The historic track suspended Baffert last year through 2023 and cited a recent spate of failed drug tests by his horses including now-deceased colt Medina Spirit after he won the Kentucky Derby.
The suit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court names Churchill Downs Inc., CEO William C. Carstanjen and board chair R. Alex Rankin. The historic track suspended Baffert last year through 2023 and cited a recent spate of failed drug tests by his horses includingafter he won the Kentucky Derby. A postrace drug test revealed the corticosteroid betamethasone in his system, which is allowed in Kentucky but prohibited on race day.
Trainer Bob Baffert looks on during Opening day of the winter-spring meet at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Sunday, December 26, 2021.Baffert and his representatives have argued that the steroid in Medina Spirit came from the topical ointment Otomax, rather than an injection that is banned.
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