{"id":6267,"date":"2014-06-03T08:28:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T15:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=6267"},"modified":"2014-06-03T16:00:30","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T23:00:30","slug":"california-grown-races-started-california-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/06\/03\/california-grown-races-started-california-chrome\/","title":{"rendered":"California Grown at the races &#8211; where it all started for California Chrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/california-grown-chrome\/\">From the California Grown blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Susan Phillips<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Triple Crown hopeful California Chrome is the ultimate California Grown ambassador. Born and raised in the heart of California\u2019s Central Valley at Harris Ranch, California Chrome\u2019s humble beginning and storied rise to fame are what America is all about. \u00a0We live for stories like this. \u00a0It helps us keep our own dreams alive.<\/p>\n<p>I recently visited Harris Ranch and got to learn a little bit more about California Chrome from the staff at the boarding and training facility. \u00a0I walked along the rocky paths and peered into the green pastures that Chrome has been accustomed to all his life. \u00a0As I walked the unassuming grounds, you could see the love and feel the pride that everyone there has for this horse. \u00a0I even got a chance to sit with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/per.antonsen.161\/about\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Per,<\/a>Chrome\u2019s first trainer, to ask him what set California Chrome apart from all the rest. \u201cHe was a horse that was easy to work with,\u201d Per said beaming. \u201cVery smart, very trainable.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Debbie, who has worked at Harris Ranch for over 20 years, said Chrome was just a cool, laid back horse. \u00a0In an industry where horses are known to be wiry and easily excitable, Chrome\u2019s smooth demeanor stood out.<\/p>\n<p>Chrome\u2019s rise to fame has been quick. \u00a0In March of 2013, after his potential was noted at Harris Ranch, he was transported to southern California to work with trainer Art Sherman. \u00a0His exciting win at the Kentucky Derby \u2013 the first in 62 years for a California-bred horse \u2013 was the start of an amazing journey. \u00a0After his incredible win at The Preakness, this $10,500 dynamo has everyone murmuring; could he be the next\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.horseracingnation.com\/content\/triple_crown_winners#\" target=\"_blank\">Triple Crown winner<\/a>? \u00a0What\u2019s even more exciting is that the elusive Triple Crown was never been won by a California-bred horse. Maybe this is our year.<\/p>\n<p>I was ecstatic to meet California Chrome\u2019s dam and sire (mom and dad) as they still live at Harris Ranch. \u00a0It\u2019s times like these, that you wish you could communicate with animals so you could let them know what their boy is up to!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cc10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lucky Pulpit - Sire to California Chrome\" src=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cc10.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"588\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Lucky Pulpit \u2013 Sire to California Chrome<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lucky Pulpit, California Chrome\u2019s sire, has gotten a lot of attention too. \u00a0His stud fee quadrupled after California Chrome\u2019s Kentucky Derby win, and just in case you are wondering \u2013 he\u2019s all booked for the year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/bb2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lucky Pulpit's harness hangs in the Stud Barn\" src=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/bb2.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"1054\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Lucky Pulpit\u2019s harness hangs in the Stud Barn<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/bb3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lucky Pulpit's stable\" src=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/bb3.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Lucky Pulpit\u2019s Stable<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Love the Chase is busy with her 4 month old filly. \u00a0This baby is the full-blooded sister to California Chrome. \u00a0She doesn\u2019t have a name yet. She will once the owners get together and pull names out of a hat, just as they did with California Chrome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cc8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Love the Chase - Dam to California Chrome\" src=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cc8.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"670\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Love the Chase \u2013 Dam to California Chrome<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cc5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"cc5\" src=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cc5.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"947\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cc7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4 Month old Sister to California Chrome\" src=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cc7.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"985\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>4 Month old Sister to California Chrome<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cc4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"cc4\" src=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/cc4.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"505\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More than likely, California Chrome will run The Breeder\u2019s Cup in November and then retire to stud. \u00a0Not a bad life. \u00a0I asked Per if he thought California Chrome would ever come back home and he was skeptical. \u00a0He\u2019s a super star horse. \u00a0He\u2019s going to garner a lot of attention now. \u00a0Per said he will probably end up in Kentucky as a stud. \u00a0Well, one thing is for sure \u2013 Kentucky or not \u2013 he will always have the unique name that undeniably represents where he came from and as the ultimate California Grown horse!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CC1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CC1\" src=\"http:\/\/cagrownblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CC1.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>California Chrome\u2019s first training track at Harris Ranch \u2013 7\/8 Mile<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the California Grown blog By Susan Phillips Triple Crown hopeful California Chrome is the ultimate California Grown ambassador. 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