Legendary horse trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended by the California Horse Racing Board effective Monday, upholding a 90-day suspension by the Kentucky Racing Commission.
"A Change of Trainer form will also be required to be submitted in order to enter races following such transfer. Horses that are not transferred to a trainer in California will be required to leave the grounds prior to April 4.""I'm extremely disappointed that the Kentucky courts have deemed it appropriate for Mr.
Medina Spirit won the Kentucky Derby last May but later tested positive for the steroid betamethasone, leading to challenges to the validity of the victory. Officials at Churchill Downs announced that Medina Spirit would be disqualified if the test was confirmed, and it suspended Baffert for two years.
Baffert and his attorney have insisted that the positive test was the result of a topical ointment known as Otomax being used to treat a skin condition, not an injection aimed at enhancing the horse's performance in the race.Medina Spirit died at the end of a workout at Santa Anita Park in December. In a statement released shortly after the 3-year-old colt's death, track officials said,"Following the completion of a routine morning workout, Medina Spirit collapsed on the track at Santa Anita Park and died suddenly of a probable cardiac event according to the on-site veterinary team who attended to him."
A necropsy performed on Medina Spirit in December failed to determine a definitive cause of death, according to the CHRB.
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