from entering horses in races in the state. The NYRA suspended the Hall of Fame trainer after his horse, Medina Spirit, failed a post-race drug test after winning the Kentucky Derby.
Baffert argues in the lawsuit that the NYRA had no authority to suspend his license and said that only the gaming commission could do so, CBS affiliate WLKY-TV. Baffert also claims that his 14th Amendment rights were violated because he was not given a hearing before the suspension was handed down, according to WLKY.
"NYRA's impulsive decision to deprive Baffert of his professional livelihood within the State of New York is one that it had no legal authority to make," the lawsuit said, according to Reuters. Baffert also claimed that the suspension will "effectively put me out of business in the State of New York," Reuters reports.
Following the Kentucky Derby, a drug test found Medina Spirit had twice the legal limit allowed by Kentucky racing of the steroid betamethasone. Baffert was subsequently suspended by both the NYRA and Churchill Downs while a second test of Medina Spirit was pending. The horse also failed that second test, although Churchill Downs has not yet announced if Medina Spirit would be stripped of his Derby win.
Baffert has claimed that betamethasone got into Medina Spirit's system because it was an ingredient in an
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