New Mexico Register / Volume XXX, Issue 23 / December 17, 2019

 

 

This is an amendment to 15.2.5 NMAC, Sections 11, 12 and 13, effective December 19, 2019.

 

Explanatory Paragraph:  In 15.2.5.13 NMAC, Subsections A and B, Paragraphs (1) through (11) of Subsection C, and Subsections D and E were not published as there were no changes.

 

15.2.5.11               WORKOUTS:

                A.            Requirements:

                                (1)           A non-starter must have had within 60 days prior to time of entry one approved official schooling race or at least two workouts recorded at a pari mutuel or commission recognized facility and posted with the racing secretary prior to time of entry, one of the two workouts shall be from the starting gate, and be gate approved.  It shall be the trainer's responsibility to establish validity as to workouts and gate approvals.

                                (2)           Any horse which has started, but not within six months, must have one official workout from the starting gate or must have proof of standing the horse at least one time within a 60 day period.  Any horse which has started, but not within 60 days, must have at least one workout within 60 days prior to time of entry.  Horses that have not started within six months of entry must have at least two approved workouts within the 60 days.

                                (3)           Horses that have never raced around the turn will be required to have within 30 days prior to time of entry, at least one workout at 660 yards or farther.

                                (4)           Gate approvals at a licensed facility must be made by a licensed starter on a commission approved form.

                B.            Identification:

                                (1)           Each horse must be properly identified prior to its participation in an official timed workout.

                                (2)           The trainer or exercise rider shall bring each horse scheduled for an official workout to be identified by the clocker or clocker's assistant immediately prior to the workout.

                                (3)           A horse may be properly identified by its lip tattoo or its digital tattoo immediately prior to participating in an official timed workout.  A horse may also be properly identified by other approved methods of positive identification as described in Subsection F of 15.2.3.8 NMAC.

                                (4)           The owner, trainer or rider shall be required to identify the distance the horse is to be worked and the point on the track where the workout will start.

                C.            Information dissemination: Information regarding a horse's approved timed workout(s) shall be furnished to the public prior to the start of the race for which the horse has been entered.

                D.            Restrictions:  A horse shall not be taken onto the track for training or a workout except during hours designated by the association.

[15.2.5.11 NMAC - Rp, 15 NMAC 2.5.11, 3/15/2001; A, 3/30/2007; A, 6/15/2009; A, 7/5/2010; A, 1/1/2013; A. 3/15/2016; A, 12/16/16; A, 8/26/2017; A, 3/14/2018; A, 12/19/2019]

 

15.2.5.12               HORSES INELIGIBLE:  [A horse shall be ineligible to start in a race when:]

                A.            A horse shall be ineligible to start in a race when:

                                (1)           it is not stabled on the grounds of the association or present by the time established by the commission;

                [B.]         (2)           its breed registration certificate is not on file with the racing secretary or horse identifier; unless the racing secretary has submitted the certificate to the appropriate breed registry for correction or in the case of thoroughbred horses foaled in 2018 or thereafter, the horse doesn't have a digital tattoo; the stewards may waive this requirement if the information contained on the registration certificate is otherwise available; and the horse is otherwise correctly identified to the stewards’ satisfaction;

                [C.]         (3)           if a quarter horse or a thoroughbred foaled before 2018, [it]is not fully identified and tattooed on the inside of the upper lip, freeze brand or identified by any other method approved by the breed registry and commission; however, there may be extenuating circumstances where a horse will be eligible to start in a race without the tattoo as referenced above, as long as the horse [idenitifer] identifier has written verification that the tattooing process has been initiated; if a thoroughbred foaled in 2018 or thereafter, is not micro chipped with a unique microchip (ISO11784), freeze brand or identified by any other method approved by the breed registry and commission.

