A week after Thoroughbred trainer Rick Dutrow filed an appeal over the 30-day suspension handed out by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission for a clenbuterol positive in the spring of 2008, the Franklin, Ky., Circuit Court issued him a stay.

Dutrow appealed the suspension July 15. His attorney, Frank Becker, sent a report July 21 that confirmed his client had been granted the stay, which will permit him to continue training horses until a decision on his appeal is made.

“We were hoping to get this … we think it makes sense, because otherwise he would really lose his right to appeal,” said Becker.

In his appeal, Dutrow cited a variety of claims that his client’s rights were violated. (Previous reports on the matter can be read here and here