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The 69-year-old hall-of-famer had already been prevented from having a horse in the Kentucky Derby, which is scheduled for May 7.

The 69-year-old hall-of-famer had already been prevented from having a horse in the Kentucky Derby, which is scheduled for May 7. Baffert trained Medina Spirit, a horse from Citra that originally won last year’s Kentucky Derby, but had the win stripped after testing positive for betamethasone. (WCJB) - The Maryland Racing Commission suspended horse trainer Bob Baffert from the Preakness Stakes today.

BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — The Maryland Racing Commission has suspended horse trainer Bob Baffert, barring him from running horses in the upcoming 147^th Preakness ...

Medina Spirit passed all three of his drug tests before running in the second jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown, Maryland racing officials said. Attorney Clark Brewster stated in a release Tuesday that Churchill Downs is not tasked with relegating horse racing in Kentucky but “could unilaterally ban” a trainer without having facts or any semblance of due process.MORE NEWS: Prior to the 2021 Preakness Stakes, Baffert, who’s won the middle jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown seven times, and the Maryland Jockey Club agreed to blood sample testing of the horse.

An administrative hearing in the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission's disqualification of Medina Spirit from the 2021 Kentucky Derby has been delayed.

The legal decisions above are separate from the civil lawsuit Baffert filed against Churchill Downs, Inc., on Feb. 28, 2022, in an attempt to halt the company's ban on his trainees from stalls or entries, including its ban of his horses from the 2022 and 2023 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks races. Among those transferred were the first two finishers in Saturday's Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby: Taiba and Messier, both saddled by former Baffert assistant trainer Tim Yakteen. Trainer Bob Baffert appealed that decision, as well as his accompanying 90-day suspension, and requested that the commission issue a stay of the suspension until the appeals process played out.

Medina Spirit, trained by Bob Baffert, won the Kentucky Derby last year but was later disqualified for a failed drug test.

The horse’s ashes will be interred at a retirement farm for thoroughbred horses in Kentucky. A post-race drug test revealed the corticosteroid betamethasone in Medina Spirit’s system, which is allowed in Kentucky but prohibited on race day. The final leg, the Belmont Stakes is June 11.

In February, he was suspended by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) for 90 days after Medina Spirit's victory at the 2021 Kentucky Derby was ...

In February, he was suspended by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) for 90 days after Medina Spirit's victory at the 2021 Kentucky Derby was disqualified. The rule states that "an individual whose license is suspended or revoked in another state or country is suspended or revoked in this State" and "denial of a license by the racing commission of another state may be considered as grounds for the denial of a license by the Commission." His suspension started April 4.

In February, he was suspended by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) for 90 days after Medina Spirit's victory at the 2021 Kentucky Derby was ...

In February, he was suspended by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) for 90 days after Medina Spirit's victory at the 2021 Kentucky Derby was disqualified. The rule states that "an individual whose license is suspended or revoked in another state or country is suspended or revoked in this State" and "denial of a license by the racing commission of another state may be considered as grounds for the denial of a license by the Commission." His suspension started April 4.

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