There’s nothing more heartening than an underdog making good–even in the cut-throat world of entrepreneurship. That’s precisely why the tale of California Chrome has the entire nation enthralled by a horse race.
California Chrome’s story starts out unexceptionally, as all cinderella stories do. His owners, small time investors, Steve Coburn and Perry Martin , purchased Chrome’s mother for just $8,000–a drop in the bucket by champion horse standards. Yet despite this adversity, the thoroughbred has won both the Kentucky Derby in Louisville and the Preakness in Baltimore. On Saturday, if Chrome wins the Belmont Stakes, he’ll take home the Triple Crown. The last horse to win that honor was affirmed in 1978.
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And yes, California Chrome lost, but still, stop focusing on pedigrees!
The loss of a capital letter suggests that the 1978 winner went through an affirmation process, when his name was actually Affirmed.
(And of course Chrome lost a week ago, but the Inc piece was up before then.)
Thanks for clearing that up I was a little confused.
The CEO of my firm told me a story about how one of the partners would review resumes, he would cut the stack in half and drop one pile straight in the bin. When asked why he said it was because he didn’t want to employee anyone who was unlucky.
I’d love to believe the story but I reckon it’s an urban legend.