California Chrome was the horse that received the award Horse of the Year after successfully winning the first two legs of the Triple Crown followed by the Saturday night horse of the year award. The Kentucky Derby and the Preakness victories were the key to the trophy that the Chrome received. The young horse has experienced an amazing year and Jackpot Bet Online has won two of the major tournaments in his second year of professional racing horse. His Co-owner Steve Coburn commented that his has been an incredible journey with ups and ups, Jackpot Bet Online and not a single down.

He managed to make an outstanding run to all the races that he participated, and managed to convert the brilliant runs into victories on the most important races therefore he secured the Horse of the Year award before anyone knew about it.