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Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-32 - Jockeys, apprentices and agents › JOCKEY AGENTS › Section 260-32-420 - Prohibited areas

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
A jockey agent is prohibited from entering the jockey
				  quarters, winner's circle, racing surface, paddock or saddling enclosure unless
				  permitted by the stewards.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 67.16.020 and
					 67.16.040. 06-07-065, §
											260-32-420, filed 3/10/06,
					 effective 4/10/06; 82-09-016 (Order 82-03), §
											260-32-420, filed
					 4/9/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-34 - Drug and alcohol testing of licensees › Section 260-34-010 - Primary purpose

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
In order to protect the integrity of horse racing in the state
				of Washington, and to protect the safety of the public and all participants,
				the Washington horse racing commission intends to regulate the use of any
				illegal controlled substances and the use of alcohol by licensees at all race
				meets. This chapter shall be applicable to all licensees or applicants on the
				grounds of any racetrack during its licensed race meet.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 06-07-064, §
										260-34-010, filed 3/10/06,
				  effective 4/10/06; 05-07-066, §
										260-34-010, filed 3/11/05,
				  effective 4/11/05; 89-13-006 (Order 89-02), §
										260-34-010, filed 6/9/89;
				  88-09-033 (Order 88-02), §
										260-34-010, filed
				  4/15/88.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-34 - Drug and alcohol testing of licensees › Section 260-34-030 - Testing

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(1) A steward of
			 the horse racing commission, a commission security investigator or the
			 executive secretary, may require any licensee or applicant to provide breath,
			 blood, oral fluids, and/or urine samples for the purpose of drug or alcohol
			 analysis under any of the following circumstances:
(a) When a steward or commission security
			 investigator finds that there is reasonable suspicion to believe that the
			 applicant or licensee has used or is under the influence of alcohol and/or any
			 drug.
(b) When an applicant or
			 licensee has a documented history of an unexplained positive test which
			 indicates illegal drug usage or has a documented history of violating chapter
			 69.41, 69.45 or 69.50 RCW, WAC
			 260-34-020
			 or similar drug-related violation within five years of conviction or release
			 from a correctional institution for that violation. The term "correctional
			 institution" shall include any prison, jail or similar institution in this
			 state or elsewhere.
(c) When a
			 steward or commission security investigator decides to test any licensee or
			 applicant as a condition of any conditional or probationary license.
(d) When any person is riding a horse on the
			 grounds of a licensed racing association.
(e) When a person currently holds a groom or
			 assistant trainer's license and is observed performing the duties of that
			 license while on the grounds of a licensed racing association.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-010 - License required

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(1) Any person
			 acting in an official capacity or any person participating directly in horse
			 racing must have a valid license, except as provided in subsection (2) of this
			 section.
(2) The following persons
			 are not required to have a license:
(a)
			 Commissioners and employees of the commission;
(b) Persons employed by a racing association
			 who only perform duties of concessions, housekeeping, parking, food and
			 beverage, landscaping or similar functions, and do not act in an official
			 capacity or participate directly in horse racing;
(c) Persons employed by an out-of-state
			 racing association and holding a valid license from a recognized racing
			 jurisdiction, who work for a Class A or B racing association as parimutuel
			 clerks for a period not to exceed eight days total in any calendar
			 year;
(d) Federal, state, or local
			 governmental agency employees, and public service employees with need to access
			 the grounds in the performance of their duties. Nonuniformed employees will be
			 required to provide proper identification; and
(e) Individuals participating in functions or
			 events on the grounds of a nonprofit meet that is also a multi-use facility
			 will have access to the grounds while the event is taking place.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-015 - Age requirement for license

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Applicants for licensing must be at least fourteen years of age
				unless otherwise specified. An applicant may be required to submit a certified
				copy of his/her birth certificate.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 07-01-052, §
										260-36-015, filed 12/14/06,
				  effective 1/14/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 06-05-039, §
										260-36-015, filed 2/9/06,
				  effective 3/12/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-030 - Veterinarians - License required

