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Worthington v. Dept. of Agriculture

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 29, 1986No. Appeal, 1524 C.D. 1985PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Senior Judge Barbieri,

William Worthington, trainer of the horse Duke Leon, appeals here the adjudication and order of the Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission imposing a sixty day suspension of Worthingtons racing privileges due to the positive finding of the prohibited substance Acepromazine in a urine sample obtained from Duke Leon after the fifth race in which he placed second at Keystone Race Track on June 27, 1982.

*185Rule 15.02(1) of the Rules of Racing, 58 Pa. Code §163.302(a)(1), prohibits any horse participating in a race from carrying in its body any foreign substance…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Sipp v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Paoli v. Commonwealth, State Horse Racing CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Luzzi v. Commonwealth, State Horse Racing CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Commonwealth v. S & B Restaurants, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Broadus v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Wise v. Pa. St. Horse R. Comm.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  5. Delaney v. PA. ST. HORSE RACING COM.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

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