Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
1231.
Total Dissolved Carbon Dioxide Testing
A. Definitions
1.
Bicarbonate Loading or
Milkshaking" - terms used to describe the administration of
bicarbonate of soda (sodium bicarbonate or NaHCO3) or
other substances that affect total dissolved carbon dioxide levels,
administered through a nasogastric tube or by any other means, which shall be
deemed to have an adverse effect on the horse by changing its normal
physiological state through elevation of blood total dissolved carbon
dioxide.
2.
Nasogastric
Tube - any tube which can be inserted through the nose that extends
into the stomach.
B.
Procedures
1. The state veterinarian may draw
blood samples from a horse for the purpose of obtaining a
TCO2 (total dissolved carbon dioxide) concentration
level.
2. Blood samples for
TCO2 shall be drawn at the discretion of the State
Veterinarian.
3. The
TCO2 level in the blood shall not exceed:
a. 39.0 millimole per liter if the horse is
competing on furosemide (lasix) or other permitted medication known to affect
TCO2;
b.
37.0 millimole per liter if the horse is not competing on furosemide (lasix) or
other permitted medication known to affect
TCO2.
4. In the event a sample drawn from a horse
contains an amount of TCO2 which exceeds the levels
described above, the following penalties shall apply:
a. The first time the laboratory reports an
excessive TCO2 level, the trainer shall be fined $1,000
and the purse shall be redistributed.
b. The second time the laboratory reports an
excessive TCO2 level, the stewards shall suspend the
trainer for the duration of the race meeting plus 10 days or for a period not
to exceed 6 months, whichever is greater, impose a fine of up to $1,500, with
redistribution of the purse, and shall refer the case to the
commission.
c. For each subsequent
report of an excessive TCO2 level, the Stewards or
Commission may suspend the trainer for up to one year and impose a fine of up
to $2,500, with redistribution of the purse.
5. There shall be no split sample testing on
blood samples drawn for purposes of TCO2
testing.
6. No licensee other than
veterinarians shall possess a nasogastric tube, as described herein, on the
premises under the jurisdiction of the commission.
Summary
Rule 1231 - Total Dissolved Carbon Dioxide
Testing.
The purpose of this rule is to provide for testing for
Bicarbonate loading or Milkshaking as it is referred to in the racing industry.
Milkshaking occurs when horses are given Bicarbonate of soda through a
nasogastric tube with the intent to elevate the blood total dissolved Carbon
Dioxide in an effort to improve the endurance of the horse. This rule
establishes a procedure for testing for Bicarbonate loading and establishes a
threshold level for total dissolved Carbon Dioxide levels in the blood. The
rule makes the possession of a nasogastrit tube illegal for anyone other than a
licensed veterinarian and provides for suspensions and fines for violation of
this rule.
1381. Any greyhound coming upon the grounds
of Southland Greyhound Park shall be inoculated once a year for Distemper,
Adenoviras (Hepatitis), Leptospirosis, Para-Influenza, Parvo, Bordetella
bronchiseptica and Rabies. Upon request by the Commission, the Board of Judges,
or any official of Southland Greyhound Park, trainer or owner of any greyhound
shall produce proof that his or her greyhounds have been inoculated in
compliance with this rule.
A. The Commission
Veterinarian may at his or her sole discretion, declare a quarantine in effect
for any or all greyhounds on the grounds of the franchise holder. The
Veterinarian shall have the sole power to set the terms of the quarantine, and
no greyhound shall be released from the quarantine without the express
permission of the Veterinarian. Any person violating the terms of a quarantine
may be fined, suspended or ruled off the grounds of the franchise
holder.
B. The Arkansas Racing
Commission Veterinarian may, in an emergency situation, perform humane
euthanasia on a greyhound, IF the registered owner of said greyhound has a
signed authorization form on file with the Commission.
Summary
Rule 1381 - Veterinary Quarantine.
