Bob Baffert grows into racing's grateful elder statesman (Yahoo Sports)

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Bob Baffert came blasting into thoroughbred racing in Southern California talking smack. It wasn't long before he piled up 11 wins in Triple Crown races - two behind leader D. Wayne Lukas - and ditched his big hat but kept the boots. Ambitious can give you an edge that people don't like,'' said Baffert, who will try for the first Triple Crown since 1978 when American Pharoah runs in the Belmont Stakes next Saturday.

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