of first refusal and a provision that when the horse retires from stud, he will return to the US and live out the remainder of his life at Taylor Made. The Martins also intend to remain involved. Referencing another American racehorse that had a substantial impact on the Thoroughbred industry after selling to Japan, Duncan Taylor stated, "I'm hoping he's the next Sunday Silence." On July 18, 2020, California Chrome was represented by his first winner, Sunkar Time, in Russia. His first North American winner was a filly named Cilla, who won at Delaware Park on August 13, 2020 in her second start. That same year, she placed third in the Frizette Stakes. Cilla also became California Chrome's first black-type stakes winner when she won the 2021 Louisiana Legends Mademoiselle Stakes at Evangeline Downs and later won the Prioress Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, becoming his first graded stakes winner. Cilla was voted the 2021 Louisiana-Bred Horse of the Year and Champion Three-Year-Old Filly in 2022. California Chrome also sired filly California Angel, winner of the 2021 Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland, colt California Frolic, a winner of two black-type stakes at Gulfstream Park, and colt Midnight Chrome, who finished third in the 2021 Remsen Stakes behind future Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal. Awards and honors California Chrome won many honors in 2014. A concurrent resolution in the California State Assembly recognized the "outstanding performance of California Chrome" and all of his connections including not only his owners and trainers, but also Willie Delgado and groom Raul Rodriguez. The resolution passed both chambers of the legislature unanimously on August 14. It was the first time that the California Legislature had honored a racehorse. The city of Fresno proclaimed October 11, 2014, as "California Chrome Day". In March 2015, the Los Angeles Sports Council ranked California Chrome's Kentucky Derby and Preakness wins third at the LA Sports Awards' Sports Moment of 2014, behind only the Los Angeles Kings Stanley Cup win and Clayton Kershaw's Cy Young and National League MVP Awards. California Chrome won the 2014 Secretariat Vox Populi Award given each year to recognize "the horse whose popularity and racing excellence best resounded with the American public and gained recognition for Thoroughbred racing." His Kentucky Derby win was named the NTRA "Moment of the Year". At the Eclipse Awards, he was named American Horse of the Year and American Champion Three-Year-Old