This rule is passed as a result of kennel cough epidemics that
have struck Southland Greyhound Park in the past. Kennel cough and other
similar diseases can be transferred from greyhound to greyhound and the racing
commission veterinarian needs the ability to quarantine greyhounds until the
threat of spreading the disease has ceased or diminished. The Commission had no
specific rule allowing the Commission veterinarian to institute a quarantine in
the past. It has been determined by the Commission that it is necessary that
the veterinarian have quarantine power to protect the health of the greyhounds
and the public.
1270.
Postmortem Examination
(1) The Commission may conduct a postmortem
examination of any horse that is injured in this jurisdiction while in training
or in competition and that subsequently expires or is destroyed. In proceeding
with a postmortem examination the Commission or its designee shall coordinate
with the trainer and/or owner to determine and address any insurance
requirements.
(2) The Commission
may conduct a postmortem examination of any horse that expires while housed on
association grounds or at recognized training facilities within this
jurisdiction. Trainers and owners shall be required to comply with such action
as a condition of licensure.
(3)
The Commission may take possession of the horse upon death for postmortem
examination. The Commission may submit blood, urine, other bodily fluid
specimens or other tissue specimens collected during a postmortem examination
for analysis . Upon completion of the postmortem examination, the carcass may
be returned to the owner or disposed of at the owner's option.
(4) The presence of a prohibited substance in
a specimen collected during the postmortem examination may constitute a
violation.
The cost of Commission-ordered postmortem examinations, testing
and disposal shall be borne by the Commission.
Summary
Rule 1270 - Postmortem Examination.
This rule allows the Commission veterinarian to order a
postmortem examination of any horse that is injured and dies while in training
or in competition at Oaklawn Park. The rule allows the Commission veterinarian
to collect blood, urine and other bodily fluids from the horse to conduct a
postmortem examination of those fluids. The purpose of this rule to insure that
the horse has not been administered illegal drugs prior to the race and to
attempt to learn why the horse was injured or died. In the past the Commission
had no specific rule allowing postmortem examinations. The postmortem
examinations are paid for out of the Commission's testing budget. If a
prohibited substance is found in the fluids of the horse, the owner and trainer
of the horse may be subject to a fine and/or suspension.
2263. Any horse that has been the
subject of fraudulent practice may be disqualified by the Stewards for no
longer period than the duration of the meeting.
2263(A)
(a)
Any horse exhibiting a positive response to a test for the presence of any
antibodies of any blood doping agent, including, but not limited to,
Erythropoietin, Darbepoetin, Oxyglobin and Hemopure, (a "Blood Doping Agent")
shall be ineligible to start or race until the owner or trainer, at his or her
own expense, provides proof, in a form and substance acceptable to the
Stewards, of a subsequent negative test result for antibodies of Blood Doping
Agents from a laboratory approved by the Commission, provided any such test
sample and test must be obtained and conducted under collection and test
procedures acceptable to the Commission Veterinarian. The Blood Doping Agents
to be tested for shall include Erythropoietin, Darbepoetin, Oxyglobin, Hemopure
and such other blood doping agents determined from time to time by the
Commission Veterinarian.
(b)
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of these Rules, the trainer of the
horse shall not be subject to application of the trainer's responsibility
penalty based solely on a finding by the laboratory that the Blood Doping Agent
first detected in the initial positive test remains present in the horse in a
subsequent sample taken from that horse for purposes of any subsequent test for
Blood Doping Agents performed on the horse in an effort to determine the
horse's re-eligibility to start and race again pursuant to subsection (a) of
this Rule.
Summary Rule 2263 - Ineligibility of Horses
Testing Positive for Blood Doping Agents.
The purpose of this rule is to make a horse ineligible to run
in a race after it has tested positive for blood doping agents, until the
horse's owner or trainer submits the horse for a test, and the test indicates
the horse no longer has blood doping agents in its system. This rule is passed
because blood doping agents have been proven to stay in the system of a horse
for long periods of time.
2434.
(a)
Claims are irrevocable except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this
Rule.
