Her career took place solely at Golden Gate Fields. She did not see much success on the racetrack, but time was kind to her. She would become a winner in her second act, for she gave birth to one of California's most popular racehorses.

A Maryland-bred daughter of Not For Love and a descendant of Mr. Prospector and the great Northern Dancer, Love the Chase was bred by Steve Coburn and Perry Martin. Initially trained by Greg Gilchrist, Love the Chase was favored in her first start in early December 2008. She finished fourth in that one, and produced off the board results in her next two starts.

Love the Chase's first three starts all came at either five or five and one-half furlongs, but start number four saw her going a mile. The fourth time ended up being the charm as Love the Chase took over in the stretch and got the win in early February 2009.

Sent to the barn of Monty Meier after the victory, Love the Chase never again found the winners' circle. After two more finishes of seventh and eighth, Love the Chase was retired and became a mare. As it turned out, she attained far more success in her new career.

After a date with California sire Lucky Pulpit, Love the Chase foaled a young chestnut in 2011. That chestnut grew up to be California Chrome, who would take the racing world by storm in 2014. Not only did Chrome take all his Kentucky Derby prep races that year, he captured the Kentucky Derby and Preakness en route to Champion Three-Year-Old and Horse of the Year honors.

Following a brief four-year-old campaign, California Chrome would go on to have an outstanding five-year-old record, taking several races like the Group I Dubai World Cup and Grade I Pacific Classic before winning another Horse of the Year title along with Champion Older Male honors.

Love the Chase has also produced Faversham, a full brother to California Chrome. While Faversham never reached the heights his sibling did, he still managed to capture a couple of races.

R Sunday Surprise put together a slightly better record than her dam, winning once and placing in a couple other races. The same can be said for Fort McHenry, a son of Tapit who notched a win and some minor awards in his career.

Also produced by Love the Chase are Hope's Love, who went winless in five starts but scored one runner-up placing; and Primary Endpoint has a career-best second place in three starts as of the spring of 2022.

Love the Chase was not destined to be a prolific racehorse. But she has contributed to California racing history thanks to her career as a dam. She has sired multiple race winners, and one of them will go down as one of the most loved and successful in the state.

Sometimes, a career change works out for the better. It certainly did with Love the Chase.