THE 146th running of the second leg of the US Triple Crown in Pimlico tonight has been overshadowed by the controversy surrounding the failed drug test of the Bob Baffert-trained Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit.

Medina Spirit’s positive test for a banned substance was made known on Sunday but he and his stablemate
Concert Tour were already being vanned to Maryland. Despite the controversy, Medina Spirit is the short-priced favourite ahead of Concert Tour in what does not appear to be a strong classic field of 10.