Helad Farms v. Commonwealth, State Harness Racing Commission

Opinion by

Judge Barbieri,

Before us is the appeal of Helad Farms from a final adjudication of the Pennsylvania State Harness Racing Commission (Commission) in the matter of In Re: Anthracite Stables & Helad Farms in which Appellant seeks relief from the disqualification by the Commission of certain of its horses. Appellant poses for our consideration two questions: (1) Did the Com*316mission, abuse its'-discretion in disqualifying Appellant’s horses by “waiving a commission regulation for one horse owner while refusing to extend the same benefit to other similarly situated owners,” and (2) whether…