ARCADIA, Calif. - The names of the races have changed from time to time. The results are often the same. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert continues to dominate Santa Anita’s early autumn graded stakes for juveniles. On Saturday, Baffert won the Grade 1 American Pharoah Stakes for the 13th time with Citizen Bull. Earlier in the day, Non Compliant won the Grade 2 Oak Leaf Stakes for fillies, also a 13th win in the race for the stable. The American Pharoah Stakes, named for Baffert’s 2015 Triple Crown winner, was known as the Norfolk Stakes until 2011 and was the FrontRunner Stakes until 2017. The Oak Leaf Stakes was known as the Chandelier Stakes from 2012 to 2023. It had also been run as the Oak Leaf Stakes from 1969-2011. By any name, the races have the same meaning as leading California preps for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and BC Juvenile Fillies, races that will be run this year at Del Mar on Nov. 1. Baffert is loaded for both races, and should be, considering his past success, his emphasis on 2-year-old dirt races and deep-pocketed clients who aggressively buy yearlings and 2-year-olds in-training. Citizen Bull led throughout the $301,000 American Pharoah Stakes at 1 1/16 miles, winning by two lengths over stablemate Getaway Car. Those two are BC Juvenile candidates along with Gaming, the winner of the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity at seven furlongs on Sept. 8 who was held out of the American Pharoah Stakes. Baffert said on Sunday that Irad Ortiz Jr., will ride Gaming in the BC Juvenile. Citizen Bull was third as the 13-10 favorite in the Del Mar Futurity, closing from sixth to finish 5 3/4 lengths behind Gaming. On Saturday, Citizen Bull was ridden by Martin Garcia, who gained the mount after randomly calling Baffert to say hello on Wednesday, the day entries were taken. Baffert hoped to employ Mike Smith on Citizen Bull, but Smith was booked to ride at Keeneland. “He lucked into that horse,” Baffert said of Garcia. “He’s ridden well for me. He’s a good kid.” Garcia, 39, and Baffert were a potent team in Southern California during the 2010s, wining such races as the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Bayern, the Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Game On Dude in 2013 and Collected in 2017, and the 2015 Santa Anita Derby on Dortmund. Garcia, who is currently based in Kentucky, is expected back at Del Mar for the Nov. 1 program. Baffert is planning a multi-horse approach for the BC Juvenile Fillies, with Non Compliant, Nooni and Tenma leading the team. They were the first three finishers of the $200,500 Oak Leaf Stakes. Baffert said on Sunday that he expects a better race in the BC Juvenile Fillies from Tenma than her loss by 10 1/2 lengths on Saturday. “She has not run well here,” he said. “She has struggled with this track. She likes Del Mar.” Tenma, who was second early in the Oak Leaf, will not be fitted with blinkers in the BC Juvenile Fillies as she was for the first time in the Oak Leaf. “No more blinkers,” Baffert said. “She got rank and was in a bad spot.” The Oak Leaf was Tenma’s first loss in three races. She won the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante at seven furlongs on Sept. 7. Non Compliant, who races for the partnership of Georgia Antley Hunt, Jeff Giglio, and John Rogitz, was purchased for a relative bargain of $150,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Maryland 2-year-olds in-training sale in May. Nooni, winner of the Grade 3 Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar in August, was purchased for $1.8 million, the most expensive hip of the Ocala Breeders’ Sale of 2-year-olds in-training in March. Citizen Bull cost $675,000 as a yearling at Keeneland. Getaway Car was bought for $700,000 at the same auction. “Our whole program is to be on the big stage,” Baffert said. “There is a lot of hard work that goes into picking them and finding them. It’s a process. It takes capital.” Citizen Bull, by Into Mischief, races for the partnership of SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Dianne Bashor, Determined Stables, Robert Masterson, Tom Ryan, Waves Edge Capital and Catherine Donovan. Baffert’s Breeders’ Cup team is more than juveniles. For the $7 million BC Classic on Nov. 2, Baffert plans to start Newgate, who won the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap in March and was third by a head in the Grade 1 California Crown Stakes at Santa Anita on Sept. 28. The California Crown was Newgate's first start since a ninth-place finish in the $12 million Dubai World Cup in March. Baffert said Frankie Dettori will have the mount on Newgate in the BC Classic. The stable may have two runners in the BC Dirt Mile – National Treasure, who finished second by a head in the California Crown, and possibly Muth, who finished last of six as the 3-2 favorite in the California Crown. “We were very puzzled with the way he ran,” Baffert said of Muth. Baffert said that Muth is not a certain runner for the BC Dirt Mile, with the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes at seven furlongs for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita as a possibility. Baffert has won that race six times, including three of the last four years. Ortiz is booked to ride National Treasure, Baffert said. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.