Trainer Tim Yakteen honored to carry torch for suspended Bob Baffert at Kentucky Derby

Tim Yakteen is the trainer of Messier and Taiba, two horses trained by Bob Baffert. Biffert is suspended and banned from racing for 90 days. Yakte took over training Messer and Tabbi. He has over 250 career victories and purse earnings of over $12 million. Mike Smith will ride Taibai in the Derby. He was raised in Germany and moved to the U.S. at age 18. His Lebanese father was stationed with the Army. The American citizen became an American. citizen. he attended the races for the first time at Cypress racetrack in 1982.