(b) At the time of filing the
claim form, claimants shall have the right to designate on the claim form a
request for a post-race test of the claimed horse for blood doping agents
determined from time to time by the Commission Veterinarian, including, but not
limited to, Erythropoietin, Darbepoetin, Oxyglobin and Hemopure, (a "Blood
Doping Agent"). In the event a request for the post-race test for Blood Doping
Agents is marked on the successful claimant's claim form, the claimed horse
shall be taken to the test barn immediately after the race, a blood sample
shall be drawn from the horse by the Commission Veterinarian or Commission
Veterinarian's assistant, and the sample shall be submitted to a
Commission-approved laboratory to test for the presence of Blood Doping Agent
antibodies. The blood sample shall be taken, contained and submitted to the
Commission-approved laboratory in accordance with the rules and procedures,
including split samples, applicable to other post-race tests for foreign
substances. The Blood Doping Agents to be tested for shall include
Erythropoietin, Darbepoetin, Oxyglobin, Hemopure and such other blood doping
agents determined from time to time by the Commission Veterinarian.
(c) The successful claimant shall be
responsible for paying the cost for the test for Blood Doping Agents. This cost
shall be posted by the Commission Veterinarian and shall be deducted from the
successful claimant's account with the horsemen's bookkeeper.
(d) If for any reason the claimed horse is
unable to go to the test barn following the race, the Commission Veterinarian
or Commission Veterinarian's Assistant will make reasonable efforts to reach
the horse and draw a blood sample for testing. If for any reason the Commission
Veterinarian or Commission Veterinarian's Assistant is unable or otherwise
fails to draw a blood sample, the successful claimant's right to revoke the
claim under this Rule shall be forfeited.
(e) The successful claimant shall have the
right to void the claim if the Stewards determine that the blood sample from
the claimed horse exhibited a positive response to the antibody test for any
Blood Doping Agent under the testing guidelines established by the Commission
Veterinarian; provided, any such revocation of the claim must be submitted in
writing to the Stewards within the forty-eight (48) hour period after the
Stewards' decision on the positive test result is made public, as set forth
below.
(f) Once the Stewards'
determination of the positive test result for a Blood Doping Agent is made
public, the successful claimant shall have forty-eight (48) hours thereafter to
exercise his or her right to revoke the claim. Such revocation must be in
writing and must be submitted to the Stewards within said forty-eight (48) hour
time period. If no such revocation is received by the Stewards within the
designated forty eight (48) hour time period, the successful claimant shall
forfeit the right to revoke the claim.
(g) If the successful claimant revokes the
claim in accordance with this Rule, the Stewards shall order that (i) the horse
be returned promptly to the former owner from whom the horse was claimed, and
(ii) the claim money be returned promptly to the claimant revoking the claim,
regardless of any appeals, hearings or other delays of any type.
(h) The successful claimant shall be
responsible for all expenses for the care and maintenance of the horse from the
time the horse is transferred to the claimant until the time the horse is
returned to the prior owner following revocation of the claim in accordance
with this Rule.
Summary
Rule 2434(a) - Revocation of Claims for EPO
Positives.
Each year Oaklawn Park runs a large number of claiming races
where other owners may pay a set fee established prior to the race to claim the
ownership of the horse running in a race. The person claiming a horse in such a
race actually becomes the owner of the horse. In the past horses claimed were
not tested for illegal drugs unless they happened to finish first and second or
third in a race or were the subject of a random test. This rules allows for the
new owner to pay a fee to have a claimed horse tested for drugs such as
Erythropoietin, Darbepoetin, Oxyglobin and Hemopure which are commonly referred
to as blood doping agents. The purpose of the blood doping agents is to give a
horse more stamina in a race. If the new owner chooses to have the test for
these blood doping agents he or she must pay a fee. If the test comes back
positive, the new owner can revoke the claim and send the horse back to the
previous owner. If the horse tests positive for blood doping agents, the
previous owner will be fined or suspended under the Rules of Arkansas Racing
Commission, and the new owner has no liability. These blood doping agents are
capable of staying in the horses system for long periods of time. Therefore,
the potential existed for the new owner to run the horse with the blood doping
agents in its system and be accused of having administered the blood doping
agents to the horse when in reality those agents were administered to the horse
by the previous owner. The purpose of the Rule is to provide protection for
owners claiming horses at Oaklawn Park.
