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Location: Canada | Just won at Santa Anita |
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Location: The Great Northwest |  Great, Congratulations! |
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Gettin Jiggy Wit It
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| It was smooth and fun to watch! |
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Cold hands and Warm Heart
Location: oklahoma | I saw the replay! Awesome!
Idk much of anything about racing, other than I've always enjoyed watching it, but, why is he still racing?
Part of me wants all of the heats to retire fat and happy. |
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 My Heart Be Happy
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Location: Arkansas | Murr - 2016-01-09 6:27 PM
Just won at Santa Anita
How did his sister do? |
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"Heck's Coming With Me"
Posts: 10797
Location: Kansas | Chandler's Mom - 2016-01-09 8:02 PM Murr - 2016-01-09 6:27 PM Just won at Santa Anita How did his sister do?
She was fifth. Big field for a bunch of three year olds. I always hate to see that.
Comical when one of the commentators remarked about Chrome being "studdy" and sometimes hard to handle. Called him a "mean SOB". It was a beautiful race.
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 1131
| CurlyQ - 2016-01-09 8:43 PM
I saw the replay! Awesome!
Idk much of anything about racing, other than I've always enjoyed watching it, but, why is he still racing?
Part of me wants all of the heats to retire fat and happy.
He recovered from his injury well, so they decided to run him in 2016 and see how he does, based on his win, he will stay racing. He really didn't win enough to be a stud yet, not with AP retiring this year. |
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Cold hands and Warm Heart
Location: oklahoma | FlyingHigh1454 - 2016-01-09 10:05 PM
CurlyQ - 2016-01-09 8:43 PM
I saw the replay! Awesome!
Idk much of anything about racing, other than I've always enjoyed watching it, but, why is he still racing?
Part of me wants all of the heats to retire fat and happy.
He recovered from his injury well, so they decided to run him in 2016 and see how he does, based on his win, he will stay racing. He really didn't win enough to be a stud yet, not with AP retiring this year.
It was supposed to have said "greats retire fat ....."Thanks for your response :) |
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| CC's pedigree isn't as royal as most studs so I think they are continuing to run him to show people he wasn't just the best over a mediocre three year old crop. He has already won more money than many horses retired to stud and is now the leading California bred having passed Tiznow, who won the Breeders' Cup twice. |
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 Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | It was a beautiful race especially coming off such a long layoff. He'll be better for this race his next out too. And thank goodness he is back with Art Sherman, someone that had the horses best interest at heart. It showed. |
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| Frodo - 2016-01-09 9:38 PM
Chandler's Mom - 2016-01-09 8:02 PM Murr - 2016-01-09 6:27 PM Just won at Santa Anita How did his sister do?
Comical when one of the commentators remarked about Chrome being "studdy" and sometimes hard to handle. Called him a "mean SOB". It was a beautiful race.
I had a friend who worked on the track for a while and she said the same thing! I guess that's why no one crawls in his stall to snuggle him like they did to American Pharoah  |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Today he won the Dubai World Cup... A very special horse!! |
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Location: South Dakota | komet. - 2016-03-26 9:29 PM Today he won the Dubai World Cup... A very special horse!!
He was brilliant!!! What a good horse to put up and ignore the saddle slipping back, looked like his cinch was dang near to his flank... a lot of horses would have freaked out. Love CC!!!!! |
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Location: Montana | ridejg - 2016-03-26 8:34 PM komet. - 2016-03-26 9:29 PM Today he won the Dubai World Cup... A very special horse!!
I just had to watch it...I'd have been scared (as a jockey) what was gonna happen with the cinch slipping so far back.  Good job both horse and jockey did though! |
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Location: SE Louisiana | mtcanchazer - 2016-03-26 10:00 PM
ridejg - 2016-03-26 8:34 PM komet. - 2016-03-26 9:29 PM Today he won the Dubai World Cup... A very special horse!!
Here it is.... I wonder who tightened the girth? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2ihAGhZ9K4 |
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | ridejg - 2016-03-26 9:34 PM komet. - 2016-03-26 9:29 PM Today he won the Dubai World Cup... A very special horse!!
