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Winner
of over $100,000,000 million in purse money.
Winner
of over 138 Graded Stakes
Winner
of over 800 Races
Kentucky
Derby (Silver
Charm, 1997; Real
Quiet, 1998; War Emblem, 2002); Preakness
Stakes (Silver Charm, 1997; Real Quiet,
1998; Point Given,
2001; War Emblem, 2002); Belmont
Stakes (Point Given, 2001)
Eclipse
Award for leading trainer in 1997, 1998, and
1999
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2003, just 12 years after Bob Baffert became a
full-time Thoroughbred trainer, he became only
the sixth trainer in history to saddle the earners
of more than $100-million in North America. Baffert
has won three Eclipse Awards as outstanding trainer,
trained seven champions, and was the leading trainer
by purse earnings in 2000 with $11,831,605. In
2004, he was fifth in the money-earned category
with $7.6-million and 105 winners from 562 starters.
Baffert, 51, grew up
on a ranch near Nogales, Arizona, and began
working with Quarter Horses at 12; after a brief
stint as a Quarter Horse jockey, he saddled
his first winner as a trainer in 1971. He relocated
to California in 1983, and in ‘86 conditioned
Quarter Horse world champion Gold Coast Express.
From 1979-’91, Baffert split time between
training Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds, switching
exclusively to the latter toward the end of
‘91.
In
1992, his first full year as a Thoroughbred
trainer, Baffert won ten stakes races, including
the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) with Thirty
Slews. His clients include Robert and Beverly
Lewis, for whom he trained champion Silver Charm;
Mike Pegram, for whom he trained champions Real
Quiet and Silverbulletday; and Bob and Janice
McNair’s Stonerside Stable, for whom he
trained champion Chilukki.
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