Bob Baffert worried about his horse in the days after the Kentucky Derby. American Pharoah had won, yes, but he hadn’t seemed himself on race day. The madhouse scene at Churchill Downs had worn him out. So it was left to a record Preakness crowd to see the true majesty of Baffert’s champion as he rumbled…Baffert and American Pharoah shift focus to Belmont, Triple Crown
May 18, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Bob Baffert worried about his horse in the days after the Kentucky Derby. American Pharoah had won, yes, but he hadn’t seemed himself on race day. The madhouse scene at Churchill Downs had worn him out. So it was left to a record Preakness crowd to see the true majesty of Baffert’s champion as he rumbled…
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