Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has tested positive for betamethasone, a corticosteroid, the horse’s trainer Bob Baffert said Sunday morning.Medina Spirit has not yet been disqualified, Baffert said, pending another test.
If that test is positive, Medina Spirit would become the second Derby winner ever to be disqualified. Baffert was credited with a record 7th Derby win for training Medina Spirit.In 2019, Maximum Security won the Kentucky Derby by 1 3/4 lengths but was subsequently placed 17th for interference with another horse.Medina Spirit was flagged for having 21 picograms of the illegal substance in a post-race drug test.
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