California Chrome Coasts to Awesome Again Victory
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California Chrome’s winning margin in the $300,000, Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes was 2 1/4 lengths over Dortmund, but anyone who watched knows better.
Under pressure on the outside by Dortmund through most of the 1 1/8-mile test, California Chrome clicked off very fast fractions, inched away from his rival in the backstretch with a little asking from jockey Victor Espinoza, opened up a clear lead in the turn and galloped — geared down — to the finish line in the final strides.