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Trainer Richard Mandella has been fined $500 by the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) for a Class 4 and Penalty Category C methocarbamol positive that turned up in the post-race test of Jolie Olimpica (Brz) (Drosselmeyer) after the MGSW mare ran third in the GIII San Simeon S. at Santa Anita Mar. 13.

The stewards' ruling was issued May 29. According to the original May 7 complaint, split-sample blood testing had confirmed the presence of the skeletal muscle relaxant.

Methocarbamol's 4C categorization is on the least-severe side of the scale on the Uniform Classification Guidelines for Foreign Substances list published by the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI).

Mandella, a Hall-of-Fame conditioner who has been training since 1974, shows three other low-category medication fines of $500 each in the ARCI's rulings database: One for phenylbutazone and flunixin in 2018 at Santa Anita, one for methocarbamol at Santa Anita in 2011, and one for naproxen at Arlington Park in 2007.

In California, a trainer's first violation within a 365-day period for a Category C drug violation can result in a minimum fine of $500 to a maximum fine of $1,000 (absent mitigating circumstances).

CHRB spokesperson Mike Marten confirmed that Mandella paid the fine the day after the ruling was issued.

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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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