[1] He was purchased at Woodburn's yearling sale by Kentucky horseman Daniel Swigert, from Elmendorf Farm.

In his first start, jockey William Walker rode him to victory in the fledgling Kentucky Derby.

Vera Cruz (ridden by Isaac Murphy) reared and stumbled, nearly unseating his rider and losing a great deal of ground.

On the backstretch Baden-Baden (who had been in fourth place) began his run, reaching Leonard at the three-quarter-mile pole.

He made his last start at the end of his three-year-old season in the Kenner Stakes, in which he broke a sesamoid bone.