Quote Originally Posted by A BIT DUSTY View Post
lets say a strapper has a grief with his trainer boss and secretly slaps some DMSO on a horse, the trainer is innocent, its a nasty setup, its proven to be a setup as in the strapper confesses BUT the rules states...trainer guilty cos he "presented the horse"!

Just a little extra on this subject and how inconsistent this law is . Denis Wilson was in Queensland with Attitagain when one of his horses in sydney goes positive because of a stable employee giving the wrong horse medication A stable employees paid to do stuff by Wilson, Wilson get's suspended . D. Thomas goes positive for bute his mother Not an employee of the trainer say's she gave the wrong horse the bute ,mother gets fined D. Thomas no suspension.
Gai Waterhouse Different code horse goes positive to coke , stable hand says he does coke must have touched horse Gai fined no suspension Not scientifically proven it could be transferred , D Smith goes positive for bute his father say's he gave wrong horse the bute D Smith suspended D Smith never heard the name, galloping trainer? If so different code. WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF WE HAD SOME FORM OF CONSISTENCY REGARDING PENALTIES.
Also, there is more than one reason behind a decision. No two circumstances are the same.