Drug Positive Confusion

[Java Gold@TFT]

The top two finishers in a Iowa state bred stakes turned up positive:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090913/SPORTS/90913007/-1/NEWS04

Reach One More trainer Dave Anderson has been suspended, pending a hearing on Tuesday..

Oxymorphone is a Class 1 violation, which is for the heaviest infractions in racing’s five-class rating system. The national guidelines call for loss of purse, a fine, and suspending the trainer for one year or more, unless there are mitigating circumstances.

When did we get national guidelines? I thought every state had their own rules. Did the NTRA or some other source ever come out and say that a trainer should get a one year suspension for a Class 1 violation? I might have missed it.

So, is Texas following any national guidleines in handling the current Asmussen fiasco?

[ALostTexan]

They are referring to the ARCI Model Rules, and the section that they are referring to can be found on Page 7 of this link (http://www.rmtcnet.com/resources/Chapter_11_Model_Rules_1-09.PDF). I know that Iowa and Texas both actively participate in the model rules meetings, too, and especially the Racing Commissioner from Texas.

[jotb]

I'm surprised the article made no mention about the winner Reach One More's career. Leading up to that race the horse was a winner of 6 of 7 races. Horse had won 6 Nebraska state bred stakes. Three of them were at LNN, two at FON and one at HPO. The only time the horse lost was when he was coming off a 9 month layoff, (2nd time out at Fon) where he finished 7th in a 1/2 mile race. It was also the longest odds that he ever went off at (10-1) in his career. I guess the trainer figured in order to win this 60k at PRM he had to come out with the heavy artillery.

Joe