2016 TVG Pacific Classic - California Chrome
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- California Chromes wins the TVG Pacific Classic at Del Mar on August 20, 2016, trouncing a deep field that includes three-time champion and 2015 Pacific Classic winner Beholder. The victory guarantees California Chrome entry into the 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita.
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Today was Chrome 's Day ---- " CATCH ME IF YOU CAN " --- Amazing thrill to see!
What an athlete!!! He played with them; showed no signs of fatigue at all. He was looking around and loped to the finish. He's truly an incredible animal. And, I 110% agree with your appreciation towards his owners for allowing him to do what he was bred for; running and winning. Not sense Affirmed has there been a Kentucky Derby champion and stallion with more racing starts. Making money on stud fees has become top priority. It seems racing longevity has been put on the back burner and left to rot.
Chrome seems so fluid and relaxed. He seems to relish it all. Beautiful run.
A Big Heart Inside!
Last year's Pacific Classic went in a final time of 1:59.77 seconds with Beholder a mile in front. This race went in 2:00.13, of course with Chrome in a canter, but if Beholder struck the same gear as last time, she wouldve possibly been a lot closer to Chrome in the end or she could've at least pressed the time faster. I wish they would retire her this year or even last year, coming of a huge win in the Classic, and a stellar record. Her best year is behind her, even tho I don't want to admit it. Can't nobody beat Chrome, and if they do, well shit, they must have some luck on their side or something.
Pretty impressive. This horse, California Chrome, got crushed by Shared Belief; lost 2 of 3 races to Bayern as a 3 year old; lost to Prince Bishop in Dubai; lost 9 career races etc. And he is now turned into a bear. I still say that Shared Belief was better than Chrome; and I still say that Bayern had Chrome's number as 3 year olds, though Chrome has turned into a better horse; but Chrome has turned into a top 5 year old no doubt.
why dont you enjoy the fucking horse and stop comparing him to a dead horse that didnt race beyound three. by god ! talk about being dense.
Shared Belief = amazing horse. Tragic loss at a young age.
But neither Chrome nor Shared Belief "crushed" the other. They were 1-1 against one another. Shared Belief beat Chrome by 2.5 lengths in the 2015 San Antonio Stakes. Chrome beat Shared Belief by 4.5 lengths in the 2014 Breeders Cup Classic.
Bayern beat Chrome by 6 lengths in the 2014 Penn Derby and a neck in the BCC. Chrome beat Bayern by 14 lengths in the Preakness.
Chrome beat both Shared Belief and Bayern for 2014 Horse of the Year. Chrome was injured for most of 2015. Bayern raced in 2015 but had nothing left. But Chrome has been the world's top-ranked dirt horse since the beginning of 2016, and at times the top-ranked horse overall (dirt or turf). In his last three starts Chrome has defeated Beholder, Dortmund (twice), and Frosted.
Bayern was FAST and awesome BUT only if he could get the lead. If he didn't......he got mud in his face kicked up and never moved. Stayed way behind. But like in the BCC....if he got the lead...GONE. Toast and Chrome almost got him. LOL Bayern was in a few of CC's races when they were young 3yr olds and maybe when 2. CC beat him a few times. But it goes back and forth like that. Beat him one day, not the next.....but again later. They're ALL awesome. The front four running are anyway.
@@RedBev59 These two horses were not racing against each other in a match race or small field. There was plenty of other horses and circumstances to deal with.
Chrome loved to race and win...such a great champion !
I love how Victor just tapped Chrome to MOVE coming out of the gate. CC knew what he wanted and took off. BUT the cool part WAS........when Victor moved way out there 7 lengths "offering Beholder and Dortmund the chance to move to the rail to challenge CC later. The rail is a quicker run. CC likes 3 or 4 wide for some reason.....has to work harder. BUT Mike and Raphael didn't do it. Chrome was flying like so fluidly in that stride he gets into in his workouts. just in Cruise Control. LOL So Beholder and Dortmund stayed where they were to try to Place second, third. Coming around that last turn they DID try to move up though. Cunning strategy on Victors part, though. What a summer for races this year. WOWZA.
Pretty amazing!
què gran caballo,el mejor de USA.Dios lo guarde.
If Chrome races and wins the Pegasus World Cup in Florida in January, his earning record for a racehorse on track will never be beat! He's the modern superhorse, like Secretariat!
Probably the best american horse to have not won the Triple Crown
Ace The Skylord Absolutely
One of the best to never win the Triple Crown, no doubt about that. No knock against Chrome, but Spectacular Bid raced without having nearly a full calendar year off to rest and recover, like CC had(due to injury).
There will be no stopping him at the Breeders Cup
Victor didn't even show the whip!!!
real good one.chrome is so good.
Trevor Denman with the call.
no contest
easy win for Chrome
you are crazy 2 think Beholder is better than Chrome he is well traveled much more classy the best horse she beat is Dortmund and thats not saying to much she is not any in the same breath as CC stop player hating CC
BEHOLDER MIGHT HAVE COME IN SECOND, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT SHE IS THE BETTER HORSE. I PRAY THEY RETIRE HER AT THE END OF THE YEAR, SHE DESERVES TO RETIRE AND MAKE SOME BEAUTIFUL BABIES.
I agree. They most likely WILL retire her. It's about time. She has done magnificently as a racehorse, one of the top five mares, I think.
