Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 038 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Pari-Mutuel › 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; one (1) Commission Safety Officer; three (3)
				Placing Judges: two (2) or more Patrol Judges; Track Safety Officer; Clerk of
				the Scales; Starter; Handicappers; Timers; Track Superintendent; 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. No person shall hold multiple positions without obtaining Commission
				approval.
(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. The Commission, in its discretion, may employ an additional
				Veterinarian to assist the Commission Veterinarian in performing Racing
				Soundness Exams pursuant to Pari-Mutuel Rules, Chapter 8, Section
				2(n)(i). The Commission may
				require the Permittee to pay for the salary of that additional Veterinarian.
				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.