California Chrome morning workouts at Santa Anita

California Chrome gets a workout Saturday at Los Alamitos Race Course. The horse draws a group of devoted fans for his early morning workouts. This Saturday he will run his first race at the Orange County track, which has been his home base.

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Dec. 15, 2016 8:02 AM PT

A group of people gather at Los Alamitos Race Course at 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 10 for their usual Saturday morning ritual of watching California Chrome work out.

Mark Mulhall watches from his wheelchair as horses work out at Los Alamitos Race Course in the early morning hours on Dec. 10.

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A group of Chromies -- devotees of race horse California Chrome -- gather to watch him work out at Los Alamitos Race Course on Dec. 10.

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California Chrome will probably work out at Los Alamitos only one more time before a final race in Florida followed by a move to the breeding shed in Kentucky in February.

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Vaughn Woodling photographs California Chrome on Dec. 10 during one of the horse’s final Santa Anita workouts.

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Wendy Lembke and Karen Oman helped form the Los Alamitos Breakfast Club, which provides nourishment for devotees of California Chrome -- and the horse himself -- during early morning workouts.

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