GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — Trainer Steve Asmussen has appealed a six-month suspension handed down after one of his horses tested positive for a local anesthetic last year.

The Lone Star Park board of stewards on Thursday suspended Asmussen and fined him $1,500 for Timber Trick’s positive test for a lidocaine metabolite.

Asmussen is based in Texas, which has a zero-tolerance policy on the drug, which is a Class 2 medication violation.

His suspension was set to begin Monday and run through Jan. 15. The trainer filed an appeal, paid the fine and requested a stay of...

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