Bob Baffert choked back tears and his voice cracked while trying to juggle the feelings of one of his horses winning the Preakness Stakes and another being euthanized on the same track.
"This business is twists and turns, the ups and downs," he said. "To win this -- losing that horse today really hurt. ... It's been a very emotional day."
"He fought the whole way," jockey John Velazquez said. "He put up a really good fight. ... That's what champions do." "I followed every single step of the way, the winner," Mage jockey Javier Castellano said. "But those horses, with pace, no speed in the race, hard to catch." Baffert had a rollercoaster day, back at Pimlico Race Course from a suspension that kept him from entering a horse in the Preakness last year. The thrill of victories by National Treasure in the Preakness and Arabian Lion in an earlier stakes race contrasted with the agony of Havnameltdown's death.
This was Baffert's first Preakness in two years because of a ban stemming from 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit's failed drug test that led to a disqualification in that race. Medina Spirit was Baffert's most recent Preakness horse, finishing third.
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