While the revelation about Otomax may help explain why Medina Spirit failed a drug test, it does not necessarily mean that Medina Spirit's Derby win will be upheld. Listen: I don't know the answer to that question. I don't want to be quoted as throwing the veterinarian under the bus either. When asked how a veterinarian could have given the horse Otomax so close to a race without knowing it could result in a drug positive, Baffert's attorney Craig Robertson replied, “That's a question you're going to have to ask the veterinarian. As such, I wanted to be forthright about this fact as soon as I learned of this information.” “While we do not know definitively that this was the source of the alleged 21 picograms found in Medina Spirit's post-race blood sample, and our investigation is continuing, I have been told by equine pharmacology experts that this could explain the test results. “Yesterday, I was informed that one of the substances in Otomax is betamethasone,” Baffert said in his statement.
Otomax contains gentamicin sulfate, betamethasone valerate and clotrimazole in a mineral oil-based system containing a plasticized hydrocarbon gel.”
According to the company, “Otomax is indicated for the treatment of canine acute and chronic otitis externa associated with yeast (Malassezia pachydermatis) and/or bacteria susceptible to gentamicin. The word “Betamethasone” appears prominently on the front of the packaging. Otomax, made by the pharmaceutical giant Merck, is commonly used to fight infections in the outer ears of dogs. Betamethasone is clearly listed as an ingredient in Otomax on the box containing the drug. The trainer now says that he was not aware until Monday that the ointment in question, called Otomax, contained betamethasone. With the latest statement, Baffert reversed course after declaring emphatically earlier in the week that the horse had never been treated with betamethasone. Baffert said that Medina Spirit had been dealing with a case of dermatitis after finishing second in the GI Runhappy Santa Anita Derby and was treated with the medication as late as Apr. Bob Baffert said in a statement issued Tuesday that Medina Spirit (Protonico) was treated with an anti-fungal ointment prior to his victory in the GI Kentucky Derby, which he believes may explain why the horse tested positive for the medication betamethasone in a post-race test.
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