Saturday, May 03, 2014
(April 30): California Chrome's owners believe he is pretty much priceless - Yahoo Sports - Pat Forde - The reported $6 million offer for the colt, from an undisclosed buyer, came after he won the San Felipe Stakes on March 9. The first offer was for total ownership. The second offer was for 51 percent ownership. Coburn, a 60-year-old Army vet who has a regular-Joe job in Gardnerville, Nev., at JCP Enterprises – he operates a press that makes magnetic strips for credit cards and driver licenses – was rather salty in discussing that offer Wednesday. "The answer wasn't just no, it was hell no," Coburn said. "… We thought about it for about 30 seconds. [The prospective new owners] would be getting all the glory and not having put a dollar into the work.
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