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Email Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a drug test last week, calling into question his victory and spurring speculation about whether the colt might lose its title just before the Preakness Stakes, the second race in the Triple Crown event. (He didn’t.) Trainer Bob Baffert first denied the charges but later admitted he’d treated the horse with an antifungal ointment, maintaining he wasn’t aware it contained the anti-inflammatory drug betamethasone. This latest scandal is part of a rising tide in horse racing: last year the U.S. government indict more than two dozen trainers, veterinarians, and drug distributors for participating in doping rings. In 2019 the Jockey Club released a report calling for reform in the horse racing industry after the deaths of 22 horses at Santa Anita Park, a racetrack in California, citing improper drug use as a critical problem. (

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