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Lava Man

11 year old Gelding | Retired
Owner(s):
Jason Wood  -  STD Racing Stable
Trainer:
Doug F. O'Neill
Bred:
California (USA) by Lonnie Arterburn  -  Eve Kuhlmann  -  Kim Kuhlmann  -  [Add Data]
Pedigree:
Slew City Slew  -  Li'l Ms. Leonard  by  Nostalgia's Star
Rating:
 
 
Lava Man wins the 2006 Pacific Classic
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What the Horse Racing Nation is saying about Lava Man...

Incomplete past performances chart. Failed to fire in Breeder's Cup after a stellar year.
Dirt, Turf, or Synthetics ... the surface makes no matter to the Clark Handicap winner.Read More
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  • BrianZipse · Shores, personally I would say Acclamation and Cape Blanco are more in the Turf Horse and Horse of the Year races than the older male. After yesterday, I lean towards Game On Dude as the Older Male of the Year, but I think Wise Dan just earned himself a spot as a finalist. · 69 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · multi surface animals are rare birds · 69 days ago ·
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Did your favorite make the list? Read More
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  • kaless · My favorite is... John Henry! · 99 days ago ·
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  • buckpasser · Interesting that you include Roamer and Old Rosebud but forgot one of the greatest geldings of all time Exterminator · 99 days ago ·
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On Gold Cup Eve, while most fans are busy handicapping the big race, I found myself in a slightly more nostalgic mood, and the Hollywood Gold Cup is an easy race for which to wax poetic. Seabiscuit and Citation, Swaps and Round Table, Native Diver and Ack Ack, Ferdinand and Cigar, Skip Away and Lava...Read More
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  • AndyScoggin · Loved Affirmed especially with Steve Cauthen up. · 209 days ago ·
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  • TiznowReynolds · I've always been a huge fan of the Gold Cup...many many awesome horses have ran/won it. · 209 days ago ·
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1) The Hollywood Gold Cup is a Grade 1 race run over the synthetic surface at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California. The race is run at a distance of 1 1/4 miles and is open to 3-year-olds and up. 2) The race was run for the first time in 1938 and has been run every year since with the exception o...Read More
We have already gone over the Horse of the Decade debate thousands of times, some say Curlin, some say Ghostzapper, some say Invasor, or some say Zenyatta. But, one thing we haven’t discussed is who was the best horse to race in California last decade.Read More
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  • LAZMANICK · Dubby…………sorry I took so long to get back to you, but your feelings towards horses caught me be surprise and I’ve spent the morning crying. I think I can hold myself together to respond to you………..My response regarding Rachel is simply because you denigrate everything that Zenyatta has ever accomplished. Actually your long winded BS in denigrating Zenyatta and praising Rachel has probably turned a lot of people off towards Rachel…………….JMO, but probably shared by legions of others………..There is no doubt that Lava Man had a great career in terms of winning important races, even though he beat up on what you always call weak Cali G1 competition and couldn’t win outside the State. But the term is best of the decade and how can you call a horse that has lost numerous times to claimers, lost 25 races within the State, raced within the State 42 times, winning 17 or 40%, and didn’t even win the most G1 races within the State during that time…………..Zenyatta is the obvious choice because she won two BC races within the state, more G1 wins and never lost there. If you don’t fancy Zenyatta, then Azeri is the obvious choice. Both were HOY winners. · 217 days ago ·
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  • bryanjones205 · dljffdjfdjlfdjlfjdlk · 217 days ago ·
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I know I will not be well liked for saying this, but you can ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you it is not about being liked for me, it’s about telling it straight. So here it goes, what the heck is with the West Coast double standard? Read More
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  • tiznow · Blind Luck is a true champion and it's only mid year. I am not counting her out of HOY discussion. Especially with the male divisions at this point in the year. · 221 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · Tiznow, nobody said she was not a special filly, but saying she is in the running for HOTY? We have horses like Awesome Maria and HDG who are both unbeaten this year. Rail Trip, Tizway, Sidney's Candy, and Twirling Candy are all capable of leading the male division with wins in their next starts. That is the biased. Yes, most of the males i listed are west coast but the females are both on the east and are unbeaten and dominant against their own sex. If any female should be in the discussion it should be HDG and AM. Another point of biased, RA loses two races to previous stakes winners then wins her next two, yet I heard many people saying there was no way for her to get HOTY. What is the differnce? Why is BL a vailid candidate and RA was not? · 221 days ago ·
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Lava Man, winner of the 2006 Pacific Classic, is not quite ready for prime time, his former trainer Doug O'Neill said Friday morning.   That means he wouldn't be a candidate to lead the parade to the post for the 2010 Pacific Classic on Saturday, August 28, at Del Mar. O'Neill declined an offer...Read More
Trainer Doug O'Neill was almost giddy Thursday morning when talking about his dead-heat winner, Lava Girl, in Del Mar's seventh race, a 6-furlong event for fillies and mares 3 years old and older on the main track. The filly went off at odds of 32-1, but because of the dead heat her win payoff was ...Read More
Snow Chief was a Classic winner and an American champion. The California bred, near black colt was a consistent and dominant star in 1985 through 1987. He was the all-time leading California bred earner until surpassed by Best Pal, and still is fourth only behind Tiznow, Best Pal and Lava Man...Read More
Back in December I was trying to do my best impersonation of Kreskin and made a few 2010 prognostications on how certain things in the racing universe would play out. You all know how much I like lists, so let's step back in time and take a look at what I thought was going to happen and keep track v...Read More
As expected, the final year-end handle numbers for U.S. racing were pretty dismal. According to Equibase, people bet $1.35 billion less on horse racing in this country in 2009 than they did in 2008, for a 9.88 percent decline. The Daily Racing Form reports that the $12.3 billion wagered in 2009 was ...Read More
Lava Man, who rose from a $50,000 claimer to the winner of seven Grade 1 stakes, has been retired after a comeback attempt last month ended with a last-place finish in the Grade 2 San Gabriel Handicap at Santa Anita, co-owner Steve Kenly said on Tuesday. Read More
The last-place finish by Lava Man in Sunday's $150,000 San Gabriel Handicap at Santa Anita left trainer Doug O'Neill blaming himself for not having the 8-year-old gelding fit enough for his first start in 18 months and pondering how to approach a 2010 campaign.Read More
The Santa Anita winter meet got underway on Dec 26th, and four stakes races were run on opening day. State breds were up first in the California Breeders’ Champion, and Caracortado ran his record to 4 for 4 while passing his first route test. The waters get much deeper next time as he is expected to...Read More
Ok, so we're about to usher in a new decade and since 70% of the next decade ends in "teen" I've decided to call it the Teens...it's better than the Aughts or the Double Zeros or whatever the heck this decade was known as...Read More
Proudinsky repeated as the winner of the San Gabriel at Santa Anita on Saturday. He overpowered Lava Man who showed early speed but faded late. Said Doug O'Neill, "I thought I had him more fit than that, but it’s hard to simulate a mile and an eight turf race in the mornings."Read More
  • arazi · It would have been great to see, but yes, Lava Man was an easy toss here. · 768 days ago ·
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  • cigar · He was definite bet-against. · 767 days ago ·
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There was some disappointment in the Lava Man camp after the soon-to-be 9-year-old gelding faded to last in his comeback from retirement in the San Gabriel Handicap (gr. IIT) at Santa Anita Dec. 27.Read More
The last-place finish from Lava Man in Sunday's Grade 2 San Gabriel Handicap at Santa Anita did little to clarify his status as the senior member of the Southern California handicap division. The seven-time Grade 1 winner made his first start in 18 months in the San Gabriel, after undergoing stem ce...Read More
Sunday’s pick six from Santa Anita Park includes the Grade 2 San Gabriel Handicap. Lava Man makes his much anticipated return, but he has not won since ’07 and might need the outing. Proudinsky is the defending champ, and Loup Breton looked good in his US bow and is a serious late running threa...Read More