                [D.]         (4)           it has been fraudulently entered or raced in any jurisdiction under a different name, with an altered registration certificate, [or] altered lip tattoo, altered or manipulated microchip (ISO11784), or freeze brand;

                [E.]         (5)           it is wholly or partially owned by a disqualified person or a horse is under the direct or indirect training or management of a disqualified person;

                [F.]          (6)           it is wholly or partially owned by the spouse of a disqualified person or a horse is under the direct or indirect management of the spouse of a disqualified person, in such cases, it being presumed that the disqualified person and spouse constitute a single financial entity with respect to the horse, which presumption may be rebutted;

                [G.]         (7)           the stakes or entrance money for the horse has not been paid, in accordance with the conditions of the race;

                [H.]         (8)           the losing jockey mount fee is not on deposit with the horsemen's bookkeeper;

                [I.]           (9)           its name appears on the starter's list, stewards' list or veterinarian's list;

                [J.]          (10)         it is a first time starter and has not been approved to start by the starter;

                [K.]         (11)         it is owned in whole or in part by an undisclosed person or interest;

                [L.]         (12)         it lacks sufficient official published workouts or race past performance(s);

                [M.]        (13)         it has been entered in a stakes race and has subsequently been transferred with its engagements, unless the racing secretary has been notified of such prior to the start;

                [N.]         (14)         it is subject to a lien which has not been approved by the stewards and filed with the horsemen's bookkeeper;

                [O.]         (15)         it is subject to a lease not filed with the stewards;

                [P.]          (16)         it is not in sound racing condition;

                [Q.]         (17)         it has had a surgical neurectomy performed on a heel nerve, which has not been approved by the official veterinarian;

                [R.]         (18)         it has been trachea tubed to artificially assist breathing;

                [S.]          (19)         it has been blocked with alcohol or otherwise drugged or surgically denerved to desensitize the nerves above the ankle;

                [T.]          (20)         it has impaired eyesight in both eyes;

                [U.]         (21)         it is barred or suspended in any recognized jurisdiction;

                [V.]          (22)         it does not meet the eligibility conditions of the race;

                [W.]        (23)         its owner or lessor is in arrears for any stakes fees, except with approval of the racing secretary;

                [X.]         (24)         its owner(s), lessor(s) and/or trainer have not completed the licensing procedures required by the commission;

                [Y.]          (25)         it is by an unknown sire or out of an unknown mare; or

                [Z.]         (26)         there is no current negative test certificate for equine infectious anemia on file with the racing office, as required by the commission.

                B.            A horse shall be ineligible to be entered when:

                                (1)           it is the subject of a positive test for a prohibited substance in an official sample based on a final certificate of analysis received from the official laboratory during the period in which the adjudication process involving the violation is ongoing.

                                                (a)           In the event the horse is claimed in the race in which the horse allegedly ran with the prohibited substance, the new owner may enter the horse, unless the horse is ordered to go on the stewards' list pursuant to Subsection C of 15.2.6.9  (8)(a-e) NMAC.

                                                (b)           Should the horse be claimed thereafter by the owner of the horse in the race in which there was a positive test for a prohibited substance, the horse shall not be allowed to enter unless the adjudication process involving the prior violation is complete.

[15.2.5.12 NMAC - Rp, 15 NMAC 2.5.12, 3/15/2001; A, 7/15/2002; A; 8/30/2007; A, 6/15/2009; A, 1/1/2014; A, 9/15/2016; A, 12/19/2019]

 

15.2.5.13               RUNNING OF THE RACE:

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                C.            Jockey requirements:

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                                (12)         [Seven] Five pounds is the limit of overweight any horse is permitted to carry.

                                (13)         Once jockeys have fulfilled their riding engagements for the day and have left the jockeys' quarters, they shall not be re-admitted to the jockeys' quarters until after the entire racing program for that day has been completed, except with permission of the stewards.

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[15.2.5.13 NMAC - Rp, 15 NMAC 2.5.13, 3/15/2001; A, 8/30/2007; A, 12/1/2008; A, 6/30/2009; A, 9/15/2009; A, 8/16/2010; A, 9/01/2010; A, 10/15/2014; A, 6/1/2016; A, 12/16/2016; A, 12/19/2019]