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Diodoro Fined $3,500, Horses Disqualified For Drug Positives

Robertino Diodoro, North America's third-leading trainer by wins in 2020, was handed a $3,500 fine and had three horses disqualified from previous races at Oaklawn Park on Monday after they tested positive for Class 4 substances, Thoroughbred Daily News reports.

The punishment entailed four separate rulings, with one each disqualifying the offending horses and the fourth issuing the fine for failing to meet the Arkansas State Racing Commission's “absolute insurer” guidelines for trainers.

Two of the horses tested positive for triamcinolone acetonide, typically used to treat arthritis. Adheretome was taken down from first in a March 19 claiming race at Oaklawn Park after the substance was found in a post-race test, while Weekend Madness was disqualified from fifth after testing positive following a March 1 maiden claimer.

Moment was disqualified from first in an April 3 waver claiming race after testing positive for the relaxant methocarbamol, which can treat exercise-induced muscle soreness.

Diodoro did not immediately indicate to the TDN whether he would appeal the rulings.

Diodoro finished the 2020 Oaklawn Park meet as the track's leading trainer with 52 wins, ahead of Steve Asmussen with 49. If the disqualifications are not appealed successfully, Diodoro's win total would only decrease by one, by virtue of also having the runner-up in Moment's April 3 victory.

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Diodoro Fined For Trio of Class 4 Positives at Oaklawn

Robertino Diodoro, the leading trainer at the 2020 Oaklawn Park meet by wins and the season’s third-highest purse-earnings conditioner, had two winners and a fifth-place horse disqualified via a trio of Aug. 31 stewards’ rulings that cited prohibited use of two different Class 4 substances detected in post-race testing.

The three individual horse rulings did not impose any fines upon Diodoro. However, a separate fourth ruling docked Diodoro $3,500 for failing to meet the “absolute insurer” requirements of a trainer licensed by the Arkansas State Racing Commission.

The disqualified horses and affected races that will have purse redistributions are:

Adheretome (Paynter), who won her third consecutive race when finishing first in a Mar. 19 $25,000 claimer and subsequently tested positive for the prohibited substance triamcinolone acetonide.

Moment (Uncle Mo), who won a $25,000 waiver-claimer Apr. 3 and subsequently tested positive for the prohibited substance methocarbamol.

Weekend Madness (Include), who ran fifth in a Mar. 1 $25,000 maiden-claimer and subsequently tested positive for the prohibited substance triamcinolone acetonide.

Triamcinolone acetonide can be given intra-articularly to horses for treatment of arthritis. Methocarbamol is a relaxant used to treat exercise-related muscle problems.

It was not immediately clear if Diodoro would be appealing the rulings.

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