Vitale v. State Racing Commission

Vitale has appealed from a judgment of the Superior Court sustaining a decision of the State Racing Commission (the Commission). By that decision, Vitale’s license as a trainer of race horses was suspended for nine months.

Kumulus 2nd, trained by Vitale, won a race at Suffolk Downs on December 3, 1978. Routine testing by the commission’s laboratory of a promptly obtained urine sample indicated no drug content. At that time, however, all samples were being tested for the drug fentanyl. For that purpose, the commission used the facilities of the Illinois State Racing Commission’s laboratory…