Lava Man - Pedigree

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Slew City SlewSeattle SlewBold Reasoning
My Charmer
Weber City MissBerkley Prince
Esirnus
Li'l Ms. LeonardNostalgia's StarNostalgia
Aunt Carol
Pink NativeBe a Native
Pink Khal

Lava Man - Race Results & Past Performances

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Date(Descending)
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View Details12/27/097thT BazeSA71 1/8 mTSan Gabriel Handicap -G203+ MProudinskyLoup BretonAcclamation1:46.91
View Details07/20/086thT BazeDmr81 1/8 mTEddie Read -G103+ MMonzanteWhatsthescriptStorm Military1:46.53
View Details06/07/083rdT BazeHol51 1/4 mTCharles Whittingham Memorial Hdcp-G103+ MArtiste RoyalMonzanteLava Man1:59.99
View DetailsView Video08/19/076thC NakataniDmr81 1/4 mSPacific Classic-G103+ MStudent CouncilAwesome GemHello Sunday2:07.29
View Details06/09/072ndC NakataniHol101 1/4 mTCharles Whittingham Memorial Hdcp-G103+ MAfter MarketLava ManObrigado1:58.77
View Details03/03/071stC NakataniSA101 1/4 mDSanta Anita Handicap-G103+ MLava ManMolengaoBoboman2:02.11
View DetailsView Video11/04/067thC NakataniCD101 1/4 mDBreeders' Cup Classic-G103 MInvasorBernardiniPremium Tap2:02.18
View Details08/20/061stC NakataniDmr81 1/4 mDPacific Classic-G103+ MLava ManGood RewardSuper Frolic2:01.62
View Details04/30/061stC NakataniHol81 1/8 mTKhaled04+ MLava ManCherootSuper Strut1:44.26
View Details03/04/061stC NakataniSA101 1/4 mDSanta Anita Handicap-G104+ MLava ManMagnumWilko2:00.57
View DetailsView Video08/21/053rdP ValenzuelaDmr81 1/4 mDPacific Classic-G103+ MBorregoPerfect DriftLava Man2:01.71
View Details09/13/041stO FigueroaFpx91 1/16 mTFairplex Derby Trial03 FLava ManLast Time In TownLindero1:43.04
View Details06/19/034thC BisonoStk44 1/2 fDMcl02 MSmooth SatinO'greedyMitzie's Lil Fun0:53.17

 

 

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