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Source: The Guardian
Bob Baffert says urine-tainted hay may have led to positive test
Medina Spirit failed drug test after winning Kentucky Derby
Tom Lutz
@tom_lutz
Mon 10 May 2021 18.00 BST
Bob Baffert, whose horse faces disqualification from the Kentucky Derby after a failed drugs test, has blamed the situation on cancel culture.
Medina Spirit won this months Derby by half a length at Churchill Downs but on Sunday it emerged the horse had tested positive for double the legal amount of the steroid betamethasone after the race. Churchill Downs has suspended Baffert from entering horses at the track, and indicated it would invalidate Medina Spirits victory if the results of the drug test are upheld.
During an appearance on Fox News on Monday, Baffert appeared to suggest he was a victim of larger forces. Churchill Downs came out with that statement that was pretty harsh, said Baffert during an appearance on Fox News on Monday. With all the noise We live in a different world now. This America is different. It was like a cancel culture kind of a thing so theyre reviewing it. I havent been told anything.
Link to tweet
Baffert insists he will run Medina Spirit on Saturday in the next leg of US racings Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes. The draw for the race has been moved back to Tuesday as the controversy around Medina Spirit unfolds, although Baffert believes the investigation will take months to complete.
Baffert has had at least 30 positive doping tests for his horses, but insisted to Fox that he runs a clean operation.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/may/10/bob-baffert-medina-spirit-kentucky-derby-horse-racing-cancel-culture-disqualification
DURHAM D
(32,835 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,925 posts)or the rival jockey or rival owner poured "hot" horse pee in Medina's stall?
It's a conspiracy!
A false positive defense doesn't work here?
happybird
(5,113 posts)Gimme a fuckin break.
AnnaLee
(1,157 posts)Just go on FAUX and declare that you won. The audience will agree with you.
Diamond_Dog
(34,612 posts)Would eat hay that another horse peed on. How stupid does he think people are.
twogunsid
(1,627 posts)...they were tough on Baffert but very fair.
https://www.si.com/horse-racing/2021/05/10/bob-baffert-medina-spirit-steroid-controversy-circus
DinahMoeHum
(22,488 posts). . .of horse racing.
From the article:
What has continued to elude Baffert in the aftermath of Sunday morning's bombshell about Medina Spirits positive test is that he does not present the most compelling case for victimhood. The list of drug-related controversies hovering over his barn is getting longer, and the explanations for them are getting weaker.
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Baffert doesnt seem to understand the cumulative credibility hit hes taken. This isnt cancel culture"; its recurring cases of his horses testing positive and the public growing weary of it.
Here is why the cynicism cannot be canceled: Much the way Lance Armstrong dominated cycling when it was known to be fueled by doping, Baffert has dominated horse racing in an era of rampant drug use. Are we really supposed to believe that when positive tests are linked to the most successful guy in a drug-riddled sport, hes actually the innocent victim of circumstance and/or sabotage? Occams razorwhich stipulates that the simplest of competing theories be preferred to the more complexseems to apply here.
TheRealNorth
(9,629 posts)Are all the Republicans that bet on horse racing.
tulipsandroses
(6,211 posts)Dear baby Beyonce!
BootinUp
(49,020 posts)twogunsid
(1,627 posts)...Horses belonging to them will head to other trainers.
And Phipps Family weighs-in on the issue.
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CountAllVotes
(21,066 posts)This creep needs to hang-it up!
I heard him yelling, "Go Boy!" in the Derby.
God he makes me sick!