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We have a sports lead for you now. kentucky derby winner medina spirit will be allowed to race in saturday's preakness stakes. this follows a new explanation for the horse testing positive for a banned substance. trainer bob baffert says medina spirit is being treated for dermatitis with an ointment that
There are so many ways these horses can get contaminated and when they test at these ridiculously low levels, america is different, it was like a cancelled culture kind of thing. >> of course, he has now admit that medina spirit was treated with the steroid. so nick watt is "out front "and nick, you know so much about this industry and that's what it is. it's a huge business and bob ba baffert is the king of it. tell us how this could happen and why it such a big deal. >> reporter: erin, mistakes can happen and they are saying they did not know this steroid was in this ointment they were rubbi...
Knew the numbers at the end. this will start, i'm told, with yays and nays, a voice vote. but maybe someone who wants to show how lopsided the vote is could call for a ballot. it will be secret but there will be numbers. one footnote, liz cheney tomorrow morning is still the conference chair. she will be chairing this meeting. she will be calling it to order and she may even be the person who call the vote that will oust her, which will either be awkward or a power move of her own. >> they're purging her because she refuses to lie, so she should keep that in mind just as objective fact. that's...
Stations and the markets are plunging. the trainer of a kentucky derby winner blamed cancel culture when his horse failed but now he's got a new explanation. erin burnett "outfront" brought to you by fast signs. that delicious scramble was microwaved? get outta here. everybody's a skeptic. wright brothers? more like, yeah right, brothers! get outta here! it's not crazy. it's a scramble. just crack an egg.
Kentucky derby, medina's spirit. it puts bob baffert's future in jeopardy. what do we know? >> that's right. speaking with horse experts, they say this is serious. we know in just a couple of hours we will learn if medina's spirit will be able to compete here at the preakness. we know the post positions are expected to be announced at 4:00 p.m. today. we know this comes after the cloud of controversy over the kentucky derby where medina's spirit had an anti-inflammatory substance. this is not a banned substance, but something regulated and should not have been in the blood of any horse competi...