{"id":498012,"date":"2021-05-11T22:20:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T02:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=498012"},"modified":"2021-05-11T22:20:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T02:20:48","slug":"medina-spirit-cleared-for-preakness-stakes-race-owner-announces-illegal-substance-found-in-ointment-used-on-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medina-spirit-cleared-for-preakness-stakes-race-owner-announces-illegal-substance-found-in-ointment-used-on-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"Medina Spirit Cleared For Preakness Stakes Race, Owner Announces Illegal Substance Found In Ointment Used On Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedina-spirit-cleared-for-preakness-stakes-race-owner-announces-illegal-substance-found-in-ointment-used-on-horse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=498012&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0BF481DB-E888-476F-AE10-09E6EFA015DA_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Medina Spirit, the horse that recently won the Kentucky Derby before failing an illegal drug test, was approved to compete in the Preakness Stakes race as trainer Bob Baffert announced that the illegal substance found in the horse\u2019s blood after the Derby was included in an ointment used on the horse.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Sunday, Baffert said that after the Kentucky Derby, Medina Spirit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kentucky-derby-winner-medina-spirit-fails-post-race-drug-test-trainer-says\"><span class=\"s1\">tested positive<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for betamethasone, a corticosteroid banned above a certain level in racing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Officials from Preakness Stakes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/horse-racing\/story\/_\/id\/31427412\/medina-spirit-race-preakness-stakes-bob-baffert-lawyer-says\">said<\/a> Tuesday that they will allow Medina Spirit to enter the race on Saturday, subject to more testing and monitoring.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe reached an agreement with Mr. Baffert and his lawyers that allows for additional testing, additional monitoring \u2014 essentially a watchlist to ensure the integrity of the sport leading up to the race,\u201d Maryland Jockey Club lawyer Alan Rifkin said. \u201cWe\u2019re very pleased to have that, and we appreciate Mr. Baffert\u2019s patience and the way in which his lawyers went about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/horse-racing\/story\/_\/id\/31427412\/medina-spirit-race-preakness-stakes-bob-baffert-lawyer-says\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, \u201cBaffert\u2019s attorney, Craig Robertson, wrote in his letter to Rifkin that detailed the agreement that Baffert \u2018consents to the public release of this letter and all testing results.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Trainer Bob Baffert said Tuesday that the horse was given the anti-fungal ointment Otomax, which includes betamethasone.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Courier Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/story\/sports\/horses\/horse-racing\/2021\/05\/11\/bob-baffert-says-ointment-used-medina-spirit-includes-betamethasone\/5019077001\/\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> that the drug is legal when used as a therapeutic for horses, but betamethasone is illegal when discovered in a horse\u2019s blood on the day of a race.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a statement, Baffert said that Medina Spirit had gotten dermatitis after the Santa Anita Derby on April 3, which led the trainer to have his veterinarian look at the horse. According to Baffert, the veterinarian recommended he use Otomax.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Baffert said, \u201cThe veterinary recommendation was to apply this ointment daily to give the horse relief, help heal the dermatitis and prevent it from spreading. My barn followed this recommendation and Medina Spirit was treated with Otomax once a day up until the day before the Kentucky Derby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Baffert said that he discovered Monday that Otomax includes betamethasone.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhile we do not know definitively that this was the source of the alleged 21 picograms found in Medina Spirit\u2019s post-race blood sample, and our investigation is continuing, I have been told by equine pharmacology experts that this could explain the test results,\u201d Baffert said. \u201cAs such, I wanted to be forthright about this fact as soon as I learned of this information. \u2026 I intend to continue to investigate and I will continue to be transparent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/medina-spirit-trainer-says-horse-wasnt-drugged-discusses-cancel-culture\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> by The Daily Wire, Baffert denied any wrongdoing earlier in the week and said that his horse had not been drugged.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI never thought I\u2019d have to be fighting for my reputation and this poor horse\u2019s reputation. Because of the new regulations the regulators have put, they\u2019re testing these horses at contaminated levels, and it\u2019s been a horrible experience.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt did not happen, and that\u2019s the really seriously troubling part of it,\u201d he added. \u201c[We\u2019re hiring] investigators, but sometimes you never find out. It\u2019s just a tragedy what happened in this race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe live in a new world now. These horses don\u2019t live in a bubble,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re in an open farm. People are touching them. He went from the Derby to after the Derby, everybody\u2019s out there touching them. I mean there\u2019s so many ways these horses can get contaminated and when they\u2019re testing at these really ridiculously low levels \u2026 I\u2019ve been saying it for over a year now these are gonna get innocent people in trouble and this is what happened now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medina Spirit, the horse that recently won the Kentucky Derby before failing an illegal drug test, was approved to compete in the Preakness Stakes race as trainer Bob Baffert announced &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277864,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0BF481DB-E888-476F-AE10-09E6EFA015DA_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Medina Spirit Cleared For Preakness Stakes Race, Owner Announces Illegal Substance Found In Ointment Used On Horse","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0BF481DB-E888-476F-AE10-09E6EFA015DA_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Medina Spirit Cleared For Preakness Stakes Race, Owner Announces Illegal Substance Found In Ointment Used On Horse","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}