Florida Quarter Horse Track Ass'n v. State, Department of Business & Professional Regulation, Division of Parimutuel Wagering

Appellant seeks review of a final order determining that the Division of Pari-mu-tuel Wagering’s policy of treating “ ‘Gret-na-style’ barrel match racing” as an authorized form of quarter horse racing for purposes of issuing permits and licenses under chapter 550, Florida Statutes, is a “rule” that has not been adopted pursuant to the rulemaking process in violation of section 120.54(l)(a), Florida Statutes. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.1

The issue in this case is not whether barrel match racing can be or should be considered “horseracing” for purposes of the state’s pari-mutuel…