Medina Spirit was only three years old, equivalent to nine in human years. “Horses are fully mature at age six,” Battuello says. “The bones in their neck and spine are the last to finish.

The Medina Spirit case falls into the last category. However, some findings such as swollen lungs, foam in the windpipe, enlarged spleen and mild bleeding, “are compatible with, ...

Medina Spirit is the youngest first-place Derby finisher to die since 1984, when Swale died suddenly after a workout that June 17, eight days after winning the Belmont Stakes.

Medina Spirit, the thoroughbred colt whose 2021 Kentucky Derby win is in peril due to a failed drug test, will be allowed to run in this Saturday's Preakness Stakes, the second leg of horse racing ...

Medina Spirit (number 8 on the right) on the way to winning the 2021 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 1, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky. A week after the Derby, ...

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit can race in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes after the final two rounds of blood samples from the horse were deemed clear, officials said Friday.

Medina Spirit, the disputed winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby, died Monday of a heart attack after a workout at Santa Anita Park, trainer Bob Baffert said. “My entire barn is devastated by this ...

Medina Spirit, winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby, died Monday morning while breezing at Santa Anita. No cause of death was announced.

"Medina Spirit truly had the heart of (a) champion, and it is very comforting to know that he will be laid to rest with many of racing's greats and the wonderful people at Old Friends Farm."hor.

Following Medina Spirit's two previously failed drug tests, 69-year-old Baffert was suspended by Churchill Downs and is not allowed to enter horses in the upcoming 2022 and 2023 Kentucky Derbies.

As Medina Spirit’s second test sample is sent out to a lab, trainer Bob Baffert takes to Fox News in the wake of his suspension by Churchill Downs. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

Medina Spirit tested positive for betamethasone, a corticosteroid, but officials in Kentucky are awaiting results from a second sample to determine if his Derby victory will be overturned.