As always, detailed Timestamps and Links follow! More #historyandscandals
00:28 Medina Spirit is Disqualified from his 2021 Kentucky Derby win by the state racing commission. 90-day suspension for trainer Bob Baffert. Purse to be redistributed with the title to Mandaloun** (Juddmonte stables, trainer Brad Cox, and jockey Florent Geroux)
**We still LUV Medina Spirit, who gave everything and deserved far better.
https://paulickreport.com/news/the-biz/medina-spirit-disqualified-from-2021-kentucky-derby-win-baffert-given-90-day-suspension/
4:09 Baffert’s horse Blackadder just won the El Camino Real Derby, a Preakness win-and-you’re-in race. Will the Maryland uphold KY’s ruling?
UPDATE: YES!
https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/horse-racing/bs-sp-preakness-medina-spirit-disqualified-bob-baffert-suspended-20220221-7kblrvwf7bgfhltc6wltz2nt5i-story.html
His 90 days end a week before the Belmont Stakes—will Baffert still be banned in NY?
7:40 One genuine 3 year-old Derby contender is Newgrange, currently scheduled for the Rebel Stakes G2 at this weekend. And what about Corniche?!
11:23 Besides the Medina Spirit tragedy, Baffert has plenty of questionable history
13:27 The Jockey Club has had its eyes on doping since its FIRST roundtable proceeding in 1953. The Horseracing Safety and Integrity Act (HISA) is the most recent legislative approach** to get at the issue.
**The Jockey Club pulled strings with “policing” too. To learn a LOT more, listen to our podcast The Fishman Affair Parts 1 and 2 (Season 2, Episodes 5 & 6).
16:57 Weej finds eerie similarities in notes from the first roundtable. https://www.jockeyclub.com/Default.asp?section=Resources&area=14
19:37 “Hopping” was the old doping slang. Gray zone nutritional supplements always blur the lines and penalize the scrupulous.
22:08 After federal indictments of dopers, Mark Casse knew his horses would seem to “get faster.” HA! https://paulickreport.com/news/people/from-the-brink-of-retirement-federal-indictments-have-given-casse-renewed-hope/
23:25 Could HISA really help us get data-driven analysis on issues like Lasix (furosemide)?
25:08 Back to 1953 and unfair competition. Arthur Hancock, JUNIOR is mentioned. A generation later, in 1991, it’s Arthur Hancock III (TREY!) who will still be talking about “drugs and thugs” at the racing symposium at the University of AZ.
28:46 Jockey Club rule against abuse and substances. http://www.registry.jockeyclub.com/registry.cfm?Page=tjcRuleBook#nineteen
31:07 Vet Michael Posner rented his prescription pad (cheaply!) to pharmacist-compounder Scott Mangini.
https://paulickreport.com/news/the-biz/trial-date-set-for-vet-connected-with-federal-doping-case/
32:24 Trainer Marcus Vitali flitted between state jurisdictions to avoid consequences https://paulickreport.com/news/the-biz/vitali-suspended-one-year-after-meth-positive-in-pennsylvania-appeal-ongoing/
39:35 Bettors should demand better and withhold support from corrupt operations and actors, because horse racing ISN’T DYING!
43:45 Adverse incentives work! People shouldn’t have to turn a blind eye to have careers or enjoy the sport.
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