Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 325 - Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 75 - Oklahoma-Bred Program › Section 325:75-1-3 - Definition of Accredited Oklahoma-Bred Thorough breds

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
As used in this Chapter, an accredited Oklahoma-Bred
				Thoroughbred horse shall mean a Thoroughbred horse which meets the requirements
				below:
(1)
Stallion.
An
			 accredited Oklahoma-Bred stallion is one that is domiciled in Oklahoma, stands
			 for service in Oklahoma, and is enrolled in the Oklahoma-Bred stallion
			 registry. An Oklahoma-Bred stallion that is accredited as racing stock is not
			 accredited as breeding stock in the registry unless the required application is
			 filed and fee paid to Registering Agency. For resulting foals to be eligible
			 for accreditation as Oklahoma-Bred racing stock, the stallion must be
			 accredited in the Oklahoma-Bred stallion registry prior to the service that
			 produces the resulting foal. Except for those foals eligible for accreditation
			 that are sired by non-accredited stallions, any foals conceived prior to the
			 stallion being accredited in the Oklahoma-Bred stallion registry will not be
			 eligible for accreditation. Eligibility for participation in the Oklahoma-Bred
			 Program begins when the application for the stallion registry is submitted, at
			 which time the stallion must be domiciled in Oklahoma. The stallion's
			 application must be filed with the Oklahoma-Bred Registering Agency by February
			 1 of that breeding season. Late applications will be accepted after February 1
			 and through June 30 of that season. A stallion's accreditation shall not be
			 forfeited if the stallion leaves Oklahoma for an indefinite period of time for
			 racing, medical treatment, performance, or approved departure for breeding
			 purposes in another hemisphere. An Oklahoma-Bred stallion may leave Oklahoma
			 for the purpose of being offered in a recognized sale consignment. In the case
			 of a sale consignment, an accredited stallion returned to Oklahoma to resume
			 his domicile within 30 days after the sale date is not required to become
			 re-accredited. Foals conceived after sale date will be ineligible if the
			 stallion fails to resume domicile within thirty (30) days. Should the stallion
			 not meet the return period from the sale, the stallion must be re-accredited
			 upon resuming his domicile in order to be eligible for breeder awards from
			 foals conceived after the date of departure. The burden of proof relating to
			 such race, performance, medical treatment, sale consignment or breeding shall
			 be on the Owner of record who shall produce such evidence to the Oklahoma-Bred
			 Registering Agency.
(A)
Stallions
			 Leaving Oklahoma for Breeding Purposes in Another Hemisphere:
Approved
			 departure for breeding purposes shall be granted by the Registering Agency upon
			 written notification by the stallion Owner or manager as to the destination of
			 the stallion, the anticipated date the stallion will be leaving and the
			 anticipated date of return to Oklahoma. The stallion must reestablish his
			 domicile in Oklahoma prior to servicing any mare for which subsequent foals
			 conceived by service from that stallion are to be eligible for accreditation.
			 The Owner or manager of the stallion must provide written notice of the exact
			 date of stallion's return and re-established domicile location in Oklahoma and
			 the effective date for the stallion's eligibility to earn awards will be the
			 date of return if notice is provided within 30 days of that date, or upon
			 receipt of notice if longer than 30 days after the return of the Stallion.
(B)
Re-Accreditation of
			 Stallions:
If a stallion leaves the State of Oklahoma for any reason
			 other than breeding in another hemisphere, sale consignment, performance, or
			 medical treatment and terminates his domicile, that stallion will not be
			 eligible to sire subsequent foals eligible for accreditation as racing stock in
			 the Oklahoma-Bred Program. If the stallion returns to Oklahoma to re-establish
			 his domicile, pays the appropriate fees and meets all other qualifying
			 requirements, the stallion may become re-accredited in the Oklahoma-Bred
			 stallion registry. If a stallion stands for service outside of Oklahoma during
			 the calendar year in which a foal(s) was conceived, any foal conceived after
			 accreditation or reaccreditation in the Oklahoma-Bred stallion registry and
			 while the accredited stallion was standing in Oklahoma and which otherwise may
			 be accredited in the Oklahoma-Bred Program upon presentation of acceptable
			 documentation reflecting that the service producing the foal occurred while the
			 accredited stallion was standing in Oklahoma. The stallion shall be eligible
			 for stallion awards only from those breedings that occurred while the
			 accredited stallion was physically domiciled in Oklahoma. The Registering
			 Agency may require an affidavit for any breeding season during which the
			 stallion is standing as an accredited Oklahoma-Bred stallion. Failure to
			 provide the required documentation for any year shall result in the stallion
			 Owner being ineligible for stallion awards for all foals resulting from that
			 breeding season unless the required documentation is received by the
			 Registering Agency within thirty (30) days after written request. Further,
			 foals conceived during that breeding season shall be ineligible for
			 accreditation unless the required affidavit is received by the Registering
			 Agency not later than thirty (30) days after written request. An accredited
			 stallion who terminates his domicile in Oklahoma and later returns to Oklahoma
			 to resume his domicile, prior to breeding, but fails to reaccredit in the
			 Oklahoma-Bred stallion registry, may qualify for a hardship reaccreditation. In
			 addition to the regular application fee, the applicant shall be charged an
			 additional $200.00 fee. All other qualifications and requirements of the
			 Oklahoma-Bred stallion registry must be met as well. The Registering Agency may
			 require proof that all requirements for accreditation have been met. Any foal
			 by the stallion seeking re-accreditation that would otherwise be eligible for
			 accreditation as racing stock in the Oklahoma-Bred Program will be eligible for
			 accreditation upon a hardship reaccreditation in the Oklahoma-Bred stallion
			 registry. Acceptance of a foal application under these circumstances, by the
			 official Registering Agency, is subject to the stallion being enrolled under a
			 hardship re-accreditation application in the Oklahoma-Bred stallion registry
			 within sixty (60) days from receipt of notice by the stallion Owner that the
			 stallion was not re-accredited in the Oklahoma-Bred stallion registry prior to
			 breeding. The fee to enroll the racing stock in the Oklahoma- Bred Program will
			 be based upon the age of the foal on the date the Registering Agency receives
			 the racing stock application. Failure to enroll a stallion under a Hardship
			 Application within sixty (60) days from receipt of notice that the stallion was
			 not re-accredited prior to breeding will result in the rejection of any pending
			 racing stock applications for foals by the stallion. The Owner of an accredited
			 Oklahoma-Bred stallion (for the purpose of qualifying for stallion awards) is
			 the Owner or Lessee of record at the time the offspring is conceived.
(C)
Yearly Re-Certification
			 Fee.
The Owner of the accredited Oklahoma-Bred stallion must pay a
			 yearly re-certification fee. The yearly recertification fee is $25.00 and due
			 on or before February 1. If the yearly recertification fee is paid between
			 February 2 and June 30, the fee is $50.00. If the yearly recertification fee is
			 paid between July 1 and December 31, the fee is $250.00. If the yearly
			 recertification fee is not paid on or before December 31, the stallion will
			 lose its certification as an accredited Oklahoma- Bred stallion. The owner of a
			 stallion may re-certify the stallion as an accredited Oklahoma-Bred stallion by
			 paying a hardship fee of $500.00 prior to the stallion's foal(s) becoming a
			 yearling or $1,000.00 prior to the foal(s)' two-year-old year. If the stallion
			 is not re-certified, the stallion loses its accreditation in the Oklahoma-Bred
			 Stallion Registry, and the Owner is ineligible for stallion awards for all
			 foals resulting from that breeding season.