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This photo was taken at Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia, California of Bob Baffert

• Born: Jan. 13, 1953, Nogales, Ariz.
• Resident: Arcadia and Solana Beach, Calif.
• Family: wife Jill, son Bode, 3 years old; Baffert has sons Taylor, Canyon and Forest and daughter Savannah from previous marriage
• Web site: www.bobbaffert.com
• Education: Graduate of the University of Arizona's Race Track Industry Program.
• Ranked sixth nationally in 2006 with earnings of $8,136,567. He scored with 91 wins from 392 starters.

• Racing Background: Grew up on an Arizona cattle and chicken farm near the Mexican border and got started in the horse business grooming and galloping Quarter Horses owned by his father ... Baffert first tasted success as a Quarter Horse trainer and conditioned 1986 world champion Gold Coast Express ... Made transition to Thoroughbreds during the late 1980s, in large part due to the encouragement of owner Mike Pegram, and gave up his Quarter Horse division in 1991 after recording a stakes triple in the California Cup during the Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita
• Racing Career: Has won three Breeders' Cup races from 44 starters, the 1992 Sprint with Thirty Slews, the 1998 Juvenile Fillies with Silverbulletday and the 2002 Juvenile with Vindication ? Won two legs of the Triple Crown four times: with Silver Charm in the 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, Real Quiet in the 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, Point Given in the 2001 Preakness and Belmont, and War Emblem in the 2002 Kentucky Derby and Preakness ...Won three straight Eclipse Awards from 1977-99 and led continent's trainers in earnings four straight years from 1998-2001 ... Through 2005 ranked fifth among North American trainers all-time with career earnings in excess of $112.3 million ... Has trained seven Eclipse champions?Chilukki, Point Given, Real Quiet, Silverbulletday, Silver Charm, Vindication and War Emblem, who collectively accounted for nine titles ... Won the Dubai World Cup twice: in 1998 with Silver Charm and in 2001 with Captain Steve ? Major clients trained for include Mike Pegram, Hal Earnhardt, Aaron and Marie Jones, Satish Sanan of Padua Stables, Robert and Janice McNair's Stonerside Stable, Ed Friendly, Golden Eagle Farm, Jim McIngvale, Bob and Beverly Lewis and Ahmed Zayat's Zayat Stable, for which he trains 13 2-year-olds this year ? Biggest victories in 2006 came in two $750,000 races, the Wood Memorial with Bob and John and the Blue Grass Stakes with Sinister Minister. Other grade 1 wins have been provided by Behaving Badly (Santa Monica), Pussycat Doll (Humana Distaff Handicap) and Point Ashley (Del Mar Debutante). Other 2006 graded stakes winners are Wanna Runner, Too Much Bling, Point Determined, Preachinatthebar and E Z Warrior ... Behaving Badly's win in the Rancho Bernardo at Del Mar gave Baffert his 75th stakes victory at the seaside track, enabling him to pass Charlie Whittingham's previous record of 74 career stakes wins ... Has won a dozen stakes races at Lone Star Park in Texas and inducted into that track's Hall of Fame in 2007.