Bob Baffert

Bob Baffert
Bob Baffert at the Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia, California.
Occupation:	Trainer
Birthplace:	Nogales, Arizona, U.S.
Birth date:	January 13, 1953 (1953-01-13) (age 56)
Career wins:	1600+ (ongoing)
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
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 Stakes, Travers Stakes and ultimately the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year. On April 19, 2009, it was announced that Baffert had been inducted as a Hall of Fame trainer.

Selected other major stakes wins:

• Del Mar Debutante Stakes (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2006)
• Pacific Classic Stakes (1999)
• Del Mar Futurity (1996-2002, 2008)
• Bing Crosby Breeders' Cup Handicap (1992)
• La Brea Stakes (1992, 1998, 1999, 2006)
• Santa Anita Derby (1996, 1998, 1999, 2001)
• 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)
• Pimlico Special (1999)
• Santa Anita Oaks (1999, 2003)
• Woodward Stakes (1999)
• 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)

References

• Bob Baffert Bio at the NTRA
• Bob Baffert Horse Racing Stables Inc.
• http://www.racingmuseum.net/news/nrm-news-view-story-detail.asp?varID=209 Press Release Racing Museum Feb 25, 2009]

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