HOLD YOUR HORSES: on May 7, the Bob Baffert Stable was notified that Medina Spirit had tested positive after the running of the Kentucky Derby for the Class 3 drug, betamethasone, a corticosteroid. Tests showed 21 picograms of it in his system. Baffer's sprinter Gamine tested positive for the same drug last year when she finished third in the Kentucky Oaks, and was disqualified … [Read more...] about No Longer Under the Kentucky Derby Radar
John Velazquez
Wonder in the Mud
The torrent of rain that pummeled Fort Erie Racetrack three races before the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes, the second jewel in Canada’s Triple Crown was apocalyptic. In a few minutes a track that had been rated fast became sloppy. It was gumbo. It was soul sucking. After all, it is a dirt track, not Tapeta, like Woodbine. The scene looked like the end of the world. There … [Read more...] about Wonder in the Mud