Drug Suspension
One of Pletcher's horses was found to have an anesthetic, mepivicaine, on August 14, 2004. Mepivicaine can numb pain in horses. For the positive test, Pletcher was given a 45 day suspension from training at any thoroughbred track in the United States. Pletcher was also fined $3,000 and the purse money was redistributed. Pletcher appealed the suspension, based on the fact that the mepivicaine was administered by a veterinarian who was treating the horse with an antibiotic two weeks prior to race but it was upheld.
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