(a) The primary business of a training facility must
be the training of racehorses. The training facility must be available
to provide official workouts on a schedule approved by the executive
director, but at least three days per week.
(b) A training facility licensee shall prohibit any
wagering at the facility and shall promptly eject any person who is
found to be wagering. All training facilities located at licensed
racetracks shall have an e-wagering plan approved by the Executive
Director, as set out in Sec. 321.603, before the first date of an
approved official work schedule.
(c) A training facility licensee shall ensure that
veterinary services and facilities are available to the training facility
in close enough proximity to permit a response time of one hour or
less. The veterinary services and facilities are subject to the approval
of the executive director.
(d) A training facility licensee shall comply with
the requirements of Sec. 309.117, First Aid and Sec. 309.254, Equine
Ambulance, during the period where the racetrack association allows
occupational licensees to conduct official works or exercise horses
on the racetrack.
(e) A training facility licensee shall maintain records
regarding the management and operation of the training facility and
the records are subject to inspection by the executive director. A
training facility licensee shall cooperate fully with and promptly
provide any information requested by the Executive Director in the
regulation of training facilities.
(f) A training facility licensee shall post a condition
book approved by the executive director with any conditions imposed
by the racetrack association along with a list of the dates and times
that official workouts may be obtained.
(g) A training facility licensee shall comply with
all the requirements of this subchapter. Failure to continuously comply
with those requirements is grounds for disciplinary action by the
executive director, including suspension or revocation of the training
facility license.
(h) The facilities and operations of a licensed training
facility are subject to inspection and verification by the executive
director at any time. If the executive director determines that inappropriate
or unsafe conditions exist at the training facility or that the integrity
of workouts obtained at the facility are in question, the executive
director may immediately notify the pari-mutuel racetracks in this
state that workouts obtained at the facility may not be accepted as
official workouts. The executive director shall notify the general
manager or chief executive officer of the licensed training facility
of the executive director's findings and specifically describe the
corrective action necessary to make the facility's workouts official,
to rectify the inappropriate condition, or to make the conditions
safe. The training facility may take the necessary corrective action
or request a hearing with the Commission on the executive director's
findings.
(i) A training facility licensee may not, unless otherwise
approved by the executive director,
(1) conduct a race at its facility; or
(2) allow its facility to be used for a race.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §313.504 adopted to be effective January 1, 1994, 18 TexReg 9102; amended to be effective January 3, 1996, 20 TexReg 11011; amended to be effective September 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 8674; amended to be effective October 30, 2000, 25 TexReg 10737; amended to be effective March 27, 2024, 49 TexReg 1912 |