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(NEW YORK) The New York Racing Association has announced a temporary suspension for horse trainer Bob Baffert from Belmont Park, Aqueduct Racetrack, and Saratoga Race Course.
His horse Medina Spirit won the Kentucky Derby, but a post-race test showed the horse tested positive for betamethasone, a banned substance. Should a second positive result come back, Medina Spirit will be disqualified from the Kentucky Derby.
“In order to maintain a successful thoroughbred racing industry in New York, NYRA must protect the integrity of the sport for our fans, the betting public and racing participants,” said NYRA President and CEO Dave O’Rourke. “That responsibility demands the action taken today in the best interests of thoroughbred racing.”
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So what’s the deal with Rombauer? His owners, Diane and John Fradkin, planned to sell him. They view themselves as “small-time, commercial breeders” who sell most of their horses.
The Fradkins were planning on selling Rombauer last year, but the pandemic threw things off.
#Preakness146 winner Rombauer is an amazing story. His owners, John and Diane Fradkin, were planning to sell him before the COVID 19 pandemic hit.
But the pandemic delayed the auction, so they kept him and raced him.
Now, they’re in the Winner’s Circle at a Triple Crown race.
The Fradkins ended up racing Rombauer instead, with the hope they would be able to sell him later. He won at Del Mar, but the (later proved inaccurate) time was regarded as unimpressive. That made a sale more difficult. They continued to race him, and he ended up improbably winning the Preakness. He has won three times in seven starts.
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Trainer: Kentucky Derby winner was treated with with ointment that contained steroid, led to failed drug test
Trainer: Kentucky Derby winner was treated with with ointment that contained steroid, led to failed drug test May 11, 2021
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(NEW YORK) The Kentucky Derby-winning horse, Medina Spirit, had been treated with an antifungal ointment containing a steroid that caused it to fail a postrace drug test, trainer Bob Baffert acknowledged on Tuesday.
Baffert issued a statement through his lawyer, saying that the horse was given the ointment once per day leading up to May 1st’s Kentucky Derby, as a treatment for dermatitis. He says that equine pharmacology experts have told him that the treatment could explain the test results.