Hall of Fame trainer’s Citizen Bull wins $2 million world championship race at Del Mar and collects 30 qualifying points toward next year’s Run for the Roses.

After three years of banishment from Churchill Downs, trainer Bob Baffert now holds the aces in the early maneuvering for a return to Louisville and an assault on the 2025 renewal of the Kentucky Derby.

Citizen Bull has won the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile by 1 1/2 lengths at Del Mar. The colt earned 30 qualifying points for next year's Kentucky Derby, where trainer Bob Baffert will return for the first time since 2021.