California Chrome won the King Glorious Stakes, the final stakes race at Hollywood Park Racetrack, the same track Sherman had his first win as a jockey. Sherman subsequently led the horse to a four-race winning streak heading into the 2014 Kentucky Derby, including a decisive win in the Grade I Santa Anita Derby. That record made California Chrome the pre-race favorite in the 2014 Kentucky Derby, but there were still many doubters due to the horse's modest pedigree and Sherman's inexperience at the sport's highest stage. For Sherman, it was his first horse as trainer in the Derby. Jockey Victor Espinoza held California Chrome behind the front-runners in the early part of the race, before making his move on the final turn. California Chrome pulled away from the field, just as Sherman had envisioned it, winning the Derby by 1 3/4 lengths. The win made the 77-year-old Sherman the oldest trainer to win the Kentucky Derby in the history of the race. Previously, Charlie Whittingham held the record, training Sunday Silence to win the 1989 Kentucky Derby at age 76. Interviewed after the race, Sherman said "when I went to Swaps' grave the other day I said a little prayer and it came true. I said I hope [California Chrome] is another Swaps." He said the win was unlikely to change him because he had "been around a long time" already and added "I'm just the same old Art Sherman, you know – except, I won the Kentucky Derby." Sherman then conditioned California Chrome for the remainder of the horse's career in the United States. Honors In 2015 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Alan Sherman Art Sherman's assistant is his son, Alan, who is also a licensed trainer. Alan was a jockey for three years in the 1980s until, as he put it, "I ate my way out of that job." As a jockey, he rode in southern California for trainers such as Charlie Whittingham and won over a million dollars in purse money, while closely observing how his employers trained their horses, anticipating that some day he too would become a trainer. Rather than run an independent training stable like his brother Steve, Alan has worked with his father since 1991. He does most of the hands-on day-to-day work with California Chrome and stayed with him throughout his Triple Crown travels when