Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 6 - RACE TRACK OFFICIALS › Section 112-6-4 - The paddock judge and the kennel master

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each paddock
			 judge shall complete an identification card for each greyhound before it is
			 entered for official schooling. Each paddock judge shall ensure that each
			 greyhound conforms to the card index identification and shall report each
			 discrepancy to the racing judges.
(b) Under the supervision of the paddock
			 judge and in cooperation with the commission animal health officer, each kennel
			 master shall unlock the lock-out kennels immediately before weigh-in time to
			 see that the lock-out kennels are in safe and perfect repair and that nothing
			 has been deposited in them for the greyhounds to consume. The kennel master
			 shall see that the lock-out kennels are sprayed, disinfected, and kept in
			 proper sanitary condition. The kennel master or the kennel master's assistants
			 shall receive each greyhound from its trainer, one at a time, and see that the
			 greyhound is placed in its crate. After the kennel master receives the
			 greyhounds, the kennel master shall remain on duty at the lock-out kennel until
			 each greyhound is removed for the last race.
(c) No paddock judge or paddock judge's
			 assistant shall allow anyone to present a greyhound for weigh-in at an official
			 schooling or an official race except the greyhound's kennel owner, trainer,
			 licensed assistant, or licensed kennel helper, as designated on the kennel
			 roster.
(d) As each greyhound is
			 weighed in, each paddock judge, kennel master, or paddock judge's assistant
			 shall ensure that an identification tag is attached to the greyhound's collar
			 that indicates the number of the race in which the greyhound is entered and its
			 post position. The tag shall not be removed until the greyhound has been
			 weighed out and blanketed.
(e)
			 After the greyhounds are placed in the lock-out kennels, only the racing
			 judges, the paddock judge, the kennel master, the animal health officer, the
			 assistant animal health officers, or the lead outs shall enter the lock-out
			 kennels. None of these individuals shall enter the lock-out kennels
			 unaccompanied.
(f) Before the
			 greyhounds leave the paddock for the starting box, each paddock judge or
			 paddock judge's assistant shall carefully compare each greyhound with its
			 identification card and shall determine that each greyhound is equipped with a
			 regulation racing muzzle and blanket. The paddock judge or the paddock judge's
			 assistant shall examine all muzzles and blankets to determine whether they are
			 properly fitted before the greyhounds leave the paddock.
(g) The paddock judge shall assign lead outs
			 to the respective post positions by lot before each racing program. However, if
			 a greyhound is difficult to handle, the paddock judge may assign the greyhound
			 to the particular lead out who is most capable of handling the greyhound, in
			 the paddock judge's opinion. The paddock judge or the paddock judge's assistant
			 shall maintain a written record of lead out assignments.