He has one medication violation in his Hall of Fame career of 8,109 starts, according to records compiled from the Association of Racing Commissioners International and entered in a database.
Among the prominent trainers cited — in various states — for medication violations is Doug O'Neill, who trains Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist.
Of the approximately 15,000 licensed horse trainers in the United States, 1,335, or 8.9percentt, have been cited for medication violations, Martin said.
Asmussen also has numerous medication violations.
Dutrow and Asmussen have been disciplined before for medication violations.
But O'Neill is hardly a stranger to medication violations.
Of 1,897 individual medication violations during the past five years, slightly more than two-thirds — 67.6percentt — were violations for surpassing allowable levels for therapeutic medications.
He has attracted a rogue's reputation for a long and varied list of transgressions, including multiple medication violations.
One, Steve Asmussen, the nation's leading trainer, was appealing a six-month suspension handed down in Texas for a medication violation.
John Sadler, who has horses in four races, including Tell a Kelly in the Juvenile Fillies, was cited for a medication violation every 478 starts, according to the data base.
