Derby Winner tests positive

[MinnesotaFats]

https://www.racingpost.com/news/international/kentucky-derby-winner-medina-spirit-tests-positive-for-banned-raceday-substance/488912

Whoops lol

[pologq]

and baffert acts like the steroid miraculously appeared out of the blue

[MinnesotaFats]

and baffert acts like the steroid miraculously appeared out of the blue

I love his last issue w lidocaine, he blamed the trainer for using the same contaminated patch on 3 horses lol

Like his farm is out of patches lol

[USCPHILLYGUY]

Jesus Christ. Can we get a fuckin link

[lakerboy]

Jesus Christ. Can we get a fuckin link

https://www.racingpost.com/news/international/kentucky-derby-winner-medina-spirit-tests-positive-for-banned-raceday-substance/488912

[Easy-Rider 66]

Trainer Bob Baffert announced Sunday morning that Medina Spirit, winner of the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby on May 1, has tested positive for betamethasone, a corticosteroid, and faces a possible disqualification from the race – the first medication DQ since Dancer's Image lost his Derby victory in 1968 after a disputed positive test for the anti-inflammatory phenylbutazone.


If the drug is confirmed in a split sample it would be Baffert's fifth medication violation since May 2020.


Baffert said his assistant, Jimmy Barnes called Baffert yesterday while he was en route to the the airport in California for a flight to Kentucky to notify him that he had been served by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission after the post-race sample came back positive for 21 picograms of the medication.


Baffert insisted Medina Spirit has never been treated with betamethasone. "I don't know what's going on, but there's something that is not right," Baffert said.

[mjsuax13]

What the hell can they do now?

[Jowframs]

Absolutely nothing
Horse refunds would be nice
wont happen

[USCPHILLYGUY]

Would be nice if DQ. Had 2nd & 3rd in a EX Box

[stake1]

Yep, nothing and Medina Spirit will run in the Preakness

[mjsuax13]

Absolutely nothing
Horse refunds would be nice
wont happen

Sort of what I’m thinking... do the owners have to pay back the winnings? Trainers suspended? Baffert? Race is over. They aren’t scheduling a redo.

[BarkingToad]

Typical Baffert BS

[johnnyvegas13]

lol we all knew this already

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Typical Baffert BS

Exactly. What sort of quote is that?

Sounds like deflecting, Bob. Cmon, man.

As a trainer, isn't it his his responsibility to make sure the horse is healthy, prepared, and in accordance w/ all state laws? Fk the Derby. A sport fan really has only right:

*To feel like what he's watching is above board.

[mjsuax13]

This is what I say after a cocaine bender....

“I don’t know what’s going on, but there is something that is not right.”

[Chi_archie]

Sort of what I’m thinking... do the owners have to pay back the winnings? Trainers suspended? Baffert? Race is over. They aren’t scheduling a redo.

yes owner, trainer, jockey all have to return winnings if they don't have an appeal that over turns it

bettors obviously keep their winnings and no refunds for losers

it's parimutal, the $ is gone

[pologq]

Absolutely nothing
Horse refunds would be nice
wont happen

exactly. horse racing giving back money will never happen.

[Foxx]

Baffert insisted Medina Spirit has never been treated with betamethasone. "I don't know what's going on, but there's something that is not right," Baffert said.

What a bunch of f'n horseshit. Another black eye for the sport on its biggest stage.

[gauchojake]

Shocking

[gauchojake]

Seriously Baffert is such a piece of crap.

[seaborneq]

That would change the SBR Kentucky Derby contest results dramatically if you had the second place finisher. Would definitely change the top 5 finishers. Mandaloun would have paid more as the winner in the contest.

[Brock Landers]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/09/sports/horse-racing/bob-baffert-kentucky-derby-medina-spirit-drug-test.html

[CanuckG]

You may get a credit from TVG or Twinspires but I wouldn't hold my breath

Going to be tempting for them to give him a slap on the wrist due to TV ratings of a triple crown race.

[funnyb25]

Trainer Bob Baffert announced Sunday morning that Medina Spirit, winner of the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby on May 1, has tested positive for betamethasone, a corticosteroid, and faces a possible disqualification from the race – the first medication DQ since Dancer's Image lost his Derby victory in 1968 after a disputed positive test for the anti-inflammatory phenylbutazone.


If the drug is confirmed in a split sample it would be Baffert's fifth medication violation since May 2020.


Baffert said his assistant, Jimmy Barnes called Baffert yesterday while he was en route to the the airport in California for a flight to Kentucky to notify him that he had been served by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission after the post-race sample came back positive for 21 picograms of the medication.


Baffert insisted Medina Spirit has never been treated with betamethasone. "I don't know what's going on, but there's something that is not right," Baffert said.

All you need to know.....

[JIBBBY]

Got juice?

[Chi_archie]

You may get a credit from TVG or Twinspires but I wouldn't hold my breath

Going to be tempting for them to give him a slap on the wrist due to TV ratings of a triple crown race.

no way

that aren't going to lose HUGE money on this, just because Baffert is a piece of shit

[mjsuax13]

yes owner, trainer, jockey all have to return winnings if they don't have an appeal that over turns it

bettors obviously keep their winnings and no refunds for losers

it's parimutal, the $ is gone

Incredible. I don’t know much about horse racing other than Baffert looks like a thief.

[Brock Landers]

BAFFERT plays dumb, best approach I guess LOL

[funnyb25]

What's wild is....when Medina Spirit won, I called my dad and said..watch the horse test positive. When I said it I was half joking,, but knowing Baffert, there was some seriousness to it....and the horse tests positive. Unreal

[DrunkHorseplayer]

The derby result should stand and the horse, as well as any other Baffert-trained horse, should be banned from the TC and Breeders' Cup races.

[funnyb25]

The derby result should stand and the horse, as well as any other Baffert-trained horse, should be banned from the TC and Breeders' Cup races.

My dad was saying that he thinks his organization might have gotten so big he doesn't even have real control anymore. Regardless, I agree with this post, as he should still be held responsible.

[DrunkHorseplayer]

Baffert knows exactly what's going on in his outfit and he's responsible; he's nothing but another Dick Dutrow.

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Baffert knows exactly what's going on in his outfit and he's responsible; he's nothing but another Dick Dutrow.

Would love to see him get banned for this. Wouldn't fair penance be:

*Knocking him out of the L2 Triple Crown races (at a minimum)?

[mjsuax13]

Baffert knows exactly what's going on in his outfit and he's responsible; he's nothing but another Dick Dutrow.

I agree. I don’t know much about the sport but someone like that absolutely knows what is going on.

[jjgold]

You have to take the win away