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a kennedy

(31,997 posts)
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 12:33 PM Dec 2021

2021 Derby winner dies........😥 😥 😥

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit died Monday morning after a workout at Santa Anita Racetrack, per Ray Paulick of Paulick Report.

The horse was the first-place finisher at Churchill Downs in May, although a post-race drug test showed elevated levels of betamethasone. Trainer Bob Baffert maintained he didn't inject the thoroughbred with any illegal substances. Last week, Baffert's lawyer Craig Robertson said a test determined the initial results were because of a topical ointment.

Medina Spirit finished third at the Preakness Stakes and second at the Breeders' Cup Classic.

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2021 Derby winner dies........😥 😥 😥 (Original Post) a kennedy Dec 2021 OP
Apparently heart attack. Conspiracy theorists will say he was killed to prevent his squealing. Hoyt Dec 2021 #1
Santa Anita, Huh? SoCalDavidS Dec 2021 #2
So the horse he was doping for the derby has died at the track notorious for horse deaths... AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2021 #3

SoCalDavidS

(10,562 posts)
2. Santa Anita, Huh?
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 12:43 PM
Dec 2021

ANOTHER death at Santa Anita. Yeah, I'm sure it was just a heart attack.

But can't close that track down, because there are some things more important than the lives of horses.

AZSkiffyGeek

(12,584 posts)
3. So the horse he was doping for the derby has died at the track notorious for horse deaths...
Mon Dec 6, 2021, 01:05 PM
Dec 2021

I don't follow horse-racing, but that's getting a mighty side-eye.

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