse in the 2014 Preakness Stakes, following just two weeks later. The winning time of 2:03.66 was relatively slow for a Kentucky Derby, but Sherman described Espinoza's ride as "perfect." the win was Espinoza's second victory and 77-year-old Sherman became the oldest trainer to ever win the Kentucky Derby. Previously, Charlie Whittingham held the record when at age 76 he trained Sunday Silence to win the 1989 Kentucky Derby.

Following the race, trainer Dale Romans, who had predicted that California Chrome had no chance to win the Derby, said, "I was very, very wrong ... We might have just seen a super horse and a super trainer. You don't fake your way to the winner's circle at the Kentucky Derby." Sherman told the press that he had visited Swaps' grave at the Kentucky Derby Museum the Thursday prior to the Derby: “I said a little prayer and it came true, I said I hope he's another Swaps.” Alan Sherman was pleased with the recovery of the colt: “He lost a little weight after the race but put it all back on quickly.” The New York Times commented on the rise of a fan base for the horse, known as "Chromies."

Preakness Stakes

California Chrome remained stabled at Churchill Downs following the Derby, and shipped via air to Baltimore on Monday, May 12 in preparation for the 2014 Preakness Stakes. On the plane with him were the only two horses from the Derby anticipated to challenge him in the Preakness: Ride On Curlin and General a Rod, each of whom had rough trips in the Derby that hurt their chances in the race; both had new jockeys for the Preakness. Sherman made a decision to fly the horse to Baltimore a bit sooner than most of the other horses who were to ship for the race so that California Chrome had time to get used to the new track. Just as before the Derby, the horse galloped on the track, but had no timed workouts.

News stories discussed the relatively slow pace of the Derby and the Beyer Speed Figure of 97 earned by California Chrome in his win, and noted that at least three fresh "speed horses" who had not run in the Derby were likely to challenge him over the shorter distance of the Preakness Stakes. 85-year-old Manny Azpurua, trainer of new rival Social Inclusion, asserted that the Preakness field would be stronger than the Derby field, saying, "California Chrome has to prove again he's the best 3-year-old." His connections were not visibly worried. Exercise rider Delgado, who had previously ridden and trained horses in Maryland, viewed Pimlico as similar to the colt's home track at Los Alamitos, "with sharp turns and a long stretch." In his daily exercise, the horse seemed to like the track. Sherman was not happy with the Preakness date necessitating the horse run again with only a two-week break, but was confident that California Chrome was eating well, had gained back any weight he had lost running the Derby, plus had gained another 35 pounds. On the Wednesday prior to Preakness day, California Chrome was assigned the number three post position and was the morning line odds-on favorite at 3–5. Second favorite in the race was Social Inclusion, who ran third in the Wood Memorial. Sherman was not troubled by the inside post position, saying, "I feel good about it. I don’t think post three will be any kind of hindrance to him." He also was not worried that the speed horses drew more favorable outside posts: "he’s got enough lick that he can stay with any horse in the race. He likes a target to run at." Sherman was surprised at how strong a favorite California Chrome was in the morning line odds, saying "I never thought I'd be that kind of price, I really thought I'd be 6-5." Followers of California Chrome's twitter feed, @CalChrome, were quick to note that Secretariat had also run the 1973 Preakness Stakes from the number three post. Owner Coburn was optimistic: "One race at a time, but I'm still thinking Triple Crown." On Thursday, the horse was observed coughing four times after his workout, prompting a media frenzy about his health, dubbed "throat-gate" by the Los Angeles Times. He had a blister in his throat, which he also had prior to the Kentucky Derby, both times treated with a glycerine throat wash. When the condition first appeared in Kentucky, he had been thoroughly examined and had blood work done. Alan Sherman stated that a veterinarian had checked the horse and other than the "itchy" throat, described as "minor," he was in good health.

On May 17, he won the Preakness Stakes

Statistics

Date	Age	Distance *	Race	Grade	Track	Odds	Time	Field	Finish	Margin	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Ref
Apr 26, 2013	2	4-1/2 furlongs	Maiden Special Weight	Maiden	Hollywood Park Racetrack	6.90	52:47	9	2	1 length	Alberto Delgado	Art Sherman	Martin & Coburn
May 17, 2013	2	4-1/2 furlongs	Maiden Special Weight	Maiden	Hollywood Park Racetrack	1.20	52:42	9	1	2-3/4 lengths	Alberto Delgado	Art Sherman	Martin & Coburn
June 15, 2013	2	5-1/2 furlongs	Willard L. Proctor Memorial Stakes	Listed Stakes	Hollywood Park Racetrack	5.10	NA	9	5	NA	Corey Nakatani	Art Sherman	Martin & Coburn
Jul 31, 2013	2	5-1/2 furlongs	Graduation Stakes	Listed Stakes	Del Mar racetrack	6.20	1:03:48	7	1	2-3/4 lengths	Alberto Delgado	Art Sherman	Martin & Coburn
Sep 4, 2013	2	7 furlongs	Del Mar Futurity	I	Del Mar racetrack	5.70	NA	11	6	NA	Alberto Delgado	Art Sherman	Martin & Coburn
Nov 1, 2013	2	8 furlongs	Golden State Juvenile Stakes	Listed Stakes	Santa Anita Park	3.2	NA	9	6	NA	Alberto Delgado	Art Sherman	Martin & Coburn
Dec 22, 2013	2	7 furlongs	King Glorious Stakes	Listed Stakes	Hollywood Park Racetrack	2.20	1:22:12	10	1	6-1/4 lengths	Victor Espinoza	Art Sherman	Martin & Coburn
Jan 25, 2014	3	8.5 furlongs	California Cup Derby	Listed Stakes	Santa Anita Park	2.50	1:43:22	10	1	5-1/2 lengths	Victor Espinoza	Art Sherman	Martin & Coburn
Mar 8, 2014	3	8.5 furlongs	San Felipe Stakes	II	Santa Anita Park	1.40	1:40:59	7	1	7-1/2 lengths	Victor Espinoza	Art Sherman	Martin & Coburn
Apr 5, 2014	3	9 furlongs	Santa Anita Derby	I	Santa Anita Park	0.70	1:47:52	8	1	5-1/4 lengths	Victor Espinoza	Art Sherman	Martin & Coburn
May 3, 2014	3	10 furlongs	Kentucky Derby	I	Churchill Downs	2.50	2:03.66	19	1	1-3/4 lengths	Victor Espinoza	Art Sherman	Martin & Coburn
May 17, 2014	3	9.5 furlongs	Preakness Stakes	I	Pimlico Race Course	1.2	1:54.84	10	1	1-1/2 lengths	Victor Espinoza	Art Sherman	Martin & Coburn
June 7, 2014	3	12 furlongs	Belmont Stakes	I	Belmont Park						Victor Espinoza	Art Sherman	Martin & Coburn

