No. As I said when this subject first became a thing here, the horse has to lose the purse, and Baffert should get whatever the usual penalty is for a Class C positive. My problem is with the misguided outrage— much worse is going on, and those in charge are doing virtually nothing about it (including in some cases not testing). This is an attempt to deal with appearances, not the actual problem. Again.
I’ve been saying the same thing for 15 years. Freeze and retest samples— the cheaters are ahead of the testers, but not ahead of where they will be in 5 years, which is a powerful deterrent. Publish test results on a timely basis, so we know it’s being done— what drug, what test, what result (actual readings). Make a vet of record whose name appears in the program, anyone else touches the horse they get ruled off. Nobody allowed to bring any meds on to the backside, you have to request them from the track dispensary (which they do in Hong Kong).
In other words, act like you really mean it.