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Veterinarians licensed by the commission may also apply for a
				trainer's license. A licensee holding a veterinarian and a trainer's license is
				subject to the following restrictions:
(1) The licensee may treat, using veterinary
			 methods, only those horses for which he/she is the trainer of record.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this
			 section, during an emergency on the grounds of the racing association, the
			 licensee may respond and assist at the scene of the emergency. Any veterinary
			 treatment provided at the scene must be reported in writing to the official
			 veterinarian. The report will include, at a minimum, the names of horses
			 treated and treatment rendered. The report must be filed by the next race day's
			 first race.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 07-01-052, §
										260-36-030, filed 12/14/06,
				  effective 1/14/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 06-05-039, §
										260-36-030, filed 2/9/06,
				  effective 3/12/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 04-24-019, §
										260-36-030, filed 11/22/04,
				  effective 12/23/04; 04-15-039, §
										260-36-030, filed 7/12/04,
				  effective 8/12/04. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.040. 91-24-085, §
										260-36-030, filed 12/4/91,
				  effective 1/4/92. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 89-13-007 (Order
				  89-03), §
										260-36-030, filed 6/9/89;
				  86-09-072 (Order 86-02), §
										260-36-030, filed 4/21/86;
				  82-14-012 (Order 82-05), §
										260-36-030, filed 6/25/82. Rules
				  of racing, § 350, filed
				  4/21/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-050 - Application for license

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All applications for a license must be made to the commission
				on approved forms. It is a violation of these rules for any person applying for
				a license to provide false information or fail to provide accurate and complete
				information. Persons completing an application are responsible for the accuracy
				and completeness of the information contained on the application. Applicants
				may be required to have their photograph taken. The commission, executive
				secretary, stewards, or security investigators, in their discretion, may
				require a photograph from any applicant or licensee at any
				time.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 07-01-052, §
										260-36-050, filed 12/14/06,
				  effective 1/14/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 06-05-039, §
										260-36-050, filed 2/9/06,
				  effective 3/12/06. Rules of racing, § 351, filed
				  4/21/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-055 - Vendors license required

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(1) Any
			 individual or business that offers a service or product for a fee in the
			 restricted area of the grounds must obtain a vendors license. These services
			 include, but are not limited to:
(a)Feed and
			 bedding;
(b)Equine massage or
			 dentistry;
(c)Farriers;
(d)Horse transportation;
(e)Tack and supplies; and
(f)Vitamins and supplements.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-060 - Application for license - Stewards' review

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(1) Applications for an initial license
			 submitted by trainers, assistant trainers, jockeys, apprentice jockeys, jockey
			 agents, exercise riders, pony riders, or outriders must be reviewed by a
			 steward to determine if the applicant is qualified for the license requested.
(a) All assistant trainers must also obtain a
			 groom license.
(b) Jockeys must
			 have an exercise rider license to perform exercise rider duties.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-062 - Fitness to participate

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(1) All
			 applicants for a jockey, apprentice jockey, exercise rider, pony rider or
			 outrider license must certify on their application that they are physically fit
			 to ride.
(2) During the conduct of
			 a race meet, if the board of stewards finds that a threat to the public health,
			 safety or welfare requires emergency action, the board of stewards may require
			 a jockey, apprentice jockey, exercise rider, pony rider or outrider to provide
			 a physician's written statement verifying fitness to ride before being allowed
			 to ride in a race or on the grounds of the racing association.
(3) All applicants for a groom, assistant
			 trainer, or other employees of the trainer not on horseback, must certify on
			 their application that they are physically fit to perform the duties of the
			 position they hold.
(4) If, during
			 the year of license, a groom, assistant trainer, or other employee of the
			 trainer becomes injured, they will report the injury to the trainer, who must
			 in turn report the injury to the board of stewards or executive secretary. If
			 the injury adversely impacts an employee's ability to perform their duties, the
			 board of stewards or executive secretary may require the employee provide a
			 physician's written statement verifying fitness to perform their duties before
			 the employee will be allowed to return to work on or off the grounds of the
			 racing association.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 12-23-015, §
										260-36-062, filed 11/9/12,
				  effective 12/10/12; 07-01-052, §
										260-36-062, filed 12/14/06,
				  effective 1/14/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 06-05-039, §
										260-36-062, filed 2/9/06,
				  effective 3/12/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-065 - Approval of application for license

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The procedure for processing license applications will be
				determined by the executive secretary.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 07-01-052, §
										260-36-065, filed 12/14/06,
				  effective 1/14/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 06-05-039, §
										260-36-065, filed 2/9/06,
				  effective 3/12/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-080 - Duration of a license

