All horses, including Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, cleared to run Preakness

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Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has passed his three drug tests this week and will be running in tomorrow's Preakness Stakes.

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Maryland, as with Kentucky, California and most states, has a zero-tolerance policy for the drug on race day. It is a legal medication, usually used to treat joint inflammation and subsequent pain, but a horse has to be off it for at least 14 days before it can race. It is not considered a performance enhancer, according to two nationally known equine veterinarians contacted by The Times.

The banning of use of the medication prior to racing is so veterinarians can better detect any soundness problems with a horse. The drug decreases the inflammation, meaning that hot areas cannot be as easily detected in pre-race veterinary examinations.by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, it likely will be years before it works its way through all the appeals processes and courts.

If Medina Spirit were to have won the Preakness and then the Belmont Stakes three weeks after that, the crowning of the 15th Triple Crown champion would have been in chaos. Now that’s not an issue.

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Should not be allowed to run. They cheated to win the Derby. Punishment should be 1 yr suspension

I guess no one took any cough syrup and peed on the hay

회개와 거룩함 사역회 BUSAN ACrippleHasWalked 인생은 도박이 아닙니다 안정적인 이 지구의 삶은 이제 없을 것입니다 안전한 지대는 하나님의 천국입니다

I don’t get it. You’re not permanently disqualified once you’re caught cheating?

Let’s see the pee jug

I smell a triple crown winner

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