![]() She reiterated that it was 3-0 decision for the DQ, to suspend Baffert 90 days and fine him $7,500. She said the stewards made the DQ ruling a week after the hearing and that the stewards met "several times" to discuss the case. Later, Borden recounted the stewards hearing that resulted in the February 2022 disqualification of Medina Spirit. ![]() We just want to hear what they have to say so we can remember what we told them." the various medications and substances we found in the barn." Nothing connected with betamethasone was found.īorden said her May 8, 2021, telephone conversation with Baffert was recorded without Baffert's knowledge. Borden was not there.Īccording to what Borden was told by the KHRC personnel who searched, "I think there were nine samples submitted to Industrial (Labs). Wolsing then moved on to details of the search of Baffert's barn 33 at Churchill Downs. We knew it would be bad for racing in general and possibly be drawn out like it has been." "It's very improper to do that."Īsked by Wolsing whether there was any "high-fiving" among the KHRC inner circle when the Medina Spirit positive was confirmed, Boden repliied, "No. “We contacted our investigators to organize a barn search.” Borden said she did not tell the media, any KHRC commissioners, friends or family.īorden said that to her knowledge, no other KHRC stewards or anyone in the inner circle who was aware of the positive test would have leaked it. Wolsing asked Borden what she did when she learned Medina Spirit was confirmed to have tested positive. Wolsing then questioned Borden about Baffert's complaint that word of the positive finding in Medina Spirit was leaked to the media before he could adequately investigate how betamethasone got into the colt’s system.īorden said she did not try to find out the name of the horse who tested positive, because "It was improper." When the threshold level was reduced to zero, Borden said, there were two positives between September 2020 and May 2021, and both were in Baffert horses. 25, 2020, there were two betamethasone positives. She replied, “that it’s not permitted at any level.”īorden said there were nine betamethasone positives from 2016 to 2018. Jennifer Wolsing, general counsel for the KHRC, asked Borden, "What does it mean if a medication has no listed threshold?" #BaffertAppeal /SMbNurPgSS- Horse Racing Nation August 23, 2022 She is going over details of the rules regarding betamethasone and how it does not matter how it is administered and that no level was allowable on race day. She also said this is the case no matter how betamethasone is administered.Ĭhief steward Barbara Borden on the stand. On Tuesday, Borden was asked whether any level of betamethasone was permissible in a racehorse in 2021. The KHRC contends that any presence of betamethasone on race day is prohibited. Nice sport.Horse Racing Nation's Ron Flatter is in Frankfort to follow the proceedings, with chief steward Barbara Borden taking the stand Tuesday morning.īaffert's team argues that the use of betamethasone did not violate regulations because it was administered as an ointment, rather than injected. The steward later took no questions at a news conference. I’m not sure if there was justice in the Louisville mud on Saturday, but it was riveting, the stewards looking at replays in a small room, led by the chief steward Barbara Borden, who was clearly living a true Katherine Harris moment, her 22 minutes of fame. ![]() The New Orleans Saints are still looking for justice. But it lasted longer than any umpires’ review, or referees’ review (btw, we checked the replay: The Lightning still got swept). The one that just wrapped up in Washington lasted 22 months and still has politicians running around in circles. The post-race inquiry lasted nearly 22 minutes, not long for a country built on inquiries. Horse Racing held the spotlight for a few moments, but it was an ugly glare. Neither did an entire slate of Major League Baseball games. Neither did James Harden’s 41 in the NBA playoffs. Bruins-Blue Jackets and the Stanley Cup playoffs didn’t matter. And so, it had happened, for the first time in the history of a race that had been run 145 times, dating back to shortly after the Civil War, when Lee dismounted at Appomattox to meet Grant and his winning ticket. Country House, a 65-to-1 longshot, was declared victorious. Derby winner Maximum Security was taken down for interfering with several horses, disqualified.
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