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Run of good luck. Superstitious trainer Bob Baffert wins Awesome Again Stakes with fifth-choice Defunded at Santa Anita Park yesterday. Jockey who rode Defunded was Edwain Maldonado.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36327
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 2, 2022
Pages
p. B1, B9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 2, 2022
Pages
p. B1, B9
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Horse trainers
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Bob Baffert's career took off with a nudge from Lukas. Columnist Art Wilson recounts Baffert's career as a race horse trainer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36536
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2023
Pages
p. B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2023
Pages
p. B8
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Baffert, Bob
Horse trainers
Wilson, Art
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Taiba among trainer Bob Baffert's 5 winners on opening day at Santa Anita Park, in front of a crowd of 41,446. The crowd, Santa Anita park's largest on opening day since 46,514 showed up in 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36402
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2022
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2022
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit stripped of crown. Medina Spirit is no longer the winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby. The colt died unexpectedly in December 2021 at Santa Anita Park and was unofficially disqualified by Kentucky racing officials yesterday for failing a drug test after winning the race. This ruling is a blow for famed trainer Bob Baffert.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36181
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Horses and horse racing
Kentucky Derby
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Spotlight on jockey Juan Hernandez in column by Kevin Modesti.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36676
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2024
Pages
p. B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2024
Pages
p. B8
Subjects
Hernandez, Juan
Horses and horse racing
Modesti, Kevin
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Appeals court in Kentucky rejects Bob Baffert's bid to halt ban. Signage outside Baffert's barn at Santa Anita Park was removed as part of a California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) rule that mandates any trainer who is suspended for 60+ days be banned from all CHRB-licensed facilities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36212
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2022
Pages
p. B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2022
Pages
p. B8
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Horse trainers
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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A fourth horse dies from training injury at Santa Anita Park. A 5-year-old mare named Big Switch has been euthanized following a sesamoid injury from exercising. Owner and breeder is George Krikorian. Trainer was John Sadler and jockey was Juan Hernandez.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2024
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 22, 2024
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Deaths
Euthanasia
Hernandez, Juan
Horses and horse racing
Krikorian, George
Sadler, John
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Jockey John Velazquez wins four races at Santa Anita Park's opening day, with three coming on horses trained by Bob Baffert.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36140
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2021
Pages
p. A1, B1, B7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2021
Pages
p. A1, B1, B7
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Horses and horse racing
Jockeys
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Velazquez, John
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No definitive cause of death found by exam of Medina Spirit, the 2021 Kentucky Derby winning horse. The necropsy results were released by California Horse Racing Board yesterday. The colt had collapsed and died after a workout on December 6, 2021 at Santa Anita Park. Necropsy reported that the horse had swollen lungs and foam in his windpipe, enlarged spleen and congestions and mild hemorrhages in other tissues that "are common in horses dying suddenly..." Trainer was Bob Baffert.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36174
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2022
Pages
p. B10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2022
Pages
p. B10
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Great racing returns to Santa Anita Park. Joan Schmidt recaps opening day. Photos of jockeys Victor Espinoza, Mike Smith, and Juan Hernandez shown.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 14, 2023
Pages
p. 15
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Mountain Views News
Date
January 14, 2023
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Espinoza, Victor (jockey)
Euthanasia
Hernandez, Juan (jockey)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Schmidt, Joan
Smith, Mike (jockey)
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Practical Move is favorite horse. Facts about today's 86th running of the Santa Anita Derby. -Bob Baffert has won the race a record 9 times. -The race has produced 19 Kentucky Derby winners. -Practical Move (race horse) is the 8-5 favorite, followed by Geaux Rocket Ride and National Treasure.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36467
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 2023
Pages
p. B1, B9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 2023
Pages
p. B1, B9
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Santa Anita Derby
Horses and horse racing
Baffert, Bob
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Two articles 1. Ramon Vazquez, the jockey on race horse Practical Move, gets edge in Santa Anita Derby. 2. Bob Baffert earns win with race horse Faiza in Santa Anita Oaks race.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36468
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2023
Pages
p. B10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2023
Pages
p. B10
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Santa Anita Derby
Horses and horse racing
Baffert, Bob
Vazquez, Ramon
Yakteen, Tim
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Bob Baffer, horse trainer, is denied stay of suspension by Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. He has been suspended for 90 days, effective March 8 through June 5, and was fined $7,500. He was trainer of Medina Spirit, a horse that is now deceased but tested positive for the steroid betamethasone following the Kentucky Derby last May 1. Medina Spirit was stripped of the Kentucky Derby crown and collapsed and died on December 6, 2021 of a heart attack after a trianing run at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36190
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2022
Pages
p. B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 26, 2022
Pages
p. B8
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Horses and horse racing
Kentucky Derby
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Turf mare Going to Vegas looks to cash out in Kentucky. In photo: Going to Vegas and jockey Umberto Rispoli after winning the $300,000 Grade I Rodeo Drive Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36341
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2022
Pages
p. B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 14, 2022
Pages
p. B8
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Rispoli, Umberto
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Race horse trainer Mark Glatt's career year continues with a 3-win opener at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36609
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2023
Pages
p. B8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2023
Pages
p. B8
Subjects
Glatt, Mark
Horses and horse racing
Horse trainers
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Horse named Stronghold and jockey Antonio Fresu top horse named Imagination, with jockey Frankie Dettori, to win the Grade I, $750,000 Santa Anita Derby on Saturday, April 6, at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36668
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2024
Pages
p. B9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2024
Pages
p. B9
Subjects
Fresu, Antonio
Dettori, Frankie
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Jockey Flavien Prat wins 6 consecutive races at Santa Anita Park's winter-spring meet. He became the fourth rider to win 6 races on a single card twice at the Arcadia track, when he accomplished this during Friday's eight-race program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35937
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2021
Pages
p. B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2021
Pages
p. B8
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Jockeys
Prat, Flavien
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Breeders' Cup-Back to front. Race horse Fierceness rebounds from previous race struggle to win Juvenile, the $2 million Grade I race. Fierceness is a Mike Repole homebred trained by Todd Pletcher. Jockey John Velazquez in photo riding on Fierceness.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36562
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2023
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2023
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Breeders' Cup
Horses and horse racing
Pletcher, Todd
Repole, Mike
Velazquez, John
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Judge rejects Bob Baffert's stay, delays suspension to April 4. Kentucky Horse Racing Commission suspended trainer Bob Baffert for questions surrounding dead race horse Medina Spirit having the corticosteroid betamethasone in his system when he won the Kentucky Derby last year. Medina Spirit has been stripped of that title.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36205
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 22, 2022
Pages
p. B2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 22, 2022
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Horses and horse racing
Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Horse Racing Commission
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Horse trainer Richard Mandella already has a strong head start on 2024 at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36619
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2024
Pages
p. B8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 4, 2024
Pages
p. B8
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Horses and horse racing
Mandella, Richard
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