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Attorneys for Medina Spirit trainer Bob Baffert and owner Amr Zedan filed suit Monday to compel the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to allow further testing on the biological samples taken from the Kentucky Derby winner.It is the first…

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit moved one step closer to disqualification when the results of a second test came back positive for a banned medication.Craig Robertson, attorney for trainer Bob Baffert, confirmed that “the Medina Spirit…

Rules in Kentucky do not differentiate punishment based on the source of the substance, which can be given to horses to help their joints and Baffert believes came from the dermatitis ointment. Churchill Downs said Medina Spirit would be…

Medina Spirit’s positive drug test has been confirmed, setting the stage for the colt trained by Bob Baffert to be the second horse in the 147-year history of the Kentucky Derby to be disqualified as the winner of the race because of a…

BALTIMORE — Medina Spirit was running against more than the nine rivals on the track on Saturday. He was taking on an ex-president who had called him “a junkie,” late night comics and a public skeptical of his natural talent after he won…

Trainer Michael McCarthy won his first Triple Crown race and captured the Preakness before Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, for whom he worked as an assistant before opening his own barn. Pletcher gave McCarthy a big bear hug after the…

Here’s what you need to know:The jockey Flavien Prat celebrating after winning the Preakness aboard Rombauer.Credit...Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesBALTIMORE — Rombauer, ridden by Flavien Prat, held off Midnight Bourbon and the embattled…

Medina Spirit, who won the Kentucky Derby on May 1 to give the trainer Bob Baffert a record seventh victory in the race, was nearly excluded from the Preakness Stakes when it was disclosed that he had failed a drug test after the…

The world knows about Medina Spirit by now: the gritty Derby victory, the failed drug test and a long wait to see if the colt would be disqualified. But what about Baffert’s other horse in the Preakness?Concert Tour was undefeated in three…

Medina Spirit has passed his three drug tests this week and will be running Saturday in the Preakness Stakes. Word came Friday afternoon that the Kentucky Derby winner, along with three other Bob Baffert horses are eligible to run.As a…