Bob Baffert

Horse racing is once again under intense scrutiny as the sport prepares to go before its biggest general audience with the Kentucky Derby coming up on Saturday.

Bob Baffert won’t be at Churchill Downs on Saturday for the 148th Derby. Here’s why.

Medina Spirit, the 2021 Kentucky Derby winner, collapsed and died after a workout at Santa Anita Park on Monday morning. The California Horse Racing Board’s Equine Medical Director Jeff Blea confirmed the 3-year-old horse’s passing and said that he ordered a comprehensive autopsy be done to determine the cause of death. According to reports, jockey Juan Ochoa was riding...

Bob Baffert can enter horses in the Breeders’ Cup next month at Del Mar, but the event’s all-time money-leading trainer has to meet certain conditions, including stricter out-of-competition testing of his horses and greater security at his barn.

Churchill Downs Racetrack suspended horse trainer Bob Baffert for two years after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a second drug test.

A second blood test of the horse came back positive for the presence of the banned steroid betamethasone, which could result in disqualification and discipline for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert.

Trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for two years by Churchill Downs after an additional drug test of Medina Spirit confirmed the presence of the steroid betamethasone in the Kentucky Derby winner’s system

A second test of blood from Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit confirmed the presence of the banned steroid betamethasone, a lawyer for the horse’s owner said.

Bob Baffert was suspended Monday from entering horses at New York racetracks, pending an investigation into Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit’s failed postrace drug test. Baffert will temporarily not be allowed to stable any horses at Belmont Park, Aqueduct Racetrack and Saratoga Race Course or run any of his horses at the New York Racing Association’s tracks. That ban...

Medina Spirit, trained by Bob Baffert, is barred for now from the Belmont Stakes due to testing positive for a steroid after its Kentucky Derby win.

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit was allowed to enter the Preakness Stakes, with conditions, despite failing a drug test after the first Triple Crown leg.

Trainer Bob Baffert says Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit was treated with an antifungal ointment containing the steroid betamethasone that may have caused the horse to fail a postrace drug test

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit’s failed postrace drug test has put doping horses back in the spotlight when the sport would rather have the focus on the Triple Crown.

Medina Spirit, the winner of the 147th Kentucky Derby, failed a post-race drug test according to Bob Baffert, Hall of Fame horse trainer.

Medina Spirit’s victory in the Kentucky Derby is in serious jeopardy because of a failed postrace drug test

Stewards at Santa Anita have dismissed complaints filed by the California Horse Racing Board involving the post-race drug tests of Triple Crown winner Justify and another horse in 2018, both of whom were trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert.

Bob Baffert is aiming to win a record-breaking eighth Preakness Stakes with Authentic or Thousand Words

Authentic led all the way to win a Kentucky Derby unlike any other.

Authentic upset Belmont Stakes Winner Tiz the Law to win the 146th Kentucky Derby. This year’s derby was postponed from May due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for 15 days by Oaklawn Park stewards after two of his horses tested positive in Arkansas for a banned substance