#US RACING: Preakness allows Medina Spirit to enter with extra testing
BALTIMORE (AP) — Medina Spirit is set to run in the Preakness on Saturday to go for the second leg of the Triple Crown, as long as the Kentucky Derby winner passes a series of additional drug tests. Maryland racing officials reached an agreement with trainer Bob Baffert on Tuesday to allow Medina Spirit and […]
#US RACING: Baffert: Antifungal meds given to Medina Spirit had steroid
BALTIMORE (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit was treated with an antifungal ointment containing the steroid betamethasone that may have caused the horse to fail a postrace drug test, trainer Bob Baffert said Tuesday. In a statement issued by his lawyer, Baffert said Medina Spirit was treated for dermatitis with the ointment once a […]
#US RACING: Despite positive finding Medina Spirit arrives in Baltimore for The Preakness
Whether he holds his Kentucky Derby victory temporarily or forever, Medina Spirit was the center of attention when he arrived Monday afternoon at Pimlico Race Course ahead of his presumed run in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes. After a 600-mile van ride that began before dawn from Churchill Downs, Medina Spirit, stablemate Concert Tour and three other […]
#US RACING: Watch press conference by Bob Baffert on positive test by Derby winner
#US RACING: Trainer Bob Baffert suspended by Churchill Downs after Kentucky Derby winner tests positive
Churchill Downs Racetrack issued the following statement Sunday after 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit tested positive for betamethasone after the race. It is our understanding that Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit’s post-race blood sample indicated a violation of the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s equine medication protocols. The connections of Medina Spirit have the right to […]
#US RACING: Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit tests positive for anti-inflammatory drug
Medina Spirit’s first drug sample tested positive for an excessive trace of an after he won last Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, putting him on the verge of disqualification, fuelling critics of trainer Bob Baffert and pushing the integrity of this year's Triple Crown into serious question. Baffert, who faced formal medication scrutiny the year after Justify won the 2018 […]
#UK RACING: Third Realm wins Epsom Derby trial – WATCH RACE REPLAY
Third Realm threw his hat into the ring for next month’s premier Classic at Epsom with an impressive display in the Novibet Derby Trial at Lingfield. Fourth on his sole juvenile appearance at Kempton in November, the son of Derby hero Sea The Stars made a successful reappearance at Nottingham last month to earn himself this step up to […]
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#US RACING: Trainer Brad Cox's Mandaloun, Caddo River to skip Preakness Stakes
Like beaten Kentucky Derby favorite Essential Quality, his stablemates Mandaloun and Caddo River will not race May 15 in the Preakness Stakes, trainer Brad Cox said Thursday. “We made the decision to bypass the Preakness and point to Grade 1s for the rest of the year,” Cox said about Mandaloun, who finished a close second […]
#US RACING: American Pharoah, Todd Pletcher elected to Hall of Fame
The highlight of Bob Baffert's Hall of Fame career as a thoroughbred trainer happened six years ago. Nothing else comes close. "Winning the Triple Crown with American Pharoah was the greatest sports moment of my life," said Baffert, fresh from winning his seventh Kentucky Derby. "It was so emotional and such a terrific thing for […]