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(1) Every
			 license issued by the commission will be for a term not exceeding one year.
			 Licenses expire on December 31st of each year except as otherwise provided in
			 this rule.
(2) Licenses issued to
			 employees and volunteers of a racing association will be for a term of one year
			 and expire on the last day of February of each year.
(3) A license will be considered expired as
			 of the end of the month in which the final live race day of the year is run,
			 unless extended as provided in subsection (4) of this section, or the date a
			 licensee is no longer performing the activities for which he or she was
			 licensed, or, if applicable, the date the licensee is no longer employed by the
			 employer who hired the licensee. The commission or its designee may, at its
			 sole discretion, reinstate such a license if the licensee is reemployed or
			 begins performing the activities for which he or she was licensed prior to the
			 end of the license period for which the license had been originally
			 issued.
(4) All licenses issued to
			 exercise riders - track, and pony riders - track will expire on the last live
			 race day of the year. All licenses issued to trainers, assistant trainers,
			 grooms, exercise riders - farm, and pony riders - farm, will expire at the end
			 of the month in which the final live race day of the year the track is run,
			 unless extended as provided in subsection (5) of this section.
(5) The license of trainers, assistant
			 trainers, grooms, exercise riders - farm, and pony riders - farm may be
			 extended if the trainer chooses to extend industrial insurance coverage as
			 provided in WAC
			 260-36-250(4)(a).
			 In those cases, the license of the trainer and the trainer's employees will not
			 expire as provided in subsection (4) of this section until industrial insurance
			 coverage is no longer obtained or until December 31st, whichever comes
			 first.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 12-23-015, §
										260-36-080, filed 11/9/12,
				  effective 12/10/12; 07-01-052, §
										260-36-080, filed 12/14/06,
				  effective 1/14/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 06-05-039, §
										260-36-080, filed 2/9/06,
				  effective 3/12/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 04-24-019, §
										260-36-080, filed 11/22/04,
				  effective 12/23/04. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.040. 94-04-002, §
										260-36-080, filed 1/20/94,
				  effective 2/20/94. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 86-09-072 (Order
				  86-02), §
										260-36-080, filed 4/21/86. Rules
				  of racing, § 345, filed
				  4/21/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-085 - License and fingerprint fees

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(1) The
			 following are the license fees for any person actively participating in racing
			 activities:
Apprentice jockey
$96.00
Assistant trainer
$46.00
Association employee - Management
$31.00
Association employee - Hourly/seasonal
$20.00
Association volunteer nonpaid
No fee
Authorized agent
$31.00
Clocker
$31.00
Exercise rider - Farm
$96.00
Exercise rider - Track
$96.00
Groom
$31.00
Honorary licensee
$20.00
Jockey agent
$96.00
Jockey
$96.00
Other
$31.00
Owner
$96.00
Pony rider - Farm
$96.00
Pony rider - Track
$96.00
Service employee
$31.00
Stable manager
$96.00
Spouse groom
$31.00
Stable license
$59.00
Trainer
$96.00
Vendor
$146.00
Veterinarian
$146.00
(2)
			 Exercise and pony riders.
(a) A person
			 receiving an exercise rider - track license must first obtain an exercise rider
			 - farm license if that person works off the grounds of a Washington race track.
			 A person receiving a second exercise rider's license will not be charged an
			 additional license fee for that second license.
(b) A person receiving a pony rider - track
			 license must first obtain a pony rider - farm license if that person works off
			 the grounds of a Washington race track. A person receiving a second pony
			 rider's license will not be charged an additional license fee for that second
			 license.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-100 - Fingerprints

