Legendary horse trainer Bob Baffert banned from California races amid 90-day suspension

Legendary horse coach Bob Baffert has been suspended by the California Horse Racing Board, simply someday after the Kentucky Court docket of Appeals denied his movement for keep from a 90-day suspension over Medina Spirit’s constructive remedy take a look at following final yr’s Kentucky Derby.

The CHRB launched a press release on Saturday saying its ruling which, along with upholding the suspension starting on Monday, will even forestall him from being concerned within the coaching of any horses beforehand beneath his care and from any enclosures beneath the CHRB’s jurisdiction, FOX11 reported. 

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​​”As a result of the suspension is over 60 days, beneath the CHRB guidelines, in the course of the time period of the suspension, Mr. Baffert might be banned from all enclosures beneath the jurisdiction of the CHRB and Mr. Baffert shall not be permitted to be concerned within the coaching of horses who’ve beforehand been beneath his care,” the assertion learn. “Any coach who could apply for stalls in anticipation of a switch might be required to conform absolutely with any relevant restrictions.” 

Previous to the announcement, signage exterior Baffert’s barn at Santa Anita was eliminated as a part of a CHRB rule that mandates any coach who’s suspended for 60 days or extra be banned from all CHRB-licensed amenities.

The Corridor of Fame coach’s suspension is the results of remedy violations involving a few of his horses, together with Medina Spirit. The colt completed first within the 2021 Kentucky Derby and examined constructive after the race for the corticosteroid betamethasone, which isn’t allowed in Kentucky, on race day. Medina Spirit was later disqualified.

FILE – John Velazquez using Medina Spirit crosses the end line to win the 147th operating of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on this Saturday, Might 1, 2021, file photograph. 
(AP Picture/Jeff Roberson, File)

He’s already suspended from Churchill Downs from the 2022 and 2023 Kentucky Derbies however is preventing these bans in federal court docket. 

Coach Bob Baffert watches exercises at Churchill Downs Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Louisville, Ky. The 147th operating of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, Might 1. 
(AP Picture/Charlie Riedel)

A choose dominated Friday that his 90-day suspension could be upheld and go into impact on Monday as deliberate after the court docket discovered “no dedication of the deserves of Baffert’s contentions of error.”

The Related Press contributed to this report.