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47-443: Baffert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bob Baffert (born 1953), American racehorse trainer Émile Baffert (1924–2017), French road bicycle racer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Baffert . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding

94-506: A chestnut British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire who won the 2000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby . After his retirement, Atlantic was exported to France , where he became a successful and influential sire of stakes winners. Silver Charm's gray coat came from Le Sancy, who was out of Gem of Gems (b. 1873), a gray Thoroughbred broodmare . Tracing the origin of Silver Charm's gray coat gene back further, Gem of Gems inherited

141-610: A descendant of the "Crab Mare" by Crab (b. 1750) - and her great-great-grandson, Drone (b. 1823). The gray coat color gene only appears in about 3% of Thoroughbreds today. Le Sancy's influence at stud in France was likened to that of St. Simon in England , and his stud fee also matched that of St. Simon (500 guineas). Almost all of his offspring could win at classic distances and beyond, and many got better as they aged. He sired numerous stakes winners, as well excellent stayers who won

188-714: A former television reporter based in Louisville, in 2002. They had a son in 2004 whom they named "Bode" ( / ˈ b oʊ d i / BOH -dee ), after skier Bode Miller . Baffert and his family reside in California. He appeared in an episode of the TV show Take Home Chef . Baffert survived a heart attack in late March 2012 while in Dubai conditioning Game On Dude to compete in the Dubai World Cup . Following

235-735: A good horse" and his management ability in finding the right opportunities for his charges. Baffert's history in the American Classic races began in 1996 when he trained a three-year-old colt named Cavonnier, who ran second in the Kentucky Derby. In 1997, he trained Silver Charm to win the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, finishing second in the Belmont. Baffert revisited the Derby the next year, sending two top colts, Real Quiet and Indian Charlie , to Louisville. Real Quiet won

282-700: A horse hit the board again in any of the Triple Crown races until 2009, when he trained Pioneerof The Nile to a second-place finish in the Derby. Baffert trained Lookin At Lucky , co-owned by Mike Pegram , to win the Preakness Stakes in 2010. The colt skipped the Belmont Stakes but became the champion three-year-old colt that year. In 2012, Baffert saddled Bodemeister , named for the trainer's youngest son, Bode, to second-place finishes in

329-432: A new ruling which would effectively disqualify Justify from his win. In 2021, the post-race test of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit showed 21 pg / mL of betamethasone . In Kentucky, any amount of betamethasone detected in post-race testing is a violation and could result in a disqualification. It was Baffert's fifth violation in 13 months. At a news conference on May 9, Baffert initially said that Medina Spirit

376-612: A pain medication commonly administered to horses. However, his violations for use of prohibited medications has sparked controversy. In September 2019 The New York Times reported that Justify tested positive for the banned substance scopolamine after winning the Santa Anita Derby . After legal battles, in December 2023 a judge ordered stewards of the California Horse Racing Board to issue

423-470: A ranch in Nogales, Arizona , where his family raised cattle and chickens. When he was 10, his father purchased some Quarter Horses and he practiced racing them on a dirt track. In his teens, he worked as a jockey for $ 100 a day in informal Quarter Horse races on the outskirts of Nogales. From there, he moved to racing at recognized tracks, scoring his first victory at age 17 in 1970. Baffert graduated from

470-577: A statement accepting responsibility for Medina Spirit's drug positive and for any substance found in the horses that he trained. "I have paid a very steep price with a three-year suspension and the disqualification of Medina Spirit’s performance," he said, adding that he was "committed to having an amicable resolution with Churchill Downs in order to have the opportunity to compete again for the Triple Crown." Baffert has been married twice and has five children: four with his first wife, Sherry: Taylor, Canyon, Forest, and Savannah. He married his second wife, Jill,

517-756: A target for controversy. Longtime client Mike Pegram explained, "Anybody who walks with that swagger, people are going to love him or hate him…he's a wiseass and irreverent." Former client Kaleem Shah said, "He will rub people the wrong way by speaking his mind, sometimes he needs to hit the mute button." Over 30 horses Baffert trained have failed drug tests . Baffert has paid out over $ 20,000 in fines. He routinely challenges most sanctions, usually agreeing to accept fines but vigorously fighting suspensions. Horse owner and racing reform advocate Barry Irwin has stated, "He's Mr. Teflon." In raw numbers, most of Baffert's medication violations were for exceeding allowed amounts of authorized medications such as phenylbutazone ,

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564-460: A thyroid hormone, that could cause heart problems during exercise, but concluded the medication, which Baffert said he had been using routinely for the previous five years, did not cause the heart attacks. No sanctions were issued against Baffert. Baffert's ban at Churchill Downs' racetracks was extended in July 2023. One year later, in July 2024, Churchill Downs rescinded the ban after Baffert issued

