Bob Baffert Archives • The Racing Biz

NYRA hits Bob Baffert with one-year ban

by Press Release | Jun 24, 2022 | Breaking, Business, National news | 0 |

Trainer Bob Baffert will not be able to race at NYRA tracks for the remainder of this year, according to a ruling issued by NYRA June 24.

Baffert request for delay of suspension denied

by Frank Vespe | Mar 22, 2022 | Breaking, Business, National news, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

Trainer Bob Baffert’s request to have his 90-day suspension delayed until appeals are resolved has been denied by a Kentucky court.

Opinion: Bob Baffert and the ol’ razzle-dazzle

by Frank Vespe | Mar 2, 2022 | Breaking, Opinion | 1 |

Bob Baffert and his legal team have decisively won the public relations war over Medina Spirit’s Derby DQ. But they’re not likely to win in the courts.

Medina Spirit finally disqualified from ’21 Derby

by Frank Vespe | Feb 21, 2022 | Breaking, Business, National news | 0 |

Some nine months after, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has ruled that Medina Spirit be DQed from the 2021 Kentucky Derby.

Derby points update: Another “pointless” Baffert win

by Frank Vespe | Feb 7, 2022 | Breaking, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

Messier’s spectacular 15-length win in Sunday’s Robert B. Lewis Stakes earned the Bob Baffert trainee exactly zero Kentucky Derby points. Again.

Derby points update: Newgrange gets nothin’

by Press Release | Jan 30, 2022 | Breaking, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

The Bob Baffert-trained Newgrange was a game winner of the Southwest Stakes, which got him… well, no points towards the Kentucky Derby, because… Baffert.

Maryland racing: Stories that mattered in 2021

by Frank Vespe | Jan 3, 2022 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |

There was controversy aplenty, and some locals human and equine made very good, indeed. Here are some of the top stories of 2021 in Maryland racing.

Medina Spirit dies following morning work

by The Biz | Dec 6, 2021 | Breaking, National news, Racing | 0 |

Medina Spirit, first past the post in the 2021 Kentucky Derby, suffered an apparent heart attack on the racetrack this morning at Santa Anita Park and died.

Opinion: Breeders’ Cup the bad and good of racing

by Frank Vespe | Nov 8, 2021 | Breaking, Opinion, Top Stories | 0 |

This Breeders’ Cup was the sport of Thoroughbred racing writ small. The humans at the top screw it up, and the horses redeem it. Lather, rinse, repeat.