Chris, I see where you are coming from also, but I think Baffert is right on the money where he asks for uniformity. It's quite apparent that he was using the same meds he always has been for this horse and then suddenly hit a state where he had to change his methods and it didn't work out quite right because he wasn't used to working like that.

To respond to Vegas, I think the fine represents the actual effect that the test results and the medication invovled reflect. If it were cocaine or something like that, it would be a much bigger deal. It's kind of like getting a speeding ticket for going 65 in Pennsylvania where the speed limit is only 55. I can go 65 in Ohio, so what makes Penn so special? Same concept here.

I too wonder what trainers are getting away with that isn't tested yet, but Baffert's call for uniformity among tested drugs is right on. Unlike that idiot Andrew Beyer's column a couple weeks ago about wanting uniformity in payoff prices at tracks, suggesting that everything be based on $2 bets (even exotics). Hello! Payoffs should be posted on the minimum allowable wager. If you happened to wager a multiple of that minimum, do the math yourself. Sorry, I am still amazed at the stupidity shown in that column and had to get it off my chest.