Medina Spirit Story

[cal828]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/meet-bree...160733156.html

Great story on Medina Spirit's humble beginnings.

[JolyB]

Wonderful story Cal. Thanks for posting it. It certainly shows that a Derby winner can emerge from almost anywhere and that people at all levels of the economic spectrum can participate.

[Alli]

Agreed. Thanks, Cal.

[DonGuido]

I had to share it on FB. Let's see what he does in the Preakness assuming he runs 😀

[cal828]

I would have liked to see Essential Quality and Hot Rod Charlie in the Preakness. They were both very wide in the turn into the stretch and lost a lot of ground. I can understand why Essential Quality is skipping because he is a Tapit and should be well suited to the Belmont, but don't know about Hot Rod Charlie. I think I read they just want him to have more time to recover than the two weeks between the races. Anyway, it looks like the Preakness will be a sizable field so that part is good.

[RUFFIAN]

Trainer Bob Baffert issued a statement May 11
suggesting Medina Spirit's post-race positive test for betamethasone in the Kentucky Derby
may have been the result of an ointment used to treat the horse for dermatitis.

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