| (B) pay any compensation regarding those horses to
the suspended, revoked or ineligible trainer;
(C) solicit or accept a loan of anything of value from
the suspended, revoked or ineligible trainer; or
(D) use the farm or individual name of the suspended,
revoked or ineligible trainer when billing customers.
(4) A person who assumes the care, custody, or control
of the horses of a suspended, revoked or ineligible trainer is directly
responsible for all financial matters relating to the care, custody,
or control of the horses.
(5) On request by the Commission, a suspended, revoked
or ineligible trainer or a person who assumes the care, custody, or
control of the horses of a suspended, revoked or ineligible trainer
shall permit the Commission to examine all financial or business records
to ensure compliance with this section.
(j) Reporting to Clocker. When taking a horse onto
a racetrack to work, a horse trainer or an assistant of the trainer
shall report the horse's name and the distance to be worked to the
morning clocker or an assistant clocker or shall instruct the jockey
or exercise rider to transmit the information to the clocker or assistant
clocker.
(k) Other Responsibilities. A trainer is responsible
for:
(1) the condition and contents of stalls/kennels, tack
rooms, feed rooms, and other areas which have been assigned by the
association;
(2) maintaining the assigned stable/kennel area in
a clean, neat and sanitary condition at all times;
(3) ensuring that fire prevention rules are strictly
observed in the assigned stable/kennel area;
(4) training all animals owned wholly or in part by
the trainer that are participating at the race meeting;
(5) ensuring that, at the time of arrival at a licensed
racetrack, each animal in the trainer's care is accompanied by a
valid health certificate/certificate of veterinary inspection;
(6) using the services of those veterinarians licensed
by the Commission to attend animals that are on association grounds;
(7) promptly notifying the official veterinarian of
any reportable disease and any unusual incidence of a communicable
illness in any animal in the trainer's charge;
(8) immediately reporting to the stewards/judges and
the official veterinarian if the trainer knows, or has cause to believe,
that an animal in the trainer's custody, care or control has received
any prohibited drugs or medication;
(9) maintaining a knowledge of the medication record
and status of all animals in the trainer's care;
(10) ensuring the fitness of an animal to perform creditably
at the distance entered;
(11) ensuring that the trainer's horse is properly
shod, bandaged and equipped; and
(12) reporting the correct sex of the horses in his/her
care to the Commission veterinarian and the horse identifier.
(l) No licensee shall act as a program trainer, nor
shall any owner name a program trainer on the entry form. Any licensee
found to be acting as a program trainer and any owner who listed a
program trainer is responsible for all violations occurring from participation
of any horse or greyhound entered or raced by the licensee. Further,
the Commission recognizes that identification of the correct trainer
in the program is an important handicapping tool used by the wagering
public. Therefore, the Commission identifies the practices of utilizing
a program trainer and of acting as a program trainer as being inconsistent
with maintaining the honesty and integrity of racing under §307.7
(relating to Ejection and Exclusion) and as a detrimental practice
under §311.6 (relating to Denial, Suspension and Revocation of
Licenses.)
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §311.104 adopted to be effective October 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 8973; amended to be effective January 1, 2003, 27 TexReg 12189; amended to be effective January 8, 2004, 29 TexReg 378; amended to be effective March 20, 2008, 33 TexReg 2307; amended to be effective July 14, 2009, 34 TexReg 4635; amended to be effective January 5, 2010, 35 TexReg 93; amended to be effective March 6, 2012, 37 TexReg 1509; amended to be effective May 30, 2013, 38 TexReg 3337; amended to be effective November 2, 2015, 40 TexReg 7668; amended to be effective March 8, 2017, 42 TexReg 1025; amended to be effective July 17, 2017, 42 TexReg 3539; amended to be effective September 4, 2018,43TexReg 5679 |
