Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 09 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Subtitle 10 - RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 09.10.03 - Prohibited Acts › Section 09.10.03.03 - General

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. Except as
				provided in §A(14) of this regulation, the following acts are prohibited
				if committed on the grounds of a facility under the jurisdiction of the
				Commission, if they affect a race conducted live in this State, or if they
				affect the betting on a race in this State:
(1) Offering, promising, giving, accepting,
				or soliciting a bribe in any form, directly or indirectly, to or by a person
				having any connection with the outcome of a race;
(2) Entering, or knowingly aiding and
				abetting in the entering of, a horse ineligible or unqualified to
				race;
(3) Participating in any
				improper, corrupt, or fraudulent act or practice in relation to
				racing;
(4) Causing, attempting to
				cause, or any participation in an attempt to cause the pre-arrangement of a
				race result;
(5) Soliciting bets on
				a horse from the public by a licensee either by correspondence or other
				methods;
(6) Using or possessing a
				battery, buzzer, electrical device, or other appliance, other than an ordinary
				whip, which could be used to alter the speed or racing condition of a horse in
				a race or workout;
(7) Using
				profane, abusive, or insulting language to employees of the Commission,
				employees of a facility under the jurisdiction of the Racing Commission, or the
				public;
(8) Being in an intoxicated
				state;
(9) Fighting or other
				conduct of a disorderly nature;
(10) Using or possessing a deadly
				weapon;
(11) Committing or
				participating in the commission of a criminal act;
(12) Violating a regulation or condition of
				the Commission or aiding or abetting a person in the violation of a regulation
				or condition of the Commission;
(13) Failing to comply with an order or
				ruling of a steward, judge, or other racing official pertaining to a racing
				matter;
(14) Cruelty to a horse
				wherever committed;
(15) Tampering,
				or attempting to tamper, with a horse for any purpose;
(16) Transferring, or attempting to transfer,
				the ownership of a horse for a purpose other than its legitimate sale or
				lease;
(17) Registering a horse
				under the name of a person other than the legitimate owner or lessee of the
				horse;
(18) Making false or
				misleading statements to a racing official or submitting false or misleading
				statements on a license application;
(19) Except as otherwise provided in this
				regulation, using or possessing, actually or constructively, any of the
				following items:
(a) A drug, or
(b) A hypodermic needle, hypodermic syringe,
				or other device which could be used for injection;
(20) Using or possessing the ingredients or
				the paraphernalia associated with the forced feeding to a horse of a
				combination of baking soda and sugar, or a form of sugar, or administrating a
				substance by tubing within 24 hours of a racing program in which a horse is
				scheduled to race;
(21) The
				possession or administration of Erythropoietin or any analogous substance that
				increases the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood; and
(22) Failing to report the knowledge of a
				violation of this regulation to the stewards, judges, or the
				Commission.