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    Avatar photoIanDavies
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    Only a 3yo, career dogged by controversy.

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    Predictable.
    Drugs put an enormous strain on a horse’s heart.

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    What a waste of a talented racehorse. 3 years old he’d given them victory and they just wanted more.
    BB has a lot to answer to. :-(

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    Similar to another thread on here,it’s uncannily like cycling…… It maybe just natural causes – however, my first thought was something else….

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    Poor horse rip

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    Titus Oates
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    @AndyRAC – my thoughts went in exactly the same direction. I also thought of the fate of X Y Jet:
    https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/238967/indictment-details-alleged-doping-of-x-y-jet

    Putting to one side the poor horse, the key thing is that, in line with standard procedures, blood, hair and urine samples will have been taken and there will be a full tissue sample (results in 3-6 weeks):

    Medina Spirit Dies of Apparent Heart Attack at Santa Anita

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    This “little” horse with a BIG heart did not die in vain!

    According to ‘Racing Post’:

    “Bob Baffert edged closer to complete stable shutdown after latest legal setback.

    The Kentucky Court of Appeals has denied Bob Baffert’s request for an emergency stay of a 90-day ban, the latest in a series of legal setbacks for the Hall of Fame trainer in his fight against two separate suspensions connected to Medina Spirit’s positive test after the 2021 Kentucky Derby.

    The court on Friday dismissed Baffert’s claim that his suspension (90 days), due to come into force on Sunday, would cause ‘irreparable injury before the matter can be heard in due course’.

    The suspension, which will be honoured by racing jurisdictions across the country, will result in Baffert having to disband his California stable”

    Reportedly, he has over 100 stalls in Santa Anita which he had to be vacated effective Monday, 4th April 2022. I can not confirm whether or not he has?

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