Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The purpose of this subsection is to identify
responsibilities of the trainer that pertain specifically to the health and
well being of horses in their care.
A.
The trainer is responsible for the condition of horses entered in an official
workout or race and is responsible for the presence of any prohibited drug,
medication or other substance, including permitted medication in excess of the
maximum allowable level, in such horses. A positive test for a prohibited drug,
medication or substance, including permitted medication in excess of the
maximum allowable level, as reported by a Commission-approved laboratory, is
prima facie evidence of a violation of this rule. In the absence of substantial
evidence to the contrary, the trainer is responsible.
B. A trainer shall prevent the administration
of any drug or medication or other prohibited substance that may cause a
violation of these rules.
C. A
trainer whose horse has been claimed remains responsible for any violation of
rules regarding that horse's participation in the race in which the horse is
claimed.
D. The trainer is
responsible for: maintaining the assigned stable area in a clean, neat and
sanitary condition at all times; using the services of those veterinarians
licensed by the commission to attend horses that are on association
grounds.
E. Additionally, with
respect to horses in their care or custody, the trainer is responsible for:
(1) the proper identity, custody, care,
health, condition and safety of horses;
(2) having each horse in their care that is
racing, or is stabled on association grounds, tested for equine infectious
anemia (EIA) and for filing evidence of such negative test results with the
racing secretary as required by the commission;
(3) immediately reporting the alteration of
the sex of a horse to the horse identifier and the racing secretary;
(4) promptly reporting to the racing
secretary and the official veterinarian when a posterior digital neurectomy
(heel nerving) is performed and ensuring that such fact is designated on its
certificate of registration;
(5)
promptly notifying the official veterinarian of any reportable disease and any
unusual incidence of a communicable illness in any horse in their
charge;
(6) promptly reporting the
serious injury or death of any horse at locations under the jurisdiction of the
commission to the stewards and the official veterinarian and compliance with
the rules in this part governing postmortem examinations;
(7) maintaining knowledge of the medication
record and status;
(8) immediately
reporting to the stewards and the official veterinarian knowledge or reason to
believe, that there has been any administration of a prohibited medication,
drug or substance;
(9) ensuring the
fitness to perform creditably at the distance entered;
(10) ensuring that every horse entered to
race is present at its assigned stall for a pre-race soundness inspection as
prescribed in this part;
(11)
ensuring proper bandages, equipment and shoes;
(12) presence in the paddock at least 20
minutes before post time or at a time otherwise appointed before the race in
which the horse is entered;
(13)
personally attending in the paddock and supervising the saddling thereof,
unless excused by the stewards;
(14) attending the collection of a urine or
blood sample or delegating a licensed employee or the owner to do so;
(15) immediately reporting to the stewards
any administration of any medication or drugs, except as provided, within
twenty-four (24) hours of post time of the race in which the horse has been
entered;
(16) immediately
submitting to the official veterinarian and the racing secretary the necessary
forms to scratch any horse treated with any medication, or drug, within
twenty-four (24) hours of the post time of the race in which the horse has been
entered unless such treatment is permitted herein.
