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Originally Posted by parsixfarms
I'd be willing to extend the absolute responsibility rule (with corresponding suspensions) to owners, but only to the extent that the horse on which a positive is called is owned by the particular individual. I do not believe that Owner X should be penalized for a positive called on a horse owned by Owner Y.
I agree completely with the last part of your post. The possibility of having the barn shut down for a meaningful period of time goes to the very heart of the matter and needs to be part of the trainer's thinking before he considers "giving the gook" to any horse.
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That's what I thought I was saying, with respect to the first part. Shut down violating owners and trainers and require other owners of the violating trainer transfer.