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Equibase Analysis: Midnight Bourbon Poised To Upset Preakness Sponsored by: Midnight Bourbon works at Churchill Downs on April 19 Back in its traditional place two weeks following the Kentucky Derby and on the third Saturday in May, the 146th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Preakness Stakes drew a field of 10. Only three of the group participated in the Kentucky Derby on May 1, including winner Medina Spirit, who led every step of the way in that mile and one-quarter test. The other two returning from the Derby are Midnight Bourbon and Keepmeinmind, who finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the race. Prior to the Derby, Midnight Bourbon won the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes before in-the-money finishes in the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes and Grade 2 Louisiana Derby. Keepmeinmind was winless in two races this year before the Derby but won the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes last November. ....
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Preakness allows Medina Spirit to enter with extra testing The Kentucky Derby winner, who failed a postrace drug test, draws the number the No. 3 post as a 9-5 favorite. Associated Press Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit relaxes in the barn after arriving at Pimlico Race Course on Monday. Lloyd Fox/The Baltimore Sun via AP BALTIMORE Preakness officials said Tuesday they are allowing Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit to enter Saturday’s race, subject to additional testing and monitoring, following the colt’s failed drug test after the Derby. Medina Spirit and two other horses trained by Bob Baffert will be under extra scrutiny in the days leading up to the second jewel of the Triple Crown. The Maryland Racing Commission and ....
Of course, all eyes are on Medina Spirit after he was flagged for a positive drug test following the Kentucky Derby. The 21 picograms of betamethasone were well above the level allowed by Kentucky racing officials. Trainer Bob Baffert said Monday on Fox News the situation is like a cancel culture kind of a thing. He also claimed Medina Spirit s test may have resulted from a groom urinating on some hay in the stall. The hay was then contaminated with betamethasone from a cold medicine the groom had taken. Baffert then released a statement Tuesday to say he thinks the positive test was due to ointment the three-year-old received for dermatitis: ....