Meyer v. Commonwealth, State Horse Racing Commission

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Vera Meyer, the owner of a two-year old racehorse that placed second (horse two) in the sixth race at the Penn National Race Track on October 12,1980, appeals an order of the Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission, which fined the trainer of the horse that placed first in that race (horse one) after the commission’s chemist found .8 microgram per milliliter of phenylbutazone, a prohibited substance, in horse one’s blood and urine sample.1

Mrs. Meyer contends that the commission abused its discretion in not disqualifying horse one from the *497first place purse, and in not…