BALTIMORE _ He's surpassed everybody who's alive, so now Bob Baffert is chasing ghosts along the Triple Crown trail.
Other people (the relentlessly inquisitive media) seem much more interested in Baffert's pursuit of all-time records in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, and he usually cuts off questions about them. His mantra: "I don't want to jinx myself."
On Monday morning at Churchill Downs, he let down his superstitious guard and entertained reporters after his Preakness colt, Improbable, breezed a leisurely half-mile in 51.81 seconds.
