KENTUCKY DERBY All that glitters is not gold Silver Charm puts on heart-stopping show

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: May 4, 1997| Author: ED SCHUYLER JR. | Copyright information

The second time was the charm a Silver Charm for Kentucky Derby trainer Bob Baffert.

One year after a disheartening nose loss by Cavonnier to Grindstone, the gray Silver Charm put the white-haired Baffert into the Derby winner's circle Saturday at Churchill Downs.

For a heart-stopping moment, the 44-year-old Baffert thought it was going to be 1996 all over again. Gary Stevens put Silver Charm into the lead with an eighth of a mile to go, but favored Captain Bodgit was charg...

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