- Colt failed post-race doping test after crossing line first
- Medina Spirit died in December of apparent heart attack
Medina Spirit has officially been disqualified from the 2021 Kentucky Derby. The colt crossed the line first in May’s race but failed a post-race drugs test. His trainer, Bob Baffert, was banned from entering horses at the Kentucky Derby for two years after the controversy. He denied deliberately doping the horse, which had been a 12-1 outsider to win the race, and blamed the failed test on an ointment used to treat a rash on the horse.
Medina Spirit died in December after suffering a suspected heart attack while working out at California’s Santa Anita track.
