Bob Baffert on 2025: Back from Kentucky Derby Ban, Trainer has Big Year The numbers say 2025 has been an outstanding year for Bob Baffert. As of Nov. 16, the 72-year-old Hall of Famer collected 28 graded stakes trophies, nine of them Grade 1, from 89 wins, and led North American trainers in winning ...
We stand at the precipice of a pivotal moment in the 2025 American horse racing calendar, witnessing the unfolding drama of the Grade 1 Goodwood Stakes this weekend. This $300,000, 1 1/8-mile test for three-year-olds and upward serves as a crucial Breeders' Cup “Win and You’re In” qualifier, o...
Bob Baffert’s horses don’t stay long at the Jersey Shore, but when they show up for the $1 million Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park the trainer is usually in for a big payday. The Hall of Famer has saddled nine Haskell winners, six runners-up, and has collected hefty bonus money from the tra...
A year ago, Mystik Dan pulled off an upset in the Southwest Stakes (G3) over a muddy track at 11-1 odds and went on to win the Kentucky Derby (G1) at even longer odds (18-1). Could there be another Derby winner lurking in Saturday’s 1 1/16-mile, $1 million Southwest at Oaklawn Park? Grade 1 winner...
The second time around was a bit easier for Barnes. The $3.2 million colt trained by Bob Baffert blew away his rivals for a 5½-length victory in the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita on Saturday. Barnes, named for Baffert’s longtime assistant Jimmy Barnes, won his much-anticipated d...
Last year, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was showing some of the barns newly minted 3-year-olds to a friend when he decided to bring out one of his more recent acquisitions, a muscular bay son of Into Mischief out of the American Pharaoh mare All American Dream. “Is this a 3-year-old?” asked ...
It’s been a dream season at Churchill Downs for Kenny McPeek. McPeek capped off a historic run at his home base track in Louisville, Kentucky, when Rattle N Roll outdueled Most Wanted and won the $600,000 Clark Stakes (G2) on Friday (Nov. 29). Barnes wins in debut as Baffert returns (Nov. 27) The ...
Bob Baffert is back in business at Churchill Downs after a three-year plus suspension by the track owners. Barnes, a $3.2 million colt owned by Amr Zedan and named for Baffert’s assistant Jimmy Barnes, is set to make his debut Wednesday in a 5 ½-furlong juvenile maiden with a $75,000 purse. The l...
Closing day at the Del Mar summer meet worked out well for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Juan Hernandez. Hall of Famer also takes trainer’s title; Hernandez top jockey Baffert clinched the trainer’s title on Sunday, and his third-string 2-year-old Gaming won the $300,000 Del Mar Fu...
Nooni was nowhere, but Tenma closed with a rush as trainer Bob Baffert’s “other horse’’ nosed out Vodka With a Twist in the $300,000 Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1) on Saturday. Hang the Moon (20-1) tops Anisette, Didia in John C. Mabee Tenma, the 3-1 second choice in a field of seven 2-year-o...
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