611-612: Is a male-line descendant of the Darley Arabian . In 95% of modern Thoroughbred racehorses, the Y chromosome can be traced back to this single stallion. This is mainly through his descendant, Eclipse , who is the direct male ancestor of 95% of all Thoroughbreds, and in the pedigree of many of the rest. Silver Charm was also a descendant of the Byerley Turk through his ancestor, the gray French Thoroughbred sire Le Sancy (b. 1884), and his sire, Atlantic (1871–1891),

658-489: Is an American racehorse trainer who is considered one of the most successful and influential trainers in the history of horse racing. He has trained two Triple Crown winners: American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018. Baffert's horses have won the Kentucky Derby six times, tying the record with Ben A. Jones for wins by a trainer. He holds the trainer record for Preakness Stakes with eight wins and has won

705-612: The Stephen Foster Handicap and Breeders' Cup Classic . At age 5, Silver Charm won the 1999 San Pasqual Handicap and placed third in both the Donn Handicap and Santa Anita Handicap . He also competed in the 1999 Dubai World Cup, finishing sixth. After his fourth-place finish in the Stephen Foster Handicap, Silver Charm was retired. Following the end of his race career, Silver Charm

752-610: The 2021 Belmont Stakes or any other race at Belmont Park . On June 14, 2021, Baffert sued the NYRA alleging the association had no authority to suspend his license and that suspension "without prior notice" was a violation of the law. On July 14 the suspension was reversed by U. S. Federal District Court Judge Carol Bagley Amon sitting in the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn . The Judge made her ruling based on

799-493: The Belmont Stakes and Kentucky Oaks three times each. Baffert has been the subject of significant controversy regarding repeated incidents of his horses failing drug tests or dying under his care. He was suspended and later reinstated by Churchill Downs following the use of the topical steroid cream betamethasone on his Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit , who was subsequently disqualified. Baffert grew up on

846-538: The Del Mar Futurity . Silver Charm entered the 1997 Kentucky Derby with Gary Stevens as his jockey. Silver Charm drew the sixth post position out of a field of 13, and broke well at the starting gate. He came out between other horses going into the backstretch and took the lead with less than a furlong to go. He won the Derby, finishing a head in front of Captain Bodgit . It was Baffert's second time entering

893-738: The Eclipse Award as outstanding trainer three years running and was voted the 1997 Big Sport of Turfdom Award . Baffert was inducted into Lone Star Park's Hall of Fame in 2007, and in 2009, he was nominated and inducted to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame , the same year as a filly he trained, Silverbulletday . Point Given was nominated in 2009, but elected and inducted in 2010. Baffert has trained horses that won seventeen American Classic Races , eighteen Breeders' Cup races, four Dubai World Cups and two Pegasus World Cups . His graded stakes wins include nine wins in

940-654: The Santa Anita Derby , nine in the Haskell Invitational Handicap , nine in the Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes , and sixteen in the Del Mar Futurity , a race he won seven straight times from 1996 to 2002, when it was a Grade II event. He also won the race in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2022 when run as a Grade I event. He has won the Kentucky Oaks three times: first in 1999 with Silverbulletday , who

987-943: The Shizunai Stallion Station in 2004, with a so-called "buy-back clause" included in his sales contract. Since the slaughterhouse death of Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand , the New York Owners and Breeder's Association has begun asking for a small voluntary per-race charge called the "Ferdinand Fee". These monies are intended for the Bluegrass Charities and the Thoroughbred Charities of America to help fund racehorse rescue and retirement groups and keep horses from slaughter when their breeding or racing careers are over. This has led racehorse owners to include buy-back clauses within their stallion contracts. On October 29, 2014, it

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1034-953: The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance , the California Retirement Management Account (CARMA), and Old Friends Equine , all programs for retired race horses; and to the Permanently Disabled Jockey's Fund in memory of a Quarter Horse Jockey named Robert Z. "Bobby" Adair. A friend of Baffert's and an inductee into the American Quarter Horse Association Hall of Fame, Adair died on Preakness Day, May 16, 2015, at 71. Baffert dedicated American Pharoah's win to Bobby. Kentucky Derby record: 34–7–3–3 Preakness record: 23–7–2–3 Belmont record: 12–3–3–0 Silver Charm Upon

1081-903: The University of Arizona's Race Track Industry Program with a Bachelor of Science degree, got married, and began training quarter horses at a Prescott, Arizona farm. By age 20, he had developed a reputation as a trainer and was hired by other trainers to run their stables. His first winner was Flipper Star at Rillito Park on January 28, 1979. In the 1980s, Baffert moved to California and worked at Los Alamitos Race Course , where he switched to training Thoroughbreds full-time in 1991. He got his first big break in 1992 when he won his first Breeder's Cup race with Thirty Slews . Baffert established his early reputation with less expensive horses like Silver Charm and Real Quiet, bought for $ 16,500 and $ 17,000 respectively. Fellow trainer D. Wayne Lukas attributed Baffert's success to his "extraordinary eye for

