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Bob Baffert Chasing 7th Kentucky Derby Win With 7 Horses in Line

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The Kentucky Derby leaderboard is heating up, and no name is larger than Bob Baffert’s. Suspended and missing from the previous three Run for the Roses, the legendary trainer is back in a big way—with seven horses in contention for this year’s Derby at Churchill Downs. For most trainers, sending one or two top contenders to the year’s biggest race is a career pinnacle. But Baffert? He’s turning this into an all-out stable war. With Citizen Bull,…

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