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The legendary horse is gone, and with him the crowds that frequently visited the barn with no notice, searching for a glimpse at greatness. More than a year has gone by since American Pharoah left trainer Bob Bafferts stable for a stud career after a historic 2015 season of winning the Triple Crown and the Breeders Cup Classic.There has been no letdown for Baffert in 2016. Through Tuesday, Bafferts runners have earned $16.3 million, not far behind the $17.4 million earned in 2015. Arrogate, the winner of the Travers Stakes at Saratoga in August and the BC Classic at Santa Anita last month, has led a barn that could challenge the 2015 earnings figure in the coming weeks.After last year, and losing Pharoah, it was an exciting year, and youre wondering if youll get your hands on another superstar like that, Baffert said on a recent morning at Santa Anita. For two months, it was sad not having him around. Every day, there was excitement.Here comes Arrogate. He puts a pep back in everyones step.Arrogate will not race again this year; his next start is expected to be the $12 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 28. For the rest of this month, Baffert has runners in several leading stakes in Southern California, beginning with two $300,000 races for 2-year-olds at Los Alamitos on Saturday - the Starlet Stakes and the Los Alamitos CashCall Futurity.Mastery, the undefeated winner of the Grade 3 Bob Hope Stakes at Del Mar last month, will be favored in the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Futurity at 1-1/16 miles. Baffert is also planning to start Show Me Da Lute, the winner of a maiden race at 1-1/16 miles at Santa Anita on Oct. 29.In the Grade 1 Starlet Stakes at 1-1/16 miles, Baffert has the likely favorite in American Gal, who was third in the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita on Nov. 5. Fact of Life, second in an allowance race at seven furlongs at Del Mar last month, is another candidate for the Starlet.Baffert has more candidates than those runners but said this week that he was content having two starters in each race.I only have two bridles down there, so I can only run two, he said in his typical wisecracking style. We keep a tight ship.The stable has a strong team of 2-year-olds, including two sharp winners in recent weeks -- Beach Bum, a maiden-race winner at Santa Anita on Nov. 6, and American Anthem, who won a maiden race at Del Mar last Saturday in his debut. American Anthem closed 3-1/2 lengths in the final furlong to win a six-furlong race by a neck over pacesetter Little Juanito.It never looked like he would catch that horse, Baffert said.There is much more to the stable than a Breeders Cup Classic winner and outstanding 2-year-olds.Vale Dori won the Grade 2 Bayakoa Stakes at Del Mar last Saturday and will start in the $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes for fillies and mares on dirt at Santa Anita on Feb. 11.Shes improving, Baffert said.The millionaire older horses Dortmund and Hoppertunity are in light training for 2017 campaigns. Hoppertunity is a long-term prospect for the $10 million Dubai World Cup in the United Arab Emirates on March 25, a race in which he was third behind California Chrome this year.He moves way up in Dubai, he said.Drefong, the winner of the Breeders Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on Nov. 5, is scheduled to run in the $300,000 Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 26, along with the lightly raced Ten Blessings, the winner of an optional claimer at Santa Anita on Nov. 4.Those runners give Baffert strong groups in three of the categories in which his stable excels -- Triple Crown hopefuls, sprinters, and older horses racing on dirt. All of that without American Pharoah. Tracy Mcgrady Raptors Jersey . Takahashi, who had a 10-point lead after the short program, received 268.31 points after the free skate to finish 15 points ahead of second-place Nobunari Oda. 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BRASILIA, Brazil -- After a disappointing start at the Olympics, Brazil is preparing to play without the support of the home crowd.The Brazilian soccer team was loudly booed in the 0-0 draw against South Africa in the opener, and another disappointing performance against Iraq on Sunday will certainly lead to more jeers from the demanding fans in Brasilia.Brazil coach Rogerio Micale said the players will have to find a way to deal with the hostile environment if the team struggles again.If there are boos again, we will have to pretend that we are playing away from home, play as if we were playing in a stadium with rival fans, Micale said Saturday. We cant be affected by that if it happens.Brazil is favored to win the Olympic tournament thanks to a talented team led by Barcelona striker Neymar, and fans will not be satisfied with anything other than the gold medal -- the only significant trophy Brazil has never won in soccer.Micale said the best way to keep the fans from turning against the team is to get off to a strong start against Iraq at the Mane Garrincha Stadium, which again is expected to pack in more than 60,000 fans.It would be ideal to score early, Micale said. But the players cant forget that we have 90 minutes to earn the victory, which is the most important thing for us right now. We have to stay calm. The opponent knows that we are unnder pressure and they can use that against us.dddddddddddd.Iraq coach Abdulghani Alghazali said his team can take advantage of Brazils difficult moment.This pressure certainly is a weapon that can be used, he said through a translator.Brazil defensive midfielder Thiago Maia said its natural for the crowd to be unsatisfied with Brazils struggles.The fans come to the stadium to see goals and victories, he said. We understand them, football is like that. Hopefully in this next game the ball will go in and we can get the victory.Brazil created numerous scoring opportunities against South Africa but was not able to capitalize on them, even after the Africans went down a man because of a red card in the 59th minute.The first game is always complicated because of the nerves and the anxiety, Micale said. But that moment has passed. I think the team will be a bit looser on the field tomorrow and will give a positive response to the fans.Iraq and Denmark also drew 0-0 in their first game, leaving all teams tied going into Sundays matches. South Africa will play Denmark in the first game of the doubleheader.---Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/tales-azzoni ' ' '