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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"This is just a dream come true and a great birthday present."
- Steve Coburn, ESPN.com
FACT OF THE DAY
Only 11 horses have won the Triple Crown.
Horse-races.net
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: What was the last horse favorite to win the Triple Crown?
A: In 2012, I'll Have Another won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, but had to be pulled out of the Belmont Stakes due to an injury in his leg.
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THE MORNING BREW
California Chrome becomes unexpected winner of Kentucky Derby
The 140th Kentucky Derby took place at Churchill Downs this past weekend. Before the race,
many of the veteran horsemen doubted California Chrome's potential, even though he was the favorite to win the race.
The veteran horsemen had their doubts because California Chrome hadn't raced on a big stage outside of California. They also couldn't get over his unremarkable pedigree.
California Chrome was the offspring of supposedly a "worthless mare." Steve Coburn and Perry Martin bought Love That Chase, California Chrome's mother, for $8,000 at a sale. Someone at the sale said that "only a dumb ass" would spend $8,000 for Love That Chase, who won only one of six career starts. The quote gave Coburn and Martin the idea for their partnership name "Dumbass Partners," abbreviated as "DAP."
Coburn had a premonition about California Chrome three weeks before he was born.
I said, 'I believe it's going to be a
big chestnut colt," Coburn said in an interview with the Washington Post. "We drove over, saw him the day after he was born. [My wife] walked up to that birthing stall, said, 'Come here, this is your dream.' We held onto that dream. I've said it a hundred times or a thousand times, you got a dream, if you're willing to ride the dream out, they will come true for you. We're living proof of it."
Veteran horsemen also doubted California Chrome's trainer, Art Sherman, 77, who became the oldest trainer in the history of the Kentucky Derby to win.
"He gave me the biggest thrill of my life," Sherman said. "At this stage of
my life, what else could I want?"
Sherman hadn't been to the Kentucky Derby in 59 years. The last time he paid a visit to Churchill Downs was in 1955 as a stable hand for the champion Swaps when he was 18 years old.
Before the race, rival trainer Dale Romans was one who doubted California Chrome.
"I was very,very wrong," Romans said. "We might have just seen a super horse and a super trainer. You don't fake your way to the winner's circle at the Kentucky Derby."
However, the Triple Crown hasn't
"I said our horse would win the Kentucky Derby, and when he wins, I believe this horse will win the Triple Crown," Coburn said. "I told people, I said this colt will go down in history because he's going to be the first California-bred [horse] to win the Triple Crown."
been won since 1978 when Affirmed achieved the near-impossible feat.
“If I shed a tear, just bear with me,” Coburn said. “This colt [California Chrome] was born on my sister Brenda's birthday. She died of cancer at the age of 36. It will be 36 years this
year since there's been a Triple Crown. That's where we're going."
To win the Triple Crown, a horse and its trainer must win the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes.
The 139th Preakness Stakes is May 17. The 146th Belmont Stakes is June 7.
Only time will tell if California Chrome can pull off the near impossible.
Edited by Chelsea Mies
This week in athletics
Monday No Events
Tuesday
No Events
Wednesday
Baseball Missouri State 6:30 p.m. Springfield, Mo.
Thursday
women's golf
NCAA Regionalals
All day
TBD
Friday
Women's golf NCAA Regionals All day TBD
TRACK FROM PAGE 10
Baseball
West Virginia
6 p.m.
Lawrence.
Softball Iowa State 5 p.m. Lawrence
onships closing in, Dixon says her improved performance on Saturday gave her a big confidence boost as she looks to take the conference title in the 400 meters for the fourthstraight time.
Dixon, who is the three-time defending Big 12 Champion in the 400 meters, admits that she has had a few outings this outdoor season that she has not been happy with, attributing some of her struggles with over-thinking at meets. But, with the Big 12 Champi-
Women's golf NCAA Regionals All day TBD
I'm happy about how I did," Dixon said. "It was definitely an improvement on my other races this season."
"It was definitely a confidence booster to know what I am capable of as of right now," Dixon said. "I feel like, throughout the season, I've been thinking way too hard about the race and I'm making it a bigger issue than it really is
... so it was good to be able to let everything go and run like I know I can run"
Softball
iowa State
2 p.m.
Lawrence
Saturday
Much like Dixon and Valentine were able to do in the 200 meters, freshman Whitney Adams and sophomore Hannah Richardson were able to record a one-two finish in the 800 meters, posting two of the five fastest 800 meters times in school history. The two were neck-and-neck down the stretch, but Adams was able to cross the finish line in first, recording a 2.07.84 to beat Richardson, who ran a 2.08.62 by less than a second. These times put the pair up with the greatest 800-meter performances in Kansas history, as Adams' time made her the third-fastest Jayhawk of all time in the event while Richardson's time made her No. 5.
Baseball
West Virginia
2 p.m.
Lawrence
On the men's side, junior Michael Stigler was impressive yet again, as the top 400-meter hurdler in the NCAA gave the 110-meter hurdles a shot
Sunday
Softball
iowa State
12 p.m.
Lawrence
Baseball West Virginia I p.m. Lawrence
The Jayhawks will now have a full week to train and rest as they gear up for the Big 12 Conference Championships, which start on Friday and wrap up on Sunday. Many Kansas athletes will hope some of the momentum they gained in Manhattan will stay with them when they travel to Lubbock, Texas, for the conference meet.
on Saturday. Stigler, who is undefeated in 400-meter hurdles races so far this outdoor season, continued his winning ways in the shorter distance hurdles race, crossing the finish line in 14.00 seconds to earn him the victory in the 110-meter hurdles. This performance could only add to Stigler's confidence as he enters the Big 12 Conference meet, the clear favorite to take home his third-straight 400-meter hurdles title.
- Edited by Amber Kasselman
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