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Bob Baffert has 10 days to appeal the ruling after Medina Spirit's 2021 Kentucky Derby win was disqualified.

As horse racing faces multiple doping scandals, the head of the New York Equine Drug Lab...

Medina Spirit’s precarious victory in the Kentucky Derby hangs by the result of a split drug sample that has yet to be sent to a testing lab. Reports say that ball is in the court of the colt’s connections, including trainer Bob Baffert. (Ron Flatter phot Louisville, Ky. I have a lot of questions, more than a few answers and even some things to make you go hmmmm. For instance, whatever happened to C C Music Factory? And Arsenio Hall? Well, we’re waiting. Wasn’t Medina Spirit supposed to have lost his Kentucky Derby victory by now? Nearly two weeks after Bob Baffert’s media tour de ...

New York: Newly-Amended Clenbuterol Rule Goes Into Effect June 2 Sponsored by: The New York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) voted Monday to amend its rules for the use of clenbuterol in New York State to follow the model proposed by the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC). These rules will go into effect state-wide, including at all three New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) tracks – Belmont Park, Saratoga Race Course and Aqueduct Racetrack – as of June 2. The full text of the rules for the NYSGC's amendment for the use of clenbuterol in thoroughbred racing [Rule...

Email Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a drug test last week, calling into question his victory and spurring speculation about whether the colt might lose its title just before the Preakness Stakes, the second race in the Triple Crown event. (He didn’t.) Trainer Bob Baffert first denied the charges but later admitted he’d treated the horse with an antifungal ointment, maintaining he wasn’t aware it contained the anti-inflammatory drug betamethasone. This latest scandal is part of a rising tide in horse racing: last year the U.S. government indict more than two dozen trainers, ...