Miss Monica looks 'special' to Baffert after Del Mar Debutante win
Miss Monica, the $850,000 Early Voting filly owned by Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman, dominated the Grade I Del Mar Debutante by 6 1/4 lengths in 1:23.54 under Juan Hernandez for Bob Baffert, signaling a potential North American championship contender for 2-year-old fillies and marking Baffert’s 13th Debutante victory. The win follows her impressive debut and underlines Baffert’s hot streak at Del Mar, with Holmby as a top stablemate and Panda Listen among the challengers, as the trainer and owners eye continued success later in the meet.
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About Bob Baffert
Robert A. Baffert is an American racehorse trainer. He has trained two Triple Crown winners: American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018. Baffert's horses have won the Kentucky Derby six times, tying the record with Ben A. Jones for wins by a trainer. He holds the trainer record for the Preakness Stakes with eight wins and has won the Belmont Stakes and Kentucky Oaks three times each. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer. He has also been the subject of significant controversy regarding repeated incidents of his horses failing drug tests.
Everything about Bob Baffert →- Occupation
- horse trainer, actor
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 13, 1953
- Website
- http://bobbaffert.com/