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Fighting Mad much the best in Torrey Pines (G3)

Saturday, August 17, 2019

Fighting Mad toyed with her competition early in the one-mile Torrey Pines S. (G3) before drawing away...

Kingly wears the crown in Grade 3 La Jolla S.

Sunday, August 4, 2019

Kingly topped off a terrific weekend for the Bob Baffert barn with a heart-pounding neck victory in the $150,000 La Jolla S. (G3)...

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McKinzie gives Baffert his first Whitney S. (G1) win

Saturday, August 3, 2019

McKinzie's victory in Saturday's $1 million Whitney S. (G1) earned the 4-year-old colt an automatic berth in the Breeder's Cup Classic (G1) and gave his trainer his first victory in the historic race...

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Game Winner does it easy in Los Alamitos Derby (G3)

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Game Winner had no trouble finding the winner's circle for Saturday's $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby...

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Marley's Freedom scores repeat in Great Lady M. (G2)

Sunday, July 7, 2019

Marley's Freedom added a second win in the $200,000 Great Lady M. Stakes at Los Alamitos on Saturday, giving the 5-year-old a total of six graded stakes wins...

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Mucho Gusto too good in Grade 3 Affirmed S.

Sunday, June 16, 2019

Mucho Gusto won his fourth career graded stakes on Sunday at Santa Anita Park with a comfortable 2 1/4-length score over stablemate Roadster in the $100,000 Affirmed S. (G3)...

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Mucho Gusto an easy winner of Laz Barrera (G3)

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Mucho Gusto cruised to a 3 1/4-length win in the $100,000 Laz Barrera S. (G3) at Santa Anita Park on Saturday afternoon...

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Improbable morning line favorite for Preakness 144

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Saturday's 144th running of the Preakness S. (G1) drew a field of 13 3-year-olds vying for the second jewel of the Triple Crown...

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McKinzie romps in Grade 2 Alysheba S.

Friday, May 3, 2019

McKinzie's sparkling performance in the $400,000 Alysheba S. (G2) missed the track and stakes record by just .06 seconds...

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Baffert seeks history with trio of colts in Derby 145

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

After winning his fifth Kentucky Derby (G1) with Justify last year, trainer Bob Baffert could tie Ben Jones for the most wins for any trainer...

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Kingly rules in California Derby

Sunday, April 28, 2019

Clearview Stables, RAC 04 Racing and Michael Meegan's Kingly held off a stiff challenge by Visitant to win the $100,000 California Derby...

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Roadster tops Santa Anita Derby (G1) exacta for Baffert barn

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Roadster ran down Game Winner in deep stretch in Saturday's $1 million Santa Anita Derby (G1) to give the Bob Baffert stablemates a 1-2 finish in the key west coast Kentucky Derby (G1) prep...

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Chasing Yesterday shows class in Sunland Oaks (G3)

Sunday, March 24, 2019

Chasing Yesterday, a Grade 1 winner last year, kicked off her 2019 campaign on March 24 with a 1 1/4-length victory in the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks (G3)...

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Marley's Freedom gallops in G2 Santa Monica S.

Saturday, February 16, 2019

Marley's Freedom 5-year-old debut in the $200,000 Santa Monica S. (G2) Feb. 16 at Santa Anita Park couldn't have been more impressive, winning by nearly two lengths over Selcourt...

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Mucho Gusto draws off in Robert Lewis S. (G3)

Saturday, February 2, 2019

Mucho Gusto set off the pace before taking the lead with a quarter-mile to run and drew off in the stretch to win the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis (G3) by nearly five lengths...

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Justify crowned Horse of the Year & 3YO Champ

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Justify's historic Triple Crown and undefeated season in 2018 earned the colt both Horse of the Year and champion Male 3-year-old honors at Thursday evening's Eclipse Awards...

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Game Winner collects 2YO Male Eclipse Award

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Bob Baffert's undefeated 2-year-old colt Game Winner was named the Champion 2-year-old Male at Thursday night's Eclipse Award Ceremony...

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McKinzie outclasses Malibu S. (G1) field

Thursday, December 27, 2018

McKinzie's incredible burst in the final furlong carried the 3-year-old colt to a 4 3/4-length victory in the $300,000 Malibu S. (G1)...

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Chasing Yesterday triumphs in Starlet (G1)

Saturday, December 8, 2018

Chasing Yesterday's game victory in the $300,000 Starlet S. (G1) at Los Alamitos gave Bob Baffert a sweep of the 2-year-old stakes on the Saturday card...

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Improbable rolls in Los Alamitos Futurity (G1)

Saturday, December 8, 2018

Improbable's stellar performance in the $300,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) gave Bob Baffert his record 11th winner in the race...