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(1) Every person,
			 between the ages of eighteen and sixty-nine, applying for a license must
			 furnish the commission his or her fingerprints upon making an initial
			 application for a license.
Persons who have previously held a license while under the age
				of eighteen must furnish fingerprints in the license period which follows their
				eighteenth birthday whenever an application is submitted.
(2) Following the initial application, each
			 person that meets the requirements in subsection (1) of this section must then
			 submit fingerprints at an interval determined by the commission. However, the
			 commission, executive secretary, stewards, or security investigators, in their
			 discretion, may require fingerprints from any applicant or licensee, regardless
			 of age, at any time.
(3) If
			 fingerprints are requested for any applicant or licensee over the age of
			 sixty-nine or under the age of eighteen, the entire cost of submission will be
			 due at time of processing.
(4) If
			 an applicant fails to furnish fingerprints, the stewards may suspend the
			 license or deny, and/or assess a fine.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020. 10-17-071, §
										260-36-100, filed 8/13/10,
				  effective 9/13/10. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 08-05-087, §
										260-36-100, filed 2/15/08,
				  effective 3/17/08. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020. 07-01-052, §
										260-36-100, filed 12/14/06,
				  effective 1/14/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 06-05-039, §
										260-36-100, filed 2/9/06,
				  effective 3/12/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020. 04-24-019, §
										260-36-100, filed 11/22/04,
				  effective 12/23/04. Rules of racing, § 349, filed
				  4/21/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-110 - Display of license

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(1) Licensees
			 must present their license when requested to do so by racing association
			 security personnel or commission employees.
(2) The commission may require licenses to be
			 displayed in plain view while on association grounds.
(3) Every licensee must have his/her
			 commission license in his/her immediate possession at all times when in any
			 restricted area of racing association grounds, acting in an official capacity
			 or participating directly in horse racing.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 07-01-052, §
										260-36-110, filed 12/14/06,
				  effective 1/14/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 06-05-039, §
										260-36-110, filed 2/9/06,
				  effective 3/12/06; 81-15-034 (Order 81-06), §
										260-36-110, filed 7/10/81. Rules
				  of racing, § 28, filed
				  4/21/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-120 - Denial, suspension, and revocation-Grounds

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(1) The commission, executive secretary, or
			 board of stewards may refuse to issue or may deny a license to an applicant,
			 may modify or place conditions upon a license, may suspend or revoke a license
			 issued, may order disciplinary measures, or may ban a person from all
			 facilities under the commission's jurisdiction, if the applicant licensee, or
			 other person:
(a) Has been convicted of any
			 felony or gross misdemeanor crime;
(b) Is subject of current prosecution of any
			 felony crime;
(c) Has any felony
			 conviction under appeal;
(d) Has
			 pending criminal charges;
(e) Has
			 failed to meet the minimum qualifications required for the license for which
			 they are applying;
(f) Has failed
			 to disclose or states falsely any information required in the
			 application;
(g) Has been found in
			 violation of statutes or rules governing racing in this state or other
			 jurisdictions;
(h) Has a proceeding
			 pending to determine whether the applicant or licensee has violated the rules
			 of racing in this state or other racing jurisdiction;
(i) Has been or is currently excluded from a
			 racetrack at which parimutuel wagering on horse racing is conducted by a
			 recognized racing jurisdiction;
(j)
			 Has had a license denied by any racing jurisdiction;
(k) Is a person whose conduct or reputation
			 may adversely reflect on the honesty and integrity of horse racing or who may
			 interfere or has interfered with the orderly conduct of a race
			 meeting;
(l) Demonstrates financial
			 irresponsibility by accumulating unpaid obligations, defaulting in obligations
			 or issuing drafts or checks that are dishonored or payment refused;
(m) Has violated any of the alcohol or
			 substance abuse provisions outlined in chapter 260-34 WAC;
(n) Has violated any of the provisions of
			 chapter 67.16 RCW;
(o) Has violated
			 any provisions of Title 260 WAC;
(p) Has association with persons of known
			 disreputable character;
(q) Has not
			 established the necessary skills or expertise to be qualified for a license as
			 required by WAC
			 260-36-060;
			 or
(r) Has committed any act with
			 the outcome or intent of defrauding the industrial insurance benefits provided
			 under the horse industry account.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-150 - Employing or harboring an unlicensed person

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No racing association or licensee may employ an unlicensed
				person in a position for which a license is required by these rules. No
				licensee may harbor any unlicensed person in the restricted areas on the
				grounds of any class A or B racing association.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 07-01-052, §
										260-36-150, filed 12/14/06,
				  effective 1/14/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 06-05-039, §
										260-36-150, filed 2/9/06,
				  effective 3/12/06. Rules of racing, § 354, filed
				  4/21/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-180 - Authority to search

