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Friday 3 May 2019

SNAKE

BITTEN

Trainer Bob Baffert, who has
three Kentucky Derby hope-
fuls, waits by his barn before
a workout at Churchill Downs
Tuesday, April 30, 2019, in Lou-
isville, Ky.
Associated Press
Baffert

takes aim

at record-

tying 6th

Kentucky

Derby win

By BETH HARRIS
AP Racing Writer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The
pain of seeing Cavonnier
get beat by a nose in his
first Kentucky Derby nearly
kept trainer Bob Baffert
from returning to Churchill
Downs.
He figured he would never
again have a horse good
enough to win on the first
Saturday in May.
A year later, though, he
won the Derby with Silver
Charm and again the next
year with Real Quiet. Since
the mid-1990s, Baffert has
won five Kentucky Der-
bies and two Triple Crowns
while becoming the face D-backs shut down Yankees,
of horse racing.
"The Kentucky Derby is complete two-game sweep
still the one," Baffert said,
standing outside his barn in
front of a green-and-white
sign freshly updated with Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte salutes after hitting a solo home run against the New York Yankees during the fourth inning of
the names of his Derby a baseball game, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, in Phoenix.
and Triple Crown winners. Associated Press
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