He's got Game Winner who passes the class test and Improbable who passes the eye test. Both have the Derby strong Raise A Native sire line. Both are Buckpasser-x and both have a strong tail female. Barring setbacks, both are likely to secure a gate. It's early yet with the season's stronger class and distance tests pending. Baffert has plenty of time to pull a Pletcher and have four or five gates. Certainly not inconceivable for Baffert to pull the triple however I would not expect it and would need 200-1 before I played such a scenario.
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