Bob Baffert is 'going to be disqualified,' says ex-jockey Bobby Ussery
Bute in system brought down Dancer's Image Bute is the common name for the drug found in Dancer’s Image. It’s an anti-inflammatory, often compared to a human taking aspirin. At the time, it was legal to use it in training but had to be out of the horse’s system on race day. Dancer’s Image received a dose six days before the race for his ankles, so it should have been out of his system with three days to spare. Ussery was golfing when he received a phone call informing him there was a problem, one that was unprecedented at the Derby. Ussery thought it was a joke. At least from the pers...
Source: usatoday.com