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Authentic, Improbable named HOY Finalists

Saturday, January 16, 2021

Authentic and Improbable, both trained by Bob Baffert, were named 2020 Horse of the Year Eclipse Award finalists when the nominees were announced Saturday...

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Qahira starts off 2021 with first stakes victory

Sunday, January 10, 2021

Qahira got her first stakes win on Jan. 10 when the Bob Baffert trainee won the $75,000 Kalookan Queen S. at Santa Anita Park...

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Kalypso wins Santa Ynez S. (G2) in style

Sunday, January 3, 2021

Kalypso topped a terrific weekend for the Bob Baffert stable with a sharp score in Sunday’s $200,000 Santa Ynez S. (G2)...

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Life Is Good holds off Medina Spirit in Sham S. (G3)

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Life Is Good led a Bob Baffert exacta with a victory in Saturday's $100,000 Sham S. (G3) at Santa Anita Park, defeating stablemate Medina Spirit by three-quarters of a length...

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Charlatan returns to dominate Malibu S. (G1)

Saturday, December 26, 2020

Charlatan won Saturday's $300,000 Malibu S. (G1) at Santa Anita Park in convincing style, coming back from a seven-month layoff to score by 4 1/2-lengths...

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Spielberg gives Baffert record 13th Futurity (G2) win

Saturday, December 19, 2020

Spielberg provided plenty of drama but prevailed over The Great One to win Saturday's $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) by a nose...

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Varda gives Baffert his 7th Starlet S. (G1) winner

Saturday, December 5, 2020

Varda rallied from last at the top of the stretch to win Saturday's $300,000 Starlet S. (G1) at Los Alamitos Racetrack by 1 1/2-lengths, the first graded stakes win for the 2-year-old filly...

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Authentic gets historic BC Classic (G1) win

Saturday, November 7, 2020

Authentic's 2 1/4-length victory over Improbable gave Bob Baffert a 1-2 finish in Saturday's $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland...

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Gamine sets track record in Breeders' Cup

Saturday, November 7, 2020

Gamine capped a stellar 3-year-old season with a track-record setting performance in Saturday's $1 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) at Keeneland...

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Merneith kicks off Baffert's perfect Breeders' Cup Saturday

Saturday, November 7, 2020

Merneith ran down a stubborn Motivated Seller in the final strides to win the $125,000 Fort Springs S. Saturday at Keeneland...

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Classic trio leads Baffert Breeders' Cup armada

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Bob Baffert's six Breeders' Cup entrants are a blend of 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, and some of the top older horses in training...

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Authentic and Thousand Words a formidable Preakness (G1) duo

Monday, September 28, 2020

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Authentic and star-crossed stablemate Thousand Words drew posts nine and five, respectively, for Saturday's $1 million Preakness S. (G1)...

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Improbable, Maximum Security 1-2 in Awesome Again S. (G1)

Saturday, September 26, 2020

Improbable gave his trainer Bob Baffert a record sixth win in the $300,000 Awesome Again S. (G1) on Saturday...

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Princess Noor romps again in Chandelier S. (G1)

Saturday, September 26, 2020

Princess Noor turned in another spectacular performance in Saturday's $200,000 Chandelier S. (G1)...

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Princess Noor dominates Del Mar Debutante (G1)

Monday, September 7, 2020

Princess Noor's win in the Sept. 6 Del Mar Debutante (G1) continued an incredible weekend for Bob Baffert that also saw him win his sixth Kentucky Derby (G1)...

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Authentic gives Baffert historic sixth Kentucky Derby (G1)

Saturday, September 5, 2020

In an extremely game effort, Authentic held off Tiz the Law by 1 1/4-lengths to win the Kentucky Derby (G1) Saturday at Churchill Downs...

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Gamine tagged as even-money favorite for 2020 Kentucky Oaks (G1)

Monday, August 31, 2020

Bob Baffert's brilliant 3-year-old filly Gamine was made the morning line favorite for the 2020 Kentucky Oaks (G1) after the field of nine 3-year-old fillies was drawn Monday...

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“Max” displays his greatness in Pacific Classic (G1)

Sunday, August 23, 2020

Maximum Security was at his best once again in Saturday's $500,000 Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar...

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Gamine powers to victory in Grade 1 Test S.

Saturday, August 8, 2020

Bob Baffert's brilliant 3-year-old filly Gamine turned in another spectacular performance in...

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Fighting Mad goes all the way in Clement Hirsch (G1)

Monday, August 3, 2020

Fighting Mad's victory in Sunday's Clement L. Hirsch (G1) capped a huge weekend for the Baffert stable...