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In order to protect the integrity of horse racing and to
				protect the interests and safety of the public and participants, the commission
				and its employees have the right to enter into or upon the buildings, stables,
				rooms, motor vehicles or other places within the grounds of a racing
				association to examine the same and to inspect and examine the personal
				property and effects of any licensee within such places. Any person who has
				been granted a license by the commission, by accepting a license, authorizes
				the commission or its employees to search his/her person and the areas
				indicated herein and to seize any medication, drugs, paraphernalia or device
				prohibited by the rules of racing, or other evidence of a violation of the
				rules of racing. If a licensee refuses to allow a search, the board of stewards
				must revoke his/her license.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 12-03-074, §
										260-36-180, filed 1/13/12,
				  effective 2/13/12; 07-01-052, §
										260-36-180, filed 12/14/06,
				  effective 1/14/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 06-05-039, §
										260-36-180, filed 2/9/06,
				  effective 3/12/06; 05-05-043, §
										260-36-180, filed 2/14/05,
				  effective 3/17/05; 81-09-075 (Order 81-03), §
										260-36-180, filed
				  4/22/81.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-200 - Application for owner's license by trainer or other licensee

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(1) A trainer, or
			 other licensee approved by the stewards, may submit an application for an
			 owner's license on behalf of an owner. Upon submitting such application, the
			 licensee must pay all license fees and required labor and industries
			 premiums.
(2) Within fourteen days
			 of the licensee's submission of a license application on behalf of an owner,
			 the owner must complete the license application process by providing
			 fingerprints, a photograph, and any other information required by the
			 commission. If the owner fails to complete the application process within
			 fourteen days, the board of stewards may suspend the owner's license and/or
			 assess a fine to the licensee found responsible.
(3) No horse may start in a race if the horse
			 is owned in whole or in part by an owner who has failed to complete the owner's
			 application.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 08-05-087, §
										260-36-200, filed 2/15/08,
				  effective 3/17/08. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 07-01-052, §
										260-36-200, filed 12/14/06,
				  effective 1/14/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 06-05-039, §
										260-36-200, filed 2/9/06,
				  effective 3/12/06; 05-09-045, §
										260-36-200, filed 4/18/05,
				  effective 5/19/05; 91-03-033, §
										260-36-200, filed 1/9/91,
				  effective 1/22/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-210 - Owner's license

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There is no age limitation for a person to apply for and be
				granted an owner's license, except that persons under the age of eighteen must
				have a parent or guardian assume financial responsibility for
				them.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 07-01-052, §
										260-36-210, filed 12/14/06,
				  effective 1/14/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 06-05-039, §
										260-36-210, filed 2/9/06,
				  effective 3/12/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-250 - Industrial insurance

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(1) The horse
			 racing industry labor and industries account only provides coverage for
			 employees of a trainer licensed in the state of Washington and meets the
			 criteria in this section. At the time of submitting a license application, or
			 as provided in this section, all licensed trainers must provide the commission
			 with the name of all licensed employees, including grooms, assistant trainers,
			 exercise riders - farm, and pony riders - farm. Trainers will be required to
			 maintain accurate payroll records and may be required to submit them to the
			 commission or the department of labor and industries for premium verification
			 and/or claims processing. In addition the trainer will inform the commission of
			 the worksite for each employee. For the purpose of industrial insurance
			 coverage a worksite may only be one of the following locations:
(a) A Washington race track - A race track in
			 the state of Washington granted race dates by the commission. A site will be
			 designated as a Washington race track for the purposes of industrial insurance
			 for only the period of the track's licensed race meet and periods of training
			 when horses are exercised in preparation for competition. This period of time
			 is limited to only that period of time when the stewards have authority on the
			 grounds (WAC
			 260-24-510(2));
(b) Farm or training center - A
			 farm or training center is any location off the grounds of a licensed race
			 meet. This will include any recognized race track located outside the state of
			 Washington as well as any Washington race track during the period before its
			 period of training or after its licensed race meet. For the purposes of
			 industrial insurance all such locations will be considered a farm or training
			 center.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-36 - Licenses › Section 260-36-260 - Employees and duties

