WinnerXmas Surprise Dbb.f.3 by More Than Ready out of Allwewantforxmas, by Songandaprayer. Rocking Redhead is the second favorite at 5-2 for Richard Baltas and Mario Gutierrez. XMAS SURPRISE attended the pace three deep, challenged outside the top pair at the quarter pole, led into the stretch and held gamely. Baffert responded: Zero tolerance?, Robertson, Bafferts attorney, then tried to negotiate for Baffert to avoid potential suspensions in both Arkansas and Kentucky. Time 23.10 46.25 58.48 1:10.80. CIELO D'ORO tracked three then four wide on the bend, tipped out in the stretch and finished willingly to earn a minor award. They'll figure it out," he added. 3 year olds. You never know. Thats what I love about this business. Bode was present when American Pharoah won the Kentucky Derby, and he wasnt shy about expressing his excitement over the win. And Bafferts veterinarians were prescribing it at his request without conducting laboratory tests to see whether the horses needed the drug, according to Arthurs later report. Next. State investigators found that his staff was mixing a potentially dangerous prescription drug into the feed of every horse in his care. FILE - Trainer Bob Baffert waits for the Breeders' Cup horse races at Del Mar racetrack in Del Mar, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2021. In each instance, the death is investigated. CLOSING REMARKS clipped heels behind NIMBOSTRATUS at the start, settled at the back, angled six wide into the drive, brushed with inner rival in upper stretch then finished well and proved a game third. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images). Missy P. was second, followed by Heels Up and Stella Noir. The ex-couple has three sons, Canyon Baffert, Forest Baffert and Taylor Baffert. Bode doesnt want to be a horse trainer though, despite his dads success. Feedback on our suggestions. NEXT REVOLT was along the inside into the turn, angled three wide around the bend, steered out further in upper stretch and kept on through the final furlong. Bred by A Footstep Away Syndicate (KY). A look at graded stakes or races worth $100,000 or more Sunday. He also dismissed complaints that doping was rampant in the sport. This article was published more than1 year ago, LOS ANGELES In March 2020, horse racings most recognizable figure, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, declared that his sport was in crisis.. How many wives has he had? Purse: $40,000. Bob Baffert has taken up more of my time than I ever should have had to deal with, Arthur said, before again coming to the defense of Bafferts treatment of his horses: He certainly puts the pedal to the metal, but he doesnt close his eyes. Winner: Upstriker ($15.00), Churchill Downs (9): Grade 2 $500,000 American Turf Stakes, 3-year-olds, 1 1/16 miles on turf. Time 23.80 47.12 1:10.53 1:22.59 1:34.41. RED DIAMOND stumbled leaving the gate, stalked outside a rival then came three wide into the stretch, rallied inside the top pair and finished well for the place. Last month, Baffert sued NYRA in court in New York for improperly suspending him allegedly without legal authority an without any notice or chance to be heard before action was taken. And because of that, he has become arrogant as hell. SATCHEL DE RITCHES stumbled at the start, forwardly placed off the inside, took the turn two wide and weakened. On May 17, the New York Racing Association temporarily suspended the California-based trainer from entering races or having stall space at Belmont Park, Saratoga and Aqueduct. Early life and career [ edit] Hall of fame horse trainer Bob Baffert's request for a temporary injunction to have his two-year ban from Churchill Downs absolved has been denied. In February, Kentucky racing officials decided against suspending Baffert, with Borden telling the Louisville Courier-Journal a lesser punishment was all in the course of being fair. And in April, Arkansas officials reversed the 15-day suspension for lidocaine positives that the trainer blamed on an assistants pain patch. When it suspended Baffert, NYRA said a final determination regarding the length and terms of the suspension would be based on information found during an ongoing investigation in Kentucky. A week after that, Baffert learned of the positive test. Mutuel Pool $229,074 Daily Double Pool $19,332 Exacta Pool $80,471 Trifecta Pool $51,532. 6 Furlongs Turf. BUY AMERICAN was off slow to begin, settled at the back, checked off heels into the turn, came four wide into the drive and failed to menace. Maiden Claiming. Some of the earlier violations do give you pause. Another horse he trained, Gamine, also was disqualified from the 2021 Oaks after she testified positive for the same substance. Profession: Horse trainer Time 21.96 45.14 57.03 1:08.98. Robert Baffert's horses have won a record 6 Kentucky Derbies, 6 Preakness Stakes, 3 Belmont Stakes, and 4 Kentucky Oaks. racing Record 2022 Stats Career Stats Loading. It went exactly according to the lawyers plan. Two years after Churchill Downs suspended Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert following the disqualification of 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirits for a drug violation, Baffert is asking a federal judge to lift his banishment so he can run horses in the 2023 Derby and Kentucky Oaks. Instead of promptly filing a public complaint against Baffert, the CHRB kept the positive result secret while Arthur conducted a lengthy investigation. $29.99. Pick Three Pool $53,763. 