Brown v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission

Opinion by

Judge Barry,

This appeal stems from an order of the Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission (Horse Racing Commission) which upheld a ruling of the Board of Stewards at Keystone Race Track suspending petitioner, Steven Brown, for thirty days.

Mr. Brown, a licensed thoroughbred horse trainer, was suspended for running a horse, Fred ’n Gringer, in a race while it was under the influence of a prohibited foreign substance (nalbuphine hydrochloride). Post-race test samples of the horse’s blood and urine revealed the presence of this drug. There was no direct or indirect evidence which…