A split sample has confirmed that Medina Spirit carried betamethasone when he won the Kentucky Derby, the New York Times reports.
It’s been one thing after another in racing the last couple of weeks, and our Teresa Genaro wonders if it’ll all be enough to make racing take action.
The Maryland Jockey Club will permit Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, who tested positive for betamethasone afterwards, to enter the Preakness.
Trainer Bob Baffert acknowledged Tuesday Medina Spirit’s betamethasone positive may result from an anti-fungal his team was using.
Grade 3 winner Beautiful Gift, trained by Bob Baffert, has been installed as the morning line favorite for the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Friday at Pimlico.
Bob Baffert has a cancel culture problem. Ed Martin has a Bob Baffert problem. Donald Trump has all kinds of problems. What’s going on this Preakness week?
Medina Spirit, tested positive for betamethasone after winning the Kentucky Derby, trainer Bob Baffert said – which could lead to disqualification.
Concert Tour, who skipped the Kentucky Derby after finishing third in the Arkansas Derby, will make his next start in the Preakness.
It wasn’t going to be Bob Baffert’s year, but yet again it was as his trainee Medina Spirit scored a front-running upset in the Kentucky Derby.
With a big win in the Louisiana Derby that earns him a spot in the Kentucky Derby, Hot Rod Charlie is on the rise in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll.