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I'm thinking they will allow the entry of Medina Spirit, but probably under Baffert's assistant trainer. It may be that the powers that be at Pimlico will feel obliged to honor the suspension by Churchill of Baffert, but the horse didn't have any part in this except to be the recipient of the drug, so no reason to punish him.

As for whether Baffert actually did this or not, he had the positive with Justify and two in Arkansas and now this. I thought he was lucky to get away with the Arkansas positives, but the Arkansas Racing commission over ruled Oaklawn because of some mix-up in the chain of custody for the samples that tested positive for the offending drugs. I grant you though, you would have to have brass cajones to think you were going to get away with this sort of thing in what is the most important horse race on dirt in America.