Congratulations to Amr Zedan of Zedan Racing and Zedan Polo, on winning the Kentucky Derby. His Bob Baffert trained colt Medina Spirit (blue shadowroll) led all the way under the ride of John Velasquez to win it by half a length from Mandaloun and Hot Rod Charlie.
Medina Spirit was not an expensive buy. At the yearing sales, the son of Protonico out of the Brilliant Speed mare Mongolian Changa, went for only US$1,000. A year later, at the Ocala Breeders’ 2-year-old Sale last July, Zedan took an interest and, with Baffert’s stamp of approval, paid a mere $35,000 for the colt.
On Saturday, Medina Spirit won the Kentucky Derby.
“On the way into the stretch, I just couldn’t see anything. It just went gray, and all of a sudden everybody is jumping on top of me. I don’t know. It was emotional. It was surreal. It was just amazing.”
I had the pleasure of meeting Amr Zedan a few years ago when I was consulting on a polo project in Saudi Arabia. Amr is a visionary who deserves all the success he enjoys in polo and racing.
Postscript:
Kentucky Derby Winner Medina Spirit Fails Drug Test: The Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, whose horses have failed five tests in a little more than a year, was suspended, but he denied wrongdoing.
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