Baffert wasn't in the Top 50 in number of individual starters last year (116). If the argument is that he gets 'all the best horses', as judged by expensive sales prospects, that's a fairly recent development. But he's never had a factory operation.
Trainers with more than 150 individual starters in '19..
Steven M. Asmussen 612
Karl Broberg 544
Mark E. Casse 320
Michael J. Maker 312
Brad H. Cox 311
Robertino Diodoro 310
Chad C. Brown 301
Todd A. Pletcher 269
Joe Sharp 231
Linda Rice 218
Jonathan Wong 215
Jeremiah C. Englehart 202
Jorge Navarro 199
Jamie Ness 198
Michael Stidham 194
Rudy R. Rodriguez 193
Claudio A. Gonzalez 188
Doug F. O'Neill 181
Scott A. Lake 174
Jason Servis 171
William I. Mott 164
Thomas M. Amoss 163
Wesley A. Ward 159
Norman McKnight 158
H. Graham Motion 157
Frank Lucarelli 151
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