California Chrome puts in workout for 2015 season

Los Alamitos, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Eclipse Award contender California Chrome went to the track Friday morning at Los Alamitos for a workout ahead of a 2015 campaign.

The Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner worked a half-mile in 49 seconds with his regular rider Victor Espinoza in the saddle. The chestnut colt, trained by Art Sherman, will start in the $500,000 San Antonio Stakes at Santa Anita on Feb. 7.

“It was just what we were looking for,” said Alan Sherman, Art’s son and assistant.

Owned by Steve Coburn and Perry Martin, California Chrome made a successful turf racing debut in the 1 1/8-mile Hollywood Derby on Nov. 29 at Del Mar.

“He’s such a favorite with everybody. It makes me feel good to know I can run him on the grass. Just another option,” Art Sherman noted after the victory.

California Chrome finished third in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 1 just a neck behind winner Bayern and runner-up Toast of New York.

Early this year he posted three straight wins at Santa Anita in the California Cup Derby, San Felipe Stakes and Santa Anita Derby before taking the first two legs of the Triple Crown.

He was fourth in the Belmont Stakes and sixth to Bayern in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing on Sept. 20.

California Chrome has banked $4,222,650 from 16 career starts with nine wins.

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