{"id":11352,"date":"2021-04-28T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T23:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=11352"},"modified":"2021-05-08T08:59:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T15:59:55","slug":"medina-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2021\/04\/28\/medina-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Origin of Medina Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentuckyderby.com\/horses\/news\/tales-from-the-crib-medina-spirit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Kentucky Derby<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tales from the Crib: Medina Spirit<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>by Kellie Reilly\/Brisnet.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kentuckyderby.com\/uploads\/news-images\/medinaspirit2018_gailrice1280.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A newborn who needed help, a $1,000 yearling whose small breeder had to sell, a cheap recruit for a hardscrabble talent scout, a juvenile purchase inspired by friendship \u2013\u00a0<strong>Medina Spirit<\/strong>\u2019s story is ready-made for cinema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s even before his improbable rise for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. Outlasting his higher-profile stablemates\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kentuckyderby.com\/horses\/news\/tales-from-the-crib-life-is-good\" target=\"_blank\">Life Is Good<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kentuckyderby.com\/horses\/news\/tales-from-the-crib-concert-tour\" target=\"_blank\">Concert Tour<\/a>\u00a0on the trail, Medina Spirit is Baffert\u2019s last remaining hope for a record-breaking seventh Kentucky Derby (G1) win in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medina Spirit was bred in Florida by Gail Rice, whose tiny broodmare band varies\u00a0from one\u00a0to four at a given time, including partnerships. His dam, Mongolian Changa, was a $9,000 yearling purchase by Gail\u2019s former husband, trainer Wayne Rice.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentuckyderby.com\/horses\/news\/tales-from-the-crib-medina-spirit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at KentuckyDerby.com<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Kentucky Derby Tales from the Crib: Medina Spirit by Kellie Reilly\/Brisnet.com A newborn who needed help, a $1,000 yearling whose small breeder had to sell, a cheap recruit for a hardscrabble talent scout, a juvenile purchase inspired by friendship \u2013\u00a0Medina Spirit\u2019s story is ready-made for cinema. And that\u2019s even before his improbable rise for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}