Derby Winner Medina Spirit Collapses, Dies in California

Derby Winner Medina Spirit Collapses, Dies in California
Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit looks on from his stall after arriving at Pimlico Race Course for the upcoming Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, on May 10, 2021. Rob Carr/Getty Images
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Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit collapsed and died after a workout Monday 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. Baffert said in a statment that the horse suffered a heart attack.