Hapless Bills Fan Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 6:57 pm, horses walking to the track and all that starts around 6 pm. Full day schedule Field Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Sad day for me. My mother and I have been making a day of the derby for the last 15+ years up until last year. Unfortunately all other the OTB's around here are closed, so we haven't been able to do it. Hopefully next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Not interested after last year's tomfoolery. I might have a mint julep, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Baffert is the 🤴. Interesting interview they had with him and Belichik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Just realized that Bob Baffert is actually Rick Flair in disguise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBBills Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 So who won? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 On 5/1/2021 at 9:02 PM, TBBills said: So who won? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotAGuy Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 I did! $262 for the win 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 LOL! Medina Spirit failed a post-race drug test. https://www.aol.com/derby-winner-medina-spirit-tests-145029014.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 24 minutes ago, Doc said: LOL! Medina Spirit failed a post-race drug test. https://www.aol.com/derby-winner-medina-spirit-tests-145029014.html He definitely seems innocent to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 I can't imagine anyone would use a banned substance when testing is after race. Sounds more like sabotage , he needs security and camera on horse to keep it safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 2 hours ago, ALF said: I can't imagine anyone would use a banned substance when testing is after race. Sounds more like sabotage , he needs security and camera on horse to keep it safe. Or the masking agent didn't last long enough.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 This seems to happen to Baffert frequently. And he’s good friends with Belichick. Hmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 45 minutes ago, K-9 said: This seems to happen to Baffert frequently. And he’s good friends with Belichick. Hmm. 🤔 On 5/6/2021 at 8:35 PM, WotAGuy said: I did! $262 for the win Did you ever collect? Or did you collect, and then they came knock-knock-knocking at your front door to repo the cash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotAGuy Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Twin Spires took my money and then I took it back. Used PayPal and had my payoff in my bank account within about 12 hours or so. Took a little while for it to get processed by PayPal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 This is probably the end of this "win": https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2021/06/02/medina-spirit-failed-post-race-drug-test-confirmed-by-second-sample Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 They say cheaters never win, but they sure make a lot of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Bob Baffert is suspended and fined: https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2022/02/21/medina-spirit-disqualified-bob-baffert-suspended Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Hold all tickets, Hold all tickets.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 $7500 fine??? Seriously? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Baffert's appeal denied. https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2022/02/25/bob-baffert-s-stay-of-suspension-denied-by-khrc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 On 2/21/2022 at 11:12 PM, Marv's Neighbor said: $7500 fine??? Seriously? I think that's less than the mint julip at the derby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 4 hours ago, RaoulDuke79 said: I think that's less than the mint julip at the derby ….throw in the wifey’s hat, and it looks like a bargain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2022/03/01/bob-baffert-sues-churchill-downs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 34 minutes ago, T&C said: https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2022/03/01/bob-baffert-sues-churchill-downs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Most Thoroughbred trainers who get caught in doping scandals tend to be trainers with cheap horses that struggle to bring back checks in the lowest claiming ranks of whatever track/tracks they race. These horses tend to be older and slower and often have chronic injuries. A lot of these trainers are struggling to keep themselves afloat financially and so try to use various drugs to improve their horses' performances. Bob Baffert doesn't have to drug horses in order to stay in business. He gets more than his share of the very best Thoroughbred race horses in the world. He simply believes that the end justifies the means. His record of doping incidents, especially with his very best runners in big races, is significantly higher than other premier American Thoroughbred trainers like Steve Asmussen, Todd Pletcher, and Chad Brown, all of whom have large strings of horses running all around the country under the supervision of assistant trainers just like Baffert. Baffert needs to stop making excuses and blaming everybody else but the man in charge, ie Bob Baffert. As Harry Truman said, "the buck stops here". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2022/07/10/bob-baffert-wins-big-in-return-from-long-suspension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Contrary to the headline, these days $125k is a pretty paltry purse for a stakes races. On the same day as the Los Alamitos Derby, there were at least 7 stakes races run around the country worth at least $250k, topped by the $1 million Belmont Derby and the $700k Belmont Oaks Invitational (which are both run in New York where Baffert can't run his horses). On Sunday, Belmont ran 3 non-stakes races with purses over $90k each. Churchill Downs, which finished its meeting a week ago or so, has a purse structure similar to the big NY tracks Aqueduct, Belmont, and Saratoga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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