Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 325 - Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 75 - Oklahoma-Bred Program › Section 325:75-1-3.1 - Definition of accredited Oklahoma-Bred Quarter Horse, Paint or Appaloosa

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
As used in this Chapter, an accredited Oklahoma-Bred
				Appaloosa, Quarter Horse, or Paint horse is a 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 Program 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
			 Program 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, and such application is in substantial compliance with
			 the requirements of the registry. 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 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. Any foals
			 conceived after date of departure and prior to sale date shall be eligible for
			 accreditation if the stallion does not return within thirty (30) days. 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 auction or sale, the stallion must be re-accredited upon
			 resuming his domicile in order to be eligible for breeder awards 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)
Use of preserved semen
			 to service broodmares:
So long as an accredited Quarter Horse, Paint,
			 Appaloosa or Thoroughbred stallion is in compliance with the accreditation
			 requirements for the Oklahoma-Bred Program, the stallion may service mares
			 through the use of semen preserved in accordance with the rules adopted by the
			 appropriate national breed registry for that breed of stallion. Additionally,
			 if an accredited stallion dies or becomes physically incapable of servicing
			 mares while in compliance with the accreditation requirements of the
			 Oklahoma-Bred Program, semen preserved in accordance with the rules adopted by
			 the appropriate national breed registry for that breed of stallion may be used
			 to service mares with the resulting foals eligible for accreditation as racing
			 stock so long as all other conditions of eligibility are met for those
			 resulting foals.
(C)
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 of the stallion 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 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.