North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69.5 - Racing Commission, North Dakota › Article 69.5-01 - North Dakota Racing Commission Rules › Chapter 69.5-01-05 - Licensees › Section 69.5-01-05-13 - Prohibited practices

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The following practices by licensees are prohibited:
1. Giving or offering, directly or
				indirectly, a bribe in any form to any person licensed by the commission to
				violate these rules or the laws of this state related to racing.
2. Soliciting or offering to accept, directly
				or indirectly, a bribe in any form by a person licensed by the commission to
				violate these rules or the laws of this state related to racing.
3. Failing as a licensee to report any bribe
				or solicitation as in subsections 1 and 2.
4. Soliciting by any licensee except the
				association of bets by the public.
5. Improperly influencing or attempting to
				improperly influence the results of a race or combining with any person or
				conspiring to combine with any person to improperly influence or attempt to
				improperly influence the results of a race.
6. Entering or starting a horse known or
				believed to be ineligible or disqualified.
7. Offering or receiving money or other
				benefit for withdrawing a horse from a race.
8. Making a wager for a jockey by any person
				except the jockey's owner or trainer.
9. An owner or trainer making a wager for a
				jockey on a horse other than that ridden by the jockey. This may not be
				construed to include bets on another horse in combination with such owner's or
				trainer's own in multiple wagering bets.
10. Offering or giving a jockey money or
				other benefit concerning a race, except by the owner or trainer of the horse to
				be ridden or a track bonus available to all jockeys.
11. Possessing any electrical or mechanical
				device designed to increase or decrease the speed of a horse during a race,
				other than an ordinary riding whip.
12. Bookmaking, which is the taking or
				receiving of a wager upon the result of any horse race of which betting is
				being conducted by any association licensed by the commission, except through
				the regular betting windows and facilities provided by the
				association.
13. Purchasing any
				ticket or share of a pari-mutuel pool for another, for hire or anything of
				value.
14. The giving under oath of
				any false statement or the refusing to testify after proper notice to the
				commission about any matter regulated by the commission, except in the exercise
				of a lawful privilege.
15.
				Subjecting an animal to cruel and inhumane treatment by failing to supply it
				with adequate food, water, medical treatment, exercise or shelter, or by
				neglect or intentional act cause a horse to suffer unnecessary pain.
16. Permitting a horse to start a race unless
				the horse has been officially tattooed under the upper lip or electronically
				chipped or any other approved means of identification. A horse which is not
				properly identified may be allowed to race if all the following requirements
				are met:
a. A tattooer or chip technician is
				unavailable as determined by the state steward;
b. Before post time the horse is inspected by
				the chief steward and the commission veterinarian; and
c. Before post time the state steward and
				commission veterinarian certify the horse's identity to the racing secretary
				and the horse identifier.