Bob Baffert Horse trainer Racing Stables

Bob Baffert Horse Racing Stables

Bob Baffert is a renowned racehorse trainer in the United States of America. He has established a horse farm with the objective of buying, training and caring for racehorses as if they belonged to him. People and companies pay large amounts for well-bred horses and all required that these steeds come out tops, that is where Baffert and his company come in.

Bob Baffert's stables boast a team of assistant trainers who work with him to select good horses to purchase and to break in the young horses. Baffert is always associating with top, highly experienced horsemen and women so as to keep abreast of things and to always increase his own knowledge. All those interested in doing business with Bob Baffert can be assured of his extensive expertise that give clients the edge. Bob Baffert Horse Racing Stables has some real championship horses which have brought Baffert much recognition. Amongst his herd are Captain Steve, Real Quiet, War Emblem, Thirty Slews, Congaree, Vincication, Silver Bullet Day and Point Given.

As a youngster, Bob Baffert was raised on an Arizonan cattle ranch in Nogales. He followed in his father's footsteps as a horse lover. His father, Bill Baffert Sr. bought a quarter racehorse called Baffert's Heller. When Baffert's Heller was retired young Bob spend much time grooming and riding him. Bob Baffert competed high school in 1971 and went on to become a jockey. During this time he won almost 30 races. He continued pursuing his passion at the University of Arizona with the Racetrack Management Program. The year following graduation Baffert worked a number of positions. He got a few quarter horses together and started racing them at Rillito Downs with some success. The stable flourished and Bob later moved it to Los Alamitos during 1983. Here he became well-known as the trainer of four champions. Over a period of 7 years he had met with victory on practically all the important quarter horse races.

In 1988 Bob Baffert began taking an interest in thoroughbred racing. During 1991 Baffert moved hi operation once again, this time to Santa Anita Park, which is where you will find it today. In 1992 he gained his first Breeders' Cup with Thirty Slews. Through the years Bob Baffert has gained much knowledge through trial and error and has trained some of the greatest thoroughbreds. Three years in a row (1997 to 1999) Bob Baffert was recipient of the Eclipse Award for Leading Trainer. Over a period of 14 years, Baffert's horses have earned over $ 100 million. Bob Baffert Horse Racing Stables has certainly made a name for itself.