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In a photo provided by Benoit Photo, Muth, ridden by jockey Juan Hernandez, wins the Grade I, $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes horse race Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. Preakness favorite Muth has been ruled out of the second leg of the Triple Crown after spiking a fever. The Maryland Jockey Club announced Muth's status change Wednesday, May 15, 2024, roughly 12 hours after the horse arrived at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. (Benoit Photo via AP, File) **FILE**

Preakness favorite Muth ruled out of second leg of Triple Crown after spiking a fever

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

FILE - In this image provided by Benoit Photo, trainer Bob Baffert smiles after Muth (2), with Juan Hernandez aboard, won the Grade I $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes horse race Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. A Kentucky appeals court judge on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, has denied Zedan Racing Stables’ requests for an emergency hearing and ruling that sought to allow Bob Baffert-trained Arkansas Derby winner Muth to run in next week’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. (Benoit Photo via AP, File)

Kentucky appeals court denies Bob Baffert-trained Arkansas Derby winner Muth to enter Kentucky Derby

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Irad Ortiz Jr. rides Forte to victory past Juan Hernandez on Cave Rock during the Breeders' Cup Juvenile race at the Keenelend Race Course, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, in Lexington, Ky. Cave Rock, runner-up in last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile and trained by Bob Baffert, has died from complications of laminitis that developed after surgery in July. The 3-year-old colt who died Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, had not raced since last year's Breeders' Cup at Keeneland. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Cave Rock, a 3-year-old colt trained by Bob Baffert, dies of laminitis

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Trainer Bob Baffert walks off the track after his horse Arabian Lion won The Woody Stephens ahead of the Belmont Stakes horse race Saturday, June 10, 2023, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Churchill Downs extends trainer Bob Baffert’s ban through 2024

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Bob Baffert, center, owner of Preakness Stakes entrant National Treasure, walks near the stables ahead of the 148th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Friday, May 19, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Horse trained by Bob Baffert euthanized on track after racing injury on Preakness undercard

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

National Treasure, second from right, with jockey John Velazquez, edges out Blazing Sevens, with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., left, to win the148th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 20, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Baffert’s National Treasure wins Preakness, hours after one of his horses was euthanized

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Preakness contender First Mission gets a bath after a workout on the Pimlico track Tuesday morning, May 16, 2023, in Baltimore, in preparation for Saturday's Preakness Stakes horse race. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Mage faces a tough challenge in Preakness in pursuit of win in second Triple Crown race

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Bob Baffert, center, owner of Preakness Stakes entrant National Treasure, walks near the stables ahead of the 148th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Friday, May 19, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Bob Baffert is back at the Preakness, his first Triple Crown race in 2 years

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Jockey Ron Turcotte rides Secretariat during the 99th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. on May 5, 1973.Secretariat won the Derby, Preakness and Belmont in record times that still stand. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)

Triple Crown winner Secretariat still dominant 50 years later

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

In this May 1, 2019, file photo, trainer Bob Baffert watches his Kentucky Derby entrant Game Winner during a workout at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Baffert won't be saddling any horses in the Kentucky Derby this weekend. The winner of a record-tying six Derbies will miss the race for the second straight year while completing a two-year suspension issued by Churchill Downs Inc. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Why Bob Baffert won’t be at Kentucky Derby 2nd year in a row

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

Trainer Bob Baffert waits for the Breeders' Cup horse races at Del Mar racetrack in Del Mar, Calif., Nov. 5, 2021. Baffert can once again enter horses at New York’s major tracks. The Hall of Fame trainer’s one-year ban by the New York Racing Association ended Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, allowing him to enter horses as soon as Thursday, Jan. 26. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Trainer Bob Baffert’s ban from racing in New York is over

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

FILE - Trainer Bob Baffert waits for the Breeders' Cup horse races at Del Mar racetrack in Del Mar, Calif., Nov. 5, 2021. The Kentucky Court of Appeals on Friday, April 1, rejected Bafferts motion for emergency relief from a 90-day suspension. As a result of the order signed by Acting Chief Judge Allison Jones, the Hall of Fame trainers suspension is scheduled to begin Monday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Baffert barred from participating in Preakness Stakes by Maryland commission

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Bob Baffert, trainer for Kentucky Derby hopeful Medina Spirit, talks to a reporter outside his barn at Churchill Downs Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Louisville, Ky. Medina Spirit was stripped of the victory in last year’s Kentucky Derby and Mandaloun was declared the winner in a ruling by state racing stewards on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) **FILE**

Baffert switches four Kentucky Derby hopefuls to other trainers

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

John Velazquez riding Medina Spirit crosses the finish line to win the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., in this Saturday, May 1, 2021, file photo. Medina Spirit was stripped of the victory in last year’s Kentucky Derby and Mandaloun was declared the winner in a ruling by state racing stewards on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File) **FILE**

Medina Spirit stripped of last year’s Kentucky Derby victory

By Gary B. Graves - Associated Press

FILE - John Velazquez atop Medina Spirit competes during the 146th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 15, 2021, in Baltimore. Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit collapsed and died after a workout Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, at Santa Anita. The 3-year-old colt trained by Bob Baffert had just completed five furlongs in his second workout since finishing second in the Breeders’ Cup Classic a month ago at Del Mar, according to Craig Robertson, Baffert’s attorney. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Derby winner Medina Spirit collapses, dies in California

By Beth Harris - Associated Press