LEXINGTON, Ky. — In a full board meeting on Friday, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission denied trainer Bob Baffert’s request for a stay of his 90-day suspension.
The board voted 10-0 to deny Baffert’s request for a stay. Three board members abstained.
The 90-day suspension was handed down by KHRC stewards on Feb. 21 in the ruling disqualifying Medina Spirit from his 2021 Kentucky Derby victory after lab tests showed 21 picagrams of betamethasone in the colt’s system. The presence of the drug violated KHRC rules. Baffert was also assessed a $7,500 fine.