Racing GAMbit, LLC v. State Horse Racing Commission

OPINION BY JUDGE BROBSON

Racing GAMbit, LLC (Petitioner) petitions for review of an adjudication and order of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Agriculture, State Horse Racing Commission (Commission), dated February 28, 2017, which reversed a Board of Stewards (Stewards) decision to not disqualify Petitioner's horse, Cousin Stephen, from the fifth race at Philadelphia PARX (PARX) on September 25, 2016. For the reasons discussed below, we reverse.

On August 31, 2016, Petitioner acquired Cousin Stephen in a claiming race 1 at Saratoga Race Course in New York. Pursuant to a New York…