As Triple Crown winner Bob Baffert will be acknowledged at half-time during the Arizona Wildcats vs. Utah Utes football game on Saturday, I will be reminded of special time spent with my brother before his passing.
I don’t know Bob Baffert. I found out he graduated from the University of Arizona from a fellow College of Agriculture alum. And I know he is a successful racehorse trainer, especially after watching his most famous equine, American Pharoah, win this year’s Triple Crown. That about sums up my knowledge of my fellow Wildcat.
Yet Bob Baffert and I crossed paths the last several months in a unique way, but he doesn’t know it.