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Who is Medina Spirit?
Medina Spirit is the American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2021 Kentucky Derby on May 1._x000D_
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_x000D_A preliminary drug sample showing an excess trace of an anti-inflammatory drug has put Medina Spirit’s Kentucky Derby victory in danger of being lost to disqualification. The horse’s trainer Bob Baffert said at a news conference Sunday, May 9, 2021, The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission served his assistant a notice that a drug test had found Medina Spirit to have 21 picograms of betamethasone in his system. That is 11 picograms over the limit established by the KHRC. A picogram is a trillionth of a gram. “We did not give it,” he said. “Medina Spirit has never been treated with betamethasone.”