Kentucky Derby Winner Medina Spirit Treated With Ointment That Had Betamethasone: Bob Baffert

Kentucky Derby Winner Medina Spirit Treated With Ointment That Had Betamethasone: Bob Baffert
John Velazquez riding Medina Spirit leads Florent Geroux on Mandaloun and Flavien Prat riding Hot Rod Charlie to win the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on May 1, 2021. Jeff Roberson/AP Photo
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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The winner of the Kentucky Derby, Medina Spirit, was treated with an ointment that included betamethasone, said its trainer, Bob Baffert.

Medina Spirit, a thoroughbred race horse, failed a post-derby drug test for the anti-inflammatory steroid betamethasone, putting the horse’s race into question.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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