May 10, 2024
Racehorse owner's civil rights claim gets a second lap
The owner of a horse the New York Jockey Club believes was named for a Kentucky lawyer says a California agency violated his civil rights by denying race entry.
Los Alamitos Race Course's refusal to allow a horse named "Malpractice Meuser" to enter a race is at the heart of a civil rights lawsuit that members of California's horse racing agency are seeking to dismiss for a second time.
The horse's owner claimed his free speech and civil rights were violated when stewards at the California course denied its entry due to a lack of a registration certificate from The Jockey Club of New York, which is required to race in...
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