Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 130 - VIRGINIA BREEDERS FUND › Part I - Definitions › Section 11VAC10-130-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
					 shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Breeding season" means a period of time beginning on
					 February 1 and ending on August 1 of each year. For Standardbreds, the breeding
					 season means a period of time beginning February 15 and ending on July 15 of
					 each year.
"Registered" means the completion of the process of filing
					 an application with the commission or its designee to satisfy the requirements
					 for participation in the Virginia Breeders Fund.
"Stallion owner" means an owner or lessee of record of a
					 stallion that covered mares in the Commonwealth of Virginia during the breeding
					 season in which it sired a Virginia-bred horse.
"Virginia-bred Arabian horse" means a registered Arabian
					 horse foaled in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
"Virginia Arabian horse breeder" means the owner or lessee
					 of record of the mare at the time of foaling of a Virginia-bred Arabian
					 horse.
"Virginia Arabian sire" means a registered Arabian stallion
					 that covered mares only in the Commonwealth of Virginia during the breeding
					 season in which it sired a Virginia-bred Arabian horse.
"Virginia-bred Quarter Horse" means a registered Quarter
					 Horse foaled or conceived in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
"Virginia Quarter Horse breeder" means the owner or lessee
					 of record of the mare at the time of conception of a Virginia-bred Quarter
					 Horse.
"Virginia Quarter Horse sire" means a registered Quarter
					 Horse stallion or registered Virginia Thoroughbred stallion that covered mares
					 only in the Commonwealth of Virginia during the breeding season in which it
					 sired a Virginia-bred Quarter Horse.
"Virginia resident" means a person legally required to file
					 a resident income tax return with the Commonwealth of Virginia or a
					 partnership, corporation, stable name or other entity that is solely owned by
					 Virginia residents and owners legally required to file resident income tax
					 returns with the Commonwealth.
"Virginia-bred Standardbred horse" means a registered
					 Standardbred horse sired by a Virginia Standardbred sire, a registered
					 Standardbred horse foaled in the Commonwealth of Virginia provided that the
					 foal-producing mare is domiciled in the Commonwealth from July 15 through
					 December 31 of the year in which the horse is foaled, or a registered
					 Standardbred horse foaled in the Commonwealth provided that the foal-producing
					 mare is bred back that same breeding season to a Virginia Standardbred sire
					 with the following exceptions:
1. A
				  foal of a mare that is solely owned by a Virginia resident at the time of
				  conception; or
2. A foal of a mare
				  purchased solely by a Virginia resident at a public auction.
"Virginia Standardbred horse breeder" means the owner or
					 lessee of record of the mare at the time of conception of a Virginia-bred
					 Standardbred horse.
"Virginia Standardbred sire" means a registered
					 Standardbred stallion that stood only in the Commonwealth of Virginia during
					 the breeding season in which it sired a Virginia-bred Standardbred horse.
					 Shipment of semen for the breeding of mares outside the Commonwealth shall be
					 permitted so long as any resulting foals meet the requirements of this chapter
					 in all other respects.
"Virginia-bred Thoroughbred horse" means a registered
					 Thoroughbred horse foaled in Virginia. Beginning with foals of 2024, the foal's
					 dam must also domicile in Virginia from September 1 of the year of conception
					 and reside in Virginia until the dam foals the following year.
"Virginia-sired Thoroughbred horse" means a registered
					 Thoroughbred horse sired by a Virginia Thoroughbred sire, but not foaled in
					 Virginia or not otherwise satisfying the requirements for a Virginia-bred
					 Thoroughbred horse.
"Virginia Thoroughbred horse breeder" means the owner or
					 lessee listed on The Jockey Club registration papers as the owner or lessee of
					 record of the mare at the time of foaling a Virginia-bred Thoroughbred
					 horse.
"Virginia Thoroughbred sire" means a registered
					 Thoroughbred stallion that covers mares, other than test mares, only in the
					 Commonwealth during the breeding season in which it sires a Virginia-bred
					 Thoroughbred horse, or only during that part of the breeding season after
					 entering the Commonwealth.
Statutory Authority: §
												59.1-369 of the Code of
						Virginia.