University of Arizona graduate and Nogales native Bob Baffert has trained 15 horses that have finished in the money in the Triple Crown races — eight that have placed first. Authentic became the eighth Baffert horse to win one of the major races with his first-place finish today in the Kentucky Derby.
The following is a list of his winners with the year and the races the horses won (including Triple Crown winners American Pharoah and Justify):
SILVER CHARM
1997 — Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
REAL QUIET
1998 — Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
POINT GIVEN
2001 — Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes
WAR EMBLEM
2002 — Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
LOOKIN AT LUCKY
2010 — Preakness Stakes
AMERICAN PHAROAH
2015 — Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes
JUSTIFY
2018 — Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes
AUTHENTIC
2020 — Kentucky Derby
Bob Baffert's Triple Crown In-The-Money Finishes
Arizona grad Bob Baffert's horses that finished in the top three in the Triple Crown races (*denotes Triple Crown winner):| Kentucky Derby | Preakness Stakes | Belmont Stakes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Cavonnier | 2nd | 1997 | Silver Charm | 1st | 1997 | Silver Charm | 2nd |
| 1997 | Silver Charm | 1st | 1998 | Real Quiet | 1st | 1998 | Real Quiet | 2nd |
| 1998 | Real Quiet | 1st | 2001 | Point Given | 1st | 2001 | Point Given | 1st |
| 1998 | Indian Charlie | 3rd | 2001 | Congaree | 3rd | 2012 | Paynter | 2nd |
| 2001 | Congaree | 3rd | 2002 | War Emblem | 1st | 2015 | American Pharoah | 1st* |
| 2002 | War Emblem | 1st | 2010 | Lookin At Lucky | 1st | 2018 | Justify | 1st* |
| 2009 | Pioneer of The Nile | 2nd | 2012 | Bodemeister | 2nd | |||
| 2012 | Bodemeister | 2nd | 2015 | American Pharoah | 1st* | |||
| 2015 | Dortmund | 3rd | 2018 | Justify | 1st* | |||
| 2015 | American Pharoah | 1st* | 2020 | Authentic | 2nd | |||
| 2018 | Justify | 1st* | ||||||
| 2020 | Authentic | 1st | ||||||
| 2021 | Medina Spirit | 1st |
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