yesterday afternoon it came out that bob baffert the trainer from edina spirit who won the kentucky derby it was bad for its 7th here you see what happened about a week ago now it was baffert 7 kentucky derby crown a for a record but it would need to medina spirit crossing the wire their 1st took took in the derby and then yesterday came out that he tested the horse tested positive for a substance called bait a method which is an inflammatory and used to treat pain and you're only allowed 10 people grams but not within a. a 14 day window and this horse tested positive for 21 pico grams of beta method zone so it can't be done within the system at all within its 14 day window prior to the race however now bob baffert is denying any wrongdoing and he came out saying quote yesterday i got the biggest gut punch in racing for something that i did not do and this is really it's disturbing it's an injustice to the horse i feel like you know here you want to race and you're still not to me i don't know what's going on in racing right now but there's something not right and i don't feel embarrassed

that there's controversy yes yesterday afternoon it came out that bob baffert the trainer from edina spirit who won the kentucky derby it was bad for its 7th here you see what happened a week ago now it was 7 kentucky derby crown or for a record. crossing the wire their 1st took took the derby and then yesterday came out that he tested the horse tested positive for a substance called. inflammatory and used to treat pain and you're only allowed 10 people grams but not within a 14 day window and this horse tested positive for 21 people grams of beta met the zone so it can't be within the system at all with the. it's a 14 day window prior to the race however now baffert is denying any wrongdoing and he came out saying quote yesterday i got the biggest gut punch in racing for something that i did not do and this is really it's disturbing it's an injustice to the horse i feel like you know here you want to race and you're still not to me i don't know what's going on in racing right now but there's something not right and i don't feel embarrassed i feel like i was wrong and he went on to say he f

that there's controversy yes yesterday afternoon it came out that bob baffert the trainer from edina spirit who won the kentucky derby it was bad for its 7th here you see what happened about a week ago now it was after 7 kentucky derby crown of her record but what do you know spirit crossing the wire there 1st took took the derby and then yesterday came out that he tested the horse tested positive for a substance called beta method zone which is an inflammatory and used to treat pain and you're only allowed 10 people grams but not within a 14 day window and this horse tested positive for 21 people grams of beta met the zone so it can't be within the system at all within its 14 day window prior to the race however now baffert is denying any wrongdoing and he came out saying quote yesterday i got the biggest gut punch in racing for something that i did not do and this is really it's disturbing it's an injustice to the horse i feel like you know here you want to race and you're still not to me i don't know what's going on in racing right now but there's something not right and i don't feel emb

ma edina spirit gets to do to t preakness, the next race and that gives the horse racing wide spreadon the triple down and could never win a triple crown again. how big of a blow is this? >> reporter: yeah, listen, i mean baffert is colossal in this sport, white house and signature blue glasses. the numbers back him up. he's won over $320 million in a 30 plus year career, 13,000 plus starts. he's placed one to three in half of those. he is a big deal. and, you know, if there is a stain on baffert's legacy, there is a stain on the entire sport. that's how big this guy is. he's had issues in the past. he's got over them. we're not saying this is definite. that split sample still needs to come back but if there is a stain on baffert, stain on the sport. erin? >> nick, thank you very much and thanks to all of you. "ac 360" starts now. >>> good evening. breaking news on the house floor of the u.s. capitol where congresswoman liz cheney is expected to speak any moment now. her office sent out a statement saying her speech would start around 8:00 p.m. likely, her last speech as house republ