Bob Baffert comes clean in Medina
Spirit scandal after wild urine theory
New York Post,
by
Peter Botte
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
5/11/2021 1:34:36 PM
Hay is for horses, but it turns out not to be the likely reason Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit tested positive for a banned substance.After previously insisting that Medina Spirit had not been treated with betamethasone — the anti-inflammatory medication the horse tested positive for after winning the first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown on May 1 — Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert revealed the probable cause of the failed test.In a statement released Tuesday by his attorney, Baffert acknowledged that Medina Spirit had been treated for dermatitis during the week leading up to the Derby with the anti-fungal ointment Otomax,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
obdurate 5/11/2021 2:11:45 PM (No. 782086)
A life time ban is in order.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
erobot 5/11/2021 2:25:06 PM (No. 782100)
I'm waiting to learn that Baffert voted for Trump and that is why this ridiculous attempt to discredit him. Character assassinations by lefty media are becoming knee jerk and need to be stopped. I read this guy has the most wins in derby history.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
erobot 5/11/2021 2:26:17 PM (No. 782103)
Where's my comment?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Hermoine 5/11/2021 2:34:04 PM (No. 782122)
Wow, FTA: “Second, horse racing must address its regulatory problem when it comes to substances which can innocuously find their way into a horse’s system at the picogram (which is a trillionth of a gram) level. Medina Spirit earned his Kentucky Derby win and my pharmacologists have told me that 21 picograms of betamethasone would have had no effect on the outcome of the race. Medina Spirit is a deserved champion and I will continue to fight for him.” A picogram is that tiny...one would think that a certain level would need to be present before accusing a trainer of doping the horse. Ridiculous.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 5/11/2021 2:35:50 PM (No. 782124)
21 picograms is 21/1,000,000,000,000 th of a gram which is 1/28th of an ounce.
I'm sorry, I don't believe that 21 picograms of dynamite or arsenic or ANYTHING could have a significant effect on the outcome of a race.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
red1066 5/11/2021 2:59:25 PM (No. 782156)
I'm with #5 on this. The amount they're talking about on an animal of that size would not give it any speed advantage at all.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bldrrepub 5/11/2021 3:34:53 PM (No. 782188)
It's not about whether a particular blood level of a drug has an effect during the race. It is more the effect of doping has during training. Does the compound help the horse recover faster after hard training efforts, does it help build muscle mass, does it provide better oxygen carrying capacity. In cycling, for example, riders will "microdose" and abstain a certain number of days or weeks before a race.
It's all a game.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 5/11/2021 4:54:22 PM (No. 782249)
Note to self - don't eat any poppy seed bagels. You might show up on a drug test as having some opium in your system.
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I've never been a Baffert fan, having first become aware of him when he publicly berated the jockey that pulled up Big Brown in the 2008 Belmont. What the jockey didn't know at the time was that the horse was running on a shoe that had come loose during the race. All he knew was that the animal wasn't right and had no chance of even showing that day, let alone winning the Triple Crown.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
red1066 5/11/2021 5:30:12 PM (No. 782273)
So what's the purpose of testing for drugs after a race #9. Seems counter productive. Why not test before the race. That would make more sense. A drug that helps a horse recover after a race doesn't affect the race results. It's not like this horse was going to race the next day. That's the reason there is a two week rest period after each triple crown race.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 5/11/2021 5:34:04 PM (No. 782274)
Re #10. What happens to the money bettors won on Medina Spirit?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Right Time 5/11/2021 6:25:50 PM (No. 782313)
I believe that the drug testing of Medina Spirit may have been conducted by Dominion.
Therefore, any results are suspect
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 5/11/2021 7:43:11 PM (No. 782392)
Hi #11. I was listening to a local sports talk station and they discussed this very issue. The bets stand. Period. The horse racing industry is not going to track down all bettors and take money back and reapply it to those who bet on another, winning horse.
Pretty simple, actually.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DVC 5/12/2021 12:35:18 AM (No. 782600)
#7, that drug is legal in training.
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