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Marley's Freedom prevails in Go For Wand H. (G3)

Sunday, December 2, 2018

Marley's Freedom got her fourth graded stakes win of the year in the $250,000 Go For Wand H. (G3) on Dec. 1 at Aqueduct...

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Mucho Gusto digs in to win Bob Hope S. (G3)

Saturday, November 17, 2018

Bob Baffert chalked up his fifth win in the last eight runnings of the $100,000 Bob Hope S. (G3) Saturday at Del Mar...

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Chasing Yesterday class of Desi Arnaz S.

Monday, November 12, 2018

The field may have been small, but Chasing Yesterday proved she was the best of the three competitors in Monday's Desi Arnaz S...

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Game Winner lives up to his name in BC Juvenile (G1)

Friday, November 2, 2018

Game Winner overcame getting squeezed at the start, a wide trip on both turns, and getting bumped in mid-stretch to win the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1)...

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Improbable kicks off BC weekend for Baffert

Friday, November 2, 2018

Bob Baffert could have a future star in the 2-year-old colt Improbable, who is 2-for-2 following his 7 1/4-length romp in Friday's $100,000 Street Sense S...

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Classic duo highlights Baffert BC contingent

Monday, October 29, 2018

Entries for the 35th Breeders' Cup were drawn Monday in Louisville for the Nov. 2-3 event at Churchill Downs...

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Mother Mother gets first stakes win in Rags to Riches S.

Sunday, October 28, 2018

Del Mar Debutante (G1) runner-up Mother Mother led nearly every step of the way in Sunday’s $103,116 Rags to Riches S. to win by 1 ¾ lengths...

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Chasing Yesterday annexes Anoakia S.

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Chasing Yesterday got her first stakes win on Oct. 14 when the 2-year-old filly wore down It'sjustanillusion to take the Anoakia S. by a half-length...

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Vale Dori rebounds in G1 Zenyatta S.

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Vale Dori (ARG) broke a frustrating losing streak in a big way on Sunday, taking the $300,000 Zenyatta S. (G1)...

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Game Winner too good in American Pharoah S. (G1)

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Game Winner stamped himself as a favorite for the upcoming Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) after a dominant performance in the $300,000 American Pharoah S. (G1)...

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McKinzie returns to take Pennsylvania Derby (G1)

Saturday, September 22, 2018

McKinzie made his comeback in Saturday's $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) a winning one, capturing the 1 1/8-mile affair by nearly two lengths...

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Game Winner gives Baffert 14th Del Mar Futurity (G1)

Monday, September 3, 2018

Gary and Mary West's Game Winner rallied strongly in the stretch to pass a tiring Rowayton with a sixteenth to run to win the $300,000 Del Mar Futurity by 1 1/2-lengths...

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Undefeated Dream Tree sparkles in Prioress S. (G2)

Monday, September 3, 2018

Dream Tree kept her perfect record intact in Sunday's $250,000 Prioress S. (G2) at Saratoga, drawing off to a 4 1/4-length win...

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Marley's Freedom rolls again in Ballerina S. (G1)

Saturday, August 25, 2018

Marley's Freedom gave Bob Baffert his second Grade 1 winner in about 30 minutes on Saturday at Saratoga when she scored a 3 1/4-length victory in the $500,000 Ballerina S. (G1)...

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Abel Tasman prevails in Personal Ensign S. (G1)

Saturday, August 25, 2018

Abel Tasman thrilling win in Saturday's $700,000 Personal Ensign S. (G1) at Saratoga gave Bob Baffert his first win in the historic race...

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Once On Whiskey up in time in Los Al Derby (G3)

Sunday, July 15, 2018

Once On Whiskey needed every bit of the long Los Alamitos stretch to catch Draft Pick, but did...

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Marley's Freedom sweeps to victory in Great Lady M (G2)

Saturday, July 7, 2018

Marley's Freedom made a huge move entering the stretch to go from last to first in less than a furlong to win the $200,000 Great Lady M Stakes (G2)...

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American Anthem full of heart in San Carlos S. (G2) victory

Saturday, June 23, 2018

American Anthem and St. Joe Bay staged a thrilling stretch duel in Saturday's $250,000 San Carlos S. (G2), with American Anthem coming out on top by a head...

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Justify makes history with Belmont S. (G1) win

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Justify certified his place in racing immortality when he won 150th Belmont S. (G1), defeating Gronkowski by nearly to length to become the 13th winner of the historic Triple Crown.

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Hoppertuntity surgers late to win Brookynn Inv. (G2)

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Hopperturnity found his best stride in the final furlong to win the $400,000 Brooklyn Inv. (G2) Saturday at Belmont Park...

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