Pinned
A horse trained by Bob Baffert sustained a fatal injury in an undercard race in the hours before the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, as deaths continued to haunt the road to the Triple Crown. Baffert was returning to the Preakness after serving a suspension in connection with a failed drug test by his 2021 Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, who died later that year.
The death on Saturday added to the recent toll of horse fatalities surrounding the Triple Crown races, after seven horses died at Churchill Downs in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby earlier this month.