DEL MAR — The only thing missing from Bob Baffert’s big weekend was Bob Baffert.

While the Hall of Fame trainer was away in Kentucky, scouting the next wave of juvenile talent at the Keeneland Yearling Sales, 1-9 favorite Brant finished a length ahead of Desert Gate to give Baffert a 1-2 finish in the Del Mar Futurity on the 31st and final day of Del Mar’s 86th summer meeting.

It’s good to be King.

Brant’s win was Baffert’s fifth straight in the Futurity and 19th in the 30 editions of the 7-furlong Del Mar championship for 2-year-olds since Baffert scored his first Futurity triumph in 1996.

And coupled with Bottle of Rouge’s upset victory Saturday in the Del Mar Debutante – Baffert’s 12th win in the fillies’ 2-year-old championship race – Baffert has now swept the juvenile titles two s

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