SANTA ANA, Calif. — Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has collapsed and died after a exercise at Santa Anita.
The three-year-old colt educated by Bob Baffert had simply accomplished 5 furlongs in his second exercise since ending second within the Breeders’ Cup Basic a month in the past at Del Mar. Baffert’s legal professional, Craig Robertson, and Santa Anita spokesman Mike Willman confirmed the colt’s demise.
Medina Spirit will endure a full necropsy, which is required by the California Horse Racing Board
In Might, Churchill Downs imposed a two-year ban on Baffert following the affirmation of the outcomes from a break up pattern check.
Baffert’s legal professional, Craig Robertson, says the brand new testing confirmed Medina Spirit was by no means injected with a steroid. As an alternative, the testing confirmed the steroid’s presence got here from an ointment.
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