Expanded screening procedures for Corridor of Fame coach Bob Baffert and his horses on the Breeders’ Cup Nov. 5-6 at Del Mar will embrace statement from safety officers with physique cameras and abandoning ordinary withdrawal instances for authorized drugs, in line with an Oct. 25 report within the Los Angeles Instances.
Final week, Breeders’ Cup introduced Baffert could be allowed to take part below strict situations.
BLOODHORSE: BC to Require Enhanced Testing of Baffert’s Horses
The main coach in Breeders’ Cup historical past by purse earnings ($35,985,000) and second solely to D. Wayne Lukas (20) by wins (17), Baffert faces the opportunity of high quality or suspension by Kentucky regulators after Zedan Racing Stables’ Medina Spirit tested positive for the prohibited race day presence of betamethasone, an anti-inflammatory, after his first-place finish in the May 1 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) at Churchill Downs. The colt is also disqualified from the Derby, pending a call by stewards following a yet-to-be-scheduled listening to. Baffert’s attorneys contend the constructive take a look at within the Derby was triggered by an ointment used to deal with a pores and skin rash on the colt.
Medina Spirit is a prospect for the Nov. 6 Longines Breeders’ Cup Basic (G1).
The monitoring procedures, which embrace increasing drug testing subsequent week at Del Mar, began final week in Baffert’s barn at Santa Anita, reported John Cherwa of the Los Angeles Instances. In keeping with the Instances, two investigators, three safety officers, and a Breeders’ Cup government are to look at Baffert’s barn, and the coach has agreed to scratch any horse if it assessments constructive for a authorized however managed treatment.
