Medina Spirit, winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby, died Monday morning while breezing at Santa Anita. No cause of death was announced, but the early indications are that it was a heart attack. A necropsy will be performed.
The 3-year-old colt was breezing around 7:45 a.m. when he collapsed around the finish line. The horse ambulance was brought out and he was taken off the track. The death was confirmed by the California Horse Racing Board.
Medina Spirit has been at the center of the controversy surrounding trainer Bob Baffert since he tested positive after winning the Kentucky Derby for a legal medication, just not legal on race day. It has led to a lengthy battle over the source of the betamethasone, an anti-inflammatory, in the horse’s system.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has not charged Baffert or sought to overturn the win pending the results of blood and urine tests. On Friday, Baffert’s attorneys announced results have shown that betamethasone was administered through an ointment, for treatment of a rash, not through injection.
Medina Spirit won five of 10 lifetime races, including the Kentucky Derby and Awesome Again. His last race was at Del Mar when he finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
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