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What to know before the 153rd Belmont Stakes kicks off

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NBC SPORTS – The Belmont Stakes returns to early June and closes out a dramatic 2021 Triple Crown, only on NBC Sports. The 153rd Belmont Stakes airs on Saturday, June 5 from 3-5 p.m. ET on NBCSN and from 5-7 p.m. on NBC. Coverage is also available on NBCSports.com and on the NBC Sports app. NBC Sports will also broadcast from Belmont Park on Friday, June 4 from 5-6 p.m. ET with live racing, insider previews, and expert betting tips. What started as a much-anticipated return to normal on the First Saturday in May turned into controversy when, eight days after the 147th Kentucky Derby,...

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Rombauer wins the 2021 Preakness Stakes

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BALTIMORE — Rombauer won the 2021 Preakness Stakes Saturday evening in Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness Stakes was the second leg of the American Triple Crown of horse racing, NBC Sports reports. The Preakness reclaimed its traditional second spot in the Triple Crown for its 146th running after an October edition in 2020. Last year, Kenny McPeek’s Swiss Skydiver became the sixth filly in history to win the Preakness Stakes. She outlasted 2020 Kentucky Derby champ and eventual Horse of the Year Authentic in a furious chase to the wire. The post...

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Here’s what you need to know before the 2021 Preakness Stakes kicks off

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NBC — The Preakness Stakes is reclaiming its traditional second spot in the Triple Crown for its 146th running after an October edition in 2020. The 2021 Preakness Stakes will air on Saturday, May 15 from 2-5 p.m. on NBCSN and from 5-7:30 p.m. on NBC, NBC Sports reports. Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit opens as the 9-5 morning-line favorite after Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert agreed to “rigorous” conditions set by The Stronach Group and the Maryland Jockey Club. On Sunday, May 9, Baffert announced that Medina Spirit had 21 picograms of the steroid betamethasone in a postrace drug...

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Medina Spirit can race in Preakness despite failing drug test after Derby

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(NBC) Medina Spirit has been cleared to race in the Preakness Saturday despite testing positive for a steroid after winning the Kentucky Derby. Trainer Bob Baffert revealed Medina Spirit tested positive for betamethasone, which put his Derby win in question. Shortly after the announcement, officials at Churchill Downs, where the Kentucky Derby is held, said Baffert would be suspended indefinitely from the track. After the 3-year-old finished second at the Santa Anita Derby on April 3, Medina Spirit “developed dermatitis on his hind end” before a veterinarian “recommended...

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Derby winner ‘Medina Spirit’ fails drug test, officials say

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Owner of Kentucky Derby winner ‘Medina Spirit’ is fighting back after being told the horse failed a drug test. Bob Baffert’s frustration was apparent as he tried to digest the latest positive drug test involving one of his prized thoroughbreds. Medina Spirit is Baffert’s fifth horse to fail a drug test in a year, which the Hall of Famer vowed to fight “tooth and nail” in the latest doping scandal for horse racing and arguably the sport’s premier trainer, AP reports. Flanked by his attorney Craig Robertson in a morning news conference at Churchill Downs on...

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