Lava Man

Lava Man
Lava Man in 2006 Pacific Classic
SireSlew City Slew
GrandsireSeattle Slew
DamL'il Ms. Leonard
DamsireNostalgia's Star
SexGelding
Foaled20 March 2001[1]
CountryUSA
ColourDark Bay
BreederLonnie Arterburn, Eve Kuhlmann, Kim Kuhlmann
OwnerArterburn and Kuhlmann
STD Racing Stable/Jason Wood
TrainerLonnie Arterburn
Doug O'Neill
Record47:17-8-5
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.

  1. ^ "Lava Man pedigree". equineline.com. May 8, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "Lava Man Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved October 21, 2016.