Medina Spirit, the three-year-old thoroughbred racehorse whose 2021 win at the Kentucky Derby drew controversy when he later tested positive for a corticosteroid, died this morning after collapsing after a track workout at Santa Anita Park in California.According to the Paulick Report, a horseracing news publication, Medina Spirit collapsed following a five furlong workout, with a preliminary cause of death being a heart attack.
The horse’s rider was unhurt.The news was confirmed by the California Horse Racing Board’s Equine Medical Director Jeff Blea.
A comprehensive necropsy including toxicology, forensics, and tissue sampling, will be performed at UC Davis in San Bernardino, California.
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