This Day in History: 2014-05-03

California Chrome, winner of Kentrucky Derby 140, became the first horse bred in the Golden State to wear the blanket of roses since Decidedly won in 1962, giving jockey Victor Espinoza his second Derby winner. California Chrome’s trainer, Art Sherman, at the age of 77 won his first Kentucky Derby and surpassed Charlie Whittingham as the oldest conditioner to saddle a Kentucky Derby winner.