3 year olds and up. Madone paid $7.80, $4.00 and $3.20 for trainer Simon Callaghan and jockey Juan Hernandez. I have him down at Los Alamitos. A post-race drug Time 23.37 47.37 1:11.55 1:23.63 1:35.60. Robertson blamed the frequency of Bafferts drug-related violations on how often his horses are tested after winning races and said, Horse racings regulations need to catch up with the sensitivity of modern day testing., Jockey Club President James L. Gagliano dismissed that frequent complaint from Baffert. A post-race drug test revealed a trace amount of betamethasone, and that led to Medina Spirit's disqualification last winter. The Bob Baffert "case" the collection of errors committed or allowed to happen under the trainer's watch is extremely important to the survival of horse racing in the United States. A federal judge I dont have any doubts that shell go further., Juan Hernandez (winning jockey): I had not been on her in the morning. Natalie J. Baffert horse racing results, news, notes, top horses, biography, stakes, photos, and comments. According to the Los Angeles Times, she said, After our son Taylor [now 15] was born, I remember being super lonely on the weekends, watching all the families together with their kids, and it was just me and Taylor., Baffert also has a daughter named Savannah Baffert, and sons Forest Baffert, and Canyon Baffert. 50-Cent Pick Three (7-3-10) paid $32.25. There was no show betting. Pick Three Pool $42,746. According to the site, his parents ran a cattle ranch, which is where Baffert grew up. ), Among the TOCs central crusades was countering the movement against Lasix. So, Golden was placed sixth, making the top five finishers Madone, who was uninvolved, Closing Remarks, Sweetest Angel, Majestic Steps and Javanica. He claimed two of his horses, for example, tested positive for lidocaine because an assistant wearing a pain patch for a bad back had inadvertently contaminated him and that another tested positive for dextrorphan, in the morphine family, because a sick groom had urinated on hay in the horses stall. But now that's a problem for the jockeys. bob baffert. The co-owner of the horse is listed as " Natalie Baffert " but everyone else knows her as Jill, Bob's wife. LEPRINO stumbled leaving the gate, stalked the pacesetter off the inside, was asked two wide around the far turn, continued to chase into deep stretch, then rallied late and edged the runner-up. Winner: Ram ($20.80), Churchill Downs (2): $115,000 maiden special weight, fillies and mares 3 and up, 1 mile on turf. JEDI MASTER sped to the front, was pressured on the backstretch, dueled around the far turn, lost the lead a quarter mile out and retreated in the drive. Theres a recognition that certain substances are normal in equine care, Martin said, but if that horse still requires that, then maybe you shouldnt run the horse., Martin made a distinction between doping horses with banned substances and running them with too much medication. In more than four decades in the sport, Baffert has faced significant regulatory scrutiny because of a high death rate only once, after seven of his horses collapsed in a short period of time at the same California track. . Every investigation over the past 20 years has reached the same conclusion: no rules or regulations have been violated nor has there been any improper activity on Bobs part., Brewster also said that the vast majority of Bafferts drug-related violations, as tracked by ARCI, shouldnt be counted because they were too old or related to overages of otherwise-allowed drugs in a horse, which he dismissed as like coming to work with too much Advil in your system., Robertson said in an e-mail that [n]o one has done more for horse racing and is better for the sport than Bob Baffert, and he listed various awards the trainer has received, including being inducted into four separate Hall of Fames. In 2001, the children were between the ages of 7 and 15. Yes, several times, but this is the most severe punishment he's received. Pick Five Pool $335,154. MONGOLIAN PANTHER dueled for the lead early then pressed the leader up the backstretch, re-bid nearing the five-sixteenths, vied between rivals into the stretch and flattened out. Date of Birth:1966 Currently, his major coverage area is horse racing, where he can be found at big races at Santa Anita, the Triple Crown series and Breeders Cup. Panthalassa wins the $20 million Saudi Cup by three-quarters of a length, relegating Bob Baffert's horse, Country Grammer, to second place. Trainer Bob Baffert of American Pharoah #18 celebrates with his son Bode and Owner Ahmed Zayat in winners circle after winning