andymays
12-31-2010, 10:19 AM
http://www.drf.com/news/keeping-clean-record-not-easy-task-trainers
Excerpt:
In a perfect world, it probably wouldn’t be unusual for a trainer like two-time Breeders’ Cup winner Graham Motion to go an entire career without being penalized for a medication violation. But a complex web of medication regulations that can ensnare the most circumspect trainer makes Motion’s unblemished record stand out.
Top trainers with strong reputations like Bill Mott and Nick Zito have been cited for medication violations, though none for drugs that are considered performance-enhancing medications with no therapeutic value, the so-called Class 1 or Class 2 drugs. In fact, 85 percent of all medication violations are for Class 5, 4, or 3 drugs, according to racing regulators, and the majority of those are simple overages as a result of careless management – not deliberate attempts to influence the result of the race.
But Motion doesn’t even have one of those violations. So how does a trainer avoid the slip-ups that seem to mar just about every trainer’s record?
http://www.drf.com/news/keeping-clean-record-not-easy-task-trainers
Excerpt:
In a perfect world, it probably wouldn’t be unusual for a trainer like two-time Breeders’ Cup winner Graham Motion to go an entire career without being penalized for a medication violation. But a complex web of medication regulations that can ensnare the most circumspect trainer makes Motion’s unblemished record stand out.
Top trainers with strong reputations like Bill Mott and Nick Zito have been cited for medication violations, though none for drugs that are considered performance-enhancing medications with no therapeutic value, the so-called Class 1 or Class 2 drugs. In fact, 85 percent of all medication violations are for Class 5, 4, or 3 drugs, according to racing regulators, and the majority of those are simple overages as a result of careless management – not deliberate attempts to influence the result of the race.
But Motion doesn’t even have one of those violations. So how does a trainer avoid the slip-ups that seem to mar just about every trainer’s record?
http://www.drf.com/news/keeping-clean-record-not-easy-task-trainers