Sea Biscuit
08-20-2011, 07:26 AM
After an over three-year battle led by the Standardbred Owners Association of New York, and joined by the Empire State Harness Horsemen’s Alliance (comprised of the representative horsemen’s associations at Yonkers, Monticello, Buffalo, Batavia, Vernon and Saratoga), to achieve proper, fair and enforceable out of competition testing rules, a state judge has struck down the ill-advised rules that were promulgated over the horsemen’s numerous and valid objections.
By a decision filed on August 15, Acting New York State Supreme Court Justice Mark L. Powers ruled in Ford et al. v. The New York State Racing and Wagering Board that the Racing Board’s Out of Competition Testing Rules enacted on December 15, 2009 were, “so lacking in reason as to require nullification in their entirety.”
http://www.standardbredcanada.ca/news/8-19-11/supreme-court-strikes-down-testing-rules.html
By a decision filed on August 15, Acting New York State Supreme Court Justice Mark L. Powers ruled in Ford et al. v. The New York State Racing and Wagering Board that the Racing Board’s Out of Competition Testing Rules enacted on December 15, 2009 were, “so lacking in reason as to require nullification in their entirety.”
http://www.standardbredcanada.ca/news/8-19-11/supreme-court-strikes-down-testing-rules.html