Awesome Baby - Churchill Downs, May 1, 2014
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Awesome Baby - Churchill Downs, April 29, 2014.
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Awesome Baby wins the Sunland Park Oaks.
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Awesome Baby wins the Sunland Park Oaks.
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Awesome Baby wins the Sunland Park Oaks.
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Awesome Baby wins the Sunland Park Oaks.
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Awesome Baby wins the Sunland Park Oaks.
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Awesome Baby wins the Sunland Park Oaks.
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Awesome Baby wins the 2014 Santa Ysabel.
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Awesome Baby wins the 2014 Santa Ysabel.
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Awesome Baby wins the 2014 Santa Ysabel.
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Awesome Baby wins the 2014 Santa Ysabel.
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Awesome Baby wins the 2014 Santa Ysabel.
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Awesome Baby wins the 2014 Santa Ynez.
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Awesome Baby wins the 2014 Santa Ynez.
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Awesome Baby wins the 2014 Santa Ynez.
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Awesome Baby wins the 2014 Santa Ynez.
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Awesome Baby wins the 2014 Santa Ynez Stakes.
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A two-time graded stakes winner earlier this year at Santa Anita Park, Awesome Baby will put her speed to the test when she returns to action in the $300,000 La Brea Stakes (gr. I) on opening day Dec. 26 at the Arcadia track.
Grade II winner Awesome Baby handily completed five furlongs in 1:01.40 April 14 at Santa Anita Park as the daughter of Awesome Again continues preparations for the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) May 2 at Churchill Downs.
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Kaleem Shah's Awesome Baby grabbed the lead at the start and cruised unchallenged to a clear win in the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks March 23.
Awesome Baby, a back-to-back graded stakes winner this season at Santa Anita Park, stands out for trainer Bob Baffert in the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks March 23 in New Mexico.
133 fillies, highlighted by graded stakes winners Untapable, Onlyforyou, and Awesome Baby, currently the top point earners on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), have been nominated to the Central Bank Ashland (gr. I).
Awesome Baby earned her second straight graded stakes win with a front-running score in the $100,000 Santa Ysabel Stakes (gr. III) March 1 at rain-soaked Santa Anita Park.
Awesome Baby, wire-to-wire winner of the Santa Ynez Stakes going 6 1/2 furlongs, stretches back out to 1 1/16 miles against seven other 3-year-old fillies March 1 in the $100,000 Santa Ysabel at Santa Anita.
Game on Dude covered four furlongs in 48 seconds flat in preparation for the Feb. 8 San Antonio Stakes (gr. II), while Midnight Hawk worked five furlongs in 1:00 3/5, also with Garcia aboard.
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Awesome Baby, the less-fancied of two Bob Baffert runners, led every step of the way in capturing the $196,000 Santa Ynez Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 4 at Santa Anita Park.
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Just three sophomore fillies are set to oppose impressive first-out winner Crushed Velvet in the $200,000 Santa Ynez Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 4 at Santa Anita Park.
She's a Tiger and Fascinating, the one-two finishers in the Del Mar Debutante (gr. I), square off again, this time around two turns, in the $250,000 Chandelier Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita Sept. 28.
She's a Tiger, ridden masterfully by Gary Stevens, showed plenty of spunk to overpower her rivals while tallying comfortably in the $300,000 Del Mar Debutante (gr. I) Aug. 31.
Unbeaten Concave, a game half-length winner of the recent Sorrento Stakes (gr. II), and runner-up She's a Tiger renew their battle in the $300,000 Del Mar Debutante (gr. I) Aug. 31.
Awesome Baby, making his first start for owners Dick Vitale, the voice of college basketball on ESPN, and Rick Pitino, coach of the University of Louisville's men's basketball team, won his debut in a maiden special weight race for 2-year-olds at Calder Race Course Friday.
| Trainer | Bob Baffert |
|---|---|
| Jockey | Mike E. Smith |
| Owner | Kaleem Shah, Inc. |
| Breeder | Nicholas Sibilio & Debbie Sibilio |
| Awesome Baby View Five-Cross Pedigree | Awesome Again | Deputy Minister |
| Primal Force | ||
| Miss Attractive | Running Stag | |
| Marquise Miss |
| Sale / Hip | Type | Buyer | Consignor | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEESEP2012 Hip 996 |
Yearling | Ed Savant | Margaux Farm, agent | $220,000 |
| California Chrome |
| Rachel Alexandra |
| Upstart |
| Bodemeister |
| International Star |
| Texas Red |
| Far Right |
| Buddy's Saint |
| Main Sequence |
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