Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 163 - RULES OF RACING › TRAINERS › Section 163.521 - Duties of trainers

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A licensed
				  trainer may represent the owner in the matter of entries, declarations and the
				  employment of jockeys. A licensed trainer may not have an interest, whether by
				  ownership or lease, in a horse of which he is not the trainer at a race meeting
				  at which the trainer is operating as a licensed trainer.
(b) A trainer who represents or files an
				  application for an unlicensed owner shall file with the Commission an affidavit
				  certifying that he will secure a license for the owner. The trainer shall be
				  liable for a sanction, penalty or default of the filing of an owner's
				  application until the same has been filed and the owner's license finally
				  issued and shall be absolutely responsible for insuring the due, prompt and
				  proper filing of the application.
(c) A trainer shall have his horse in the
				  paddock at the time appointed.
(d)
				  A trainer shall attend his horse in the paddock, and shall be present to
				  supervise his saddling, unless he has obtained the permission of a steward to
				  send another licensed trainer as a substitute.
(e) When a trainer is to be absent from his
				  stable or the grounds where his horses are racing for a period of more than 2
				  racing days and horses are entered or are to be entered, he shall provide a
				  licensed trainer to assume the complete responsibility of the horses he is
				  entering or running. The licensed trainer shall sign in the presence of the
				  stewards a form furnished by the Commission accepting complete responsibility
				  for the horses being entered and running. This section does not apply to
				  trainers having in their employ a licensed assistant trainer.
(f) A trainer shall be responsible for the
				  condition of a horse trained by him. A trainer shall register with the racing
				  secretary the horses in his charge, giving the name, age, sex, color, breeding
				  and ownership of each, and he shall present the foal certificates at the time
				  the horses arrive on the grounds.
(g) A trainer shall promptly report to the
				  racing secretary the spaying or gelding of a horse giving the date of the
				  procedure, and in the case of mares or fillies, a description of the procedure
				  used. Spaying as used in this section includes any procedure including removal
				  of ovaries rendering an animal incapable of reproduction. Gelding includes any
				  procedure having the effect of castration.
(h) A trainer shall register with the
				  Commission every person in his employ.
(i) A trainer may not enter or start a horse
				  that:
(1) Is not in serviceable, sound racing
				  condition.
(2) Has its median,
				  volar or plantar nerves either blocked or removed. The horse is not permitted
				  to race on Commonwealth tracks. A horse which has been nerved below the fetlock
				  (digital nerves) may be permitted to start.
(3) Has been given internally or externally a
				  stimulant, depressant, hypnotic or narcotic drug prior to the race.
(4) Is on the stewards', starter's or
				  veterinarian's list in a racing jurisdiction.