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2002: War Emblem
In 2002 Bob Baffert was back, (It’s fun watching his little girl grow up next to him at the track), with War Emblem, a 20-1 shot in the Derby, owned by Saudi Prince Ahmed Bin Salman. War Emblem went wire to wire to win the Derby by four lengths, then held off several horses to win the Preakness. But he stumbled out of the gate at the Belmont and never recovered, losing to a 70-1 shot, Sarava. His jockey was Victor Espinosa and he had a strange career record of 7-0-0 in 13 races. He either won or was out of the money, as he was in the Belmont. Bob Baffert: "He was so one-dimensional and such an irritable horse as it was, as soon as he was behind horses, I had to sit there for 2½ minutes waiting for the race to be over."
In 2002 Bob Baffert was back, (It’s fun watching his little girl grow up next to him at the track), with War Emblem, a 20-1 shot in the Derby, owned by Saudi Prince Ahmed Bin Salman. War Emblem went wire to wire to win the Derby by four lengths, then held off several horses to win the Preakness. But he stumbled out of the gate at the Belmont and never recovered, losing to a 70-1 shot, Sarava. His jockey was Victor Espinosa and he had a strange career record of 7-0-0 in 13 races. He either won or was out of the money, as he was in the Belmont. Bob Baffert: "He was so one-dimensional and such an irritable horse as it was, as soon as he was behind horses, I had to sit there for 2½ minutes waiting for the race to be over."
