Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 810 - PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET - KENTUCKY HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - Flat and Steeplechase Racing › Section 810 KAR 4:090 - Race horse owners

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				230.215,
				230.260,
				230.290,
				230.310,
				230.320
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				230.215(2) authorizes the
				Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to promulgate administrative regulations
				prescribing conditions under which horse racing shall be conducted in Kentucky.
				KRS
				230.310 requires any person who desires to
				participate in racing in Kentucky as an owner to apply to the commission for a
				license, and authorizes the commission to promulgate administrative regulations
				pertaining to licensing.
				KRS
				230.320 authorizes the commission to
				promulgate administrative regulations under which any license may be denied,
				suspended, or revoked, and under which any licensee or other person
				participating in Kentucky horse racing may be assessed an administrative fine
				or required to forfeit or return a purse. This administrative regulation
				establishes the requirements for owners to participate in horse racing in
				Kentucky.
Section 1. Owner's License
			 Required. A horse shall not be raced in Kentucky unless the owner or each of
			 the part owners, except as established in Section 4 of this administrative
			 regulation, has been granted a current owner's license or temporary license by
			 the commission.
Section 2. Owner's
			 License Limitations.
(1) A licensed owner or
			 trainer may personally serve as a farrier or jockey for horses he or she owns
			 or are registered as in his or her care, if he or she has received from the
			 stewards a certification of the licensee's fitness as a competent farrier or
			 jockey.
(2) A licensed owner shall:
(a) Own or have under lease, a horse eligible
			 to race and be prepared to prove same upon call of the stewards; and
(b) Not engage in an activity directly or
			 indirectly involving the racing performance of horses owned by
			 others.
(3)
(a) Except as established in paragraph (b) of
			 this subsection, a licensed owner shall be at least eighteen (18) years
			 old.
(b) The commission may grant
			 an owner's license to a person less than eighteen (18) years of age who is a
			 son or daughter of a licensed owner in this state, if the parent:
1. Holds an owner's license in this state;
			 and
2. Files with the license
			 application of the minor an agreement whereby the parent assumes responsibility
			 for meeting all financial, contractual, or other obligations relating to racing
			 of the applicant son or daughter.
(4) The commission may deny, suspend, or
			 revoke an owner's license for the spouse or any member of the immediate family
			 or household of a person who is ineligible to hold an owner's license, unless
			 there is a showing on the part of the applicant or licensed owner that his or
			 her participation in racing as an owner shall in no way circumvent the intent
			 of the administrative regulation by allowing a person, under the control or
			 direction of a person ineligible for an owner's license, to serve in essence as
			 a substitute for the ineligible person.