Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
1. The commission
may employ or contract with a veterinarian or veterinarians who are authorized
to:
a. Maintain and operate a barn for the
detention and testing of horses after each race;
b. Collect specimens for analysis to
determine the presence of prohibited substances in any entered horse;
c. Examine any horse entered in any race and,
upon a determination of unfitness to run, may recommend to the stewards that
they scratch the horse; and
d.
Delegate the veterinarian's duties to the veterinarian appointed by the
licensed association subject to the supervision of the commission veterinarian
and the approval of the commission.
2. Every horse entered to race may be
subjected to a veterinary examination for racing soundness and health on a race
day, not later than two hours prior to official post time for the first
race.
3. Testing of horses entering
a race will occur as follows:
a. After each
race, the winner of each race and any other horse designated by the stewards
must be taken directly to the enclosure for such testing as the commission
representative may require. Blood samples may be taken only by a veterinarian.
All other body fluid samples must be taken by a veterinarian or under a
veterinarian's supervision.
b. Each
horse to be tested must be accompanied by its owner, trainer, or the
representative of either who shall remain during the testing and sign as a
witness on the sample marking tag which will be detached and safeguarded by the
commission representative before the sample is forwarded to the
laboratory.
c. Samples taken must
be marked for identification by a two-part tag initialed by the commission
representative that includes on both parts an identical number, and the date of
the sample, and on the commission part the name of the horse and its owners or
trainer. The numbered part must be delivered under the seal of the commission
to the testing laboratory. The identified part must be retained by the
commission veterinarian until the results are obtained from the laboratory at
which time the sample tag must be filed with the commission.
d. The laboratory shall ensure the integrity
of samples and sample containers.
e. The commission has the authority to direct
the official laboratory to retain and preserve by freezing, samples for future
analysis.
f. Every horse which
suffers a breakdown on the racetrack, in training, or in competition, and is
destroyed, and every other horse which expires while stabled on association
grounds under the jurisdiction of the commission, shall undergo a post mortem
examination at a time and place acceptable to the commission veterinarian to
determine the injury or sickness which resulted in euthanasia or natural death.
The cost of such examination shall be assessed to the owner of the
horse.
4. A track
security guard shall monitor access to the test barn area during and
immediately following each racing performance. All persons who wish to enter
the test barn area must be a minimum of eighteen years old, be currently
licensed by the commission, display their commission identification badge, and
have a legitimate reason for being in the test barn area.
General Authority: NDCC 53-06.2-04,
53-06.2-05, 53-06.2-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 53-06.2-01, 53-06.2-04,
53-06.2-05, 53-06.2-10
