From Yahoo.com….
It looks like “cancel culture” didn’t cause Medina Spirit’s positive test for betamethasone after all. It may have been trainer Bob Baffert himself.
In a statement released Tuesday morning, Baffert admitted to treating Medina Spirit with an ointment that contained betamethasone before he won the Kentucky Derby. Trainers are required to stop administering betamethasone 14 days before a race, but Baffert said that Medina Spirit was given the ointment up until the day before the Derby.
If a second test confirms the presence of betamethasone, Baffert and Medina Spirit will be disqualified and stripped of their Derby win.
