It is too easy to get a Clen positive to have fines like that. In most cases the Clen is an honest mistake. In a large barn it is very easy to get a horse lost in the shuffle and over medicate them, especially when its given by assistant trainers and grooms. Im not sure if you realize this, but usually clen is given by a trainers assistant, not a vet, not a vets assistant. They leave you the clen, and expect it to be handled properly. It would be impossible for X trainer to treat 250 horses with clen, that is where the mistakes come in, and that is where the overages manifest. Do you think a trainer should have a million dollar fine because of an honest mistake made by someone with a 5th grade education, making 300 dollars per week? I dont. I understand a Clen positive, I do not understand any caine positive, its not possible to make that mistake because they are Iv drugs.
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