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Bob Baffert defends horse that won Kentucky Derby after positive drug test Share Updated: 6:06 PM EDT May 10, 2021
Bob Baffert defends horse that won Kentucky Derby after positive drug test Share Updated: 6:06 PM EDT May 10, 2021
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Show Transcript SUMMER: FROM KENTUCKY DERBY TRIUMPH TO CLOUD OF SUSPICION. A DRUG TEST ON MEDINA SPIRIT FOUND AN ELEVATED LEVEL OF AN ANTIINFLAMMATORY STEROID, WHICH NOW HAS THE SPORT’S MOST WELL-KNOWN TRAINER DEFENDING HIMSELF AND HIS WINNING HORSE. MEREDITH: WESH 2’S DAVE MCDANIEL HAS REACTION FROM MARION COUNTY, WHERE THE REPUTATION OF HORSE RACING MATTERS AS MUCH AS ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE NATION. HE’S ONE OF THE TOP HORSEMEN I’VE MET IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. DAVE: THE CEO OF FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS AND OWNERS ASSOCIATION KNOWS BOB BAFFERT AND SAYS INTEGRITY IN HORSE RACING IS ESSENTIAL. WE TAKE THIS TYPE OF THING IN TERMS OF THE SUBJECT OF INTEGRITY EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. I’M A FORMER REGULAT
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Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson says negotiations with the Seminole Indian Tribe have been “productive” hinting at the chance the state could hammer out a new gambling agreement with the tribe that would likely allow Seminole casinos to offer more kinds of gambling and would lead to the state getting to collect money from the tribe again. But this isn’t the first time those negotiations have started over the past several sessions and there’s no guarantee they’ll be a success. In the meantime, the Senate is moving forward with a handful of other gambling moves. A Senate panel has advanced measures that would create a new gambling commission and would decouple most parimutuel gambling.