By Janet Patton From Lexington Herald-Leader LEXINGTON, Ky.—A Kentucky judge on Wednesday ordered Medina Spirit’s frozen urine sample to be flown to a New York lab in a private plane for more testing to help determine the fate of the Kentucky Derby winner. After a previously sent blood sample shattered, Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas D. Wingate also ordered that two representatives of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and two representatives of trainer Bob Baffert and Amr Zedan’s Zedan Stables accompany the frozen sample. Baffert and Zedan have to pay for the flight. The order came after a hearing June 11 over exactly how much of the remaining urine sample the Kentucky racing commission would give attorneys for Baffert and Zedan, who hope to prove that Medina Spirit was not injected with a corticosteroid before the Derby. The two were not able to agree on a quantity and took the matter …
Judge Orders Private Plane Fly Kentucky Derby Winner’s Sample to NY but Limits Testing
June 16, 2021
admin
0 Comment