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T Severini (IP Logged)
Date: May 10, 2021 09:35AM
Regarding the Steroid in question, Gamines split sample confirmed the presence of the "medication" and Gamine was disqualified from the Kentucky Oaks, a race she finished third in, carrying her speed a long way.
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6obwV9UOv4]Gamine's Kentucky Oaks[/url]
Since then, Gamine has evolved into a sprint mare and Baffert maintains she is one of his best mares ever.
After a spate of positives Baffert vowed to run a "tighter ship", stating, we've been running our stable like a first class stable, but we must run it like a hospital.
[url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/244538/baffert-commits-to-changes-to-prevent-failed-drug-tests]Hospitial cross contamination pledge[/url]
(Baffert and his Lawyer, maintained the positives were from exposure to stable hands taking the Race Day banned medications.) That defense did not hold up with Gamine, likely based upon a "Strictly Liable" for ANY positive standard.
[url=https://www.drf.com/news/gamine-disqualified-kentucky-oaks-placing-baffert-fined-1500]Baffert Vows New Precautions[/url]
Post "Tighter Ship" vow, Medina Spirit now has a positive with the same Medication Gamine was disqualified upon. However, it does not yet appear that the split sample has been tested to confirm the positive.
Performance enhancing? In the anecdotes and alchemy of medications can anyone truly say? Who would like to hear Bafferts opinion on that regardless of what he might say?