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Bob Baffert could tie record for Kentucky Derby wins; he has three solid contenders

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Bob Baffert has little to nothing left to prove in horse racing.

He is one of two trainers to have won the Triple Crown twice - with American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018.

He has won 15 Triple Crown races and has 15 wins in the Breeders' Cup. He's won the Dubai World Cup, the richest race in the world, three times.

He's the sport's unofficial ambassador.

Every day this week at Barn 33 on the Churchill Downs backstretch, he

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