CALIFORNIA Chrome had a training spin at the weekend when he sauntered to yet another stakes win in a fairly non-competitive conditions race at Los Alamitos. The Winter Challenge Stakes was worth just $50,000 to the winner and victory boosted the winner’s career totals to just over $14.5 million.

The race was set up to give California Chrome a run ahead of his challenge for the $12 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream next month, on what will be the five-year-old’s 27th and final start before he commences stud duties at Taylor Made Farms. His stud fee has been set at $40,000.