The Garcia fine - should it be higher or lower?

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Excerpt from DRF.....
By STEVE ANDERSEN
Garcia slapped with $1,000 fine

Jockey Martin Garcia, who was second in the jockey standings through Thursday, has been fined $1,000 by Del Mar stewards for three offenses of breaking the skin of his mounts with his whip.

The fine is the latest sanction against Garcia, one of the nation's top apprentice jockeys. He has compiled 13 days of suspension at this meeting because of careless riding, but has been allowed to continue riding while he appeals them.

Garcia has won 18 races at this meeting, 11 behind leader Victor Espinoza.