Asmussen: Lone Star positive

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I believe that does happen sometimes. If a trainer with a good reputation(good in terms of honesty) has a positive and he has a good explanation as to how it happened, the stewards and commission may not come down hard on him. I think the stewards and commissions are usually willing to consider extenuating circumstances when making their decisions on what type of penalty to administer.

I had an overage on a legal therapuetic med last summer. We provided our records that showed the med was stopped 48 hourse before the suggested cutoff time. Funny thing was they were impressed with our recordkeeping and never mentioned the vets records.