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(1) Employees
			 of licensed trainers are grooms, assistant trainers, exercise riders (both at
			 the track and at the farm), and pony riders (both at the track and at the
			 farm). Employees of a trainer may only perform those duties for which they are
			 licensed and as outlined in this section. For the purposes of industrial
			 insurance coverage under the horse industry account, coverage will only extend
			 while an employee is properly licensed by the commission, employed by a
			 licensed trainer, and only performing duties associated with the employee's
			 license.
(2) Exercise riders, both
			 at the track and farm may only perform the following duties:
(a) Exercise horses, which includes riding,
			 lunge and line drive horses;
(b)
			 Assist with saddling horses for training;
(c) Unsaddle horses following
			 training;
(d) Clean tack following
			 training;
(e) An exercise rider may
			 not perform any of the duties of a groom, assistant trainer, pony rider, or
			 other duties not usually preparing horses for competition.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-37 - Live horse racing compact › Section 260-37-010 - Use of compact committee license - Fee

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(1) A person holding a valid compact
			 committee license issued under chapter 67.17 RCW who intends to participate in
			 horse racing in Washington must pay a fee for the use of the compact committee
			 license equal to the cost of the same type of license listed in WAC
			 260-36-085. The fee will be paid
			 to the compact committee, which will forward any such fees collected to the
			 commission at least monthly.
(2) A
			 person holding a valid compact committee license is exempt from paying the
			 fingerprint fee listed in WAC
			 260-36-085.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 07-07-009, §
										260-37-010, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-37 - Live horse racing compact › Section 260-37-020 - Payment of compact committee license use fee

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The compact committee designated in chapter 67.17 RCW is
				authorized to make payments to the commission on a monthly payment basis for
				the license fees charged by the commission to persons for use of their compact
				committee license.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 07-07-009, §
										260-37-020, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-37 - Live horse racing compact › Section 260-37-030 - Compact licensees bound by rules

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All requirements of Title 260 WAC are applicable to persons
				holding a compact committee license, except where incompatible with the intent
				of chapter 67.17 RCW.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 07-07-009, §
										260-37-030, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-40 - Entries, starts, nominations and scratches › Section 260-40-010 - Nominations and scratches

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(1) A
			 horse may not be considered nominated or scratched out of an engagement until
			 the owner, trainer or designee provides written notice to the racing secretary
			 before the time set by the association.
(2) For stake races, if a horse is not named
			 through the entry box before the close of entries for that race, the horse is
			 automatically out.
(3) If the
			 validity of any nomination is alleged, the complainant must provide
			 satisfactory proof of the error that is alleged; otherwise, the nomination will
			 be accepted.
(4) Any owner,
			 trainer, or designee who has entered a horse will be allowed the right to
			 scratch the horse from the race entered prior to the published scratch time,
			 until no fewer than eight interests remain in the race. If there are more
			 requests to scratch than are available, permission to scratch must be decided
			 by lot. However, in all races involving the daily double, no entry may be
			 scratched that would reduce the starting field to less than the number
			 designated by the racing secretary, without permission of the board of
			 stewards. No other entries will be excused as provided above except upon
			 receipt of a veterinarian's certificate of unfitness, change of track
			 conditions since time of entry or other causes acceptable to the board of
			 stewards.
(5) The racing secretary
			 is authorized to accept entries that will be allowed to scratch based upon
			 predetermined conditions established by the racing secretary at entry
			 time.
(6) All horses must be
			 scratched by the designated scratch time set by the association, and consistent
			 with subsection (1) of this section.
(7) If the racing secretary does not
			 designate a scratch time, no horse will be allowed to scratch without
			 permission of the board of stewards.
(8) The scratch of a horse out of an
			 engagement is irrevocable.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 11-03-050, §
										260-40-010, filed 1/14/11,
				  effective 2/14/11. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 07-07-010, §
										260-40-010, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07; Rules of racing, §§ 82 through 87, filed
				  4/21/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-40 - Entries, starts, nominations and scratches › Section 260-40-020 - Entry prerequisite to start

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A horse may not start in any race unless the horse has been
				properly entered.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 07-07-010, §
										260-40-020, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07; Rules of racing, § 93, filed
				  4/21/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-40 - Entries, starts, nominations and scratches › Section 260-40-030 - Racing secretary to receive entries and nominations

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(1) The racing secretary is the person
			 authorized to receive entries and nominations for all races, except as provided
			 in WAC 260-40-250(2).
(2) The racing secretary may refuse the entry
			 of any person, or the transfer of any entry for reasons deemed, by the racing
			 secretary, to be in the best interest of racing.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 07-07-010, §
										260-40-030, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07; Rules of racing, § 94, filed
				  4/21/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-40 - Entries, starts, nominations and scratches › Section 260-40-040 - Making entries and nominations

