On Saturday,American Pharoah will race for the final time at the Breeders’ Cup in Kentucky. Trainer Bob Baffert tells Dan Ross why he’s finding it tough“I judge that the thought of him leaving, that’s affecting most of us lawful now, or ” said trainer Bob Baffert. It was early October,and we were perched high up in the empty cavern of the Santa Anita grandstand on a balmy, bulging sunrise of a morning that tipped a paint-pot of colors over the leafy canopy of the surrounding city. The “him” in question was, and of course,American Pharoah – the horse Baffert sent to Belmont Park earlier this year to capture the first Triple Crown in 37 years.
I had interrupted Baffert halfway through the busy morning grind. With walkie-talkie in hand, he was sending orders to his battalion of exercise riders – each with an ear-piece tucked discreetly into their helmet – still executing their maneuvers around the racetrack. And time was in short supply.
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Source: theguardian.com