Derby Drugs

[George K]

LOL

[Catseye3]

AP: "Churchill Downs will not tolerate it,” the statement read. “Given the seriousness of the alleged offense, Churchill Downs will immediately suspend Bob Baffert, the trainer of Medina Spirit, from entering any horses at Churchill Downs Racetrack.”

"Medina Spirit is expected to run in the Preakness on Saturday, barring some abrupt change in plans . . .

And:

"He’s a great horse. He doesn’t deserve this. He ran a gallant race,” Baffert added.

^^^^

So why run the horse with painkillers on board if he's so great? And assuming he will be tested like crazy at the Preakness, will he even be able to run without the drug? Is that any way to treat a 'great horse'?

[Mik]

What drugs showed up?

[Copper]

Mr. Baffert has explained that the stories are not true.

[George K]

@mik betamethasone.

At twice the allowed blood level.

[Mik]

Steroids. Ugh.

[Catseye3]

Yes, meant to address 'pain and inflammation'.

[Mik]

Annnd..."I guess we did it after all'.

https://www.aol.com/sports/bob-baffert-admits-treated-medina-164337375.html

[George K]

@catseye3 said in Derby Drugs:

Yes, meant to address 'pain and inflammation'.

Well, steroids have no intrinsic analgesic properties. However, their anti-inflammatory properties do give a measure of pain relief as a secondary effect.

Horse vets still use “Bute” - butazoladine - for pain control as well. It’s a potent, potent antiflammatory. Good drug for humans too, unless it turns off your bone marrow.

[Doctor Phibes]

Blaming 'cancel culture' for all kinds of shenaniganery is set to become a thing, I suspect.

[Horace]

@doctor-phibes said in Derby Drugs:

Blaming 'cancel culture' for all kinds of shenaniganery is set to become a thing, I suspect.

Yes, douches like this guy will use it as a convenient excuse, which will suck.

[Catseye3]

Rombauer left Medina Spirit behind -- and put horse racing's latest controversy on the back burner.

Little-known Rombauer sprung an 11-1 upset to win the Preakness on Saturday, passing Bob Baffert's Kentucky Derby winner to end a potential Triple Crown bid that would have carried a giant asterisk.
https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/31451355/rombauer-wins-2021-preakness-stakes-11-1-odds
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A good thing. Racing dodged a bullet.

[Mik]

Rombauer was magnificent. But then each Triple Crown race gets longer than the previous one.