Key legal question
Whether the reconsideration request was based on sufficiently new facts and evidence under § 28(1) VRG.
Extracted holding
New facts and evidence must be newly discovered in a qualified sense; in reconsideration of a primary decision, the novelty requirement should not be applied too strictly.
Extracted reasoning
Events occurring after the original decision, such as horses jumping the fence, could not have been raised earlier. Supporting opinions from horse experts also counted as qualified new evidence in this primary-decision context.