What happened to Medina Spirit?

MEDINA Spirit was the winner of 2021's Kentucky Derby, which took place in May.

On Monday, December 6, 2021, Medina Spirit reportedly died during a workout.

What happened to Medina Spirit?

Medina Spirit passed away Monday morning after suffering a heart attack during a workout at the Santa Anita racetrack in California.

The colt was just three years old at the time of his death.

Following his 2021 Kentucky Derby win, Medina Spirit and his trainer, Bob Baffert, faced possible disqualification after the horse tested positive for the anti-inflammatory steroid betamethasone.

According to Baffert, an ointment used to treat the colt for a skin condition contained the substance.

After urine testing on Medina Spirit, it was found that the steroids did come from a topical ointment and not from an injection, according to Lex18.

Was Medina Spirit disqualified after he tested positive for steroids?

Following the Kentucky Derby, a post-race test showed 21 picograms of anti-inflammatory drug betamethasone in Medina Spirit's system, which is double the legal limit in Kentucky.

During a press conference hosted outside Baffert's barn at Churchill Downs, the trainer said he was "shocked" by the results.

"This is the biggest gut punch I've had in racing and it's for something I didn't do," he told reporters at the time.

"It's an injustice. I don't know what's going on in racing now but it's not right. I don’t feel embarrassed, I feel like I was robbed.

"We know we didn’t do it, and that’s the thing. We didn’t have anything to do with it.

"I don’t know how it got in his system, if it’s in his system or was there a mistake."

After the Derby, Medina Spirit was banned from competing in the Belmont Stakes.

Baffert was banned for two years by Churchill Downs after the horse's second positive test in June of 2021.

Who is Bob Baffert?

Born on January 13, 1953, Bob Baffert is an American racehorse trainer.

At 68 years old, Baffert's horses have won seven Kentucky Derbies, seven Preakness Stakes, three Belmont Stakes, and three Kentucky Oaks.

He began training thoroughbreds full-time in 1991, and has ever since.

Between 1997 and 1999, Baffert won the Eclipse Award as outstanding trainer three years running and was voted the 1997 Big Sport of Turfdom Award.

In 2007, Baffert was inducted into the Lone Star Park's Hall of Fame. Two years later in 2009, he was inducted to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame.

Baffert has been married twice, and has five children. His first wife, Sherry, and he share four children together: Taylor, Canyon, Forest, and Savannah.

He married his second wife, Jill, in 2002, and the two have one child together, Bode.

What is Bob Baffert's net worth?

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Bob Baffert is estimated to be worth around $30million.

Baffert was a jockey and raced horses as a teenager, winning his first professional horse race at the age of 17.

After graduating from the University of Arizona, Baffert began training horses.