Churchill Downs Extends the Suspension of Bob Baffert Through 2024 

Churchill Downs on Monday extended its suspension of the fitness instructor Bob Baffert from the Kentucky Derby through 2024, asserting his ongoing objection to accept obligation for the stopped working post-race drug test of Medina Spirit, the 2021 Derby winner, shows that Baffert “can not be depended prevent future misbehavior.”

The suspension likewise uses to other tracks owned by Churchill Downs.

In a declaration, CDI Inc., the business that hosts the Derby, mentioned Baffert’s prolonged record of guidelines offenses and his repetitive contention that he not did anything incorrect as factors for extending the restriction.

The business stated it will re-evaluate Baffert’s status in 2025.

” Mr. Baffert continues to market an incorrect story worrying the stopped working drug test of Medina Spirit,” according to the declaration. Medina Spirit ended up initially in the 2021 Derby however was disqualified by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission after a favorable test for betamethasone, a powerful corticosteroid utilized to minimize discomfort and swelling.

The declaration stated Baffert signed a contract prior to the race stating he would follow Kentucky racing guidelines. “The outcomes of the tests plainly reveal that he did not comply, and his continuous conduct exposes his ongoing neglect for the guidelines and policies that guarantee horse and jockey security, in addition to the stability and fairness of the races carried out at our centers,” the declaration stated.

In a declaration published to social networks Monday night, Baffert argued he did not flout the guidelines and might not have actually spread out an incorrect story since he had actually not made any public remarks “for a prolonged amount of time.”

” I am at a loss to comprehend Churchill Downs’ newest action to suspend me,” he stated.

Baffert is among the most accomplished and questionable fitness instructors in pedigreed history. His horses have actually won the Kentucky Derby 6 times and he has actually been called champ fitness instructor 4 times. He is 3rd on the profession revenues list with more than $344 million in bags.

Baffert likewise has a prolonged record of guideline offenses. Horses that he trains have actually stopped working 30 drug tests over 4 years– most significantly Medina Spirit. That colt was just the 2nd horse in the Derby’s 149-year history whose triumph was withdrawed since of a drug offense.

The fitness instructor has actually combated Churchill Downs and Kentucky regulators in state and federal courts. Betamethasone can be injected into the joints of horses to minimize discomfort and swelling. Baffert stated the drug remained in Medina Spirit’s system since the horse had actually been offered a topical lotion for a skin sore.

Other Triple Crown tracks honored Churchill Downs’ suspension of Baffert in 2021 and 2022, however Baffert went back to the Triple Crown this year at the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore. His horse National Treasure won the race, however just after another Baffert colt, Havnameltdown, toppled to the ground in an undercard race with a with a leg injury and needed to be euthanized on the track.

The occurrence even more spoiled a distressed Triple Crown season in which a wave of racehorse deaths deteriorated the sport’s trustworthiness with a public that was currently worried about the treatment of the animals and significantly drawn to other types of wagering.

Last month, horse racing was suspended at Churchill Downs so state and federal regulators might continue to examine the deaths of 12 horses– 2 of them on Kentucky Derby day– at the track in a five-week duration.

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