Once upon a time.... ...both the Coburns and the Martins wanted to buy Love the Chase for themselves, but decided to form a partnership instead. Steven Coburn and Perry Martin became her official owners after her first win, which was in her fourth race at Golden Gate Park, and retired her in 2009. They paid $8000 for her and hoped she would become a good broodmare. When they bought Love the Chase, a casual observer remarked that only a dumb ass would buy her, and so Corburn and Martin decided to name their racing operation DAP Racing, which stands for Dumb Ass Partners. They created a caricature of a jackass to adorn the back of their racing silks and picked purple and green for their stable colors. The initials DAP appear on California Chromes blinker hood and the left front of the jockeys silks. Steve Coburn said he had a dream two weeks prior to the horses 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). His foalhood nickname was 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. The partnership dubbed California Chrome their Derby horse and placed the colt in race training with 77 year old Art Sherman, who liked the enthusiasm of the owners. Congratulations on the Derby Win!!! Way to stick with gut feelings and dreams.
Posted on: Sat, 03 May 2014 23:26:22 +0000
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