Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 038 - Pari-Mutuel Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Pari-Mutuel Commission › Chapter 5 - OFFICIALS › Section 5-1 - Officials, Generally

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) At least thirty
						(30) days prior to the first day of a meeting the Permittee shall submit in
						writing to the Commission the names of all officials engaged for the
						pari-mutuel event and no official shall be qualified to act until approved and
						licensed by the Commission. In the event of incapacitation of any approved
						official the Permittee may, with the approval of the Commission, appoint a
						substitute.
(b) Any official or any
						other person who accepts conditions of employment with a Permittee in this
						state and is licensed by the Commission, who leaves such employment while a
						race meeting is in progress without first obtaining permission from the
						Permittee and the Commission, shall be subject to suspension.
(c) The officials of a race meeting are as
						follows: three (3) Stewards; three (3) Placing Judges: two (2) or more Patrol
						Judges; Clerk of the Scales; Starter; Handicappers; Timers; Paddock Judge;
						Identifier; Veterinarian; Racing Secretary; Mutuel Manager; Custodian of the
						Jockey Room, and other officials that the Commission may prescribe.
(d) No person shall be considered for
						approval by the Commission as an official unless such person is a professional
						racing official with a reputation of good character and ability or has
						indicated a desire to become a professional racing official and is in
						possession of sufficient experience and/or has a special aptitude for such a
						position.
(e) The Stewards and the
						Official Veterinarian for each meeting shall be selected by the Commission. The
						Commission may require the Permittee to pay for the salary of not more than two
						(2) Stewards. All other officials designated shall be appointments by the
						Permittee, being subject to the approval of the Commission, which reserves the
						right to demand a change of personnel for what it deems good and sufficient
						reason, the successor to officials replaced to be subject to the approval of
						the Commission.
(f) No one
						interested in the result of a race or permitted event, either because of
						ownership of any horse entered, or of his sire or dam, or because of bets or
						otherwise, shall act as an official in respect to that race or permitted
						event.
(g) No Permittee shall
						employ or accept the services of any person as an official or in any other
						capacity who is the owner or trainer of, or who has any interest, financial or
						otherwise, in horses registered for racing at their meeting or pari-mutuel
						event unless special permission has been granted by the Commission.
(h) No official or assistant shall wager
						money or any other chattel of value on the result of any pari-mutuel
						event.
(i) No official or assistant
						shall accept, directly or indirectly, any gratuity, reward or favor in
						connection with any permitted pari-mutuel event. This provision does not apply
						to salaries received from the Permittee.
(j) No official or assistant shall buy or
						sell any contract upon any jockey or apprentice jockey for himself or
						another.
(k) No official or
						assistant shall write or solicit horse insurance at the meeting.
(l) Each official or assistant shall report
						to the Stewards/Judges all observed violations of the rules.
(m) No officials other than the Stewards and
						the Starter shall have the right to impose a fine; only the Stewards may impose
						a suspension.
(n) An official
						imposing a fine or suspension shall report daily to the Commission, Racing
						Secretary and Horsemen's Bookkeeper in writing.
(o) All fines shall be paid to the State
						Steward within 48 hours after imposition and notice. If the meet is not in
						session, fines shall be mailed to the Commission office within 48 hours of
						receiving notice from the Stewards or the Commission. Checks shall be made
						payable to the State of Wyoming.