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BY JANE ALLIN — Continued from Part 1 WHAT TO MAKE OF ALL THIS? Since the sudden deaths of the seven horses there has been much speculation with regard to the root cause of these deaths, more so now that the results, in effect, have been reported to be inconclusive thereby absolving Baffert of any… Continue reading Deadly to Horses: The Baffert Effect – Part 2
BY JANE ALLIN An article written by Bill Dwyre last month in the Los Angeles Times absurdly glorifies Thoroughbred horse racing’s poster boy; “Horse racing has problems, but trainer Bob Baffert isn’t one of them”. SUDDEN DEATHS Bob Baffert is the Hall of Fame trainer with the largest racing stable in California, and more recently… Continue reading Deadly to Horses: The Baffert Effect – Part 1
We have been covering the Hearing from the beginning. We are weary of it. But, since we started, we must finish. Horse Racing Nation has the best coverage, and we only quote from the best. They write: Trainer Bob Baffert was expected back on the stand as soon as Monday, the fifth day of his… Continue reading Baffert hearing update in Medina Spirit doping case
We begin with Day One. Scroll down to the end for links to all Hearing dates. HORSE RACING NATION reports the following, on 22nd August 2002 :— Day One THE Kentucky Horse Racing Commission hearing on trainer Bob Baffert’s request to have his 90-day suspension for Medina Spirit’s betamethasone overage in the 2021 Kentucky Derby… Continue reading Baffert Ky Derby suspension Hearings on the doping of Medina Spirit
Hearing officer O. Peter Sherwood recommended April 27 that trainer Bob Baffert receive a two-year suspension from the New York Racing Association for repeated medication violations involving his horses in other jurisdictions. The suspension—which would apply only to NYRA’s three racetracks, Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course—must still be approved by a three-person… Continue reading Hearing officer recommends 2 yr NYRA ban for Baffert
Vivian was preparing to write an update on the ongoing troubles of racehorse trainer Bob Baffert — that Baffert’s “get out of jail card” may no longer be what it used to be. Then she saw Barry Irwin’s interesting article on the Paulick Report, where Mr. Erwin generously explains and analyzes Baffert’s woes — from… Continue reading Baffert and Racing and HISA, oh my
“The Kentucky Court of Appeals on Friday denied a motion by trainer Bob Baffert and owner Amr Zedan to stay their penalties related to Medina Spirit’s betamethasone positive in the 2021 GI Kentucky Derby. This means the most severe of the sanctions, an under-appeal 90-day suspension imposed on Baffert by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission… Continue reading Baffert denied by Kentucky Court of Appeals
Sorry, but we just cannot seem to get rid of Bob Baffert, even for a little while. Predictably, Baffert is fighting to have his recent 90-day suspension set aside. It is “destroying his business.” Poor thing. Horse Racing Nation reports, “Trainer Bob Baffert and his legal team requested an injunction in Franklin Circuit Court on… Continue reading Baffert fighting 90 day suspension
Attorneys for Bob Baffert and the New York Racing Association wrapped up a hearing on Friday to help determine whether the trainer will receive a lengthy suspension. Henry Greenberg, representing NYRA, said during his closing argument that Baffert has caused harm to the sport of racing with his actions after Medina Spirit’s Kentucky Derby betamethasone… Continue reading Baffert’s NYRA hearing ends
Court hears expert testimony regarding betamethasone use on the late Medina Spirit Updated 11:24 am Horse Racing Nation’s article reports the following on Court proceedings in the New York Baffert case: The New York Racing Association spent the second day of its hearing with trainer Bob Baffert in Manhattan trying to prove that his various… Continue reading NYRA tries to prove Baffert is bad for racing’s public perception
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