1128-560: The 2015 Belmont win, Baffert outlined several charities that he and his wife Jill supported. He had been paid $ 200,000 to allow the Burger King to stand behind him in the grandstand during the televised broadcast of the Belmont, after having turned down $ 150,000 to allow the mascot to appear with him at the Preakness. At the post-Belmont press conference, Baffert announced he and his wife would be making donations of $ 50,000 each to

1175-465: The 2018 Santa Anita Derby, but the results did not become public until after the horse won the Triple Crown. That case was eventually dismissed as the regulators concluded the facts supported an instance of feed contamination. Similarly, cases against two horses who tested positive in Arkansas in 2020 for lidocaine were dismissed as being the result of accidental transfer from an assistant trainer who

1222-418: The 2018 Triple Crown Winner, Justify and the 2020 Kentucky Derby winner, Authentic. His horse Medina Spirit , who finished first in the 2021 Kentucky Derby, was later disqualified for a medication violation. Medina Spirit's drug violation led to several racetracks suspending Baffert from entering races, including a ban of over three years by tracks owned by Churchill Downs . Between 1997 and 1999, he won

1269-402: The Derby and Preakness. He saddled Paynter in the Belmont Stakes later that year, but that colt, like his stablemate Bodemeister, finished second. In 2015, Baffert trained the 2014 champion two-year-old colt American Pharoah to win the Triple Crown, the first to do so in 37 years. In winning the 141st Kentucky Derby, bringing his total number of victories in the race to four; Baffert also ran

1316-400: The Kentucky Derby or any American classic race; his horse Cavonnier had come in second the year before. Silver Charm won the Preakness Stakes in the same manner, pulling ahead of Captain Bodgit and Free House just before the wire. Silver Charm lost the third jewel of the Triple Crown by placing second in the 1997 Belmont Stakes to Touch Gold ; he lost by three quarters of a length. He was

1363-572: The NYRA having not allowed Baffert a forum to refute their claims and stated that they (the NYRA).."had held no hearing — let alone a prompt one." On September 10, 2021, Baffert was charged by NYRA for conduct detrimental to the best interests of racing. Additional charges were added on January 3, 2022. In February 2022, Baffert was suspended 90 days and fined $ 7,500 by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. The suspension

1410-472: The Preakness and Belmont Stakes with eventual Hall of Fame member Point Given . He finished third in the Derby that year with Congaree . Baffert won the Derby a third time in 2002 with War Emblem . The colt went on to win the Preakness Stakes, giving the trainer his third shot at winning the Triple Crown . The colt lost the Belmont Stakes after breaking poorly from the starting gate. Baffert did not have

1457-597: The care of race trainers, not all horse deaths were animals in race training nor were they necessarily race-related fatalities. Prior to Medina Spirit's death, Baffert had last been under intense scrutiny a decade earlier when seven horses in his stables at Hollywood Park died between November 2, 2011, and March 14, 2013, all from sudden and later unexplained heart attacks. In that period, 36% of all cardiac related horse deaths in California were animals trained by Baffert. California's equine medical director found that Baffert's horses were routinely given Thyro-L, or thyroxine ,

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1504-486: The death of Hansel , Silver Charm became the oldest living winner of the Preakness Stakes ; upon the death of Grindstone , he also became the oldest living winner of the Kentucky Derby ; the last surviving Derby winner born in the 20th century; and, upon the 2022 death of 1996 Belmont Stakes winner Editor's Note , Silver Charm became the oldest living winner of an American Triple Crown race . Silver Charm

1551-572: The gray gene through her maternal line from her ancestor, the British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire Crab (1722 – 1750), a son of Alcock's Arabian out of a daughter of Basto . Although gray (or "grey") was a fairly common color in the foundation stock of the Thoroughbred in the 1700s, it became increasingly rare over time. All modern grey Thoroughbreds descend from Crab through his great-great-granddaughter, Bab (b. 1787) -

1598-406: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baffert&oldid=1021080430 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Monitored short pages Bob Baffert Robert A. Baffert (born January 13, 1953)

1645-402: The race that year, and Baffert also finished third with Indian Charlie. Real Quiet won the Preakness as well, but, like Silver Charm, the horse was denied a Triple Crown win and finished second in the Belmont Stakes by a nose. Baffert, however, became the first trainer in history to win the Derby and Preakness in back-to-back years. Baffert did not win another classic race until 2001, when he won

1692-512: The sixth race on April 2. The 90 day ban against Baffert was set to be honored in all 38 racing states. By the April 1 ruling, Baffert had already transferred four 3-year-old colts to other trainers. The most notable cases prior to Medina Spirit's test were the disqualification of Gamine after a third-place finish in the 2020 Kentucky Oaks, also for betamethasone, and Triple Crown winner Justify, who tested positive for scopolamine after winning

