Baffert Hopper nab win in Oaklawn Mile

HOT SPRINGS — Represented in the big race, albeit in another trainer’s name, Bob Baffert wielded early impact on the Arkansas Derby undercard Saturday at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort. In his second stakes win of the meeting, both with fellow Hall of Famer John Velazquez in the saddle, Baffert took the Grade III $400,000 Oaklawn Mile with 4-year-old Hopper. With assistant trainer Jimmy Barnes stepping in,, the Declaration of War colt won his first start outside California (by 1 3/4 lengths) like so many previous Baffert horses at Oaklawn. Never worse than second, Hopper pinned another second, as in the…