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iStock(NEW YORK) Medina Spirit, the winner of this year's Kentucky Derby, died of a heart attack following a workout at California's Santa Anita Park, the horse's trainer announced Monday. The 3-year-old colt collapsed on the track after completing a routine morning workout and died "suddenly," the on-site veterinary team who attended to him determined, according to a statement from Santa Anita Park. The veterinary team took blood, hair and urine samples from the horse and sent them to the California Horse Racing Board, according to Santa Anita. A full necropsy, as per protocol in California, will be performed at the University of California-Davis' School of Veterinary Medicine to try and ascertain the exact cause of this sudden death. The results will be released by the California Horse Racing Board, according to the Park. Medina Spirit's first-place finish at the Kentucky Derby was dampened by a positive drug test for betamethasone, a joint inject
iStock(NEW YORK) Medina Spirit, the winner of this year's Kentucky Derby, died of a heart attack following a workout at California's Santa Anita Park, the
iStock(NEW YORK) Medina Spirit, the winner of this year's Kentucky Derby, died of a heart attack following a workout at California's Santa Anita Park, the horse's trainer announced Monday. The 3-year-old colt collapsed on the track after completing a routine morning workout and died "suddenly," the on-site veterinary team who attended to him determined, according to a statement from Santa Anita Park. The veterinary team took blood, hair and urine samples from the horse and sent them to the California Horse Racing Board, according to Santa Anita. A full necropsy, as per protocol in California, will be performed at the University of California-Davis' School of Veterinary Medicine to try and ascertain the exact cause of this sudden death. The results will be released by the California Horse Racing Board, according to the Park. Medina Spirit's first-place finish at the Kentucky Derby was dampened by a positive drug test for betamethasone, a joint inject