Medina Spirit is one step closer to becoming the second horse in the history of the Kentucky Derby to be disqualified for a failed drug test.
Following his win at the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby, Medina Spirit — trained by the legendary Bob Baffert — tested positive for having over double the legal amount of the anti-inflammatory betamethasone in his system. Baffert initially denied giving the drug to the horse, before eventually admitting that the anti-fungal ointment Otomax had been applied to Medina Spirit and was more than likely the reason for the positive test:
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