MARINE FORECAST

EASTERN SHORE- EASTERN HALF:

WIND: S 10 to 15 knots increasing to SW 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon.

WAVES: 2 to 3 metres

FOURCHU: STRONG WIND WARNING

WIND: S 15 knots increasing to SW 20 knots in the afternoon. WAVES: 2 to 3 metres

CABOT STRAIT, SOUTHERN HALF:

WIND: E 15 to 20 knots becoming S 15 knots near noon. WAVES: 2 to 3 metres

GULF – MAGDALEN- EASTERN HALF: STRONG WIND WARNING

WIND: SE 20 to 25 knots increasing to SE 25 to 30 knots with gusts to 40 knots from Margaree Harbour to Bay St. Lawrence. Wind diminishing to variable 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon and variable 10 to 15 knots in the evening. WAVES: 1 to 2 metres, subsiding to 1 metre or less in the afternoon.

NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT- EASTERN HALF: STRONG WIND WARNING

WIND: S 20 to 25 knots diminishing to S 15 knots near noon and light in the evening.

BRAS D’OR LAKES:

WIND: SE 15 knots diminishing to light during the morning.

NEW YORK — Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert on Monday sued New York horse racing officials for suspending him from running horses at state racetracks, following a positive drug test for Baffert-trained Medina Spirit after it won the Kentucky Derby.

Baffert, a seven-time Kentucky Derby winner and one of the sport’s best-known figures, said the New York Racing Association (NYRA) unconstitutionally usurped the authority of the state’s gaming commission by taking away his trainer’s licence indefinitely.

He said a prolonged suspension from racing horses in New York or stabling them at Belmont Park, Aqueduct Racetrack and Saratoga Race Course could cause him to lose horses worth tens of millions of dollars to other trainers.

“This will effectively put me out of business in the State of New York,” Baffert said in a filing in the federal court in Brooklyn.

NYRA spokesman Patrick McKenna said the organization will “vigorously defend” the May 17 suspension.

Baffert wants an injunction to lift the suspension, which kept Medina Spirit out of the June 5 Belmont Stakes, plus damages. His lawyer, Craig Robertson, declined to comment.

Medina Spirit faces possible disqualification as the Derby winner on May 1 after two tests showed the presence of the antiinflammatory drug betamethasone at a prohibited level.