Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 62 - Registration of Iowa-foaled Horses and Iowa-whelped Dogs › Rule 21-62.2 - Iowa Horse and Dog Breeders' Fund and Iowa Thoroughbred Horse Breeders' Promotion Fund

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Iowa-foaled horses and Iowa-whelped dog records and breeder
				payments:
The department will establish and maintain a records system
				entitled the "Iowa Horse and Dog Breeders' Fund." This records system will
				feature a list of thoroughbred, standardbred and quarter horses who have
				qualified to be Iowa-foaled horses, as well as a listing of all greyhound dogs
				that have qualified to be Iowa-whelped dogs.
A sum equal to 12 percent of the purse won by an Iowa-foaled
				horse or Iowa-whelped dog shall be used to promote the horse and dog breeding
				industries. This percentage shall be applicable to all races that are limited
				to Iowa-foaled horses or Iowa-whelped dogs as well as all other races which are
				won by Iowa-foaled horses or Iowa-whelped dogs.
The 12 percent shall be withheld by the licensee from the
				breakage and shall be paid at the end of the race meeting to the state
				department of agriculture and land stewardship which, in turn, shall deposit
				the 12 percent in a special fund to be known as the "Iowa Horse and Dog
				Breeders' Fimd" and pay the 12 percent by December 31 of each calendar year to
				the breeder of the winning Iowa-foaled horse or the breeder of the Iowa-whelped
				dog.
A sum equal to 6 percent of the purse won by an Iowa-foaled
				thoroughbred horse shall be used as a supplement to promote the thoroughbred
				horse breeding industries for horses placing second through fourth place. This
				percentage shall be applicable to all thoroughbred races that are held at
				Prairie Meadows racetrack.
The 6 percent supplement shall be withheld by the licensee from
				the horse breeders' fund for thoroughbreds and shall be paid at the end of the
				race meeting to the state department of agriculture and land stewardship which,
				in turn, shall deposit it in a special fund to be known as the "Iowa
				Thoroughbred Horse Breeders' Promotion Fund." This fund will pay 6 percent of
				the money earned to each horse placing second, third and fourth place by
				December 31 of each calendar year to the breeder of the Iowa-foaled
				thoroughbred horse.
(1) All
			 foals/horses qualified through the department to be Iowa-foaled horses and dogs
			 qualified to be Iowa-whelped will be listed by a department registration number
			 The Iowa-foaled horse mare breeder(s) at the time of foaling, or the owner of
			 the standardbred and quarter horse brood mare at the time of breeding, or the
			 owner of the dog, as a pup, at the time of whelping, shall be properly recorded
			 with a registration number
(2) A
			 race track licensee shall hold at least one race on each racing day limited to
			 Iowa-foaled horses or Iowa-whelped dogs. However, if sufficient Cornpetition
			 cannot be had among that class of horses or dogs on any day, another race for
			 the day may be substituted.
(3) As
			 the department receives this money from the licensee, the department shall
			 credit each horse or dog, by registration number, with the amount. At the end
			 of each calendar year, the department shall pay the amount credited to winning
			 Iowa-foaled horses or Iowa-whelped dogs to the Iowa-foaled horse breeder or to
			 the Iowa-whelped dog breeder.
(4)
			 The department will implement and maintain a system of keeping the Iowa state
			 racing Cornmission informed and updated relative to all horses and dogs which
			 are eligible to race as Iowa foaled or Iowa whelped.
(5) The department shall have the authority
			 to inspect the premises to verify that the animals are maintained under
			 conditions appropriate to each species to ensure that the animals are properly
			 cared for and that the standards of proper animal welfare are met.