Opinion: As excuses for Bob Baffert mount, he doesn't get benefit of the doubt after Medina Spirit's positive test Dan Wolken, USA TODAY There is one household name in horse racing, a man so well-known that TMZ has stopped him at restaurants and ESPN has invited him to be the celebrity guest picker on "College GameDay." Bob Baffert is the only person involved in the sport at any level who is likely to be stopped for an autograph or picture away from a racetrack, the product of his ubiquitous presence on television during the Triple Crown and his unmistakeable flop of white hair on top of a head whose eyes are constantly covered by sunglasses.