If it’s true that it was an ointment (no longer disputed), given by a vet who reported it at the time, and it’s possibly not even an infraction, 1- so what, 2- they have absolutely no excuse for not giving him the stay.
This is the difference between a personal (every day) foul and a flagrant one, let alone a flagrant two. Meanwhile, all you people screaming over this seem not to care that 4 trainers in Florida got nailed for using a true performance enhancer. Those 4 combined enter far more races combined that people bet their money on than Baffert.
