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The rules and medication protocols jeopardizes the safety of the horses and jockeys and the integrity of our sport and the reputation of the kentucky derby and all who participate. churchill downs will not tolerate. he said he was notified on saturday that more than twice the allowable amount of the steroid was found in medina spirit following a post race drug test. he denies any wrongdoing and unsure how it ended up in the horses system. >> the biggest judgment in racing is for something that i did not do. it is disturbing. it is complete injustice. but i will fight it tooth and nail. i alway...

Twenty-one picograms was all that was found in the horse according to churchill downs. but one picograms is 1 trillion of agree him. very minuscule numbers. is it possible the test could be wrong? >> absolutely. that's why we have samples for animal and human performance we test samples for this reason. the second issue is recently there was news they were banning the use of latex in horse racing. so the mood is to eliminate all drugs from horse competition which is very unrealistic considering if you think about any recreational runner or professional athlete or high school athlete takes a nu...

Sport and the reputation of the kentucky derby and all who participate, churchill downs will not tolerate it. bob baffert said he was notified on saturday that more than twice the allowable amount of the steroid betamethasone was found following a post race drug test, bob baffert denying any wrongdoing. >> i got the biggest gut punch in racing for something that i did not do. this is disturbing, it is complete injustice but i'm gonna fight it tooth and nails because it went to the horse, i await to the owner and i await her industry. >> the news of a failed drug test comes less than a week the...

Rescues in the middle of open desert as coyotes are abandoning the migrants in hot desert. >> the smugglers oftentimes will bring people across. these migrants have a lot difficulties, have an issue and are left behind. that's really the -- the worst part about the stuff that we deal with. we have to deal with -- with these nefarious characters who just leave people in the character by themselves. reporter: and what we just showed you with the video here in del rio this morning, this is not unique. we saw the same thing happen yesterday, a big group of venezuelans came across and we saw cubans...

Gut punch in racing for something that i didn't do and this is really -- it's disturbing, it's an injustice to the horse. charles: badford says medina spirit's has not been stripped from the crown and the horse is expected to compete at the states in less than a week but with the most recent failed drug test, there are now questions whether that should and will happen. this coming only a few weeks after baford won before arkansas racing commission after suspended 15 days following after horses tested positive for the painkiller. the horses were mistakenly exposed to the drugs. now, as far as m...