American Pharoah's trainer Bob Baffert and his wife Jill donated $150,000 to three charities. Jockey Victor Espinoza, who rode American Pharoah to win 2015 Triple Crown, donated all his earnings from Belmont Stakes race to City of Hope.
Triple Crown winning race horse American Pharoah not done yet. Santa Anita Park-based trainer Bob Baffert guided the horse to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes to become a Triple Crown winner. The horse needs to rest up for now.
American Pharoah clinches the Triple Crown, the first horse to do this in 37 years. Fans cheer from Santa Anita Park. In photo jockey Victor Espinoza and American Pharoah. (Not spelled Pharaoh).
Santa Anita Park jockey Victor Espinoza wins Triple Crown on a race horse named American Pharoah, the first jockey in 37 years to win it. He is the first Latino and the oldest to win the Triple Crown. He credits prayer, sleep, and sheer grit.
Corniche turns two for opening day victory. Bob Baffert trained Corniche, a horse that has won the American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita Park during its fall meet. Jockey Mike Smith rode Corniche. Baffert is the famed trainer of the 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.
Crown in sight. Jockey Mike Smith and horse trainer Bob Baffert like their horse Justify's chances in the Belmont Stakes on June 9. (Photo of Smith and Baffert).
Triple Crown winning jockey Victor Espinoza (he rode the race horse American Pharoah) visits patients at City of Hope. He donated about $80,000-his entire earnings from the Belmont Stakes-to the City of Hope cancer research and treatment facility.
Race horse Cave Rock gives trainer Bob Baffert another Grade I victory at the American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita Park yesterday. Jockey Juan Hernandez was the rider.
A gathering of athletes. Arcadia's Santa Anita Park hosts champions as team members of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball team and Triple Crown winner American Pharoah's trainer Bob Baffert compare treasures from being the best in their sport. Photos and captions only.
Admiration is Justify-able. Horse racing's newest and still undefeated Triple Crown Winner returns to home turf Santa Anita Park for a victory lap. The Triple Crown means winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes.
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.
Bob Baffert, a Hall of Fame horse trainer, had a heart attack in Dubai, where he was preparing a horse named Game on Dude in the $10 million Dubai World Cup. Baffert's assistant Jim Barnes, said from Santa Anita Park, that Baffert was doing well after having three stents inserted into two arteries.