Vince Baker

Over the last few months, several California backstretch veterinarians have been placed on probationary periods by the California Veterinary Medical Board (CVMB) for alleged problems in their practice of veterinary medicine. The latest backstretch veterinarians to face such disciplinary actions are Vince Baker, placed on probation for four years, and Sarah Graybill Jones, placed on a three-year probationary period. The effective date for both probationary periods was Aug. 21. These disciplinary actions signify an ongoing conundrum for backstretch veterinarians in California, who have found themselves afoul of the CVMB for veterinary procedures...

A judge in the LA County Superior Court of California has reversed a February jury verdict that awarded Carlo and Priscilla Vaccarezza more than $1.5 million in veterinary malpractice and negligence damages against the Equine Medical Center and veterinarian Vince Baker, according to a ruling dated Thursday. The case surrounds the treatment that Baker gave to the Vaccarezza owned and trained Little Alexis, before she finished ninth in the 2014 GI Filly & Mare Sprint at Santa Anita. "I think it's a great result. Dr. Baker is a fabulous veterinarian,"...

Carlo and Priscilla Vaccarezza won a $1.06-million jury award in a California court Feb. 25 over a veterinary malpractice and negligence lawsuit against the Equine Medical Center and Dr. Vince Baker, who is the longtime attending veterinarian for trainer Bob Baffert. The case dates to the 2014 Breeders' Cup and a filly the Vaccarezzas owned and trained, Little Alexis. The couple alleged that she was mistreated by Baker for a lump on her jugular vein and cleared to race. Not only did Little Alexis finish ninth in the GI Filly...