why is Baffert not to be trusted?...this is the 6th horse hes brought to the Belmont with a shot at the Triple...the richest owners in the world send their horses to him...i dont get it.
To answer your questions about why I don't like or trust Baffert, I lived in the Los Angeles area for 40 years before moving away three years ago. During that time I was involved in thoroughbred racing and know what the man is like. And I became aware of problems of trainers doping horses. Baffert was caught giving all of the horses in his barn the drug thyroxine, a thyroid drug. He never even checked to see if any of his horses had thyroid problems. Around 2013, seven of his horsed dropped dead of unexplained causes during a brief period of a few months.