Baffert Goes For 8th Preakness Win Without Valued Assistant

Each time Bob Baffert won a big race over the past two decades with assistant Jimmy Barnes by his side, the two would share a moment and embrace.
“We give each other a big hug like, ‘We did it,’” Baffert said.
When Authentic won the Kentucky Derby, that wasn’t possible. Baffert’s other Derby horse, Thousand Words, reared up in the paddock and broke Barnes’ right wrist, so he was in an ambulance during the race.
As soon as Baffert got to the hospital room