2466.
(a)
The Pick-4 requires selection of the first-place finisher in each of four (4)
designated races. The Association shall designate the four (4) races comprising
the Pick-4, with prior approval of the Racing Commission. Any changes to the
approved Pick-4 format shall require prior approval from the Racing
Commission.
(b) The net Pick-4 pool
shall be distributed as a single price pool among the holders of valid tickets
that designate the first-place finisher in the greatest number of races
comprising the Pick-4, based upon the official order of finish. For example,
the net amount in the Pick-4 pool shall be distributed among the holders of
valid tickets that correctly designate the official winner of all four (4)
races comprising the Pick-4. If there is no valid ticket sold that correctly
designates the official winner of all four (4) of the Pick-4 races, the net
amount in the Pick-4 pool shall be distributed among the holders of valid
tickets that correctly designate the official winner of any three (3) of the
races comprising the Pick-4. If there is no valid ticket sold that correctly
designates the official winner of at least three (3) of the Pick-4 races, the
net amount in the Pick-4 pool shall be distributed among the holders of valid
tickets that correctly designate the official winner of any two (2) of the
races comprising the Pick-4. If there is no valid ticket sold that correctly
designates the official winner of at least two (2) of the Pick-4 races, the net
amount in the Pick-4 pool shall be distributed among the holders of valid
tickets that correctly designate the official winner of any one (1) of the
races comprising the Pick-4. If there are no winning wagers (i.e., if there is
no valid ticket sold that correctly designates the official winner of at least
one (1) of the Pick-4 races), the Pick-4 pool shall be refunded.
(c) If there is a dead heat for first in any
of the Pick-4 races involving:
(1) horses
representing the same betting interest, the net Pick-4 pool shall be
distributed as if no dead heat occurred.
(2) horses representing two (2) or more
betting interests, all such horses in the dead heat for win shall be considered
as winning horses in the race for purposes of calculating the Pick-4 pool and
payouts to the public.
(d) Should a betting interest in any of the
Pick-4 races be scratched, the actual favorite, as evidence by total amounts
wagered in the Win pool at the host association for the race at the close of
wagering on that race, shall be substituted for the scratched betting interest
for all purposes of the Pick-4, including Pick-4 pool calculations. In the
event that the Win pool total at the host association for the race at the close
of wagering on that race for two (2) or more favorites is identical, the
substitute selection shall be the betting interest with the lowest program
number. The totalisator shall produce reports showing each of the wagering
combinations with substituted betting interests which became winners as a
result of the substitution, in addition to the normal winning
combination.
(e) Those horses
constituting an Entry of coupled horses or those horses coupled to constitute
the Field in a race comprising the Pick-4 shall race as a single wagering
interest for purposes of the Pick-4 pool calculations and payouts to the
public. If only part of an Entry or part of the Field racing as a single
interest scratch and any part of the Entry or part of the Field racing as a
single interest is a starter in the race, the Entry or the Field selection
shall remain as the designated selection to win in that race for the Pick-4
calculation, and the selection of the Entry or Field, as the case may be, shall
not be deemed a scratch.
(f) The
Pick-4 pool shall be canceled and all Pick-4 wagers for that Pick-4 shall be
refunded if at least three (3) contests included as part of such Pick-4 are
canceled or declared "no contest."
(g) If one (1) or two (2) contest(s) included
as part of a Pick-4 are canceled or declared "no contest", the net Pick-4 pool
shall be distributed as a single price pool among the holders of valid tickets
that designate the first-place finisher in the greatest number of remaining
Pick-4 races for that Pick-4.
