Regulators found syringes loaded with unauthorized medication in a desk in his barn. Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Rick Dutrow had his license revoked in 2011 for 10 years by New York officials. In 2019, over 30 horse deaths occurred at California’s Santa Anita racetrack, rattling the industry and leading to safety reforms.
The horse was disqualified and Baffert was punished. One of his horses, Medina Spirit, crossed the finish line first in the 2021 Derby and failed a post-race drug test. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, a two-time Triple Crown winner, is nearing the end of a two-year ban issued by Churchill Downs Inc. He was indefinitely suspended by the track, although investigators have yet to determine a cause for the deaths of his horses.Ī relieved Tim Yakteen, who trained Reincarnate to a 13th-place finish, said, “The most important thing is the horse came out of it OK.” Two of the horses were trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. The deaths included Derby contender Wild On Ice. “Man, he tried so hard and ran his heart out,” said Larry Rivelli, who trains Two Phil’s. The colt earned $1,860,000 for the biggest win of his brief career. “This is the dream I have, a year-and-a-half ago, I wrote a note: ‘We’re going to win the Derby next year.’”įorte, the early favorite, was scratched in the morning with a bruised foot, one of five horses that dropped out in the run-up to the race. “Everything went according to plan,” Delgado Jr. Mage passed him at the eighth-pole and went on to victory.
Mage swung to the outside and took aim on the leader. Two Phil’s stormed to the lead at the top of the stretch. “Turning for home, he had a lot of heart,” Castellano said. Castellano and Mage began picking off the competition and on the far turn launched their run. Going into the backstretch, Mage was ahead of just three horses. Wembanyama about to learn his NBA destination, with the draft lottery on Tuesday
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