| (a) All official workouts must be supervised by the
following officials, who must be licensed and approved by the executive
director:
(1) a timer/clocker;
(2) a horse identifier; and
(3) a starter, and an assistant starter;
(4) two outriders to address track safety issues.
(b) The person riding a horse in an official workout
must hold a valid Commission license as a jockey, apprentice jockey,
or exercise rider, or as the trainer or assistant trainer of the horse.
(c) The horse identifier shall identify each horse
before each official workout. The original registration papers for
each horse that is to work, or a copy that satisfies the horse identifier,
must be submitted to the horse identifier before the horse's initial
workout at the facility to permit the identifier to record the horse's
color, gender, markings, and tattoo number, if applicable. The horse
identifier shall inspect all documents of ownership, registration,
or breeding necessary to ensure the proper identification of the horse.
The identification procedures used at the training facility are subject
to the approval of the executive director.
(d) A training race conducted at a licensed pari-mutuel
racetrack may be used as an official workout. The distance of an official
workout must be at least:
(1) 220 yards for a quarter horse;
(2) two furlongs, for a two-year old thoroughbred;
and
(3) three furlongs, for a thoroughbred three years
of age or older.
(e) A workout must be timed on a stopwatch that is
accurate to within .01 of a second. Times for quarter horses shall
be rounded to tenths of one second and times for thoroughbred horses
shall be rounded to fifths of one second.
(f) An individual may not ride a horse in an official
workout unless the individual is wearing a properly fastened helmet
of a type approved by the executive director.
(g) Each official workout must be recorded on a form
prescribed by the executive director. Not later than 24 hours after
the day of an official workout, a training facility shall transmit
the results of the workout to:
(1) the official past performance publisher;
(2) the executive director; and
(3) each pari-mutuel horse racetrack in this state
that is:
(A) conducting a live race meeting for the same breed
of horse as the horse that was worked; or
(B) will, in 45 days or less after the date of the
workout, commence a live race meeting for the same breed of horse
as the horse that was worked.
(h) A horse may not have more than one official workout
on a calendar day.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §313.505 adopted to be effective January 1, 1994, 18 TexReg 9102; amended to be effective October 30, 2000, 25 TexReg 10737; amended to be effective April 4, 2005, 30 TexReg 1628; amended to be effective January 5, 2010, 35 TexReg 93; amended to be effective March 27, 2024, 49 TexReg 1913 |
