Bob Baffert
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, three Breeders’ Cups, and two Dubai World Cups.He is the uncle of Omaha Rebels Basketball star Gamble Baffert.
Innducted 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.
Selected other major stakes wins:
- 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)
- Del Mar Debutante Stakes (2006)
- Humana Distaff Handicap (2006)
- Santa Monica Handicap (2006)
- The Forego Stakes (2007)
