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The first time Bob Baffert saw filly Plum Pretty, he turned to owner John Fort and asked him if he got the name right.
"Did you say her name was Plum Pretty or plum ugly?" Baffert said with a laugh.
The way the trainer's blossoming star ran in Friday's $1 million Kentucky Oaks, perhaps Plum Perfect would have been just as appropriate.
The filly and jockey Martin Garcia got Baffert's big weekend off to a rollicking start, taking charge at the top of the stretch then holding off St. John's River by a neck to give the Hall of Famer his second victory in the female version of the Kentucky Derby.
Baffert won the Oaks in 1999 with Silverbulletday but came up short in the Run for the Roses the next day when each of his three entries -- Prime Timber, Excellent Meeting and General Challenge -- failed to hit the board.
No trainer has won both the Oaks and the Derby in the same year since Ben Jones did it in 1952. Baffert will saddle Midnight Interlude in the Run for the Roses on Saturday as he goes for his fourth Derby triumph.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=6495577
"Did you say her name was Plum Pretty or plum ugly?" Baffert said with a laugh.
The way the trainer's blossoming star ran in Friday's $1 million Kentucky Oaks, perhaps Plum Perfect would have been just as appropriate.
The filly and jockey Martin Garcia got Baffert's big weekend off to a rollicking start, taking charge at the top of the stretch then holding off St. John's River by a neck to give the Hall of Famer his second victory in the female version of the Kentucky Derby.
Baffert won the Oaks in 1999 with Silverbulletday but came up short in the Run for the Roses the next day when each of his three entries -- Prime Timber, Excellent Meeting and General Challenge -- failed to hit the board.
No trainer has won both the Oaks and the Derby in the same year since Ben Jones did it in 1952. Baffert will saddle Midnight Interlude in the Run for the Roses on Saturday as he goes for his fourth Derby triumph.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=6495577
