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Popped for the 21st time drugging horses--the Kentucky derby--Millions stolen from the gamblers. He is pure scum. He better be banned for life this time. or the people will do something about it. And they will do something about who is making these decisions to let him keep training. Are you all crooks?
Anyone who bets is very unintelligent. They are taking you to the bank.
Popped for the 21st time drugging horses--the Kentucky derby--Millions stolen from the gamblers. He is pure scum. He better be banned for life this time. or the people will do something about it. And they will do something about who is making these decisions to let him keep training. Are you all crooks?
Anyone who bets is very unintelligent. They are taking you to the bank.
Agreed. I was big into horse racing back in the day, and when he first came out on the scene, if you knew what a scumbag he was, but sadly he knew how to play the game, who to be friends with and all the other 9 yards.
Now Baffert admits he treated the horse with an ointment that contained the banned substance. So much for the story about the horse eating hay that a groom peed in. Anymore 'cancel culture' excuses you cheat? Any more comments from the Orange cheat? Any retraction or clearification from FOX news?
If you want to discuss Baffert and his training methods vis-a-vis drugs, that could be a long discussion. Baffert has at least 29 violations of drug regulations at race tracks around the country. At Santa Anita, 7 horses in his barn dropped dead in a period of 16 months. The mathematical chance of that occurring is 1/1,000.
Thoroughbred horse trainers are known to repurpose medications. After the 7th horse died, Baffert quit administering thyroid hormones to the horses in his care. At the time, the CHRB equine medical director said, "There's something wrong here."
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He won two Triple Crowns without cheating.
In regards to the TCs, after winning the Santa Anita Derby in 2018, Justify returned a positive for Scopolamine, a PED, which should have disqualified him from entering the KD. However, since Baffert is the face of racing, and very well-connected, the case was dismissed in a CHRB closed-door session.
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He definitely did not need to cheat. He's won so much. Why hasn't this particular drug turned up with Baffert before now?
Baffert has always cheated, beginning long ago when he was a QH trainer. Actually, the drug found in MS's blood was also found in the Baffert-trained filly Gamine, after she won the 2020 Kentucky Oaks, and was subsequently DQd.
Although this drug is a therapeutic and not a PED, it still gives a racehorse an unfair advantage, which is why it is regulated. Speaking of regulations, next year allowable and banned medications will be standardized thruought the country. That is huge.
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Give his motives with Medina Spirit.
Success breeds success. If you win the big races you get the best horses, which win percentages of big purses.
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Ointment on the horses rear end?
That is the Baffert arrogance, in that he expects the public and racing officials to believe whatever he puts out there.
Popped for the 21st time drugging horses--the Kentucky derby--Millions stolen from the gamblers. He is pure scum. He better be banned for life this time. or the people will do something about it. And they will do something about who is making these decisions to let him keep training. Are you all crooks?
Anyone who bets is very unintelligent. They are taking you to the bank.
Keep your ears on, as the Baffert/Justify saga continues in the Los Angeles Superior Court. Do you remember Mick Ruis, the trainer of Bolt d'Oro, 2nd place finisher in the SA Derby? He wasn't very happy with Justify's non-DQ and the way the violation was swept under the rug by the CHRB, so he petitioned the court for documents pertaining to that decision, and also for a hearing to examine why the Stewards did not follow rule 1895.5, which called for an automatic disqualification and purse forfeiture in Justify's case.
As the owners of Bolt d'Oro, Ruis and his wife, Wendy, received $200,000 for their 2nd place finish, while the winner received $600,000. Plus, if Justify is DQd it would mean another Grade I victory for Bolt (his 3rd), which could improve his value as a sire. (His stud fee currently is $15,000.)
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