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(1) Entries and nominations must be submitted
			 in writing on the forms provided by the association and signed by the owner,
			 trainer or if designated, the jockey agent. The racing secretary may accept
			 entries and nominations by telephone, facsimile or other electronic method
			 deemed acceptable by the association. A telephone or electronic entry or
			 nomination will be confirmed promptly in writing if requested by the stewards
			 or the racing secretary.
(2)
			 Persons entering or nominating a horse are responsible for the accuracy of the
			 information provided at the time of entry or nomination.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 09-03-010, §
										260-40-040, filed 1/8/09,
				  effective 2/8/09; 07-07-010, §
										260-40-040, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07; Rules of racing, §§ 95, 96, filed
				  4/21/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-40 - Entries, starts, nominations and scratches › Section 260-40-045 - Authority to represent owner

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A trainer may represent the owner in the matter of entries,
				nominations, scratches, and the employment of jockeys.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 07-07-010, §
										260-40-045, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-40 - Entries, starts, nominations and scratches › Section 260-40-050 - Ownership interest required - Entries and nominations

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(1) The majority ownership interest must
			 approve the nomination or entry of any horse into a race.
(2) The person with a majority ownership
			 interest in a horse, or the authorized agent or managing owner, as provided in
			 WAC 260-28-080, must approve the
			 nomination or entry of the horse into a race.
(3) All owners of a horse are individually
			 and collectively responsible for any fees resulting from nominations, entries,
			 or starting fees.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 07-07-010, §
										260-40-050, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07; Rules of racing, § 97, filed
				  4/21/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-40 - Entries, starts, nominations and scratches › Section 260-40-055 - Jockey to be named at the time of entry

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Prior to the close of entries, an owner, trainer, or authorized
				agent must furnish the name of the jockey who is to ride in the race. If the
				jockey named on the entry at the time of the draw does not accept the mount,
				the stewards may name a replacement jockey.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 07-07-010, §
										260-40-055, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-40 - Entries, starts, nominations and scratches › Section 260-40-065 - Multiple entries

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A trainer, owner, or authorized agent may not enter and start
				more than two horses of the same or separate ownership in a purse race or
				overnight event, except under the following conditions:
(1) Stake races;
(2) Races in which there are fees required to
			 nominate or enter; and
(3)
			 Allowance/optional claiming or maiden special weight races. In these races a
			 trainer may not enter more than three horses. The third entry may not exclude a
			 single entry, or be allowed if there are less than seven entries received prior
			 to the entry of the trainer's third horse.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020. 10-10-017, §
										260-40-065, filed 4/26/10,
				  effective 5/27/10. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 07-07-010, §
										260-40-065, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-40 - Entries, starts, nominations and scratches › Section 260-40-070 - Description and identification of horse

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(1) When entering a horse for the first time,
			 the person making the entry must furnish the name, color, sex, and age of the
			 horse, and the name of its sire and dam, as shown on the registration
			 certificate. This description must be repeated on every entry until a
			 description of the horse has been published in the official program, or the
			 list of entries of the association. On every entry after such publication, the
			 horse's name and age will be sufficient.
(2) All horses must have their complete
			 description and a corresponding program number listed in the official racing
			 program.
(3) For racing and
			 programming purposes, horses will be designated as follows:
(a) Male - horse, colt, gelding or ridgling;
			 or
(b) Female - filly or
			 mare.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-40 - Entries, starts, nominations and scratches › Section 260-40-075 - Required to declare weight, medication, and required equipment changes at the time of entry

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(1) The owner,
			 trainer, or authorized agent is responsible to declare any weight allowances,
			 including apprentice jockey allowances, at the time of entry. The weight
			 declared at time of entry cannot be reduced after the posting of
			 entries.
(2) The person who enters
			 the horse is responsible to list permitted medications and equipment changes at
			 the time of entry.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 07-07-010, §
										260-40-075, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-40 - Entries, starts, nominations and scratches › Section 260-40-090 - Registration certificate

