Bob Baffert Has Weird, Winning Weekend at Santa Anita

Bob Baffert has weird, winning weekend at Santa Anita

ARCADIA — It got repetitive, but never got boring, when Bob Baffert’s horses won all three of the Grade I and Grade II stakes the Hall of Fame trainer entered at Santa Anita on Saturday and Sunday. Nevada Beach and jockey Mike Smith gave Baffert an upset victory as the bettors’ 8-1 third choice in the Goodwood Stakes on Saturday. Imagination and Juan Hernandez gave Baffert another unexpected win as the 5-1 third choice in the Santa Anita Sprint …

Nevada Beach wins for Baffert in Goodwood at Santa Anita

Nevada Beach, a lightly raced 3-year-old making his graded-stakes debut for trainer Bob Baffert, prevailed over odds-on favorite Full Serrano after a lengthy duel to win Saturday’s Grade 1, $300,000 Goodwood Stakes going 1 1/8 miles at Santa Anita. With the win, Nevada Beach earned an automatic berth in the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 1 at Del Mar. Click here for Santa Anita entries and results. “This one is really special, because …