Originally Posted by Thoroughbred Fan

If you want this type of thing to stop make it a $10,000 fine the first time and double it each positive after that ($20k, $40k, $80k, $160k, $320k, etc...). Never suspend, just don't allow any horses from that trainer until his fines are paid. I would think this latest Lake positive would have cost him about $1M. He can pay it and race or quit. It would put the real accountability on the trainer.

The suspensions for X days don't mean anything to a trainer, because the top assistant takes over for the 30 days and enters in his name and nothing changes, but knowing the next Clen positive cost $1M or loss of trainers license will fix the problem.