Ill. Admin. Code tit. 11 § 1413.250

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Section 1413.250 - Medical Reasons for Ineligibility

A trainer or owner shall not enter or start, or cause to be entered or started, a horse that:

a) is not in servicable, sound racing condition;

b) has an active tracheostomy;

c) has been nerved or had cryosurgery performed on a nerve; except that horses that have had a neurectomy or cryosurgery performed on the posterior digital nerve below, and not at, the fetlock of one or more feet may be permitted to race;

d) is blind or whose vision is seriously impaired in both eyes. A horse blind in one eye may start only if the other eye has normal vision;

e) does not comply with the rules regarding Coggins tests (see 11 Ill. Adm. Code 1309, 1313, 1424 and 1431).

Ill. Admin. Code tit. 11, § 1413.250

Amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 15608, effective December 1, 2001