Schvaneveldt v. Idaho State Horse Racing Commission

BAKES, Justice.

The appellant Idaho State Horse Racing Commission suspended the licenses of the respondents, two horse trainers, after chemical tests detected drugs in horses they had raced at Les Bois Park in Boise. This dispute concerns the legality of the racing commission’s suspension of the licenses pursuant to its “absolute insurer rule” without a showing the the respondents were involved in the illegal medication of the horses. The Western Idaho Fair Board, the operator of Les Bois Park, is an intervenor appellant.

Respondent John Treasure, a licensed assistant trainer, entered a horse…