Bob Baffert sues Churchill Downs over suspension for failed Kentucky Derby drug test of Medina Spirit

The odds of a Bob Baffert-trained horse winning the Triple Crown reportedly took a significant hit this week when the owners of several talented colts missed a key deadline. The owners failed to transfer the horses from Baffert's barn by Monday's deadline, according to the Los Angeles Times, a move required by Churchill Downs for entry into…

You'll be asked to sign into your Forbes account.Got it On January 29, the third year of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's long and painful racing ban by Churchill Downs rolls, again, into effect: In order for any horse currently trained by Baffert to be considered for the 150th Kentucky Derby this May - specifically, for a horse to be qualified…

Legendary thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert, whose horses have won 17 Triple Crown races, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday in San Diego accusing two New Jersey men of trying to extort and defame him. The accusations revolve around doping allegations that have hung over Baffert, whose horse Medina Spirit won the 2021 Kentucky Derby but failed a…

Equestrian has witnessed some of the greatest horse trainers who trained some of the best horses in the sport. One such name that stands out among this list of trainers is Bob Baffert. He has trained two triple crown winners, American Pharaoh (2015) and Justify (2018), and six of the horses trained by him have won the Kentucky Derby. Apart from…

Bob Baffert with attorney Clark Brewster after leaving a Louisville courtroom where Baffert is seeking an injunction. (Baffert - left)Photo by Tim Sullivan Bob Baffert has done his time, but he has not done his penance. The Hall of Fame trainer has served the two-year suspension initially imposed by Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI), without any new drug…

Churchill Downs has extended Bob Baffert's exclusion from racing horses at the track until the end of 2024, blaming the trainer for continuing to "peddle a false narrative" in relation to the failed drug test of 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit. The racecourse, which is home to the US's biggest race, sent out a release stating the decision…

Hold on to those Preakness Stakes betting tickets. An organization out of Washington, D.C., called Animal Wellness Action, released a statement following Saturday's race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, saying trainer Bob Baffert, whose horse, National Treasure, won the Preakness, should have been disqualified. Wayne Pacelle, president…

Legendary American horse trainer Bob Baffert has been a significant figure in the world of horse racing for decades. However, after Medina Spirit was disqualified from the 2021 Kentucky Derby, Baffert was banned from the event. This left many curious about his current status in the 2023 Kentucky Derby, his net worth, and his overall history and…

Each and every facet of our life here on earth has witnessed some form of controversy. The sports world has also not been immune to disputation. The K entucky Derby might be called'The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports', but even this historical event has had equal parts fairytales and nightmares. The Kentucky Derby has been around for more than…

ARCADIA, Calif.- As exiles go, Bob Baffert's has been a comfortable one. Most mornings, the horse trainer who is barred from competing in the Kentucky Derby, can be found beneath the rouge-tipped San Gabriel Mountains, holding court at Clockers' Corner, the open-air bistro at Santa Anita Park. Hands shoved in pockets on a recent morning, he talked…

Bob Baffert lost an important court fight to try and get into Kentucky Derby 2023 when his motion for a preliminary injunction against Churchill Downs Inc. was denied Friday by a federal judge in Louisville, Ky. Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings also threw out most of the trainer's lawsuit against CDI, offering only limited agreement with Baffert on one…

The horse trainer Bob Baffert should be barred from New York State racetracks for two years for conduct detrimental to thoroughbred racing, according to a recommendation issued Wednesday by a hearing officer. Baffert is serving a 90-day suspension handed down by Kentucky regulators in the wake of a failed postrace drug test by Medina Spirit, who…

Baffert-trained Medina Spirit stripped of 2021 Kentucky Derby victory Medina Spirit, entered in the Breeders' Cup Classic and trained by Bob Baffert, gallops at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California on November 2, 2021. Photo: IC Medina Spirit has been stripped of last year's Kentucky Derby victory and trainer Bob Baffert suspended and…

Medina Spirit was stripped of the victory in last year's Kentucky Derby and Mandaloun was declared the winner after a ruling by state racing stewards on Monday. The since-deceased Medina Spirit tested positive after the race last May for a steroid, betamethasone, that is legal in Kentucky but banned on race day. Medina Spirit finished half a length…

Medina Spirit is no longer the winner of last year's Kentucky Derby. At least for now. On Monday, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, a week after it held a hearing, announced it was stripping the since-deceased colt of his victory after he tested positive for a legal drug banned for use on race day. It's only the third time a winner has been…

Medina Spirit, the race horse whose victory in the 2021 Kentucky Derby had been called into question by a failed post-race drug test, may have died of a heart attack but a necropsy report was inconclusive, according to California regulators on Friday. Hair, blood and urine samples showed no evidence of doping. The colt died on Dec. 6 after working…

The same day Churchill Downs suspended Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert for two years and cited 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit's second positive drug test, the chairperson of a new horse racing anti-doping authority underscored the need for a "uniform system" of rules, drug testing measures, and penalties given to violators, throughout…

New York horse racing officials on Monday barred the trainer Bob Baffert not only from entering the Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit in the Belmont Stakes, but also from running any of his horses at Belmont Park or at Saratoga Race Course this summer. In a statement, David O'Rourke, chief executive of the New York Racing Association, cited the…

Renowned thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended indefinitely by the New York Racing Association, meaning he won't be able to enter any horses in this year's Belmont Stakes as fallout continues over a positive drug test for Kentucky Derby-winning horse Medina Spirit, who Baffert trained. The suspension stems from Medina Spirit's…

Kentucky Derby 147 champ Medina Spirit will run from the No. 3 spot in the gate at Pimlico in the 146th Preakness Stakes on May 15 with Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert agreeing to a special set of conditions after the colt failed his post-Derby drug test. He opens as the 9-5 favorite. The 2021 Preakness Stakes will air on Saturday, May 15 from 2…

Racing fans who bet on last week's Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit will still be able to keep their winnings, even if the horse is ultimately disqualified from the race. But the trainer of the horse could be forced to repay the $1.86 million in winnings he received. The horse racing world was rocked on Sunday night with news that the champion…

The positive drug tests keep piling up for Bob Baffert's top horses. So do the explanations for them. The dog keeps eating the homework-an entire semester's worth by now, with permanent damage to the digestive tract. When it came out that eventual Triple Crown winner Justify tested positive for scopolamine after the 2018 Santa Anita Derby, the…

The 2021 Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, failed a drug test after the race, putting a new stain on a sport troubled by doping problems and placing thoroughbred horse racing's most recognizable personality, the Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, under uncomfortable scrutiny. If he is disqualified, Medina Spirit will be stripped of the Derby…

And, they're off... bettors are already suing Bob Baffert over the Kentucky Derby, claiming he knowingly cheated and screwed gamblers out of serious cash. Baffert has been hit with a class-action lawsuit by several gamblers who claim they had money on the Kentucky Derby... and feel Baffert cheated them out of their winnings by running a "drugged…

In a steward's ruling on Monday, the 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has been disqualified from the race and Hall Of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for ninety days and fined $7500. It was also ordered that the prize-money be redistributed and that the placings be adjusted with Mandaloun now being elevated into the winning…