Kentucky Derby Winner Medina Spirit Dies: Reports
Umer Jamshaid Published December 07, 2021 | 12:00 AM
Los Angeles, Dec 6 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th Dec, 2021 ) :Drug-tainted Kentucky Derby-winner Medina Spirit died suddenly after a workout in California on Monday, US media reports said.
The Paulick Report horse racing news website quoted the California Horse Racing board's equine medical director Jeff Blea confirming the death of the three-year-old, who is trained by legendary US trainer Bob Baffert.
The report said Medina Spirit, who tested positive for a banned steroid following victory in this year's Kentucky Derby, collapsed and died after a morning workout at Santa Anita Park.
"I spoke to the attending veterinarian, and when they got to him on the track he had already expired," Blea told the Paulick Report.
Blea said blood, hair and urine from the horse would be analysed as part of an investigation into the cause of death.
"We will take a close look at the heart to try and identify the cause of death," Blea said.
Medina Spirit's victory at the Kentucky Derby was called into question after the horse tested positive for traces of betamethasone, an anti-inflammatory steroid medication not allowed to be used within 14 days of competition.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission is investigating the matter while Churchill Downs issued a two-year ban on trainer Baffert, who has denied all wrongdoing.
Medina Spirit was the fifth horse trained by Baffert in the past 12 months to fail a drugs test.
Baffert argued the betamethasone found in Medina Spirit's system was the result of a legal application of a topical ointment, rather than an injection.
Attorneys for Baffert last week said analysis of Medina Spirit's sample had confirmed the drug was applied to the horse in the ointment, meaning no offence under Kentucky racing rules had occurred.
"It has now been scientifically proven that what Bob Baffert said from the beginning was true - Medina Spirit was never injected with betamethasone and the findings following the Kentucky Derby were solely the result of the horse being treated for a skin condition by way of a topical ointment - all at the direction of Medina Spirit's veterinarian," lawyer Craig Robertson said.
"This should definitively resolve the matter in Kentucky and Medina Spirit should remain the official winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby," Robertson added.
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