WASHINGTON: Doping-hit Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has passed three rounds of blood testing without a doping positive and is cleared to race in Saturday’s 146th Preakness, race officials said Friday.
After the Bob Baffert-trained colt tested positive for traces of a banned steroid in a post-race sample at the Derby, the Maryland Jockey Club required extra testing before allowing him to race at Pimlico in Baltimore in the second jewel of US flat racing’s Triple Crown.
Medina Spirit, the 9-5 oddsmaker favourite, and another Baffert entry, Concert Tour, were clear in three out-of-competition blood tests for…
