Time To Bet: The Field For The 146
th Preakness Stakes
Here are profiles the 10 horses entered for Saturday’s 146
th running of the $1 million Preakness Stakes (G1). These updated profiles include odds and post positions, along with new developments over the past few days. The profiles were published in the past week, and are written by
usracing.com contributors Ed McNamara, Lynne Snierson, Margaret Ransom, Jenny Kellner, and Richard Rosenblatt. The profiles are in post-position order.
By Jenny Kellner
Ram is likely to be the longest shot in the field, but who cares when 85-year-old D. Wayne Lukas has a horse in the Preakness (G1)?
Baffert says ointment containing betamethasone was used to treat Medina Spirit
Preakness draw scheduled today
and last updated 2021-05-11 23:52:34-04
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) â Medina Spirit trainer Bob Baffert confirmed that the Kentucky Derby-winning horse was treated with Otomax, an ointment that contains betamethasone.
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Medina Spirit was found to have 21 picograms of betamethasone, which is sometimes used to treat pain and inflammation in horses. It was the same drug found in Baffert-trained filly Gamine, who finished third in last fallâs Kentucky Oaks before being disqualified following a test. Baffert was fined $1,500.
Baffert is appealing the positive test and part of the original sample will be re-tested. If the violation is upheld, Medina Spirit could be disqualified from its Kentucky Derby win and runner-up Mandaloun elevated to the winner.
Opinion: As excuses for Bob Baffert mount, he doesn t get benefit of the doubt after Medina Spirit s positive test Dan Wolken, USA TODAY
There is one household name in horse racing, a man so well-known that TMZ has stopped him at restaurants and ESPN has invited him to be the celebrity guest picker on College GameDay.
Bob Baffert is the only person involved in the sport at any level who is likely to be stopped for an autograph or picture away from a racetrack, the product of his ubiquitous presence on television during the Triple Crown and his unmistakeable flop of white hair on top of a head whose eyes are constantly covered by sunglasses.
Zedan Racing Stables tweeted, Let’s celebrate our little horse that could MEDINA SPIRIT made it into the record books as the 147th @kentuckyderby winner So humbled and grateful to have a #KyDerby winner & to help Baffert make history - What a fighter #DerbyDreams @ljlmvel for the ride!
Let’s celebrate our little horse that could MEDINA SPIRIT made it into the record books as the 147th @kentuckyderby winner
So humbled and grateful to have a #KyDerby winner & to help Baffert make history - What a fighter #DerbyDreams
The 47-year-old California-born entrepreneur chairs a family-owned group of businesses based in Saudi Arabia. A horse enthusiast, Zedan is an international polo player who jumped into ownership in 2016. Fifteen months ago we met in the Dubai airport and this was the plan, and here we are, Zedan said immediately after the race. To Bob it s not a job; it s art. He s a Picasso or a Michaelango.