Bob Baffert among those to congratulate Attard following Queen’s Plate win
TORONTO — Bob Baffert provided a storybook ending to trainer Kevin Attard’s first $1-million Queen’s Plate victory.
Shortly after filly Moira’s record-setting win Sunday in the opening leg of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown at Woodbine Racetrack, co-owner Donato Lanni passed his phone to Attard. On the other end was none other than Baffert, the celebrated conditioner of American Triple Crown winners American Pharoah (2015) and Justify (2018).
“I know Donato has a great relationship with him but I was not expecting that, it was very sudden,” Attard said Monday. “I was flabbergasted.
“I felt like a little kid, almost like meeting an idol. Donato just handed me the phone and there on the other end was Bob Baffert. I thought it was pretty cool, pretty special.”