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Lava Man to start California Cup Classic but to miss 2007 Breeders’ Cup
Lava Man, the Santa Anita Handicap and Hollywood Gold Cup winner will not compete in any Breeders’ Cup race this year said Lava Man’s trainer, Doug O’Neill.
Lava Man comes form a family full of Breeders’ Cup Classic history. Owned by STD Racing and Jason Wood, Lava Man will start next in the $250,000 California Cup Classic on Saturday at Santa Anita. The gelding has lost his last twoo stars.
The California Cup Classic will give Lava Man a chance to salvage the second half of the season, which has seen the 6-year-old gelding’s form tail off remarkably after two seasons as the leader of the California handicap division.
In the Oak Tree Mile, Lava Man was beaten 4 3/4 lengths by Out of Control. Ridden by Corey Nakatani, Lava Man was third along the rail to the top of the stretch but faded through the final quarter-mile.
The California Cup Classic over 1 1/8 miles on the synthetic main track will be Lava Man’s first start in restricted company since he won the $500,000 Sunshine Millions Turf for California-breds and Florida-breds at Santa Anita in January.
A winner of 17 of 42 starts and $5,214,706, Lava Man finished second in the 2004 California Cup Classic, shortly after he won the first stakes of his career in the Derby Trial Stakes at Pomona. Since the 2004 Cal Cup, Lava Man has won 10 stakes, including six Grade 1s.
His last victory came in the Hollywood Gold Cup on June 30, which was followed by a sixth-place finish in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Aug. 19.
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