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Bob Baffert trained Concert Tour (Street Sense Purse Strings, by Tapit) proved too good winning by 4 1/4 lengths with stablemate Hozier flying for second over Big Lake with Super Stock in 4th. The result gives Baffert his eight victory in the event and now even more reason to keep Concert Tour away from California but the win gave the winner enough qualification points to go straight into the Kentucky Derby. From my correction: Swiss Skydiver resumes winning the G1 Beholder Stakes at Santa Anita Park and while G1 Kentucky Oaks winner from last season Shedaresthedevil also won the G2 Azeri Stakes. The winning mares are very tough! It is inevitable that both of these mare will be poised to tackle champion Monomoy Girl sometime this season. |
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This Saturday G2 Louisiana Derby 1 3/16 miles Fair Grounds, New Orleans, Louisiana Road to the Kentucky Derby qualification position in parenthesis. Field of 8 headed by Juddmonte Farms' (3) Mandalon, (7) Midnight Bourbon, (8) Proxy. All have been running good at the Fair Grounds Californian shipper (18) Hot Rod Charlie is not without a chance and (35) O Besos would like to make this an upset. |
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At 24, The Deputy Pulled From Bail Pen By Racetrack ConnectionsThe Deputy Photo by Joe Nevills Irish-bred The Deputy, trained by Jenine Sahadi for Team Valor and Gary Barber to win the $1-million Santa Anita Derby in 2000 and second choice in the Kentucky Derby, is now safely ensconced in Texas after some maneuvering to rescue him from a kill pen on a feedlot about an hour north of Dallas week before last. When intrepid horse lovers used their Internet monitoring skills to learn that the now 24-year-old stallion had been bought cheaply at a sale in Iowa and transported to the feedlot in Texas, word spread fast and Team Valor CEO Barry Irwin quickly managed to buy him on behalf of his longtime partner Barber and ex-trainer Sahadi. Utilizing networking through the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, the old connections contacted TAA activist Donna Keen, who was able to rapidly pick up and move The Deputy to her TAA-approved Remember Me Rescue. We decided to have Donna quarantine The Deputy for a while, do some diagnostic work including bloods and a fecal and not reveal anything about the rescue until we were certain that he was healthy, as Donna warned us that horses from feedlots can contract diseases quite readily, Irwin said. When the tests all came back negative today and the vet- check proved unremarkable, we decided it was time to tell the story, not to portray ourselves as heroes, but to put an end to the salacious, untrue and unfounded tales that had been circulating online. We want to thank those horse lovers who helped us in our endeavors. Donna Keen said We are thrilled to have been able to help the original connections and to be able to take care of the horse and share him with visitors to our rescue. He is, as could be expected, a bit underweight at this time, but when he fills back up and once again looks the part we look forward to showing him off here in Texas. We are very honored and proud to have been selected as his forever home. The Deputy, bought by Team Valor and Barber after he won a maiden race in England at two, enjoyed a brief but meteoric rise to stardom in the winter of his 3-year-old season at Santa Anita, where the dark-coated colt rattled off victories in the listed Hill Rise Stakes, Grade 2 Santa Catalina Stakes (defeating subsequent Breeders' Cup Turf Mile hero War Chant) and the G1 Santa Anita Derby, while running second in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes to the Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus. As the first starter for a female trainer in the 2000 Kentucky Derby, he was second choice, but bowed a tendon in the race and never ran again. Barber, who won the Preakness with War of Will, said I have always had a soft spot in my heart for The Deputy. He was my first Grade 1 winner. He was the easiest horse to be around. All class. He meant a lot to me and my barn, said Sahadi. The son of Petardia was originally syndicated to stand at Margaux Farm in Midway, Ky., after which he did stints at farms in Michigan and Iowa. |
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Beautiful story , reminds of the lovely song by Perry Como , " catch a falling star and put it in your pocket , never let it fade away."
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Love to know how he ended up in the pen .
