The Remington Park board of stewards has fined Karl Broberg, who leads all trainers in wins in North America in 2017, a total of $20,000 in a mistaken horse identity case involving two races at the track in September. The ruling was issued Tuesday. 

Broberg said he is debating whether to appeal the ruling, but does not deny the mistaken horse identity. He said during his hearing he cited two different mistaken horse identity cases in Oklahoma in recent history in which the fine to each trainer was $1,500.  

"As bad as I want to put this in my rearview mirror, I am currently weighing my options," Broberg said Tuesday. 

Broberg, who was not suspended, said part of the reason he is considering an appeal is for the sake of  precedent concerning fine size in such matters in the future.  

"All I'm doing is setting up somebody else down the road with a monster fine," he said. 

The Remington Park board of stewards last week disqualified the Broberg trainees Collateral Kitten and Onemorefastdance from their placings and purses earnings in the races that were run Sept. 4 and Sept. 16. The mix-up came to light following the Sept. 16 race in which Collateral Kitten was listed as the official winner of the fifth race, but Onemorefastdance actually ran. The mistake was found in the test barn. In the eighth race Sept. 4, Onemorefastdance was listed as the fourth-place finisher, but Collateral Kitten actually ran, according to the ruling provided by the Oklahoma Racing Commission.

The owners of both horses pleaded no contest in the case and waived their right to a hearing, according to the rulings. There were two identifiers in the case and both were suspended for seven days, according to the commission. 

Broberg said the identifying tattoos of the two horses had similar endings, one in 970 and the other 910. 

"Unfortunately the 970 looked exactly like the 910, which allowed us to make such a careless, foolish mistake," he said. 

There also was an identifying mistake on the coggins test of one of the horses, according to the ruling in the case. 

Broberg was fined $10,000 each on two separate counts in the case, falling under rules concerning "horses ineligible to start in a race" and "trainer responsiblity." 

For background on the incident: http://www.drf.com/news/broberg-sends-out-wrong-horse-win-race

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