When it comes down it, she's not the better horse. She's been conservatively raced her entire career (racing mostly in CA) and has yet to win outside CA. California Chrome has done that and faced tougher company than Beholder ever has. There's no comparison there. Beholder is a very good mare, but she's not great.
goforwand31 Well then, using your logic, Swaps was only a mediocre horse!!! He won the Derby then returned to CA.Set records all over the place.
Beh has son the Zenyatto Stakes, more than once I think, the Breeder's cup Juvenile, Clement Hirsch, and has faced any other mare who dares to face her. You don't seem to know that CC is a stalliion and Beh a mare. The don't have to face the same competition.
You forgot to say that she won this race last year... and romping.
I have an enormous amount of respect for Beholder, but I don't see how anyone can logically claim that she is the better horse. California Chrome beat her easily here, and I haven't checked what the weight assignments were, but he was likely carrying more than her too.
Beholder is an amazingly durable and talented horse, but as goforwand31 pointed out, California Chrome has faced far superior competition. Beholder did establish herself as genuinely talented though by beating Dortmund, a GI-winning colt who still seems to be doing well (unlike, say, Bayern, who had gone downhill by the time she met him).
Love California Chrome and very happy for him, however u give a any horse of 1/2 his quality that easy a lead and it's done. 1,2,3 all around at 10 furlongs.
Let's not confuse this race with last year's Breeders Cup Classic. That was a bullet move out of the gate.
How come older horses don't bear weight anymore? Citation had 132 lbs. on his back when HE was five. Chrome had 124.
Because times have changed and trainers now refuse to let their horses carry weight. So very few handicaps exist sadly...
In CC and Dortmunds handi cap race CC had to wear more weight than Dortmund. Dortmund outweighs everybody. He's 17 hands and I think 1400 lbs. ? holy moly. THIS is a classic race. I think only in Stake races they have to wear more weight. It's the better horse has to wear more. Fillies wear less. ALOT less. and 3yr old wear less. I don't think any of them had weight allowances in the PC race. Not sure though.
The 3-year-old had a slight weight allowance (Dalmore). Other than that, just Beholder had.
goforwand31 Sad, yes. Horseracing ain't what it used to be. Dr. Fager holds the mile record with 134 pounds on his back!! Another horse holds the same time wit 113 lbs. Swaps holds a record at 1 5/8 miles with 130 on his back.
Kelso, Forego....Sam Riddle did not race Man o War at 4 because he knew a lot of weight would be put on him. I am not really sad that weights are not put on horses anymore. I never understood why that was done. To make the race more even, for betting purposes?
Seems like horses today are trained to run no more than 1-1/4 miles. Citation ran the Jockey Club Gold Cup when it was 2 miles; it was reduced to 1-1/2 miles, and now it is 1-1/4 miles.
Zenaida Robbins I think you're on to something. Dr. Fager had a back-breaking 134 lbs. and crushed opposition, setting world record marks in the process. I think the way Chrome won, as easily as he did he could have tacked on 10 lbs and still won. But, we'll never know. It sure would have made it more interesting.
Easy lead. Stevens didn't try to win. Bad ride
Lets see who is the better horse by looking at the record:
Chrome: 60% win average, 4 times not in the money
Beholder: 76% win average, one time out of the money, 4th almost third
Pacific Coast Classic:
2016: Chrome, in 2:00.4 Good time
2015: Beholder in 1:59.7 Better time
Yeah Beholder lost this year to CC. But her record shows she is the better horse.
I love the annoucers: CC won "in a canter". I don't think he ever saw a canter.
Beholder won "in an exercise gallop" Both won easily. Chrome is a good horse, but not a great horse. He loses frequently. This is his best year, being a five year old. He lost to the younger Shared Belief, who might have been judged a great horse, if he had lived.
Chrome is the better horse, easily. Not only did Chrome toy with Beholder this race, but Chrome has won multiple HUGE races. Way more prize money because way more difficult races.
Beholder is not the better horse because she was conservatively placed her entire career. She could never win outside of CA. California Chrome is proven all over the country and even Dubai. Beholder has only been good in CA. She can't be considered better when she hasn't beaten the types California Chrome has over time and raced broadly. She's an good mare, but she's not great or better.
Also Shared Belief and California Chrome were the same age last year (4). Anyone can have a record like Beholder if she never steps outside her comfort zone. Apples and Oranges. California Chrome is the better horse overall. Period.
goforwand31 She's a mare!!!! To run against bigger and stronger stallions is a little too much to ask. Like asking stallions to run against Cheetahs. I'd love to see her run against Songbird, a great filly.CC runs in G2 and G3 races a lot.
CC is a very good horse, but I don't think he is a great horse. As a 3 year old, his record was terrible. He ran 2 races at 4 and lost both of them. He is doing better at 5. Not the record of a champ.
Winning 3G1's in a year at 3 is a terrible record? HOY? A dual Classic Winner? This has to be one of the most ridiculous statements I've ever read.
Beholder had a better career. She lost a step. 2015 beholder beats chrome
Fake news
record against females means nothing how many good horses are female think before you say something like that. CC beat Frosted by daylight look what he's doing now since Dubai 2 for 2 where are the horses Beholder beat no where to be found plus she lost her last 2 better try Song Bird
She beat male horses by 9 in 2015, beholder was not the same in 2016