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Originally Posted by dilanesp
The only real knock against Baffert is he hasn't had a real grass star. Even Wayne Lukas eventually demonstrated he could train top grass horses.
But for racing on dirt- yeah, he's the GOAT. And it's not just the TC success with royally bred horses. He has had success with modestly bred horses, he can manage a horse over a long career (see Game on Dude), etc.
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True about the grass with Baffert, but I think that is entirely attributable to his focus on the big dirt races. I am not aware that he ever made any serious attempts at obtaining grass runners for his stable.