Professional photographer Vanessa Ng of Horse-Races.Net ***THE REAL HRN -- THE ORIGINAL SINCE 1994*** was at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Oaks (G1). Photos from race days here:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/alexbrown/messages?msg=64673.21

https://www.secretariat.com/askin-haskin/05/02/2021/derby-recap-the-stuff-of-dreams/

 Great article by Steve Haskin about the Cinderella story of Media Spirit and the woman who bought him for 1000.00

It is a Cinderella story!

 This horse has captured my heart!!!!

Well.  Here we go again Mr. Baffert.

Paulick Report has the full Bob Baffert press conference on video.

 I don't believe Baffert would be stupid  enough to use a banned substance in the Derby. He knows he is the most visible person in horse racing: I am no conspiracy theorist by any means, but something is wrong with this picture. That is my opinion.

It would be very stupid to use something on a Derby horse.  But this stuff just keeps happening with Baffert horses so frequently that I don’t know what to believe.

 When I saw that headline I just could not believe it.  I feel so badly for the horse, which up to now has been a cinderella story.  Baffert knows all eyes are on him: he could not be that stupid or arrogant to dope a horse (for lack of a better word) in the most visible race in the country. I hate to say I think maybe somebody got to his horse, or there is some other reasonable explanation: I simply do not believe it, but the attention this is going to get is just awful for Baffert and the industry. It makes me sad.