the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby. Either way, the state-appointed official probing Bafferts role in the deaths at Hollywood Park did so as his job was being threatened by the efforts of a Baffert-affiliated coalition. The race is scheduled to begin at 9:35 a.m. and will be . She is the second wife of Bob Baffert, married in 2002. Claiming Price $20,000. Medina won by half a length over Mandaloun. GOT CURLY moved into the two path early, traveled in mid-pack, chased outside a rival into the far turn, came three wide into the stretch, moved out in the lane, finished willingly and earned the show. STRESSED sped to the front, lost command into the backstretch, pressed from inside, regained the lead midway around the far turn, lost command with a furlong to go and weakened. And sure enough, he broke his maiden. SENSIBLE CAT stalked outside a rival, closed in three wide around the far turn, was crowded in upper stretch and weakened. Baffert is by far the most visible and voluble horseman. Your email . ASTUTE sped to the front and cleared early, led in the two path into the turn, angled to the fence around the bend and showed the way along the rail into the drive, was put to right-handed urging with a furlong to go and remained clear to the wire. Mutuel Pool $291,492 Exacta Pool $176,107 Superfecta Pool $65,899 Super High Five Pool $1,050 Trifecta Pool $112,477. She is best known as the Wife of Bob Baffert trainer of 2015s Triple Crown Winner American Pharoah (horse) and 2018s Triple Crown Winner Justify (horse). 1 Mile Turf. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. Bob Baffert can once again enter horses at New York's major tracks. The Hall of Fame trainer's one-year ban by the New York Racing Association ended Wednesday, allowing him to enter horses as soon as Thursday. Claiming Prices $12,500-$10,500. Time 23.49 46.20 1:10.52 1:24.12 1:38.71. Gray said at the time that the bill also would increase the institutional knowledge of Californias central horse drug-testing lab. Baffert sued in federal court, claiming the two months off could cost him $11 million in purses. (AP) A 3-year-old colt co-owned by the wife of embattled trainer Bob Baffert ran under the name of another Hall of . Im just happy to be here with three really nice horses.. Bred by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY). Grays office told the committee that removing Dr. Arthur from his position, while intentional, is not the sole purpose of the bill, records show. Baffert is known for holding court on such ideas at Clockers Corner, a popular hangout for horsemen at Santa Anita Park. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the wrong day for the hearing. ScratchedJibber Jabber (IRE). 'Angels Flight Stakes'. trainers to meet a Tuesday deadline. FOR MAIDENS, THREE YEARS OLD. Thus, he was exposed to horses early on. appreciated. Mutuel Pool $210,211 Daily Double Pool $12,452 Exacta Pool $81,352 Superfecta Pool $27,795 Trifecta Pool $55,853. On a recent afternoon, Baffert appeared largely unperturbed by the firestorm surrounding him when he answered his door in Arcadia, Calif. This is the first Ive learned of it, Baffert responded when told of The Posts finding that he had the highest rate of horse deaths among other top trainers in the state. And Madeline Auerbach, who later became a CHRB commissioner, had partnered with Baffert in thoroughbred breeding. Trainer: Mike Puype. Mutuel Pool $340,492 Daily Double Pool $16,241 Exacta Pool $189,009 Superfecta Pool $68,673 Trifecta Pool $132,836 X-5 Super High Five Pool $1,635. 0 Thirds 38. I love getting new readers of this newsletter, and you certainly cant beat the price. Trainer: Clifford W. Sise, Jr.. But Arthurs report said Hollywood Park used a different sort of poison than that found in the necropsy. SELF TAUGHT trailed the field early, went three wide around the bend, angled out in upper stretch and improved position. Fillies. Bafferts mother is named Ellie. When Baffert sued the track, he said his . It was Gamines seventh win in six starts. For that horse to win today, and to listen to her excitement, now she has something thats hers.. Pick Three Pool $12,420. Purse: $63,000. Theres one thing that I will say positive about Bob is that he is a horseman. Usually, regulatory agencies do not have the guts to do whats fair and right, Arthur testified during a CHRB hearing in October, and this board made that decision appropriately., He conceded that the lack of transparency was unusual. But after learning that Justify and another Baffert horse had tested positive for the same drug, Arthur announced in an e-mail to CHRB officials: The scopolamine cases will be handled differently than usual. Arthur said in a recent interview that he was referring to the logistics of what was clearly going to be a high-profile case that needed to be handled carefully.. Natalie J. Baffert. to consider all the testimony from last summer rather than order a whole new If someone wants to reduce horse racing's portfolio to . 3 year olds and up. 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