The two horses were separated by half a length at the finish line on May 1. Should the positive blood sample be confirmed, Medina Spirit will lose his Derby win and second-place horse Mandaloun will be crowned the winner. However, the test results will not be available for at least four to eight weeks - and could take up to six months, according to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. And should the original results be confirmed, Baffert will have a chance to appeal. “I feel so bad not only for the horse, you know, but the owner, everybody involved, because this is something that, you know, we didn’t do,” Baffert told CNN’s Carolyn Manno on Monday, adding that he planned not to go to the Preakness Stakes.Ī second blood sample will now be tested. So they know every medication this horse has gotten and betamethasone is not one of them,” Baffert said. “They know everything we give them and we have to write it down, we turn it in. While betamethasone is allowed in horse racing, Medina Spirit’s test detected 21 picograms per milliliter - more than double the allowed limit within 14 days of the Kentucky Derby.īaffert has now been banned from entering any of his horses in races at the race track at Churchill Downs.īaffert had earlier said that Medina Spirit was not treated with betamethasone. On Sunday, Baffert revealed the horse had tested positive for elevated levels of betamethasone - an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid sometimes used to relieve joint pain in horses - putting the 3-year-old colt’s Derby win in jeopardy and his candidacy to race in the Preakness Stakes in question. As such, I wanted to be forthright about this fact as soon as I learned of this information,” the statement adds. “While we do not know definitively that this was the source of the alleged 21 picograms found in Medina Spirit’s post-race blood sample, and our investigation is continuing, I have been told by equine pharmacology experts that this could explain the test results. The veterinary recommendation was to apply this ointment daily to give the horse relief, help heal the dermatitis and prevent it from spreading,” part of Tuesday’s statement reads. I had him checked out by my veterinarian who recommended the use of an anti-fungal ointment called Otomax.
“Following the Santa Anita Derby, Medina Spirit developed dermatitis on his hind end.
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