Trump calls Medina Spirit a ‘junky’ after drug test revelation

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Former President Donald Trump referred to as Medina Spirit a “junky” on Sunday, after the Kentucky Derby winner’s coach revealed the horse examined constructive for an unlawful substance.

“So now even our Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, is a junky. That is emblematic of what’s occurring to our Nation,” Trump said in a posting on his weblog website.

“The entire world is laughing at us as we go to hell on our Borders, our pretend Presidential Election, and all over the place else!” the previous commander-in-chief stated.

Bob Baffert revealed earlier within the morning that Medina Spirit examined constructive for betamethasone in a post-race drug test.

The horse had 11 picograms of the anti-inflammatory above the authorized restrict in Kentucky racing.

Baffert, a Corridor-of-Fame coach, stated it was “surprising” as a result of Medina Spirit has “by no means been handled with betamethasone.”

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“So now even our Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, is a junky. That is emblematic of what’s occurring to our Nation,” Trump stated in a posting on his weblog website.
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“Yesterday I obtained the most important gut-punch in racing for one thing I didn’t do,” Baffert advised reporters at Churchill Downs in Louisville. “It’s disturbing. It’s an injustice to the horse.”

Baffert was suspended from Churchill Downs, however up to now Medina Spirit has not been disqualified from competing in subsequent Saturday’s Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown.

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