Justify Failed Drug Test Before Derby

[Dahoss]

It also bears mentioning that Winner has had horses with Baffert in the past. No conflict of interest at all.

[parsixfarms]

If protocol had been followed, wouldn't the stewards or CHRB have placed a hold on the purse once the positive test was called? Had a hold been placed on the purse, it is hard to imagine that word would not have got out that some horse had tested positive in the Santa Anita Derby. This was how people became aware that a positive (Masochistic) had been called in the 2016 Breeders Cup Sprint.