| 16.47.1.10 |
TRAINERS |
| A. |
ELIGIBILITY:
(1) An applicant for a license as trainer or assistant
trainer must be at least 18 years of age; be qualified,
as determined by the stewards or other Commission designee,
by reason of experience, background and knowledge of
racing; a trainer's license from another jurisdiction,
having been issued within a 24 month period by the Commission,
may be accepted as evidence of experience and qualifications;
evidence of qualifications may require passing one or
more of the following: a written examination; an interview
or oral examination; a demonstration of practical skills
in a barn test given by a committee of trainers appointed
by the New Mexico Horsemen's Association and approved
by the Commission.
(2) Applicants not previously licensed as a trainer
shall be required to pass a written/oral examination,
demonstrate practical skills, and submit at least two
written statements as to the character and qualifications
of the applicant, and documentation of having completed
a six month apprenticeship under the direct supervision
of a licensed trainer or assistant trainer. |
| B. |
ABSOLUTE INSURER:
(1) The trainer is the absolute insurer of the condition
of horses entered in an official workout or race and
is responsible for the presence of any prohibited drug
or medication, or other prohibited substance in such
horses. A positive test for a prohibited drug or medication
or other prohibited substance or the presence of permitted
medication in excess of maximum allowable levels as
reported by a Commission-approved laboratory is prima
facie evidence of a violation of this rule. The trainer
is absolutely responsible regardless of the acts of
third parties.
(2) A trainer must prevent the administration of any
drug or medication or other prohibited substance that
may cause a violation of these rules.
(3) A trainer whose horse has been claimed remains the
absolute insurer for the race in which the horse is
claimed. |
| C. |
OTHER RESPONSIBILITY: A trainer is responsible
for:
(1) the condition and contents of stalls, tack rooms,
feed rooms, sleeping rooms and other areas which have
been assigned by the association;
(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 chief of security of the
trainer's employees on association 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
chief of security shall be notified by the trainer,
in writing, within 24 hours of any change;
(5) the proper identity, custody, care, health, condition,
and safety of horses in his/her charge;
(6) disclosure of the true and entire ownership of each
horse in his/her care, custody or control; any change
in ownership must be reported immediately to, and approved
by, the stewards and recorded by the racing secretary;
(7) training all horses owned wholly or in part by him/her
which are participating at the race meeting;
registering with the racing secretary each horse in
his/her charge within 24 hours of the horse's arrival
on association grounds;
(8) immediately notify the stewards and Commission veterinarian
of all out-of-state certified horses on Salix®;
(9) ensuring that, at the time of arrival at a licensed
racetrack, each horse in his/her care is accompanied
by a valid health certificate as required by the Commission;
(10) having each horse in his/her care that is racing,
or is stabled on association grounds, tested for Equine
Infectious Anemia (EIA) within one year and for filing
evidence of such negative test results with the racing
secretary;
(11) using the services of those veterinarians licensed
by the Commission to attend horses that are on association
grounds;
(12) immediately reporting the alteration in the sex
of a horse in his/her care to the horse identifier and
the racing secretary, whose office shall note such alteration
on the certificate of registration;
(13) promptly reporting to the racing secretary and
the official veterinarian any horse on which a posterior
digital neurectomy (heel nerving) is performed and ensuring
that such fact is designated on its certificate of registration;
(14) promptly notifying the official veterinarian of
any reportable disease and any unusual incidence of
a communicable illness in any horse in his/her charge;
(15) promptly reporting the death of any horse in his/her
care on association grounds to the stewards and the
official veterinarian and compliance with the rules
in Subsection C of 15.2.6.12 NMAC governing post-mortem
examinations;
(16) maintaining a knowledge of the medication record
and status of all horses in his/her care;
(17) immediately reporting to the stewards and the official
veterinarian if he/she knows, or has cause to believe,
that a horse in his/her custody, care or control has
received any prohibited drugs or medication;
(18) representing an owner in making entries and scratches
and in all other matters pertaining to racing;
horses entered as to eligibility and weight or other
allowances claimed;
(19) horses entered as to eligibility and weight or
other allowances claimed;
(20) ensuring the fitness of a horse to perform creditably
at the distance entered;
(21) ensuring that his/her horses are properly shod,
bandaged, and equipped;
(22) presenting his/her horse in the paddock at least
20 minutes before post time or at a time otherwise appointed
before the race in which the horse is entered;
(23) personally attending to his/her horses in the paddock
and supervising the saddling thereof, unless excused
by the stewards;
(24) instructing the jockey to give his/her best effort
during a race and that each horse shall be ridden to
win;
(25) attending the collection of urine or blood sample
from the horse in his/her charge or delegating a licensed
employee or the owner of the horse to do so;
(26) notifying horse owners upon the revocation or suspension
of his/her trainer's license; upon application by the
owner, the stewards may approve the transfer of such
horses to the care of another licensed trainer, and
upon such approved transfer, such horses may be entered
to race. |
| D. |
ASSISTANT TRAINERS:
(1) A trainer may employ an assistant trainer, who shall
be equally responsible with the employing trainer for
the condition of the horses in their care. The name
of the assistant trainer shall be shown on the official
program along with that of the employing trainer.
(2) Qualifications for obtaining an assistant trainer's
license shall be prescribed by the stewards and the
Commission may include those requirements prescribed
in Subsection A, Paragraph 1 of 16.47.1.10 NMAC.
(3) An assistant trainer shall assume the same duties
and responsibilities as imposed on the licensed trainer.
(4) The trainer shall be jointly responsible for the
assistant trainer's compliance with the rules governing
racing. |
| E. |
SUBSTITUTE TRAINERS:
(1) If any licensed trainer is prevented from performing
his duties or is absent from the track where he is participating,
the stewards shall be immediately notified, and at the
same time, a substitute trainer or assistant trainer,
acceptable to the stewards, shall be appointed. The
stewards shall be advised when the regular trainer resumes
his duties.
(2) A substitute trainer must accept responsibility
for the horses in writing and be approved by the stewards.
(3) A substitute trainer and the absent trainer shall
be jointly responsible as absolute insurers of the condition
of their horses entered in an official workout or race
pursuant to Subsection B, Paragraphs (1), (2) and (3)
of 16.47.1.10.
[16.47.1.10 NMAC - Rp, 16 NMAC 47.1.10, 03/15/2001;
A, 11/15/2001] |
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