Kentucky Derby Winner Medina Spirit Returns A Positive Drug Test

It was just over a week ago that Medina Spirit took home the victory at the Kentucky Derby, but now there are question marks about the legitimacy of the victory.

Eric Crawford, Sports journalist for WDRB, reports that the horse has returned a positive drug test.

“It is a complete injustice. I’m going to fight it tooth and nail. ... Why is it happening to me?" trainer Bob Baffert said early Sunday.

"I got the biggest gut punch in racing for something I didn't do."

The 68-year-old trainer said Sunday that Medina Spirit had tested positive for 21 picograms of the anti-inflammatory drug betamethasone, above Kentucky racing's threshold of ten picograms per milliliter.

"It's such an injustice to the horse. I don't feel embarrassed, I feel like I was robbed," Baffert said.

Churchill Downs has suspended Baffert from having entries for races until they wrap up a complete investigation, and they put out a statement Sunday regarding how the race will be decided, should they find that Medina Spirit did indeed break the rules.

"If the findings are upheld, Medina Spirit's results in the Kentucky Derby will be invalidated and Mandaloun will be declared winner," it said in a statement.