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The Friday Show: Adding An Asterisk To An Arkansas Derby Winner Sponsored by:
Charlatan s victory in the Arkansas Derby was restored by the Arkansas Racing Commission despite a failed drug test for lidocaine
It s been almost a year since Bob Baffert-trained Gamine and Charlatan won races at Oaklawn – Gamine in an allowance race and Charlatan in a division of the Grade 1, $1-million Arkansas Derby – and then subsequently were disqualified when post-race drug tests detected the prohibited drug lidocaine.
Those disqualifications were appealed, as was a 15-day suspension given Baffert by the Oaklawn board of stewards. Earlier this week after a two-day hearing, the Arkansas Racing Commission voted unanimously to restore the horses wins, eliminate Baffert s suspension and instead fine him $5,000 for each positive.
Champion Gamine Cruises To Easy Victory In Seasonal Debut In Las Flores Sponsored by:
Gamine, John Velazquez aboard, following her comeback win in the Las Flores
The champ is back. Idle since winning the Grade 1 Breeders Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Keeneland on Nov. 7, Bob Baffert-trained Gamine, in what amounted to a paid workout, broke alertly from her rail post and made every pole a winning one in taking Sunday s Grade 3, $100,000 Las Flores Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. With regular rider John Velazquez up, she got six furlongs while well within herself in 1:09.52 and drawing off by five lengths.