Legendary trainer Bob Baffert won't be allowed to participate in the Kentucky Derby as he’s serving a 90-day suspension.
Happy Jack during the morning training for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 05, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky. is the first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown and it will take place Saturday evening at Churchill Downs in Louisville.
Not only will Baffert miss this year’s and next year’s race, he will be out of the entire Triple Crown series. Baffert trained 34 horses for the Derby since his first appearance in 1996. He’s put together six victories, three second-place and three third-place finishes. It’s only the sixth time he won’t have a horse in the field.Tim Yakteen, a former assistant under Baffert who’s run his own stable for more than two decades, is overseeing Messier and Taiba. Yakteen has no immediate ties to Baffert and the other horse owners agreed to the transfer of Baffert’s horses to others.
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