Baffert Confirms Concert Tour For Preakness; Barnes Staying At Churchill To Oversee Preparations Sponsored by:
Concert Tour arrives at Oaklawn Park with Baffert s assistant trainer, Jimmy Barnes
Last September, Jimmy Barnes watched on his phone in an ambulance as his boss Bob Baffert captured a record-tying sixth Kentucky Derby (G1) with Authentic in the COVID-delayed Classic. Saturday, Baffert s long-time assistant trainer was back watching the race in person at Churchill Downs as Medina Spirit provided Baffert a record-breaking seventh Kentucky Derby victory.
Barnes had sustained a fractured wrist when the barn s other 2020 Derby entrant, Thousand Words, reared and flipped as the assistant trainer attempted to saddle him in the paddock s walking ring. Knocked off balance, Barnes fell and landed awkwardly on his right wrist. Barnes was back at Baffert s Churchill Downs barn the next morning after the break was set at Louisville s Norton Audubon Hospital, but he ultimat