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No horse may be allowed to start unless a Jockey Club
				registration certificate, American Quarter Horse Association certificate of
				registration, or other applicable breed certificate of registration is on file
				in the office of an official recognized race office and the racing association
				in which the horse is entered has an agreement with that race office to
				maintain the papers in accordance with the rules.
(1) The horse must be properly identified
			 with a facsimile copy or electronic copy of the registration
			 certificate.
(2) Horses for which
			 the registration certificate is issued in electronic form are required to
			 transfer control of the certificate to the racing association in which the
			 horse is entered.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 07-07-010, §
										260-40-090, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07; Order 3, §
										260-40-090, filed 5/12/69; Rules
				  of Racing, § 101, filed 4/21/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-40 - Entries, starts, nominations and scratches › Section 260-40-100 - Performance records

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(1) The owner or
			 trainer of any horse which has started at a recognized race meet not reported
			 in the daily racing form or equibase since its last recorded start must provide
			 the horse's performance records to the racing secretary prior to entering or
			 nominating the horse in a race in this state. These performance records must
			 include the name of the track, date of the race, distance of the race, finish
			 position, and running time of the race, and include all starts since competing
			 at a recorded recognized race meet. If these records are not provided, the
			 horse may not start in a race.
(2)
			 Performance records for races not reported in the daily racing form or equibase
			 will be published in the official program of the racing association and/or
			 posted and announced to the public.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 09-05-065, §
										260-40-100, filed 2/13/09,
				  effective 3/16/09; 07-07-010, §
										260-40-100, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 04-09-026, §
										260-40-100, filed 4/13/04,
				  effective 5/14/04. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.040. 00-07-039, §
										260-40-100, filed 3/6/00,
				  effective 4/6/00; 95-18-016, §
										260-40-100, filed 8/24/95,
				  effective 9/24/95. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 86-09-072 (Order
				  86-02), §
										260-40-100, filed 4/21/86.
				  Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  67.16.020. 78-08-089 (Order 78-2), §
										260-40-100, filed 7/31/78; Order
				  74.2, §
										260-40-100, filed 10/30/74,
				  effective 1/1/75; Rules of racing, §§ 102, 103, filed 4/21/61;
				  Subsection (4) added, filed
				  3/11/65.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-40 - Entries, starts, nominations and scratches › Section 260-40-105 - Workouts and identification

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(1) No
			 horse may be permitted to enter or start in a race whose recent workouts have
			 not been properly recorded with the commission.
(2) A horse, which has not started for a
			 period of sixty days or more will be ineligible to race until the horse has
			 completed a timed workout approved by the stewards prior to the day of the race
			 in which the horse is entered and the workout must have occurred within thirty
			 days of race day.
(3) A horse that
			 has never started in a recognized race must have two official workouts, one of
			 which must be recorded from the starting gate, and at least one workout must
			 have occurred within thirty days of race day.
(4) The trainer or exercise rider must report
			 the name, distance, and starting point, for each horse scheduled for a workout
			 to the clocker immediately prior to working.
(5) A horse may not be taken onto the track
			 for training or a workout except during the hours designated by the
			 association. When association grounds are open for training, a licensed clocker
			 or commission clocker must be present for any workouts to be considered
			 official. If no clocker is present, the horse may train, but the workout will
			 not be accepted as an official workout.
(6) During a racing association's scheduled
			 race meet and training dates, workouts occurring off the grounds will only be
			 accepted for the purposes of that meet if recorded and submitted to the racing
			 secretary and/or commission by a licensed clocker.
(7) The association must furnish to the
			 public information on all official workouts not listed in the daily racing form
			 prior to the start of the race for which the horse is entered.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 07-07-010, §
										260-40-105, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 260 - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 260-40 - Entries, starts, nominations and scratches › Section 260-40-110 - Horse must be in care of and saddled by a licensed trainer

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(1) No person may
			 start a horse in a race unless the horse is under the care of a trainer
			 licensed at the race meet.
(2) No
			 horse may start in a race unless the licensed trainer, or an approved
			 substitute as provided in WAC
			 260-28-200,
			 saddles the horse. The stewards may approve a substitute trainer who may saddle
			 the horse in an emergency situation.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   67.16.020 and
				  67.16.040. 07-07-010, §
										260-40-110, filed 3/8/07,
				  effective 4/8/07; Rules of racing, § 104, filed
				  4/21/61.