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re: Controversy surrounds the Kentucky Derby this morning

Posted on 5/9/21 at 9:09 am to
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Posted on 5/9/21 at 9:09 am to
Gonna be interesting to see if more than one sample comes up with it. Apparently they won’t DQ until a second sample tests positive. And given the med not sure how you explain that one away.

These are the previous more high profile challenges he’s faced:

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The California Horse Racing Board agreed with his conclusion that a jimson-weed positive for Justify after the 2018 Santa Anita Derby (G1) was the result of tainted feed.

He also successfully appealed the disqualifications of Gamine and Charlatan from victories last May at Oaklawn Park, both because of lidocaine positives blamed on a personal pain-relief patch that assistant trainer Jimmy Barnes touched before applying tack to the horses. Gamine's win in an allowance race and Charlatan's in one division of the Arkansas Derby (G1) were reinstated in an Arkansas Racing Commission hearing last month.


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Posted by gadknot
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Posted on 5/9/21 at 9:09 am to
Don’t care; won bet
Posted by Aspercel
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Posted on 5/9/21 at 9:43 am to
The problem with the justify positive due to “contamination” is that the track already set a precedent for actual contamination I think the year before. They admitted it was not on purpose and still dqed the horses and fined the trainers. As usual, baffert got special treatment
This post was edited on 5/9/21 at 9:45 am
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