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(NEW YORK) — Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has failed a second post-race test for betamethasone, Bob Baffert’s attorney Craig Robertson said in a statement.
News of the failed test was first reported by The New York Times.
Medina Spirit could become the second horse in the 147-year history of the race to be disqualified after a win due to a failed drug test. The first was Dancer’s Image in 1968.
“To be clear, if the findings are upheld, Medina Spirit’s results in the Kentucky Derby will be invalidated and Mandaloun will be declared the winner,” said Churchill Downs when the news
