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PETA calls for ban of Bob Baffert after one of his horses dies ahead of Preakness Stakes

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Bob Baffert has found himself in yet another controversy as one of his horses died in the Preakness Stakes undercard on Saturday.

Baffert was suspended from Churchill Downs for two years after a positive drug test on Medina Spirit, who crossed the finish line first at the 2021 Kentucky Derby - the horse was eliminated, but to make matters worse, it died that December.

The trainer's Havnameltown suffered a "non-operable" injury in the sixth race at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, and doctors opted to euthanize the horse.

PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, blasted Baffert when the tragedy struck. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM In this May 1, 2019, file photo, trainer Bob Baffert watches his Kentucky Derby entrant Game Winner during a workout at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.  (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) "Pimlico should have followed Churchill Downs’ example and barred Bob Baffert from the track.

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