Lava Man Three-Peats
The only knock on Lava Man is his 0-for-5 record when racing anywhere other than Southern California. "I hate traveling and apparently he does too," said co-owner Jason Wood after Lava Man won his third straight Hollywood Gold Cup (Blood-Horse), matching the record held by Native Diver, with a gutsy, tough performance in which he was challenged hard by A.P. Xcellent, to whom he conceded nine pounds (quite a bit these days). Final time for the 10-furlong race was 2:03.21, a Hollywood Cushion Track record. Given the current state of the older horse division post-Invasor's retirement (see: Belmont, Suburban Handicap), Lava Man may well be honored with an Eclipse Award this year on the strength of victories like this one, without having to travel anywhere ever again.
Posted by JC, Jul 1, 2007 08:45 PM
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Posted by DRS, Jul 2, 2007 10:41 PM
If only this horse could beat real big-time race horses. Come on, barely holding on to AP Excellent and BIG BOOSTER???? Yeah, I give the horse credit. He has done a marvelous job taking advantage of a weak SoCal handicap division.