Bafferts Blues
TIM LAYDEN
June 18, 2012
Poor Bob Baffert. Paynter's second in the Belmont completed for Baffert, who placed in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness with Bodemeister, a painful feat: the Runner-Up Triple Crown. Baffert is no stranger to Triple Crown heartbreak; he has finished second seven times. The races this year don't even compare with some of the past close calls on the heartbreakmeter (five Bafferts being the most painful).
Poor Bob Baffert. Paynter's second in the Belmont completed for Baffert, who placed in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness with Bodemeister, a painful feat: the Runner-Up Triple Crown. Baffert is no stranger to Triple Crown heartbreak; he has finished second seven times. The races this year don't even compare with some of the past close calls on the heartbreakmeter (five Bafferts being the most painful).
RACE 2012 PREAKNESS
MARGIN NECK
HORSE BODEMEISTER
[3 Bafferts]
Bode led by three lengths before being caught three jumps from the wire.
RACE 1998 BELMONT
MARGIN NOSE
HORSE REAL QUIET
[5 Bafferts]