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MoxieTalk with Kirt Jacobs #486: Bob Baffert

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🏆 Career Achievements

Kentucky Derby

    • Winner 7 times (1997, 1998, 2002, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2023) – though the 2021 victory with Medina Spirit was later disqualified.

Preakness Stakes

    • Winner 8 times (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2023).

Belmont Stakes

    • Winner 3 times (2001, 2015, 2018).

Triple Crown Victories

    • American Pharaoh (2015) ended a 37-year drought, the first Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978.

    • Justify (2018) became only the second undefeated horse to win the Triple Crown.

Breeders' Cup Success

    • Multiple Breeders' Cup victories, including the Classic, Sprint, and Juvenile races.

Awards & Recognition

    • Four-time Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer.

    • Inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2009.

    • Consistently ranked among the all-time leading trainers in purse earnings.

⚖️ Controversy
  • 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.

  • These controversies have tarnished his public image but have not erased his impact as one of the most dominant trainers in modern history.

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528 episodes

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🏆 Career Achievements

Kentucky Derby

    • Winner 7 times (1997, 1998, 2002, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2023) – though the 2021 victory with Medina Spirit was later disqualified.

Preakness Stakes

    • Winner 8 times (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2023).

Belmont Stakes

    • Winner 3 times (2001, 2015, 2018).

Triple Crown Victories

    • American Pharaoh (2015) ended a 37-year drought, the first Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978.

    • Justify (2018) became only the second undefeated horse to win the Triple Crown.

Breeders' Cup Success

    • Multiple Breeders' Cup victories, including the Classic, Sprint, and Juvenile races.

Awards & Recognition

    • Four-time Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer.

    • Inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2009.

    • Consistently ranked among the all-time leading trainers in purse earnings.

⚖️ Controversy
  • 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.

  • These controversies have tarnished his public image but have not erased his impact as one of the most dominant trainers in modern history.

  continue reading

528 episodes

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