Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 8 - COMMERCE › Chapter 8.22 - BOARD OF HORSE RACING › Subchapter 8.22.29 - Occupational Licenses › Rule 8.22.2910 - TRAINERS

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) Each trainer
				shall obtain a license from the board. No person under the age of 18 shall be
				licensed as a trainer. Failure to maintain financial responsibility shall be
				grounds for revocation or non-issuance of license.
(2) If an applicant has not previously held a
				trainer's license in Montana or another horse racing jurisdiction, the
				applicant may not be issued a trainer license if the applicant fails to attain
				a passing score of at least 75% on an examination prepared by the board and
				administered by the board or its representative. If licensed in another racing
				jurisdiction, proof of licensure shall be provided to the stewards.
(3) An applicant who fails the examination
				may be allowed one additional examination during that calendar year.
(4) The testing fee for trainers exam will be
				$50. If a passing score is not received, applicant may upon payment of $100
				retake the test.
(5) Each trainer
				shall, upon making an entry, furnish the name of the jockey who the trainer
				desires to rides the trainer's horse, or if this is not possible, the trainer
				shall furnish it no later than scratch time. If no jockey has been named by
				that time, the stewards shall name an available rider.
(6) A trainer claiming a first or second
				preference on a jockey for a specified horse in a particular race shall obtain
				written proof of same from the jockey or agent and present said proof at time
				of entry.
(7) If a named rider is
				not available to ride for any reason, the trainer shall be immediately notified
				and may select a substitute jockey from those available. The steward may select
				a substitute jockey if the trainer fails to act within a reasonable time or is
				unavailable to act in an emergency.
(8) The trainer shall be absolutely
				responsible for the condition of every horse the trainer enters regardless of
				the act of third parties.
(9) A
				trainer may represent the owner in the matter of entries, declarations and the
				selection of jockeys.
(10) A
				trainer shall have his horse in the paddock at the time appointed.
(11) A trainer shall attend his horse or
				horses in the paddock, and shall be present to supervise the saddling unless he
				has obtained from the steward permission to send another licensed trainer as
				substitute.
(12) When a trainer is
				to be absent from his stable or the grounds where his horses are racing for a
				period of more than two racing days, and his horses are entered or are to be
				entered, he must provide a licensed trainer to assume the complete
				responsibility of the horses he is entering or running. Such licensed trainer
				shall sign in the presence of the stewards a form furnished by the board
				accepting complete responsibility of the horse or horses to be entered or
				raced.
(13) Each trainer shall
				register with the racing secretary all the horses in the trainer's
				charge.
(14) Each trainer shall
				register with the board every person in his employ and he shall be responsible
				for all his employees securing occupational licenses. Each trainer shall sign
				the license application of every person in his employ and verify the fact of
				the employment.
(a) Each trainer shall be
				responsible for reporting to the board the discharge of any of his employees
				within 24 hours of the discharge.