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Baffert suspended for 60 days
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) -- Bob Baffert, who trained Point Given to victories in the Preakness and Belmont stakes, was suspended for 60 days because of a positive morphine test on one of his horses. The suspension runs June 25 to Aug. 24. Baffert's penalty was announced Sunday after an eight-day hearing conducted by Santa Anita stewards. The stewards found that Baffert violated California Horse Racing Board rules against medication, drugs and other substances and regulations that require trainers to insure the condition of a horse. The Baffert-trained Nautical Look tested positive for morphine after winning a race at Hollywood Park in May 2000. Baffert has 72 hours to appeal and seek a stay of the suspension, a decision that rests with CHRB president Robert Tourtelot. If he unsuccessfully appeals, Baffert would be denied access to race tracks and owners would have to transfer their horses to another trainer in order to run. Baffert was at Churchill Downs on Saturday to saddle Captain Steve to a second-place finish in the Stephen Foster Handicap. He did not answer a message left at his Santa Anita barn Sunday.
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