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This Saturday: G2 Wood Memorial over 1 1/8 miles @ Aqueduct, Ozone Park, NY Nine starters with only Canadian bred Weyburn who has safely qualified for the big event. Risk Taking, Brooklyn Strong and Crowded Trade all needing points to qualify and rave horse Prevalence who has won some allowances by big margins hoping ti finish first or second to secure a start. Interesting race in NY! G2 Blue Grass Stakes over 1 1/8 miles @ Keeneland, Lexington, Kentucky Essential Quality is odds-on here with 9 other challengers several who have qualification points who will want to secure a place in the KDerby. Highly Motivated and Keepmeinmind hoping for an upset. G1 Santa Anita Derby over 1 1/8 miles @ Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, California. Bob Baffert sends Medina Sprint in this one but with Life is Good out the event has attracted 10 runners. Many of these entered now that on they have a chance to qualify even though they are on the periphery of qualification, including Roman Centurian, The Great One, Dream Shake and Parnelli. |
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Road to Kentucky Derby qualification ends this weekend as we have the last events. G1 Arkansas Derby 1 1/8 miles The last major qualifier for those in the bubble. Hozier (26) needs to come 1st, 2nd or 3rd Get Her Number (29), Caddo River (32) and Super Stock (37) needs to come 1st, 2nd Baffert sends undefeated Rebel winner Concert Tour (10) who has already qualified for some extra fine tuning and cash. G3 Lexington Stakes 1 1/16 miles Only 20 points for the winner in what is considered a "Wild Card" event. Proxy (22)
is the class of the field would only need a second place to get in but
his connections may not go to the KDerby unless he wins while Jeff Ruby
3rd place finisher Hockey Dad (27) needs to win to get in. |
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Every once in a while you get a rare occurrence of an event that's worth noting. This Saturday the G1 Apple Blossom Handicap was supposed to be match race between Two-time Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Monomoy Girl and last year's G1 Preakness winner Swiss Skydiver. It was even better! Odds on 3/5 Monomoy Girl halfway down the straight looked like she would get up! But it was not meant to be. Instead she out kicked not by Swiss Skydiver but by the former Mexican Three-Year-Old Champion of 2019, Letruksa!!!! Letruksa (Super Saver Magic Appeal, by Successful Appeal) won her first seven career starts, including six at Hipodromo De Las Americas in Mexico City. The streak was highlighted by blowout scores in two legs of Mexico's Triple Crown for 3-year-old fillies in 2019the G1-Mex Clasico Esmeralda and G1-Mex Clasico Diamante. Last year Letruksa won the G3 Shuvee Stakes at Saratoga, G3 Rampart Stakes at Gulfstream Park, and this year in January G3 Houston Ladies Classic at Sam Houston Race Park. Last start she was a close second in the G2 Azeri Stakes at Oaklawn Park. Video: |
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Draw for the Kentucky Derby is on today. A field of 20 will draw. Whether they all start is anudder question... There have been many defections in the two since the last qualifying event took place. Churchill Downs will be about 25% full for the day. One of the biggest eyesores is that the dispute between the Las Vegas casinos and Churchill Downs where its been about 1 1/2 years since the signal has not been sent is that those that punt only on the day will have to take odds from the casinos and not from the mutual pools coming into Louisville. Ah butt we are in the Smartphone, internet VPN era so gone are the days where you could be escorted out of a track or casino for using your phone!!! |
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Kentucky Derby won by a horse sold for 1 thousand dollars so I heard them say ? Trained by Baffert .
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Anyone else watch the race ? Winner led all the way. Sold as a weanling for $1,000, and onsold as a yearling for $35,000. What a buy. 7th Derby for Baffert and 4th for the jock, who,s name I cant spell. Velasquez ?? Only 55 thousand crowd, one third of the number that was there the day we attended, and this year they had a lovely sunny day. Whats the winner,s breeding ? Any idea who bred him ?
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Medina Spirit is by Protonico from Brilliant Speed and was bred by a Gail Rice in Florida. Protonico had a service fee of $5,000
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Where's Brudder?
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Thanks Djebel.
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That sire had been serving nothing too. 16 here, 20 there.
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Medina Sprint winner of the Kentucky Derby has been found to have tested positive for the corticosteroid betamethason. Possible DQ on the cards. Betamethasone is a Class C drug that is allowed in Kentucky as a
therapeutic. However, state rules require at least a 14-day withdrawal
time and any level of detection on race day is a violation. The
threshold was changed to zero from 10 picograms in August. Bob Baffert's trained Gamine was also DQ from 3rd place in the Kentucky Oaks last year with a much higher dose. |
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Of dear, its appears a Bob cant help himself
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More notches on his gun than Jessie James , training on dirt doesn't help either but that's no excuse ! 3 months .
