Episode 486. Bob Baffert-🏇🌹Hall of Fame Trainer & Two-Time Triple Crown Winner🏇🌹
🏆 Career Achievements
Kentucky Derby
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Winner 7 times (1997, 1998, 2002, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2023) – though the 2021 victory with Medina Spirit was later disqualified.
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Preakness Stakes
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Winner 8 times (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2023).
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Belmont Stakes
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Winner 3 times (2001, 2015, 2018).
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Triple Crown Victories
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American Pharaoh (2015) ended a 37-year drought, the first Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978.
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Justify (2018) became only the second undefeated horse to win the Triple Crown.
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Breeders’ Cup Success
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Multiple Breeders’ Cup victories, including the Classic, Sprint, and Juvenile races.
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Awards & Recognition
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Four-time Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer.
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Inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Consistently ranked among the all-time leading trainers in purse earnings.
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⚖️ Controversy
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Baffert has been at the center of medication controversies and suspensions. Notably, Medina Spirit failed a post-Kentucky Derby drug test in 2021, leading to disqualification.
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These controversies have tarnished his public image but have not erased his impact as one of the most dominant trainers in modern history.