BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) — Medina Spirit, the Kentucky Derby winner who failed a postrace drug test, won’t run in Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania Derby. Medina Spirit was the 2-1 early favorite for the Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing. “I don’t like the way he drew.”Medina Spirit was assigned post position nine in the Pennsylvania Derby. This is a management call of mine.”Baffert has won the Pennsylvania Derby three times, most recently with McKinzie in 2018. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has yet to render a final verdict as part of its investigation into Medina Spirit testing positive for the steroid betamethasone.

Source: thestar September 22, 2021 02:15 UTC