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Improbable gives Baffert second straight Whitney (G1)

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Improbable moved to the top of the older male division with his two-length victory in Saturday's $750,000 Whitney S. (G1) at Saratoga, his second Grade 1 win in a row...

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Thousand Words earns a Kentucky Derby trip

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Thousands Words defeated Honor A.P. by a half-length in Saturday's $100,000 Shared Belief S. at Del Mar...

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Maximum Security up in time in San Diego H. (G2)

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Maximum Security, making his debut for the Bob Baffert barn, battled to a nose victory over Midcourt in the $150,000 San Diego H. (G2) Saturday at Del Mar...

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Authentic gives Baffert ninth Haskell S. (G1) win

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Authentic held off a furious late charge by NY Traffic to win Saturday's $1 million Haskell S. (G1) by a nose, earning the 3-year-old colt another 100 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby...

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Uncle Chuck rolls to victory in Los Al Derby (G3)

Saturday, July 4, 2020

Bob Baffert has another strong Kentucky Derby (G1) contender in Uncle Chuck after the 3-year-old colt powered to a four-length victory in the $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (G3)...

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Gamine spectacular in historic Acorn S. (G1)

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Gamine's brilliant 18 3/4-length victory in Saturday's $300,000 Acorn S. (G1) lowered the stakes record by more than a second in what was the 3-year-old filly's first stakes start...

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Gingham stylish in Angels Flight S. win

Saturday, June 13, 2020

Gingham got a very patient ride from Mike Smith, running down Been Studying Her late to take the Angels Flight S...

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McKinzie cruises in Triple Bend S. (G2)

Sunday, June 7, 2020

McKinzie returned to the races with a stirring victory in Sunday's $200,000 Triple Bend S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park...

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Improbable rolls in Hollywood Gold Cup (G1)

Saturday, June 6, 2020

Improbable moved to the top of the handicap division with an impressive display in Saturday's $300,000 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) at Santa Anita Park...

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Front-running Fighting Mad takes Santa Maria S. (G2)

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Fighting Mad stretch out to 1 1/16-miles for the first time in Sunday's Santa Maria S. (G2) at Santa Anita Park and came away with a 3 1/2-length victory...

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Nadal completes Arkansas Derby (G1) sweep

Saturday, May 2, 2020

Nadal's three-length win in the second division of Saturday's Arkansas Derby (G1) came a little over an hour after Charlatan captured the first division...

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Charlatan shines bright in Arkansas Derby (G1)

Saturday, May 2, 2020

Charlatan's superlative six-length victory in Saturday's $500,000 Arkansas Derby (G1) was just one highlight on super day of racing for his trainer Bob Baffert...

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Nadal very gritty in $1M Rebel S. (G2)

Saturday, March 14, 2020

Nadal solidified himself as a top Kentucky Derby (G1) contender on Saturday with a front-running victory in the $1 million Rebel S. (G2)...

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Charlatan spectacular in first two-turn effort

Saturday, March 14, 2020

Bob Baffert's dynamic 3-year-old colt Charlatan turned in another stunning performance Saturday at Santa Anita Park...

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Undefeated Authentic rolls in San Felipe S. (G2)

Sunday, March 8, 2020

Authentic continued his march towards Louisville and the Kentucky Derby with an authoritative victory in Saturday's $400,000 San Felipe S. (G2)...

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Azul Coast ships north to take El Camino Real Derby

Sunday, February 16, 2020

Azul Coast made the journey to Golden Gate Fields from his southern California base to take the $100,000 El Camino Real Derby on Saturday afternoon...

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Nadal on Derby trail after San Vicente S.(G2) win

Monday, February 10, 2020

Nadal's gritty win in the Feb. 9 San Vicente S. (G2) has earned the 3-year-old colt a chance to compete on Kentucky Derby (G1) trail...

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Baffert hits milestone with Robert B. Lewis (G3) win

Saturday, February 1, 2020

Bob Baffert got career win number 3,000 with the aptly-named Thousand Words in Saturday's $100,000 Robert B. Lewis S. (G3) at Santa Anita Park...

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Mucho Gusto gives Baffert second Pegasus World Cup (G1)

Sunday, January 26, 2020

Mucho Gusto's powerful victory in Saturday's $3 million Pegasus World Cup S. (G1) gave Bob Baffert his second victory in the first four runnings of the race...

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Mother Mother all class in Kalookan Queen S.

Monday, January 13, 2020

Mother Mother kicked off her 2020 campaign with a victory in Sunday's Kalookan Queen S. at Santa Anita Park...

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