Under a warm, late autumn sun that peeked out over a partly cloudy sky at Old Friends on Nov. 26, nearly 200 people welcomed legendary multiple grade 1 winner and track pony extraordinaire Lava Man to ...
California legend Lava Man will seek to maintain his status as the West Coast's dominant older runner in the $300,000 Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap (gr. I) at Hollywood Park on Saturday. The ...
Saturday afternoon at Hollywood Park, Lava Man will have at least half a dozen quality horses to beat for his third straight Hollywood Gold Cup. Also, one ghost. The striking black horse from Doug ...
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Lava Man beat A. P. Xcellent by a nose Saturday to win a record-tying third consecutive Hollywood Gold Cup. Lava Man matched the record of Native Diver, who is buried at Hollywood ...
The apprehension that trainer Doug O’Neill felt before Lava Man’s first start of 2006 has been replaced by optimism entering the remarkable gelding’s initial race of the new year. Before the ...
Del MarDel Mar — The Hall of Fame stable pony has been sorely missed. On the backstretch at Del Mar, where trainer Doug O’Neill’s horses are housed for the summer meet, there is a dark bay gelding ...
The retirement of Lava Man lasted about as long as the 21-month hiatus of champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mayweather returned last week to pound the smaller Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) -Two-time Derby winning trainer, Doug O’Neill, has a solid chance of adding a third blanket of roses to his resume. His contender, Hot Rod Charlie, is listed as the fourth ...