I am not a lawyer. Just a thoroughbred owner based in California for 30 years. Your reasoning makes sense. Baffert and his team are imploring those in charge to essentially give him a break. What he doesn't understand (being a narcissist) is that people just don't like him. He cannot understand that. He is an insufferable bore. Laughs at the rules as if they should't apply to him. He needs a total redo via a reputation management firm but again that would be beneath him. We all are tired of his act. His drug positives. His favorable treatment by biased officials. His ridiculous excuses. His appeals. Time to just go away... .