The infamous and decorated Bob Baffer returned to Churchill Downs with a story that would tell before Kentucky Derby this week.
A Positif-Baffert for Medina Spirit Test Corticosteroid Betameson, a three-year suspension in the AA sewing mirror-2021 Kentucky derby, hoped to write another section on a complex heritage, returned to the spotlight.
“Everyone treated me really, Bak Baffer said about the reception of other trainers and horsemen. “They say they’re happy to see me and I’m happy to come back.”
Morning Line, which is 3-1 from position 8, is a favorite of the 72-year-old educator.
Triple Crown, which will be broadcasted on Saturday night in Kentucky, was not the reception that he hoped to take a draw with a pair of entrances on his first leg.
Citizen Bull (12-1), who is expected to have the best chance at a strong finish, drew a terrible position 1.
“I wish I had a flag of a challenge.
Citizen Bull, who won the best 2 -year -old Eclipse Prize in 2024, became the fastest of 15 horses worked at Churchill Downs on Monday.
Baffert, a coach who won six times with two triple crowns in his resume, can break his tie with Ben Jones this week with his seventh victory. In November, he actively runs horses during the Churchill Downs suspension, which he lost and won against the ban.
This week, Baffer, to win the 17th win in a triple crown race, seems to have realized that the Wood Monument, which attracts position 4, may have been left to Rodriguez, the winner of the Wood Monument. Mike Smith said at 58, who struggled to become the oldest jockey to win Derby and forced Baffert to return to the circle of the winner. In 2018, Smith was the oldest to complete this success – the 52 -year -old Jockey pilot to Triple Crown was theft.
Smith told Baffer that he was “sitting here on the bench and waiting for you to put me.”
“If you want him, you understand him,” Baffer said to Smith.
Justiy’s son American Promise worked on Monday before returning to the barn by instructor D. Wayne Lukas. Virginia Derby winner has created a lot of buzz since his last trip. Derby easily started the distance and beyond, and Lukas stressed that endurance is a stable force.
“This is not having to worry about anything,” Lukas Colt said with 30-1.
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