2018

Gallery of Top Horses

Improbable romps in the Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) Photo credit: Benoit

Chasing Yesterday wins a thriller in the $300,000 Starlet S. (G1) Photo credit: Benoit

Game Winner secures 2-year-old male honors with a win in the 2018 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) Photo credit: Eclipse

McKinzie collects his third Grade 1 win in the $300,000 Malibu S. on Dec. 26 Photo credit: Benoit

Vale Dori gets her second Grade 1 win in the 2018 Zenyatta S. at Santa Anita Park Photo Credit: Benoit

McKinzie returns from a six-month layoff to win the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) Photo credit: Equi-photo

Game Winner rolls to a 4 1/2-length win in the American Pharoah S. (G1) at Santa Anita Park Photo Credit: Benoit

Marleys Freedom en route to victory in the 2018 Ballerina S. (G1) at Saratoga Photo credit: NYRA

Abel Tasman bests Elate in the Personal Ensign S. (G1) Photo credit: Joe Labozzetta

Justify's Belmont S. (G1) win gives Bob Baffert his second Triple Crown winner Photo credit: Viola Jasko

Abel Tasman crushes the field in the 2018 Ogden Phipps (G1) at Belmont Park Photo credit: Zoe Metz

Justify at the finish of the 2018 Preakness S. (G1) Photo credit: Eclipse

Justify gives Bob Baffert his fifth Kentucky Derby (G1) in the rain on May 5, 2018 at Churchill Downs Photo credit: Eclipse Sportswire

Justify stamps his 2018 Kentucky Derby (G1) ticket with an emphatic victory in the Santa Anita Derby (G1) Photo credit: Benoit

Graded Stakes Wins

Grade 1

Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve	Justify
Preakness Stakes	Justify
Belmont S. Presented by NYRA Bets	Justify
Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile	Game Winner
Santa Anita Derby	Justify
Pennsylvania Derby	McKinzie
Ogden Phipps Stakes	Abel Tasman
Personal Ensign Stakes	Abel Tasman
Ketel One Ballerina Stakes	Marley's Freedom
Starlet Stakes	Chasing Yesterday
Zenyatta Stakes	Vale Dori (ARG)
Malibu Stakes	McKinzie
Del Mar Futurity	Game Winner
American Pharoah Stakes	Game Winner
Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity	Improbable

Grade 2

Brooklyn Invitational Stakes	Hoppertunity
Prioress Stakes	Dream Tree
San Carlos Stakes	American Anthem
Las Virgenes Stakes	Dream Tree
Californian Stakes	Dr. Dorr
Great Lady M Stakes	Marley's Freedom

Grade 3

Go for Wand Handicap	Marley's Freedom
Los Alamitos Derby	Once On Whiskey
Sham Stakes	McKinzie
Tokyo City Cup Stakes	Hoppertunity
Bob Hope Stakes	Mucho Gusto
Desert Stormer Stakes	Marley's Freedom

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Earnings

$17,017,899

Starts

348

WPS%

59%

Trainer Rankings

4 by earnings 29 by wins

Justify

Triple Crown Highlights

A few short years after Baffert’s first triple crown champion, Justify dominated the racing world and became the 13th Triple Crown winner in history. In 2024, he was inducted into the American Racing Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.

Rankings

3 by earnings 61 by wins

Awards

Eclipse Award 2018 Horse of the Year
Eclipse Award 2018 Champion 3-Year-Old Male

His win in the Belmont Stakes was named the NTRA Moment of the Year.

Watch This feature on both of Baffert's Triple Crown winners