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Bob Baffert spent a lifetime getting to the top of the field in horse racing. Controversy now stalks him Getty Images To Bob Baffert, there’s no better place than one he has visited a record seven times — the place where the Kentucky Derby winner gets adorned with roses and sport proclaims the horse and humans as heroes. “If there’s a heaven it’s in that (Churchill Downs) winner’s circle,” he told CNN in 2019. “That’s the most expensive piece of real estate in the world. It costs so much money to get into that small patch of grass but it’s worth every penny of it.”

Sponsored by: Concert Tour winning his Jan. 15 debut at Santa Anita Once uncommon, Kentucky Derby (G1) winners have run against stablemates more often in the Preakness Stakes (G1) in recent years.  It is likely to happen again Saturday when Bob Baffert trainees Medina Spirit and Concert Tour are scheduled to face each other at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. Zedan Racing's Medina Spirit quickly grabbed the lead in the Derby on May 1 and held on to finish first by a half-length in an exciting four-horse finish. Concert Tour was at Churchill Downs that day, too, but he was in h...

CBS News This week on "Sunday Morning" (May 16) Host: Jane Pauley Our fascination with aliens has also led us to speculate about unidentified flying objects – unexplained airborne phenomena – that might be of extraterrestrial origin. Correspondent David Pogue reports on how, as the scientific community continues to question the legitimacy of possible alien visitations, the government's attention toward UFOs has become more serious. For more info:        Israeli bombings and Hamas rocket fire continued overnight, following an intense day which saw a 15-story building in the heart of G...

Horse Racing Needs to Reckon With Its Drug Issue May 11 2021, 10:19 AM May 10 2021, 10:10 PM May 11 2021, 10:19 AM (Bloomberg Opinion) -- It’s difficult — almost next to impossible — to predict the outcome of the Kentucky Derby, the jewel in thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown. There are many variables. Jockeys and their horses are under pressure to perform in a marquee race, the field of runners is the largest they will ever see, track conditions vary and are uncertain until race day, and it’s the first time any of the three-year-old horses have ... (Bloomberg O...

Baffert: Medina Spirit More Of A Silver Charm Than An American Pharoah Sponsored by: Silver Charm just gets his head in front in a thrilling finish to the 1997 Preakness A favorite interview standby for turfwriters speaking to a jockey, trainer, or owner with historical success is to ask them to compare their most successful horses to each other. Who is better than who? Who reminds you of who? Trainer Bob Baffert, who is asked this sort of question often, was queried on Thursday's NTRA national media teleconference about the similarities between Derby winner Medina Spirit and Triple...