Carruthers v. Board of Horse Racing

A1 Carruthers and Tom Williams (hereinafter appellants) appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County, affirming a decision of the Board of Horse Racing (hereinafter Board). We affirm.

Following the eleventh race at the Last Chance Meet in Helena, Montana, on July 17, 1983, the stewards ruled on several claims of foul. One of the rulings disqualified appellants’ horse from second place and moved it to eighth place.

Appellants appealed the stewards’ decision to the Board and a hearing was held before the Board’s hearing examiner on October…