One thing about Medina Spirit is clear: He should not be allowed to run the Preakness

The bay colt was scheduled to be loaded into a van Monday for shipment to Pimlico, where he will gallop a mile and three-sixteenths in the dirt just two weeks after the Derby, while everyone awaits the result of the “split sample,” the second test demanded by Baffert. Filling the starting gates with high-profile contenders is apparently a bigger priority than protecting the horses or the other competitors.