Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 203.24 - Other duties and responsibilities of trainersIn addition to the duties and responsibilities set forth in § § 203.22 and 203.23 (relating to trainer responsibility rule; and duties of trainers), a trainer shall also be responsible for:
(1) The condition and contents of stalls, tack rooms, feed rooms and other areas which have been assigned by the licensed racing entity;(2) Maintaining the assigned stable area in a clean, neat and sanitary condition at all times;(3) Ensuring that fire prevention rules are strictly observed in the assigned stable area;(4) Providing a list to the Commission of the trainer's employees on the racetrack grounds and any other area under the jurisdiction of the Commission. The list shall include each employee's name, occupation, social security number and occupational license number. The Judges shall be notified by the trainer, in writing, within 24 hours of any change to the employee list;(5) Ensuring the adequate care, custody, condition, fitness, health, safety and security of horses under the trainer's care, custody and control;(6) Disclosing the true and entire ownership of each horse the trainer's care, custody or control. Any change in ownership shall be reported immediately to, and approved by, the Judges and recorded by the race secretary;(7) Training all horses owned wholly or in part by the trainer which are participating at the race meeting;(8) Registering with the race secretary each horse in the trainer's charge within 24 hours of the horse's arrival on the licensed racetrack facility grounds;(9) Ensuring that, at the time of arrival at a licensed racetrack, each horse in the trainer's care, custody or control is accompanied by a valid health certificate (Coggins) which shall be filed with the race secretary;(10) Immediately reporting the alteration of the sex of a horse in the trainer's care to the horse identifier and the race secretary, whose office shall note the alteration on the certificate of registration;(11) Promptly reporting to the race secretary and the Commission Veterinarian any horse on which a posterior digital neurectomy (heel nerving) is performed and ensuring that the fact is designated on its certificate of registration;(12) Promptly notifying the Commission Veterinarian of any suspected or actual knowledge of a reportable disease and any unusual incidence of a communicable illness in any horse in the trainer's care;(13) Promptly reporting the death of any horse in the trainer's care while on the licensed racing entity grounds to the Judges and the Commission Veterinarian and complying with the rules and regulations governing post-mortem examinations;(14) Representing an owner in making entries and scratches and in all other matters pertaining to racing;(15) Horses entered as to eligibility and by gait, age, sex, number of wins, earnings or claiming price;(16) Ensuring the fitness of a horse to perform reasonably at the distance entered;(17) For having the entered horse standing by and ready for the pre-race veterinary examination (racing soundness examination) to be conducted by the Commission Veterinarian or designee. The trainer shall have all bandages, blankets and muzzles off and horse's legs clean and free of substances, sweats or leg medications;(18) For participating and assisting the Commission Veterinarian with pre-race examination tasks including the safe restraint of the horse, tattoo identification or jogging the horse as requested. Failure by the trainer or assistant trainer to comply with the direction, request or requirement issued by the Commission Veterinarian during the course of a pre-race examination shall result in the horse being scratched from the race and disciplinary action being taken against the trainer;(19) Ensuring that the trainer's horses are properly shod, bandaged and properly equipped;(20) Ensuring that all Lasix horses entered to compete shall be present on racetrack grounds no less than 4 hours prior to the scheduled post time of the race for which the horse is entered to compete and non-Lasix horses shall be present on racetrack grounds no less than 2 hours prior to the scheduled post time of the race. Horses not arriving on racetrack grounds in accordance with the previously mentioned times may be scratched or fined with discretion given to the Board of Judges to consider extenuating circumstances;(21) Presenting the horse in the paddock at least 2 hours before post time or at a time otherwise appointed before the race in which the horse is entered and personally attending to the horse in the paddock, unless excused by the Judges;(22) Instructing the driver to give the driver's best effort during a race and that each horse shall be driven to win;(23) Attending the collection of post-race urine and blood samples from the horse in the trainer's charge or delegating a licensed employee or the owner of the horse to do so; and(24) Notifying horse owners upon the revocation or suspension of the trainer's license. A trainer whose license has been suspended or whose license has expired or been revoked; or license application has been denied, must inform the horse owners that until the license is restored the trainer can no longer be involved with the training, care, custody or control of their horses, nor receive any compensation from them for the training, care, custody or control of their horses. Upon application by the owner, the Judges may approve the transfer of the horses to the care of another licensed trainer, and upon approved transfer, the horses may be entered to race. Upon transfer of the horse, the inactive trainer shall not be involved in any arrangements related to the care, custody or control of the horse and shall not benefit financially or in any other way from the training of the horse.