Beckwith v. New York State Racing & Wagering Board

Determination of respondent New York State Racing and Wagering Board dated December 7, 1994, which suspended petitioner’s harness race horse trainer’s license for 180 days, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, New York County [Stanley Parness, J.], entered February 15, 1995), dismissed, without costs.

Substantial evidence, including, in particular, petitioner’s admission that in order to save money, he would regularly bring his horses to races without a groom and thus leave…