Bob Baffert’s Nevada Beach wins Los Alamitos Derby, signals bright future

Bob Baffert’s Nevada Beach wins Los Alamitos Derby_ signals bright future

CYPRESS — Bob Baffert’s 3-year-olds this spring didn’t meet the super-high standards the trainer of two Triple Crown winners has established for his barn, settling for a 15th-place finish by Citizen Bull in the Kentucky Derby and fourths by Goal Oriented in the Preakness and Rodriguez in the Belmont Stakes. But the enviable depth of Baffert’s sophomore class makes a strong summer and fall a possibility. On Saturday, Nevada Beach became a horse t…

Bob Baffert’s Nevada Beach wins Los Alamitos Derby, signals bright future

CYPRESS — Bob Baffert’s 3-year-olds this spring didn’t meet the super-high standards the trainer of two Triple Crown winners has established for his barn, settling for a 15th-place finish by Citizen Bull in the Kentucky Derby and fourths by Goal Oriented in the Preakness and Rodriguez in the Belmont Stakes. But the enviable depth of Baffert’s sophomore class makes a strong summer and fall a possibility. On Saturday, Nevada Beach became a horse t…

Nevada Beach gives Baffert 10th win in Los Alamitos Derby

West Coast parlayed a victory in the 2017 Los Alamitos Derby for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert into another six weeks later in the Travers (G1) Stakes at Saratoga.After heavily favored Nevada Beach gave Baffert his ninth consecutive win in the four-horse Los Al Derby, he indicated the lightly raced colt could be making the same trip to New York this summer to compete in the 1 1/4-mile race.Click here for Los Alamitos entries and results.Ridde…

Nevada Beach Tops Baffert Exacta In Los Alamitos Derby

Trainer Bob Baffert earned his ninth consecutive Los Alamitos Derby Saturday when favored Nevada Beach led in stablemate Varney to top an exacta for the Hall of Famer. In a field scratched down to just four (Baffert had a third entrant in Tiz Secure {Maximum Security}), it was clear the money was on the less experienced of the stablemates with Nevada Beach having broken his maiden Apr. 19 before running second to Gaming (Game Winner) in the Affi…