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Originally Posted by parsixfarms
I thought the Breeders Cup previously adopted a rule that a trainer found to have committed certain medication violations during a calendar year could not compete at the event.
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There is a "Convicted Trainers Rule" but the relevant violation(s) has to be final (i.e., not still on appeal).
In addition, the violation has to be of a certain severity (Class 1A or B, Class 2A). I don't think any of these recent Baffert positives qualify (lidocaine is Class 2B).
See page 92:
https://members.breederscup.com/docu...nships/HIG.PDF