The legal race for the 2021 Kentucky Derby has come to an end. Amr Zedan, owner of Medina Spirit, and trainer Bob Baffert have ended their legal challenge to a disqualification handed down by the Kentucky Racing Commission after the colt tested positive for a race-day prohibited substance after crossing the finish line first in the 147th Run for the Roses.
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The chief justice wrote that Judge Charles Simms III "should have been afforded an opportunity to grant or deny a motion for recusal” himself before a higher court gets involved.
The 2021 Kentucky Derby is not quite in the backstretch, but it perhaps reached the far turn on Tuesday when the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission upheld a hearing officer’s decision to disqualify Medina Spirit as winner of the Derby on the basis of a positive post-race drug test.
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The Triple Crown winning trainer has asked the court for a temporary injunction striking down a 2-year suspension imposed by Churchill Downs after the 2021 Kentucky Derby.
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The ramifications are historic all around.
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Trainer Bob Baffert announced the the first finding at his Churchill Downs barn on May 9, and Churchill Downs quickly suspended him from racing.
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If a second test comes back positive, the colt could be disqualified.
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Gary West, owner of Maximum Security, is offering $5 million to each of four different Kentucky Derby rivals if they can beat him in a rematch.
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The public seems ready to let the controversial Kentucky Derby finish gallop on out. The sport itself, however, seems intent on going to the whip.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – The Kentucky Derby is over, and nobody is happy. Not the large and rain-soaked Churchill Downs crowd of 150,729, many…