Bob Baffert
Bob Baffert
Robert A. "Bob" Baffertis an American racehorse trainer who trained the 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. Baffert's horses have won four Kentucky Derbies, six Preakness Stakes, two Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks...
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I would never say he's the fastest 3-year-old sprinter on the West Coast. Every time you say something like that another one pops put to prove you wrong. But I would say he's one of the fastest.
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When you've got a 20-horse field and a fast pace, anything can happen out there.
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We never thought in 1991 that six years later we'd be making that historic walk with Silver Charm. We looked like a couple of teenagers walking through there.
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Midnight Lute is very talented. As long as we keep him healthy, he has a bright future. He looks like a great prospect.
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Just goes to show you that there is so much speed in California, it's like a vacation when you get away from there.
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Jerry Bailey said he didn't bring his 'A' game to the Travers, ... I asked him if he still thought he could get a mile and a quarter, and he said he could if he ran like he did in the Haskell.
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I thought the other horse was going to blow by. To hold on like he did shows his quality. This was a gut check. Class always prevails. If he could have gone slower, he probably could have won by more.
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You like to go into the Derby with a horse that has a chance to win. This horse showed me something ... He really poured it on today.
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You always want to come to the Derby with a good horse. And we're back here now with three really good horses. It feels nice.
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We're clicking if he runs that race again.
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When I saw 22, I thought that wasn't bad. I didn't want to see 21. She's so fast.
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It's like playing poker. Eventually your hand will come. You have to be lucky, but you still have to have a good horse. I have a couple of good ones.
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It's part of horse racing you never really get used to, ... These horses are like our children, so when something happens like that it's pretty devastating for everybody involved. When it's unexpected like that, it makes it worse.
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This is a very nice young horse. He changes every month because he's so young. When you have a horse that good with that kind of breeding, you know he's going to get better. This was a good test.