(h)
Providing information to any person regarding covered combinations, amounts
wagered on specific combinations, number of tickets sold, or number of live
tickets remaining is strictly prohibited until such time as the Stewards have
determined the last race comprising the Pick-4 to be official. This shall not
prohibit necessary communication between totalisator and pari-mutuel department
employees for processing of pool data.
(i) The Association may suspend previously
approved Pick-4 wagering with the prior approval of the Racing Commission.
Summary
Rule 2466 - Pick-4 Wagering.
The Pick-4 wagering rule provides a new pari-mutuel wager for
the patrons of Oaklawn Park. The Pick-4 wager requires the patron to select the
first place finisher in any of four races designated by Oaklawn Park for Pick-4
wagering. Monies from Pick-4 wagers are placed in a separate pari-mutuel pool.
The holders of valid tickets that correctly designate the official winner for
all four races shall receive the total amount of the pool. If no one picks the
winner of all four of the designated races, any patron picking three winners
shall receive the proceeds of the pool.
3160.
Arkansas Breeders
Program. "Registered Arkansas-bred" greyhound registration and
eligibility to participate in the Arkansas Racing Commission Purse and Awards
Fund shall be determined and made in accordance with registration rules adopted
by the Arkansas Greyhound Owners and Breeders Association and approved by the
Commission.
3161.
Distribution of Arkansas Breeders Purse and Award
Funds,
(a) The Arkansas Racing
Commission shall pay 20% of all Funds deposited in the Arkansas Breeders Purse
and Award Fund for the respective month to the Arkansas Greyhound Owners and
Breeders Association to promote the development of greyhound breeding in the
State of Arkansas and pay for the cost of administering the program.
(b) By the 5th of the month of the
appropriate calendar quarter (March, June, September, December), the designated
representative for the Arkansas Greyhound Owners and Breeders Association shall
submit/forward to the Arkansas Racing Commission a voucher request, on forms
approved by the Arkansas Racing Commission, requesting that monies be
distributed to the appropriate parties pursuant to the above mentioned
formula.
(c) If the Arkansas Racing
Commission determines that all the documentation is proper and correct, the
Arkansas Racing Commission shall distribute monies from the Arkansas Breeders
Purse and Award Fund to the appropriate parties by the 20th of the month of the
appropriate calendar quarter.
Summary
Rule 3161 - Distribution of Arkansas Breeders Purse and Award
Funds.
This rule provides for the Commission to pay 20% of all funds
deposited in the Arkansas Breeders Purse and Award Fund to the Arkansas
Greyhound Owners and Breeders Association to promote Greyhound breeding in the
State of Arkansas and to pay for the cost of administering the program. This
program is very similar to the Thoroughbred Breeders program operating at
Oaklawn Park for many years. This rule merely sets out the mechanism for the
payment of those funds to the appropriate Arkansas bred Greyhound
owners.
3220. A.
All greyhounds shall be weighed in at the designated time preceding the first
race of the day. All greyhounds must weigh-in with wire or plastic muzzle,
collar, lead strap, and approved identification tag.
Summary Rule 3220A - Greyhound Weigh-in
Procedure.
This rule is amended to require that greyhounds have an
approved identification tag when they report for the weigh-in procedure. There
have been problems in the past when greyhounds reported for a weigh-in without
an identification tag, and there was no specific rule requiring the use of an
identification tag. If proper identification procedures are not used it is easy
to confuse the dogs during the weigh-in procedure because many of the dogs have
similar coloring and markings.
Amendment to Rale 322G-A
3220A.
All greyhounds shall be weighed
in at the designated time preceding the first race of the day All greyhounds
must weigh-in with wire or plastic muzzle collar, lead strap, and approved
identification tag.
EXACTA POOLS
5015.
A.
The Exacta is a ticket selecting two (2) greyhounds, which must finish first
and second in exact order.
B. The
commission authorized by law is deducted from the sum total wagered in the
exacta pool. The balance is called the "net pool."
