Attacking Lava Man for his record outside CA is sort of ridiculous. It is not like all his CA races were at 1 track.
Would you criticize a horse with great wins at Belmont, Saratoga, and Aqueduct but a few poor efforts at Churchill and Gulfstream?
Lava Man ran for a long time and ran a bunch of races and obviously he was a very good horse.
Great? No. But he won big races on a bunch of different surfaces. So yes he could run on anything. Show me all the grade 1 winners on dirt and turf.
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