Authentic

Bob Baffert doesn’t always win the TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1). It just seems that way. After a five-year drought, including a runner-up finish behind 3-year-old champion Maximum Security in 2019, Baffert added another brick to the wall July 18 when Authentic captured the $1,005,000 Haskell at Monmouth Park to extend the Hall of Fame trainer’s record total to nine wins in the 1 1/8-mile test for 3-year-olds…

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has won Monmouth Park’s Haskell a record eight times, though not since 2015 with Triple Crown champion American Pharoah. Baffert took a moment to reflect on Pharoah’s trip to the Jersey Shore during Wednesday’s media teleconference organized by the NTRA. “I remember bringing Pharoah in there, and I was really nervous,” said Baffert…

Runhappy Santa Anita Derby (G1) runner-up Authentic drew post 2 and was pegged as the 4-5 morning-line favorite July 15 as part of a seven-horse field for the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1) July 18 at Monmouth Park. One of the favorites for this year’s postponed Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs, Authentic bids to give Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert his ninth win in the 1 1/8-mile Haskell, the richest race on Monmouth’s schedule…