C. The amount wagered on the two (2)
greyhounds finishing first and second in exact order is then divided into the
"net pool." The quotient thus obtained is the payoff price on the winning
greyhounds finishing first and second for each dollar wagered and it includes
the dollar wagered on the greyhounds finishing first and second. Triple said
pay-off price to provide the pay-off for a $3.00 ticket.
D. If no ticket is sold on the winning
combination of an Exacta Pool, the net pool shall be distributed as a Place
Pool between holders of tickets selecting the winning greyhound to finish first
and/or holders of tickets selecting the second place greyhound to finish
second.
E. If no ticket is sold
that would require distribution of the net Exact Pool to winner(s) as above
defined, the Association shall make a complete and full refund of the Exacta
Pool.
F. In case of a dead heat
between two greyhounds for first place, the net Exacta Pool shall be calculated
and distributed as a place pool to holders of tickets of the winning
combination(s). In case of a dead heat between two greyhounds for second place,
the net Exacta Pool shall be figured as a place pool and distributed to holders
of tickets combining the winning greyhound and the two greyhounds finishing
second.
G. In the event of a dead
heat for second place, if no ticket is sold on one of the two winning
combinations, the entire net pool shall be calculated as a win pool and
distributed to those holding tickets on the other winning combination. If no
tickets combine the winning greyhound with either of the place greyhounds in
the dead heat, the Exacta Pool shall be calculated and distributed as a place
pool to holders of tickets representing any interest in the net pool. If the
winning combinations are both First/All and All/Second, and there is a dead
heat for second, half of the Divided Total is assigned to the First/All
combination, and each All/Second combination is assigned an equal share of the
remaining half
Summary
Rule 5015A - Exacta Pools.
This rule merely amends Rule 5015A to use the word Exacta
rather than Perfecta which was the term formerly used in the rule. Since the
institution of Rule 5015A, the term Perfecta is not used in the industry any
longer. It has been replaced by the word Exacta. This rule is being changed so
that the Arkansas rules conform to the rules of the other Greyhound tracks
across the country and to insure there is no confusion when Southland Greyhound
races are simulcast to other tracks.
EXACTA POOLS
5015.
A.
This a ticket selecting two (2) greyhounds, which must finish first and
second in exact order.
B.
The commission authorized by law is deducted from the sum total wagered
in the pool. The balance in called the "net pool."
C.
The amount wagered on the two (2)
greyhounds finishing first and second in exact order Is then divided into the
"net pool." The quotient thus obtained is the pay-off price on the winning
greyhounds finishing first and second for each dollar wagered and it includes
the dollar wagered on the greyhounds finishing first and second. Triple said
pay-off price to provide the pay-off for a $3.00 ticket.
D.
If no ticket is sold on the winning
combination of Pool, the net pool shall be distributed as a Place Pool between
holders of tickets selecting the winning greyhound to finish first and/or
holders of tickets selecting the second place greyhound to finish
second.
E.
If no
ticket is sold that would require distribution of the net Pool to winner(s) as
above defined, the Association shall make a complete and full refund of the
Pool.
F.
In case of a
dead heat between two greyhounds for first place, the net Pool shall be
calculated and distributed as a place pool to holders of tickets of the winning
combination(s). In case of a dead heat between two greyhounds for second place,
the net Pool shall be figured as a place pool and distributed to holders of
tickets combining the winning greyhound and the two greyhounds finishing
second.
G.
in the
event of a dead heat for second place, if no ticket is sold on one of the two
winning combinations, the entire net pool shall be calculated as a win pool and
distributed to those holding tickets on the other winning combination. If no
tickets combine the winning greyhound with either of the place greyhounds in
the dead heat, the pooI shall be calculated and distributed as a place pool to
holders of tickets representing any interest in the net pool. If the winning
combinations are both First/All and All/Second, and there is a dead heat for
second, half of the divided total is assigned to the First/All combination, and
each All/Second combination is assigned an equal share of the remaining
half.