* Conversion of race distances

furlongs	miles	meters
4.5 furlongs	9⁄16 mile	905 meters
5.5 furlongs	11⁄16 mile	1,106 meters
7 furlongs	7⁄8 mile	1,408 meters
8 furlongs	1 mile	1,609 meters
8.5 furlongs	1+1⁄16 miles	1,710 meters
9 furlongs	1+1⁄8 miles	1,810.5 meters
9.5 furlongs	1+3⁄16 miles	1,911 meters
10 furlongs	1+1⁄4 miles	2,012 meters
12 furlongs	1+1⁄2 miles	2,414 meters

Pedigree

California Chrome's sire, Lucky Pulpit, and his dam, Love the Chase, both raced primarily over short distances and had relatively undistinguished racing careers. However, many of their ancestors were successful race horses, and some were well known for stamina over distance. As of 2014 Lucky Pulpit had sired two other stakes winners in addition to California Chrome. Lucky Pulpit was sired by Pulpit, a leading sire of 63 stakes winners and particularly known for his son Tapit. The sire line traces to Bold Ruler by way of Seattle Slew and his son A. P. Indy, who was also a grandson of Secretariat, who brings another cross to Bold Ruler into the pedigree. Pulpit is a grandson of Mr. Prospector on his dam's side, a line believed to cross well with Seattle Slew breeding. There is a third line to Bold Ruler through Pulpit's maternal granddam, Narrate, who also has lines to 1964 Kentucky Derby winner Northern Dancer.

Love the Chase has several successful horses in her pedigree. Her sire, Not for Love, was by Mr. Prospector and out of a daughter of Northern Dancer, who appears again on the distaff side of Love the Chase's pedigree. Her granddam, Chase the Dream, was sired by the 1968 Epsom Derby winner Sir Ivor. Vaguely Noble, winner of the 1968 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, is one of Chase the Dream's grandsires, and she also traces to the UK-bred Ribot, viewed by some as the greatest racehorse of his generation, and to Princequillo, who was noted for his stamina. Princequillo also appears several times in Lucky Pulpit's pedigree. In the middle of her pedigree, Love the Chase has two crosses to the mare Numbered Account, who produced several Grade I stakes winners and was American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly in 1971. Numbered Account was a daughter of Buckpasser, who won 25 of his 31 races, including a 15 race winning streak, earned five Eclipse Awards between 1965 and 1967, and was inducted to the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1970. The Buckpasser line has been considered a good bloodline to crossbreed with horses descended from Seattle Slew. Numbered Account was also a granddaughter of Swaps, and traces to La Troienne and War Admiral on both sides of her pedigree. Numbered Account is in the pedigree of another Kentucky Derby winner: Super Saver, who won in 2010.

California Chrome has relatively little inbreeding; he is 3 x 4 to Mr Prospector, meaning that this stallion appears once in the third and once in the fourth generations of his pedigree. He is also 4 x 4 to Numbered Account and 4 x 5 to Northern Dancer.

Pedigree of California Chrome, chestnut colt, 2011

Sire Lucky Pulpit (USA) 2001	Pulpit (USA) 1994	A.P. Indy	Seattle Slew
			Weekend Surprise
		Preach	Mr Prospector
			Narrate
	Lucky Soph (USA) 1992	Cozzene	Caro
			Ride The Trails
		Lucky Spell	Lucky Mel
			Incantation
Dam Love The Chase (USA) 2006	Not For Love (USA) 1993	Mr Prospector	Raise A Native
			Gold Digger
		Dance Number	Northern Dancer
			Numbered Account
	Chase It Down (USA) 1992	Polish Numbers	Danzig
			Numbered Account
		Chase The Dream	Sir Ivor
			La Belle Fleur (Family 21)

Sources

• Penna, Mike (2014-04-05). Alan Sherman Interview – April 5, 2014 (Podcast). Horse Racing Radio Network.
• Kentucky Derby 140: Ep. 5 – 3 yr. old takes 76 yr. old to the Kentucky Derby (online video). Kentuckyderby.com. 2013-12-29. Retrieved 2014-04-12.