Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test over the weekend and could be disqualified
On Monday’s “The Late Show,” Stephen Colbert kicked off his return after a week off with a fun sketch about the Kentucky Derby doping scandal — and, well, let’s just say in the Colbert version of current events, that horse definitely juiced up.
For those of you who don’t get dressed up in your Sunday finery to watch horses run for the entertainment of gambling addicts, what happened is that Medina Spirit, the horse that won the Kentucky Derby, failed a postrace drug test after testing positive for banned performance-enhancing substances. An investigation is ongoing and pending the results, Medina Spirit could become only the third horse in Kentucky Derby history to be disqualified and stripped of the title and winnings.
The horse’s trainer, Bob Baffert, has seen five of his horses fail such tests.
On Monday’s “The Late Show,” Stephen Colbert kicked off his return after a week off with a fun sketch about the Kentucky Derby doping scandal — and, well, let’s just say in the Colbert version of current events, that horse definitely juiced up.
For those of you who don’t get dressed up in your Sunday finery to watch horses run for the entertainment of gambling addicts, what happened is that Medina Spirit, the horse that won the Kentucky Derby, failed a postrace drug test after testing positive for banned performance-enhancing substances. An investigation is ongoing and pending the results, Medina Spirit could become only the third horse in Kentucky Derby history to be disqualified and stripped of the title and winnings.
The horse’s trainer, Bob Baffert, has seen five of his horses fail such tests.
- 5/11/2021
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
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