Kline v. Illinois Racing Board

Plaintiff, Gale D. Kline, appeals from the decision of the circuit court of Cook County which upheld the determination of the Illinois Racing Board (Board) to suspend plaintiff’s “occupation license” for two concurrent 90-day periods and to order a forfeiture and redistribution of the purse money for two races won by plaintiff’s horse, Lu’s Priority. The Board found that plaintiff had violated the rule which requires an owner to guard his horse and the rule prohibiting a horse from carrying a “foreign substance” in its body during a race.

The Board and stewards are charged with regulating…