Trainer Dick Clark has been issued a total of five 18-month suspensions and five fines of $12,500 over a series of violations for methamphetamine and levothyroxine, according to rulings posted on the public disclosures section of the website for the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU), the enforcement arm of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA).
The sanctions are a result of Clark's admission to the violations and acceptance of the consequences.
The HIWU rulings indicate that three runners from Clark's stable tested positive for methamphetamine, one of which was positive three times:
- Kissed a Cadet tested positive after finishing first in a maiden special weight at Prairie Meadows on July 22.
- Colonel Klink first tested positive after finishing second in an allowance optional claiming race at Prairie Meadows on June 19. The 7-year-old gelding has since raced three more times, finishing first in a claiming race on July 3, third in a starter allowance on July 9, and second in a claiming race on July 22. Colonel Klink also tested positive on July 3 and 22.
- My Heart's On Fire tested positive after finishing first in a maiden special weight race at Prairie Meadows on June 19.
Four instances of a positive test for methamphetamine garnered Clark an 18-month suspension and $12,500 fine; the fifth, that of My Heart's On Fire, is still listed as pending on the HIWU website.
Clark was also cited for possession of the banned substance levothyroxine on July 24, earning a fifth 18-month suspension and fifth fine of $12,500.
The owner-trainer is subject to a total fine of $62,500, and will not be eligible to resume training until Jan 24, 2031.
A multiple stakes-winning trainer, Clark has saddled the winners of 1,576 Thoroughbred races for earnings of $24,517,820, according to Equibase. He has been training since 1976.
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