INJUSTICE: When Wild Desert ($8.30) won the 2005 Queen's Plate at Woodbine, he became the first horse to win that race off a 10-week layoff. The only work he showed between his last race on April 16 and the June 26 Queen's Plate came at Monmouth Park on May 29. The only problem was that Wild Desert never was stabled at Monmouth Park. He was stabled at Aqueduct working under another name and before official clockers were present. Yesterday, the connections involved in the deception - assistant trainer Juan Rodriguez, assistant trainer Michelle Nevin and jockey Rudy Rodriguez - all were fined by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board. Nevin and Rudy Rodriguez each were docked $1,000 while Juan Rodriguez got a $3,000 fine. The fines are a joke. This deception almost can be considered as fixing a race. Until racing steps up to demand stronger punishments against cheaters, racing will continue to lose its dwindling fan base even faster than it already is.