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The horse that finished first in this year's Kentucky Derby and was subsequently determined to have failed a drug test. The entire matter is currently in litigation. Medina Spirit did race in the Preakness, finishing third, but not in the Belmont. This fall, Medina Spirit won two races against older horses and finished second in the Breeders Cup. The horse died after a workout at Santa Anita. Trainer Bob Baffert said it was a heart attack, but a necroscopy will be performed.

Age 3.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/06/sport/me ... index.html

This sport makes me vomit. If we lost athletes one a day in any other endeavor, it would be shut down.

Ritterskoop wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:41 am

This sport makes me vomit. If we lost athletes one a day in any other endeavor, it would be shut down.

Oops, it is 3 a day in the United States alone (Britain has a lot of horse deaths, was the number I was remembering from an older count.

After Medina Spirit’s death, the uncomfortable spotlight on racehorse fatalities returns

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2 ... se-racing/

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has now officially disqualified Medina Spirit as the winner of the 2021 Derby. This means that the owners will have to forfeit all the prize money and former runner-up Mandaloun is now the official winner. In addition, trainer Bob Baffert was fined $7500 and suspended for 90 days. He will appeal that decision.

https://www.espn.com/horse-racing/story ... ed-90-days

I'm not even going to claim even a tiny amount of knowledge on how horse racing / betting etc works so .......

But I do know that a lot of people bet on horse racing. What, if anything does this do to the payouts from the original race? I can't imagine that there is any way to follow up on that. Yet, if someone had a large bet on Mandaloun to win???

jaybee wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 22, 2022 8:17 am

I'm not even going to claim even a tiny amount of knowledge on how horse racing / betting etc works so .......

But I do know that a lot of people bet on horse racing. What, if anything does this do to the payouts from the original race? I can't imagine that there is any way to follow up on that. Yet, if someone had a large bet on Mandaloun to win???

The Kentucky Racing Commission has a policy in place for just such occasions. The policy states that payouts are based on the official results at the time of the race. If something changes afterward, there is no adjustment. So anyone betting on Mandaloun to win is out of luck.

Ritterskoop wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 08, 2021 3:14 pm

Ritterskoop wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:41 am

This sport makes me vomit. If we lost athletes one a day in any other endeavor, it would be shut down.

Oops, it is 3 a day in the United States alone (Britain has a lot of horse deaths, was the number I was remembering from an older count.

Yeah, but you have to admit bullfighting is kind of cool. LOL