Current Tag: Bob Baffert
Covid-19 an unexpected benefit for Thousand Words
POSTED: August 31, 2020
THOUSAND WORDS–Albaugh Family Stables and Spendthrift Farm’s Thousand Words was slated to arrive in Louisville along with his Bob Baffert-trained stablemates around 3 p.m. While...
Posts positions drawn for Kentucky Oaks, Gamine (post 5) and Swiss Skydiver (post 1) top field
POSTED: August 31, 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Robert Lund Petersen’s brilliant two-time Grade I winner Gamine and Peter Callahan’s Swiss Skydiver, winner of the Alabama (GI) in her most...
An Unconventional Road to the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby
POSTED: August 31, 2020
Interestingly enough, the Covid-19 pandemic impacted most sports more than it did horse racing, at least in the United States. Sure we felt it, and...
Baffert's Plan: One For Futurity, One or Two For Debutante
POSTED: August 30, 2020
The two G1, $250,000 events for 2-year-olds that highlight the final weekend of the summer meeting – the Del Mar Debutante and the Runhappy Del...
Authentic Joins Honor A.P. with Final Work Before Derby
POSTED: August 30, 2020
Haskell Stakes winner Authentic worked six furlongs in 1:12.40 this morning, his final exercise before heading for Churchill Downs and next Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. For...
Gamine and Thousand Words Put In Final Work for Baffert
POSTED: August 29, 2020
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert sent out Gamine and Thousand Words, bound for next week’s Kentucky Oaks and Derby, respectively, for final workouts this...
Maximum Security front runner in NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll after Pacific Classic win
POSTED: August 25, 2020
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Champion Maximum Security asserted his class when he captured the Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar on August 22, an effort that has once again...
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs to reopen to the public on September 5th
POSTED: August 25, 2020
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will reopen to the public on Saturday, Sept. 5 at 9 a.m....
Maximum Security bounces back strong after TVG Pacific Classic victory, next move TBD
POSTED: August 24, 2020
DEL MAR, Calif. – As an example of the strength and fitness of Maximum Security, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert pointed out that the...
