Horse racing greats featured at Governor’s Dinner for Nevada Wolf Pack athletics


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Horse racing Triple Crown winners Bob Baffert and Mike Smith will be featured at the 51st annual Governor’s Dinner to be held at the Governor’s Mansion.

Baffert is a two-time Triple Crown winner and a five-time Kentucky Derby champion as a trainer. He was the trainer for American Pharoah, who won the Triple Crown in 2015, and Justify, who won the Triple Crown in 2018. Smith, a Hall of Fame jockey, rode Justify to the Triple Crown.

The Governor’s Dinner will be held July 11, with a private VIP reception featuring live music and cocktails at 5 p.m., and doors opening at 6 with the dinner and program at 7. Tickets are $350 per person and tables of 10 are available for $3,500. VIP tickets, which includes the pre-event VIP reception along with complimentary valet, pictures with Baffert and Smith, and premier reserved seating for the dinner and program, are $500 a person with tables at $5,000. The registration deadline is July 5.

Tickets are on sale now and available online at www.NevadaWolfPack.com/GovernorsDinner or by calling 775-682-6901. All tickets include cocktails and a reserved seat for dinner and the program at the event.

All proceeds from the Governor’s Dinner benefit student-athlete scholarships at the University of Nevada. For information on the event, contact Nevada’s Director of Special Events Kim Anastassatos at kima@unr.edu.

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Horse racing Triple Crown winners Bob Baffert and Mike Smith will be featured at the 51st annual Governor’s Dinner to be held at the Governor’s Mansion.

Baffert is a two-time Triple Crown winner and a five-time Kentucky Derby champion as a trainer. He was the trainer for American Pharoah, who won the Triple Crown in 2015, and Justify, who won the Triple Crown in 2018. Smith, a Hall of Fame jockey, rode Justify to the Triple Crown.

The Governor’s Dinner will be held July 11, with a private VIP reception featuring live music and cocktails at 5 p.m., and doors opening at 6 with the dinner and program at 7. Tickets are $350 per person and tables of 10 are available for $3,500. VIP tickets, which includes the pre-event VIP reception along with complimentary valet, pictures with Baffert and Smith, and premier reserved seating for the dinner and program, are $500 a person with tables at $5,000. The registration deadline is July 5.

Tickets are on sale now and available online at www.NevadaWolfPack.com/GovernorsDinner or by calling 775-682-6901. All tickets include cocktails and a reserved seat for dinner and the program at the event.

All proceeds from the Governor’s Dinner benefit student-athlete scholarships at the University of Nevada. For information on the event, contact Nevada’s Director of Special Events Kim Anastassatos at kima@unr.edu.

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