1739-422: The third-place finisher, the previously undefeated colt Dortmund. American Pharoah next won the 140th Preakness Stakes, making six victories in that race for Baffert, who also finished fourth with Dortmund. Then, when American Pharoah won the 2015 Belmont Stakes , the win was the fourth attempt at a Triple Crown for Baffert, who at age 62 became the second-oldest trainer to win a Triple Crown. Baffert also trained

1786-602: The winner of the 1997 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Male Horse . He closed out his sophomore season with a runner-up finish in the Malibu Stakes . At age 4, Silver Charm won the 1998 Dubai World Cup , San Fernando Stakes, Strub Stakes, Kentucky Cup Classic Handicap , Goodwood Handicap (now called the Awesome Again Stakes ), and the Clark Handicap . He also finished second in both

1833-540: Was announced jointly by Three Chimneys Farm and Old Friends Farm that Silver Charm would return from Japan and be retired permanently at Old Friends Equine , a horse retirement facility, in Georgetown, Kentucky . Beverly Lewis and her son Steve paid to bring Silver Charm back to Kentucky, where he remains at Old Friends and can be visited by the public. gray 1978 bay 1963 gray 1964 dark brown 1982 bay 1963 bay 1968 Through his sire line, Silver Charm

1880-472: Was foaled in Florida on February 22, 1994, out of the mare Bonnie's Poker and sired by Silver Buck, who was a son of Buckpasser . He was a gray colt with a blaze and was bred by Mary Lou Wootton. As a two-year-old Silver Charm was purchased by trainer Bob Baffert for $ 85,000, and then resold to Beverly and Robert Lewis, who kept him in training with Baffert. Silver Charm's first win was as a two-year-old, in

1927-537: Was later selected for the Hall of Fame, then with Plum Pretty in 2011 and with Abel Tasman in 2017. In 2010, Misremembered , a horse he bred, owned by his wife Jill and their friend George Jacobs, won the Santa Anita Handicap , marking Baffert's first Grade I win as a breeder instead of a trainer. According to his supporters, Baffert's style and personality, combined with his success, have made him

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1974-501: Was never administered betamethasone. He told reporters that he would fight the issue "...tooth and nail." Nonetheless, Churchill Downs suspended Baffert from entering any horses at their racetrack pending the outcome of an investigation. Baffert responded by saying the situation "was like a cancel culture kind of a thing," a remark which earned him noticeable criticism from the press. On May 11, Baffert stated Medina Spirit had dermatitis , for which an ointment containing betamethasone

2021-747: Was not particularly successful in Japan, of 149 foals of racing age, he has been represented by one stakes-placed runner (in Korea). Overall, however, Silver Charm's progeny have made $ 2 million and won more than 1,000 races. In the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century , Silver Charm was ranked #63. In 2007, Silver Charm was inducted into the United States Racing Hall of Fame . Silver Charm went to Japan to

2068-990: Was retired to Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky for an initial stud fee of $ 25,000. He stood stud in North America for five seasons, siring five crops of foals. In 2004 he was purchased by the Japanese Breeders Association, and was sent to stud in Japan . He stood at the Shizunai Stallion Station in December 2004. In 2008, he stood at the Shichinohe Stallion Station and in 2009, at the Iburi Stallion Station . Silver Charm's North American progeny features 15 stakes winners, most notably multiple graded stakes winners Preachinatthebar and Miss Isella. Silver Charm

2115-525: Was scheduled to run March 8 through June 5. Baffert was granted a stay until April 4 to gain time for an appeal. However, the Kentucky Court of Appeals rejected Baffert's appeal on April 1. This in turn led to a ban from all California Horse Racing Board facilities beginning April 4 due to a rule removing any trainer under a 60-day or higher ban from all CHRB facilities. This included Baffert's home track at Santa Anita, although Baffert horse Shaaz won

2162-514: Was used. Sports Illustrated suggested that the positive drug test was a sign that Baffert's "leaking credibility" had reached "the saturation point." On June 2, 2021, Medina Spirit's split sample also tested positive and Churchill Downs suspended Baffert through the end of the 2023 Spring Meet. On May 17, 2021, the New York Racing Association (NYRA) banned Baffert from entering Medina Spirit or any of his other horses in

2209-609: Was using the medication on himself. Nonetheless, in that case, Arkansas suspended Baffert for 15 days. His first suspension was in 1977 for misuse of morphine , but thereafter he had no violations for the next eight years. Controversy deepened when on December 6, 2021, Medina Spirit died of an apparent heart attack after a workout at Santa Anita Park . This reminded the public that since 2000, at least 74 other horses had died while in Baffert's stables. Though number of racing starts are used to calculate rates of death for all horses in

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