US EditionSanta Anita Fans Must Pick Among 5 Bob Baffert Horses in Malibu Stakes
Bob Baffert entered half the field in the Grade I Malibu Stakes as the last chance for 3-year-olds to earn a first Grade I win and boost breeding value.
- On Sunday at Santa Anita, Bob Baffert entered five horses in the Malibu Stakes, commanding half of the six horses in the race on the season-opening card.
- As a $300,000 Grade I at 7 furlongs, the Malibu Stakes offers colts a last chance to earn a first Grade I before Jan. 1, boosting breeding value and prompting multiple starters.
- Morning-Line odds show Barnes , Madaket Road , Midland Money , and Goal Oriented .
- Most bettors reckon they can find the winner by sorting Baffert's five, who has won six of the past 14 Malibus, though no trainer has swept 1-2-3-4-5 in a U.S. Grade I.
- Acknowledging the dilemma, Bob Baffert said, `You hate to do that' about running three horses from the SF Racing, Starlight Racing and Madaket Stables partnership, but added, `But I don't get ahead of myself' Sunday.
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Pasadena Star News
Santa Anita fans must pick among 5 Bob Baffert horses in Malibu Stakes
ARCADIA — Even for Bob Baffert, master of a barn bursting with fast horses, entering five in one race is an extraordinary move. But such is the allure of the Malibu Stakes, the biggest of six graded stakes on Santa Anita’s season-opening card Sunday, that Baffert finds himself entering Barnes, Cornucopian, Goal Oriented, Madaket Road and Midland Money and thus commanding half of the field of 3-year-olds. “You hate to do that,” the Hall of Fame t…
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