Preakness Stakes 2021: Medina Spirit draw No. 3 post, opens as 9-5 favorite


Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit was established as the 9-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday's Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

Trained by Bob Baffert, Medina Spirit drew the No. 3 post position in a field of 10 for the Preakness. Post time for the Preakness is 6:50 p.m., and the race will be televised live by NBC. 

Medina Spirit's status as the Kentucky Derby winner is in peril after the horse tested positive for 21 picograms of betamethasone following his May 1 victory in the Run for the Roses.

Churchill Downs has announced Medina Spirit will be disqualified as the Kentucky Derby winner if a second test - called a “split sample” – comes back positive. Results of that the second test are not expected back for several weeks.

Before Tuesday's draw, Craig Robertson, Baffert’s lawyer, confirmed an agreement with the Maryland Jockey Club that would allow Medina Spirit and Concert Tour to enter the Preakness. 

In a letter to Alan Rifkin, an attorney for the Maryland Jockey Club, Robertson wrote Baffert consented to blood testing, monitoring and medical record reviews for Medina Spirit, Concert Tour and Beautiful Gift. The latter is entered in Friday’s Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico. 

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