My picks are :
Brother Derek
Bob And John
Point Determined
Sinister Minister
Tie Breakers :
Barbaro
AP Warrior
I like to cheer Bob Baffert's horses because I read an interesting story about his life in Sports Illustrated. Just seems like an inspiring guy.
10 years later ...
I still follow Bob Baffert in racing, and of course that has been popular, and for good reason. Bob has won the Triple Crown with American Pharoah and has been one of the most successful trainers of all time.
For the longest stretches of time, I simply put all of my money on his horses with blind faith, and that would end the day positive. Unfortunately, Baffert is the 1990's Dallas Cowboys of horse racing. Bettors rush to the windows when he runs a horse, bringing down the payout for a win. That's just fine, as I have learned since, that trainers run tons of horses over time, and they are not all equal. Betting involves analyzing not just win/loss(placing) records for the athlete, but also speed figures, scheduling, training, surface selection, pedigree, weather bias, and competition that day as well as countless other factors. As a pure fan of racing, regardless of how it affects my bank balance, this article just pinpoints a good observation by a brand new fan in 2006. ( Now 2017 )
I don't remember what exactly a "tie breaker" was in that post above. But, we all know Barbaro won the Derby that year. Sadly, Barbaro died from a leg injury shortly after. Brother Derek went on to be sire of tons of successful race horses. I am not sure about the others which were from the Baffert barn.
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