I think they need to put him in the Hall of Fame. It's a joke that he isn't there already. Baird doesn't talk about the Hall of Fame. But his friends and family all believe it would mean a lot to the trainer once called the Wizard of Waterford, the businessman who helped save Mountaineer Park, the horseman who has saddled more winners than any other person. But Bart Baird said his father does have some favorite horses.
Some horses have a way of working their way into the man's heart.
He has a few of them that he likes a lot. Now leave Dale Baird's makeshift home near the paddock. Walk outside and take in a race at the track that he helped save. See the horse moving on the far outside, passing horses on the turn. See the horse straighten up in the stretch and power toward the last two horses in front of him.