Racehorse Anti-Doping Law Constitutional After Legislative Fix

The recently amended Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act withstood a constitutional challenge Friday, after the Sixth Circuit found the anti-doping law no longer delegates regulatory power to a private entity.

“The determinative question is whether the Horseracing Authority is inferior to the Federal Trade Commission,” the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said in an opinion written by Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton.

The act, as amended, survives constitutional challenge because it “gives the FTC supervision over the rules that govern the horseracing industry,” Sutton said. The law gained traction after a rash of thoroughbred deaths increased pressure on ...