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Trainer says Kentucky Derby-winner Medina Spirit is victim of ‘cancel culture’ after failed drug test
Medina Spirit is the latest victim of “cancel culture,” the Kentucky Derby-winning horse’s trainer argued Monday. Churchill Downs, the site of the Derby, revealed Sunday that Medina Spirit had registered levels of an anti-inflammatory drug beyond Kentucky horse racing’s legal limit in a post-race blood test. For now, Baffert, who holds the record for the most Derby wins in the sport’s history, is suspended from entering horses at the track, and if the results are confirmed, he and Medina Spirit will be stripped of their victory. Baffert thinks that would be unfair. During an interview on Fox News on Monday, he called Churchill Downs’ statement “harsh,” suggesting that they faced societal pressure to reach their decision. “We live in a different world now. This America is different … it was like a cancel culture kind of a thing,” Baffert said, without acknowledging that his horses have reportedly failed drug tests 29 other times over his four-decade career. lol Bob Baffert went on Fox News and called the uproar about Medina Spirit’s failed drug test is a “cancel culture kind of a thing” pic.twitter.com/aZLeOp8kBz — John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) May 10, 2021 More stories from theweek.comDoomsday for bad bosses5 scathingly funny cartoons about anti-vaxxers jeopardizing herd immunityNewsmax guest calls out network for ‘lying to its own viewers’ live on Newsmax
