Baffert claims the positive test resulted from contamination, based on a similar California case in 1996 in which trainer Robert Frankel was exonerated from a morphine positive after stewards were convinced by a study done by University of California-Davis researchers suggesting poppy seeds with trace levels of morphine may have been responsible. "I have been advised that the amount found by Truesdail Laboratory is an extremely small amount--73 millionths of a gram," Baffert told The Blood-Horse. "Such a small amount could not possibly affect the performance of any horse and is consistent with accidental ingestion. Experts have advised us that the amount is totally consistent with the presence of poppy seed extract very often used as a base product in feed preparation. All of this is supported by the fact that I've heard other trainers also had a small positive at around the same time. This is not a result of any act at the barn." Stewards will schedule a hearing on the matter during the upcoming Del Mar meeting.