Bob Baffert

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bob Baffert
Occupation	Equestrian
Date Of Birth	Jan 13, 1953(1953-01-13)
Age	71
Birthplace	Nogales
Country	United States
Birth City	Arizona
Horoscope	Capricorn

Bob Baffert Biography

Bob Baffert is one of the most popular and richest Equestrian who was born on January 13, 1953 in Nogales, Arizona, United States. Decorated racehorse trainer , who’s been a winner of several Kentucky Derbies, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes. The horse he trained, American Pharaoh took home this year’s Triple Crown.

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Baffert grew up on a ranch in Nogales, Arizona, where his family raised cattle and chickens. When he was 10, his father purchased some Quarter Horses and he practiced racing them on a dirt track. In his teens, he worked as a jockey for $100 a day in informal Quarter Horse races on the outskirts of Nogales. He moved from there to racing at legalized tracks, scoring his first victory at age 17 in 1970.

Baffert graduated from the University of Arizona’s Race Track Industry Program with a Bachelor of Science degree, got married, and began training quarter horses at a Prescott, Arizona farm. By age 20, he had developed a reputation as a trainer and was hired by other trainers to run their stables. In the 1980s, Baffert moved to California and worked at Los Alamitos Race Course, where he switched to training Thoroughbreds. He got his first big break in 1992 when he won his first Breeder’s Cup race with Thirty Slews. He became the leading money-winning trainer in the United States four times.

He was married to with his third wife Jill Baffert, in 2002. He is the father of five children.

Bob Baffert Net Worth

Bob Baffert is one of the richest Equestrian from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bob Baffert 's net worth $30 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a child of racing Quarter Horses on his family’s ranch in Nogales, Arizona. He became jockey during his teens. He had his first win at the age of 17 in the year 1970.

In the 1980s , he began training Thoroughbreds. He had his first major break in 1992, when he took home the first Breeder’s Cup race with Thirty Slews.

Robert A. Baffert (born January 13, 1953) is an American racehorse trainer who trained the 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify. Baffert’s horses have won five Kentucky Derbies, seven Preakness Stakes, three Belmont Stakes and three Kentucky Oaks.

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Who is Bob Baffert Dating?

According to our records, Bob Baffert married to Jill Baffert. As of December 1, 2023, Bob Baffert’s is not dating anyone.

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Baffert was inducted into Lone Star Park’s Hall of Fame in 2007, and in 2009, he was nominated and inducted to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame. Baffert was elected alongside one of the best fillies he trained, Silverbulletday. Point Given was nominated in 2009, but elected and inducted in 2010.

Facts & Trivia

Bob Ranked on the list of most popular Equestrian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Bob Baffert celebrates birthday on January 13 of every year.

Finally, after waiting eight years, Baffert trained Lookin At Lucky, co-owned by longtime client and good friend Mike Pegram, to win the Preakness Stakes in

2010. The colt skipped the Belmont Stakes but became the champion three-year- old colt that year. In 2012, Baffert saddled Bodemeister, named for the trainer’s youngest son, Bode, to second-place finishes in the Derby and Preakness. He saddled Paynter in the Belmont Stakes later that year, but that colt, like his stablemate Bodemeister, finished second.

How many wives has Bob Baffert?

Baffert has been married twice and has five children: four with his first wife, Sherry: Taylor, Canyon, Forest, and Savannah. He married his second wife, Jill, a former television reporter based in Louisville, in 2002. They had a son in 2004 whom they named “Bode” (/ˈboʊdi/ BOH-dee), after skier Bode Miller.

Does Bob Baffert own a horse?

However, when the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby takes place on Saturday, Baffert won’t have a single horse attempting to win the first leg of the Triple Crown. Medina Spirit , which was owned by Baffert, won the 2021 Kentucky Derby, but tested positive for a banned substance, betamethasone, following the race.

How much does Bob Baffert earn?

Net Worth: $30 Million
Profession:| Horse trainer, Actor

What is up with Bob Baffert?

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who is banned from the Kentucky Derby , is on a mission to restore two legacies — his own and that of Medina Spirit, who was stripped of the 2021 victory after testing positive for an anti- inflammatory medication following the race.

What age is Bob Baffert?

69 years (January 13, 1953)