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Baffert: Kentucky Derby Winner Medina Spirit Tests Positive For BetamethasoneTrainer Bob Baffert announced Sunday morning that Medina Spirit, winner of the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby on May 1, has tested positive for betamethasone, a corticosteroid, and faces a possible disqualification from the race the first medication DQ since Dancer's Image lost his Derby victory in 1968 after a disputed positive test for the anti-inflammatory phenylbutazone. If the drug is confirmed in a split sample it would be Baffert's fifth medication violation since May 2020. Speaking from his barn at Churchill Downs, Baffert said his assistant, Jimmy Barnes called Baffert yesterday while he was en route to the airport in California for a flight to Kentucky, notifying him that he had been served by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission after the post-race sample came back positive for 21 picograms of the medication. Baffert insisted Medina Spirit has never been treated with betamethasone. I don't know what's going on, but there's something that is not right, Baffert said. When asked whether he would publicly provide Medina Spirit's veterinary records, which he said would not include betamethasone administration, Baffert said he would provide them to the commission. it's not official till the split sample comes. Usually we wait for that, but I wanted to get in front of it, Baffert said. A split sample typically is requested by the trainer and, if it confirms the original finding, a hearing is conducted with stewards. Last November, in the wake of his fourth medication violation in 2020, Baffert issued a statement saying, I want to raise the bar and set the standard for equine safety and rule compliance going forward. Betamethasone is a commonly-used corticosteroid which is typically given by intra-articular joint injection. Corticosteroids are effective at reducing pain and inflammation in joints as a result of osteoarthritis or other problems. In 2020, Kentucky pushed back administration times for corticosteroids from seven days pre-race to 14 days pre-race as part of a series of new medication rules aimed at improving equine safety. In 2021, stewards have issued rulings in three cases of corticosteroid overages, all of them for dexamethasone. When Baffert was asked by a reporter about the typical use of betamethasone, he replied, It's a um I don't know, it's an anti-inflammatory You're gonna have to talk to the vet. Baffert-trained Chalatan and Gamine both tested positive for lidocaine at Oaklawn Park on May 2, 2020, resulting in a 15-day suspension for the trainer and disqualification of both horses (Gamine from an allowance race and Charlatan from the G1 Arkansas Derby) sanctions that were ultimately reversed by the Arkansas Racing Commission. Baffert was fined $5,000 instead. Gamine then tested positive for betamethasone after a third-place finish in the G1 Kentucky Oaks on Sept. 4. She was disqualified and placed last and Baffert was fined $1,500. A fourth positive test came when Merneith was found to have dextrorphan in her system after finishing second in a July 25 allowance race at Del Mar. Baffert received a $2,500 fine for that violation. Several hours after the press conference, Baffert released the following statement through his attorney, Craig Robertson:
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Oh dear ! I need some of that betamethsone bad
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It appears he has a valid point with his comment
Lastly, as I have stated in the past: there is a broader issue in horse racing concerning the regulation of allowable medications at 21 picograms which is a trillionth of a gram that the industry must address. I would ask that everyone reserve judgment until all facts and circumstances are thoroughly investigated and discovered
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Exactly Shrunk , but this bloke sure fly's by the seat of his pants .
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As many times as he has been "done" for stuff similar to this, you would have to find it hard to believe he would be stupid enough to risk a K.D. disqualify . He would surely know his horse would get tested after his previous caughts?
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Bob Baffert on Fox News blaming his possible doping disqualification on ''cancel culture''
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A new report is that it is an ointment used for dermatitis which the horse was being treated for. |
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/may/10/bob-baffert-medina-spirit-kentucky-derby-horse-racing-cancel-culture-disqualification
While I have met one person that knows Baffert and said he is a very nice guy I have to say his image gives me the creeps, all too Tom Slick. The Fox cancel culture interview is a farce especially given Baffert's track record. The BS on cancel culture for everything - no further comment of a political nature so as not to offend any rabid Trump supporters reading. Some years ago I saw a list publlished in the IHT of the big US trainers and their drug offences over the previous 10 years. The two with zero offences were both European - Graham Motion (Aninal Kingdom trainer) who started his training career as assistant to Jonathan Pease - the British trainer who was based at Chantilly; and Christophe Clement, the older brother of Chantilly's Nicolas Clement. I think that does say a lot. Bill Mott had 1 offence (or 2) was the third cleanest. Of course 1 or 2 really can be just one horse having an unusually slow rate of metabolising a drug or a one off mistake. Double digits - no way. Worst offender from memory was Doug O'Neill - https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/11/sports/trainer-of-kentucky-derby-winner-has-a-troubled-record.html; and years later he is still at it https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-03-06/trainer-doug-oneill-suspended-fined-for-drug-violation. I have lived in Silicon valley for 4 years and have no interest whatsoever in US racing - its style is so different to Europe or Australia and nothing positive in my view - especially in treatment of horses and the joke of stewarding these issues here. Time difference allows me to watch OZ racing with help of VPN and that is my Friday evening - especially in COVID.
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