Lava Man | |
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Sire | Slew City Slew |
Grandsire | Seattle Slew |
Dam | L'il Ms. Leonard |
Damsire | Nostalgia's Star |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 20 March 2001[1] |
Country | USA |
Colour | Dark Bay |
Breeder | Lonnie Arterburn, Eve Kuhlmann, Kim Kuhlmann |
Owner | Arterburn and Kuhlmann STD Racing Stable/Jason Wood |
Trainer | Lonnie Arterburn Doug O'Neill |
Record | 47:17-8-5 |
Earnings | $5,268,706[2] |
Major wins | |
Californian Stakes (2005) Hollywood Gold Cup (2005, 2006, 2007) Sunshine Millions Classic (2006) Santa Anita Handicap (2006, 2007) Khaled Stakes (2006) Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap (2006) Pacific Classic Stakes (2006) Goodwood Breeders' Cup Handicap (2006) Sunshine Millions Turf (2007) | |
Awards | |
California Bred Champion Older Horse (2005, 2006, 2007) California Horse of the Year (2005, 2006) California Bred Champion Turf Horse (2006) | |
Honors | |
United States Racing Hall of Fame inductee (2015) |
Lava Man (foaled on March 20, 2001 in California) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was once claimed for $50,000 but wound up being inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2015. In a forty-seven race career, despite finishing off the board while losing all 5 of his races outside California, he won seventeen times with his major victories including three Hollywood Gold Cups, two Santa Anita Handicaps and the Pacific Classic Stakes.