Does anyone know who saddled him today? |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Nevertooold - 2016-03-26 10:40 PM
ridejg - 2016-03-26 9:34 PM komet. - 2016-03-26 9:29 PM Today he won the Dubai World Cup... A very special horse!!
Probably Obama. |
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I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | komet. - 2016-03-26 10:52 PM Nevertooold - 2016-03-26 10:40 PM ridejg - 2016-03-26 9:34 PM komet. - 2016-03-26 9:29 PM Today he won the Dubai World Cup... A very special horse!! Probably Obama.
It should have been the trainer but I could see Obama saying he could do it better..
Edited by Nevertooold 2016-03-26 11:02 PM
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 Namesless in BHW
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | komet. - 2016-03-26 10:22 PM mtcanchazer - 2016-03-26 10:00 PM ridejg - 2016-03-26 8:34 PM komet. - 2016-03-26 9:29 PM Today he won the Dubai World Cup... A very special horse!! Here it is.... I wonder who tightened the girth? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2ihAGhZ9K4
I just now got to watch the race. Wowzers on the saddle slipping. Great composure by horse and rider both. His trainer was over there, so one can only assume it was him, but sometime things happen. Stunning race for being wide his entire trip. |
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Total Germophobe
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Location: Montana | total performance - 2016-03-27 6:22 AM komet. - 2016-03-26 10:22 PM mtcanchazer - 2016-03-26 10:00 PM ridejg - 2016-03-26 8:34 PM komet. - 2016-03-26 9:29 PM Today he won the Dubai World Cup... A very special horse!! Here it is.... I wonder who tightened the girth? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2ihAGhZ9K4
I know what you mean, one time I tightened up my mare as usual, but with a different saddle, to do some slow work on the barrels. I was going around one of the barrels (don't remember which one) at a trot or a lope and the saddle just went sideways. I'm so glad my mare is so smart and patient or that could have been a heck of a mess. |
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"Heck's Coming With Me"
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Location: Kansas | Wow, thanks for posting. What a HORSE.
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | As a distributor for THE Equine Edge, I am so proud to be a part of their company and their continued success.
I had to watch the race on my phone as we were traveling but it was amazing!!
I want to congratulate Art Sherman, Bob Baffert, California Chrome & Hopportunity for coming in 1st & 3rd. Both are on Equine Edge Muscle Mass.  |
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Location: NE Texas | Chrome brought my household to tears. We were all screaming at the TV and cheering. What a great horse! Alot of credit to Taylor Made Farms for playing a huge role in getting him back healthy and race ready. It's truly been an honor to see both Chrome and AP the last couple of years. I fell in love with Chrome and the entire story and was heartbroken when it couldn't quite get there in the Belmont, but the World Cup made up for it. My hat is off to all connections who have played a part in Chrome's success! |
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Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I've told a good friend of mine for years my favorite color is chrome, all my horses are sorrels with big blazes and socks so California Chrome hit a soft place in my heart from the get go on top of his story. What an absolute pleasure to watch him run!!! His Belmont broke my heart but I had a feeling he had more in his tank. So good to see him in his January race come back looking so amazingly healthy and run like he did. I figured that race would serve him well for the next one and from his prep race in Dubia it was pretty obvious they had him on a good path. Victor's ride in the World Cup was nothing short of perfection, and to do it with a girth that was that loose, holy moley! And when Chrome dropped his belly and cleared the field, chills!!! Cried over my lunch watching on my phone. I'll never quit being that 8 year old girl that fell in love with horses while watching Secretariat romp in the 73 Triple Crown races. Thank you CC for bringing some of that little girl alive yet again this last Saturday <3 |
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 Proud to be Deplorable
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| Does anyone know how much he has won to date? |
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Location: SE Louisiana | jbhoot - 2016-03-29 5:09 PM
Does anyone know how much he has won to date?
I saw something about that on one of the news sites.... I don't remember how much it was but they did say he's won more than any horse in history with this 6 million dollar take-home.
Found it... Earnings: $12,532,650
Edited by komet. 2016-03-29 5:28 PM
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RE California Chrome