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Summary: A Future Jockey
Review: Bob Baffert is one of the greatest trainers out there today! He takes care of his horses & is SO funny! He's my favorite trainer & if it hadn't been for him & Silver Charm I might not have ever gotten to to racing like I am now! I would love to be a Jockey & ride for Mr. Baffert one day or even be one of his rival trainers! Who knows! ^_~
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Summary: The amazing story behind horse racing's hottest trainer
Review: Bob Baffert is undoubtedly the hottest trainer in Thoroughbred racing. Having just started training Thoroughbreds in the early 1990s, by 1998 Baffert had won two Kentucky Derbies. Both of his Derby Champions, Silver Charm and Real Quiet, also went on to win the Preakness Stakes and fell just short of taking the Triple Crown in their respective years. Baffert's skill, charm, good looks, and sense of humor have made him a favorite with horse owners and the press alike. In Baffert: Dirt Road to the Derby, Bob Baffert recounts his life story from growing up riding and training quarter horses in Arizona to being one of Thoroughbred racing's most popular figures.Bob Baffert has trained two Kentucky Derby winning horses in addition to many other champions. He lives in Huntington Beach, California. Steve Haskin is the author of Hooves of Glory and Horse Racing. He was a correspondent for The Daily Racing Form for more than 20 years, and his articles have appeared in Thoroughbred Record, Stud & Stable, and The Sporting Chronicle. He lives in Hamilton Square, New Jersey.
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Summary: Don't write another book, please
Review: Bob should stay to training horses, this book is poorly organized and written on a grade school level. I have never been so annoyed with the writing in a book, he uses "I" constantly. The content is shallow and gives the reader no further insight into the high end racing world.
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Summary: A Book For Thoroughbred People
Review: Just finished Baffert: Dirt Road to the Derby. If you like Bob Baffert you will enjoy this book. If you are in love with thoroughbred racing you will enjoy this book. Steve Haskin writes awesome articles for The Blood-Horse. I think he is the best turf writer alive today. I would never have guessed that he had anything to do with this book. There isn't any Steve Haskin in this book and that may be good because that means this book is Bob Baffert. Also it isn't written like most biographies I have read. It rambles back and forth in Bob's life with interesting recollections that may not be interesting to a person not into thoroughbred horse racing.
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Summary: A Book For Thoroughbred People
Review: Just finished Baffert: Dirt Road to the Derby. If you like Bob Baffert you will enjoy this book. If you are in love with thoroughbred racing you will enjoy this book. Steve Haskin writes awesome articles for The Blood-Horse. I think he is the best turf writer alive today. I would never have guessed that he had anything to do with this book. There isn't any Steve Haskin in this book and that may be good because that means this book is Bob Baffert. Also it isn't written like most biographies I have read. It rambles back and forth in Bob's life with interesting recollections that may not be interesting to a person not into thoroughbred horse racing.
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Summary: Not just a bunch of facts and figures
Review: Thank goodness the author didn't fill this book with a bunch of useless data...there's plenty of that in most other books on thoroughbred horse racing. My favorite parts were when Mr. Baffert opens up and tells the stories of his misadventures growing up and the adventures of today. Another reviewer complained that the author used the "I" too much, but considering that "BAFFERT" is in the largest type on the dust jacket, I would expect the book to be about him. Please write another book, and fill it with some more humerous stories. I really enjoyed the few you shared with us in this one.
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Summary: A few interesting chapters but too much irrelevant babble
Review: The book was fun to read at times but had way too many irrelevant details that made you think he was just filling space. The beginning and the end of the book were the most interesting so skip the middle. To his credit, Baffert was frank about his racing life.
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Summary: A few interesting chapters but too much irrelevant babble
Review: The book was fun to read at times but had way too many irrelevant details that made you think he was just filling space. The beginning and the end of the book were the most interesting so skip the middle. To his credit, Baffert was frank about his racing life.
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Summary: A Real Charmer
Review: The exploits of Bob Baffert will leave any genuine racing fan laughing. I'm an Australian horse racing fan and I loved this book! Didn't stop giggling the entire way through and couldn't help but read aloud passage after passage to my partner (much to his chagrin). This condensed version of Bob Baffert's life up to (and past) the Derby isn't earth-shattering, content-wise, but it is very entertaining.
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Summary: A Real Charmer
Review: The exploits of Bob Baffert will leave any genuine racing fan laughing. I'm an Australian horse racing fan and I loved this book! Didn't stop giggling the entire way through and couldn't help but read aloud passage after passage to my partner (much to his chagrin). This condensed version of Bob Baffert's life up to (and past) the Derby isn't earth-shattering, content-wise, but it is very entertaining.
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