Report: Ruling Keeps Rice Training While Case Appealed

Trainer Linda Rice, appealing a three-year suspension by the New York Gaming Commission, can continue to train following a judge's ruling that maintains a temporary injunction, according to a report in Daily Racing Form.

She is awaiting an appeals court to hear her case.

New York Supreme Court Judge Mark Powers ruled for Rice to keep the injunction in place, but he passed on other motions by Rice for the court to declare that the rule applied to her suspension was unconstitutionally "vague" and that her penalty was "arbitrary and capricious," Daily Racing Form reported.

Last May, state regulators unanimously ordered that Rice's license be revoked for what officials say was a "corrupt" 2011-15 scheme at Aqueduct Racetrack in which she gained knowledge of entries in races from racing office employees to the benefit of her horses before cards became final. She also was issued a $50,000 fine.

The commission previously revoked the licenses of a NYRA racing clerk and a jockey agent.

Rice quickly sought court relief while she appealed and was granted an injunction that allowed her to continue training.

Rice, 58, is one of New York's leading trainers. She topped the 2009 standings at Saratoga Race Course, the only woman in history to do so. She has trained 2,170 winners in a career that began in 1987.