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Originally Posted by Robert Fischer

Fair news.

Feel good for the sport, and also empathetic to the connections for the purse monies.

Trainer suspeneded, but, our 'trainer suspensions' more closely resemble an award to top assistants, than they do a punishment to guilty Trainers and Owners.

Does Charlatan (who is out, at least until Preakness/later big purse stakes anyway with injury) lose the 100pts? Basin , Gouverneur Morris, Winning Impression, and Anneu d'Or stand to gain derby points, in that scenario.

Suspension starts August 1-15 per the article.
An assistant would have to get a special day of promotion, with an appearance, and his name in print, if team Baffert aims for Derby Points in the Shared Belief/Travers/Ellis Stakes (ellis is surprising 50-20-10-5pts this year).

Looking forward to seeing Authentic run a brilliant race, as he's been pointed to the July 18th Haskell, and has kind of inherited the position of Baffert's 'ace' 3yo for the time being.

The 100 points don't matter, he isn't running anyway. But yes, he loses them and the others gain. At this point will they even have a full gate for the Derby? Feels like a longshot to me.