New York Racing Officials Suspend Baffert From Belmont Stakes
The Hall of Fame trainer was already under suspension at Churchill Downs, where he won his seventh Kentucky Derby before his horse failed a drug test.
The trainer Bob Baffert, right, at Churchill Downs last month with an assistant trainer, Jimmy Barnes.Credit...Bryan Woolston/Reuters
May 17, 2021
New York horse racing officials on Monday barred the trainer Bob Baffert not only from entering the Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit in the Belmont Stakes, but also from running any of his horses at Belmont Park or at Saratoga Race Course this summer.