Supreme Court

Lawsuit Over On-Track Racing Accident

September 06, 2016

A worker’s compensation regulator is in the process of trying to sue a horse racing participant for seven figures, it has been reported. The regulator is claiming that the participant in question was ...

Trainer’s Two-Year Ban Quashed

A Supreme Court has ruled that a two-year ban that was recently handed to a Standardbred trainer has been reversed due to a lack of impartiality of an official with a high rank in the racing commissio...

Instant Racing To KY Supreme Court

January 11, 2013

It has reported that today (Friday, January 11) Kentucky's Supreme Court agreed to review a ruling by the state's Court of Appeals regarding 'instant racing,' otherwise known as 'historical racing.'

Supreme Court Strikes Down Testing Rules

August 19, 2011

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 associa...

US Court Upholds Internet Gambling Ban

September 24, 2010

The Washington state Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the ban on internet gambling in a unanimous decision handed down yesterday

Trainer Launches Proceedings Against Own 'Stable Jockey'

It has been reported that a champion Down Under thoroughbred trainer has launched legal action in Supreme Court in order to ensure a jockey she claims to have retained for Saturday's $1.5 million Donc...

Delaware Tries High Court

January 28, 2010

The state of Delaware has filed a 106-page appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, contending that a lower court overstepped its authority by limiting sports betting in the state

Quebec Government Intentions Reiterated

October 05, 2009

On October 2, 2009, the Quebec Government reiterated its decision to no longer inject public money obtained via VLT revenues or pari-mutuel taxation back into the provincial horseracing industry

Ill. Tracks, Casinos Still Disagree

According to a report by the Associated Press, the supreme court is staying out a fight between Illinois' casinos and horse racing tracks over a state law that cropped up during the impeachme