Mandaloun Named Winner of 2021 Kentucky Derby

Banned from Churchill Downs since 2021, Bob Baffert announced his top 3-year-olds will not be transferred to other trainers in an attempt to get them eligible for this year's Kentucky Derby. Churchill Downs rules required horses trained by a suspended trainer to be moved to another trainer by Jan. 29 in order to gain qualifying points toward the…

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…

Medina Spirit crossed the finish line first, the case of who won the 2021 Kentucky Derby appears to be settled. Trainer Bob Baffert announced Monday on X, formerly known as Twitter, he has instructed his attorneys to dismiss the appeal related to the disqualification of Medina Spirit in the 2021 Kentucky Derby. "Zedan Racing owner, Amr Zedan, and I…

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…

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…

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will return to this year's Preakness Stakes after serving a lengthy suspension from the sport. The 70-year-old was banned from all three Triple Crown races last year after his horse, Medina Spirit, tested positive for betamethasone - an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid sometimes used to relieve joint pain - during…

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…

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…

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, 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 New York Racing Association (NYRA) on Monday banned Medina Spirit trainer Bob Baffert from entering horses in races or stabling them at Belmont Park, Saratoga Race Course or Aqueduct Racetrack. That means Medina Spirit, which won a now-contested Kentucky Derby and finished third in the Preakness Stakes, will not run in the Belmont Stakes on…

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…

One horse won the Kentucky Derby and now faces disqualification (maybe) and banishment (definitely). That would make a second horse the new winner. A third horse won the Preakness. Then there is last year's 2-year-old champion, who lost as the Derby favorite this month, and a filly who has been beating every challenger among her gender and now may…

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…

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…

For the second time in three years, the winner of the Kentucky Derby could be disqualified after the race, with the runner-up being declared the victor. But a reversal of this year's result might not have any effect on betting payouts, a possibility that has at least one prominent gambler considering legal action. Medina Spirit, under the guidance…

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…

The team behind Medina Spirit, the winner of this year's Kentucky Derby, stands to lose $1.86 million in prize money if the horse is disqualified from the sport's most famous race, though anyone who won money from betting on Medina Spirit will be able to keep their winnings. During a drug test conducted after Medina Spirit's winning race, the horse…

Saturday marks the 147th edition of the Run for the Roses, and there is plenty of history that could be made in the 2021 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Louisville-born trainer Brad Cox will send out Essential Quality and Mandaloun in his first Derby appearance, as he seeks to become the first local trainer to win horse racing's biggest prize.…

Kentucky Derby favorite Zandon works out at Churchill Downs ahead of Saturday's Triple Crown showpiece. AFP/Andy Lyons/Getty Images LOS ANGELES - Blue Grass Stakes winner Zandon was handed a kind draw for this weekend's Kentucky Derby after being installed as favourite for the $3-million showpiece. Zandon, who bookmakers have priced at odds of 3-1,…