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2 May 2021
May 1 (UPI) Medina Spirit led early and never quit, running on to win Saturday’s Kentucky Derby and giving his trainer, Bob Baffert, a record seventh victory in the Run for the Roses.
Even Baffert said he was stunned by the upset by a colt who sold for $1,000 as a yearling and had only two previous wins from five starts.
The victory was all the sweeter for the silver-haired trainer as several of his better-fancied prospects had dropped off the Triple Crown path early, leaving Medina Spirit as his last hope.
Baffert, normally front-and-center on Derby week, had been flying beneath the radar and out of the Churchill Downs spotlight as Medina Spirit was overlooked by most of the expert handicappers.
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