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Originally Posted by dilanesp
7 years for a second offense is totally fair. The fact that horse racing regulators CAN'T IMAGINE doing something like that is precisely the problem.
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If they catch any of the guys whose names are being tossed around with an illegal drug positive (as opposed to therapeutic drug positive), imo they'll be tossed from the game.
I told a story earlier in the thread of a horse I own that was tested
pre race because he was a 4yo making his first start. He came up positive for the equivalent of a horse aspirin. There was mix up on the schedule for when he was going to race and be tested. Had he not been tested pre race, it's possible he would have tested positive post race. I don't know enough to know, but it was 100% innocent. Horses are regularly treated with therapeutics. Things can happen. IMO, you should consider the history when dishing out fines and suspensions, but you can't go overboard either.
