KHRC rules<\/a>, nine milligrams of the anti-inflammatory can be administered in a single artery up to seven days before the scheduled post time of the race. The commission\u2019s guidelines recommend a longer period for muscular injections.<\/p>\nIn appealing the positive test, Baffert also said his barn would conduct its own review. He pledged to \u201cbe transparent\u201d with the KHRC.<\/p>\n
He, like the animal welfare advocates, also called on the sport to clean up its game.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur industry needs to step up and we need to do a better job in racing,\u201d <\/strong>Baffert said. \u201cThere’s something wrong right now. I’ve been talking about it. Nothing seems to be going done about it, but these contamination levels\u2026 and I’m not a conspiracy therapist. I know everybody’s not out to get me, but there’s definitely something wrong. Why does it happen to me? You know, there’s problems in racing, but it’s not Bob Baffert.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nStill, he understands because of the track record mentioned above, the scrutiny he faces. But he added that should the split test come back negative, then he hopes reporters cover that as vociferously as Sunday\u2019s news.<\/p>\n
Baffert now faces a week of even more scrutiny, as he will still take his Derby winner to Baltimore for Saturday\u2019s Preakness Stakes, the second jewel in the Triple Crown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Medina Spirit, the longshot who gave trainer Bob Baffert his record-setting seventh Kentucky Derby win, tested positive after the race for an excessive amount of betamethasone, an anti-inflammatory steroid. Baffert made the announcement Sunday morning and denied the allegations. Two hours after Baffert\u2019s press conference, Churchill Downs issued a statement saying it suspended the Hall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":173118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14577],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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