006.06.22 Ark. Code R. 007

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 10, October, 2024

Rule 006.06.22-007 - Thoroughbred Rule 1219 Prohibited practices

1219. The following are prohibited practices:

(a) Use of physical or veterinary procedures to mask the effects or signs of injury so as to allow training or racing to the detriment of a horse's health and welfare.

(b) Use of extracorporeal shock wave therapy in a manner that may desensitize any limb structures during racing or training.

(c) Surgical or chemical neurectomy to cause desensitization of musculoskeletal structures associated with the limbs.

(d) Thermocautery, including but not limited to pin firing and freeze firing, or application of any substance to cause vesiculation or blistering of the skin or a counter-irritant effect.

(e) Use of a device to deliver an electrical shock to a horse, including but not limited to cattle prods and batteries.

(f) Use of electrical medical therapeutic devices, including magnetic wave therapy, laser, electro-magnetic blankets, boots, electro-shock, or any other electrical devices that may produce an analgesic effect within 48 hours of a training activity or at the start of the published post time for which a horse is scheduled to race.

*This rule change is implemented to comply with federally mandated HISA rules and to avoid confusion with conflicting federal and state rules.

006.06.22 Ark. Code R. 007

Adopted by Arkansas Register Volume 47, Number 12, Effective 11/28/2022