Bob Baffert

Bob Baffert
Bob Baffert
	Bob Baffert at the Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia, California.
Occupation	Trainer
Career wins	1600+ (ongoing)
Major racing wins
	American Classics / Breeders' Cup wins:; Kentucky Derby (1997, 1998, 2002); Preakness Stakes (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002); Belmont Stakes (2001); Breeders' Cup Sprint (1992, 2007, 2008) ; Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (1998, 2007); Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2002, 2008) International race wins:; Dubai World Cup (1998, 2001)
Racing awards
	Big Sport of Turfdom Award (1997); Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer; (1997, 1998, 1999); United States Champion Trainer by earnings; (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
Honours
	Lone Star Park Hall of Fame (2007); U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (2009)
Significant horses
	Captain Steve, Congaree, Point Given; Real Quiet, Silverbulletday, Silver Charm; Thirty Slews, Vindication, War Emblem, Midnight Lute

Bob Baffert (born January 13, 1953 in Nogales, Arizona) is an American horse owner and trainer. He graduated from the University of Arizona's Racetrack Management Program with a Bachelor of Science degree.

Bob Baffert began his career in competitive horse racing as a trainer of American Quarter Horses. In 1991 he began devoting himself to conditioning Thoroughbreds for flat racing. From a base in California, he became the United States' leading money-winning trainer four times. Between 1997 and 1999 he won the Eclipse Award as outstanding trainer three years running and was voted the 1997 Big Sport of Turfdom Award. Among his numerous accomplishments, Baffert has trained Thoroughbred horses that won eight American Classic Races, seven Breeders' Cup races, and two Dubai World Cups.

Inducted in Lone Star Park's Hall of Fame in 2007, on June 30th Bob Baffert became a member of the Board of Directors of the Thoroughbred Owners of California.

On February 25, 2009 the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York announced that Bob was a finalist for induction in to the Hall of Fame as a trainer. [1] Ironically, also nominated in the category of Contemporary Male Horse is Point Given who won under Baffert's training the Belmont Stakes, Preakness Stakes, Haskell Invitational Handicap, Travers Stakes and ultimately the Eclipse Award for American Horse of the Year.

On April 19, 2009, Baffert was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Selected other major stakes wins

Bing Crosby Breeders' Cup Handicap (1992)
La Brea Stakes (1992, 1998, 1999, 2006)
Del Mar Debutante Stakes (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2006)
Del Mar Futurity (1996-2002, 2008)
Santa Anita Derby (1996, 1998, 1999, 2001)
Best Pal Stakes (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009)
Strub Stakes (1998, 2000, 2001)
Alabama Stakes (1999)
Ashland Stakes (1999)
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (1999, 2004)
Dwyer Stakes (1999, 2005)
Gazelle Handicap (1999)
Hollywood Gold Cup (1999, 2003)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1999)
Kentucky Oaks (1999)
Lane's End Breeders' Futurity (1999, 2000)
Las Virgenes Stakes (1999, 2003)
Pacific Classic Stakes (1999)
Pimlico Special (1999)
Santa Anita Oaks (1999, 2003)
Woodward Stakes (1999)
Del Mar Mile Handicap (2000, 2001, 2002)
Frank E. Kilroe Mile (2000)
Santa Anita Handicap (2000)
Champagne Stakes (2001)
Haskell Invitational Handicap (2001, 2002, 2005)
Travers Stakes (2001)
Wood Memorial (2001, 2006)
Santa Maria Handicap (2002)
Blue Grass Stakes (2006)
Humana Distaff Handicap (2006)
Santa Monica Handicap (2006)
Forego Stakes (2007)
CashCall Futurity (2008)
Triple Bend Invitational Handicap (2009)

References

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