Owner protests non-enforcement of Santa Anita race condition

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Santa Anita ran a race yesterday, according to Bloodhorse... which had the condition of "restricted to trainers with 20 or less horses in their care in California,"

The owner of the 2nd place finisher lodged a protest, saying that 2 of the entrants, including the first place finisher, were from barns with far more than 20 horses.

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-rac...race-condition

What struck me as awful policy was this bit in the Bloodhorse article:
"Earlier in the week, Santa Anita racing secretary Rick Hammerle said the condition was more of a "guideline" than a set-in-stone restriction on who can enter the race."

And this quoted statement (2 days before the race) from the Santa Anita racing secretary: "(Nunez's) horses are running for $3,200 and $4,000 (claiming prices during the nighttime races at Los Alamitos). I'm not counting those horses. When he applies for stalls here, he applies for six or something. We're not out to have an FBI investigation. How many starts does he make here? Not many." [emphasis added]

I can't find where the actual conditions are spelled out, but it they really say no more than 20 horses in training in California, then turning it into a fuzzy requirement is asking for trouble, IMO.