NYRA expands drug testing, ends detention barn

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This is probably a question for Chuck, but the "enhanced" penalties cited in the press release deal with violations that are "Class A" violations under the RCI categorization. While the penalties discussed would be meaningful if actually imposed, are these the types of violations that we usually see? I was looking at the RCI site and recent high-profile positives have involved things like steroids and mepivicaine, but these are Class B violations under the RCI guidelines. I guess this is a long-winded way of asking whether I would be correct in assuming that, barring a trainer giving a horse something like snake venom or elephant juice, the enhanced penalties would probably never be imposed?