294 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 12, § 294-12.007

Current through September 17, 2024

Section 294-12.007 - TRAINERS

12.007.01 Each trainer must obtain a license from the Racing Commission. The trainer shall list on the application for said license all the names of owners or part owners of all horses trained unless this requirement is waived or modified by the Commission.

12.007.02 No trainer shall harbor on the grounds of an association, engage or employ any unlicensed person. The Commission may require each trainer to register in their office every person employed by that trainer.

12.007.03 No trainer of race horses shall register under a stable name nor shall practice said profession except under his or her own legal name. (See Statute 2-1220.)

12.007.04 The stewards may permit a trainer to act pending action on said application for license but under no circumstances shall said trainer's name appear on the program as trainer nor shall he or she enter the paddock prior to a race until such license shall have been issued.

12.007.05 SUBSTITUTE TRAINERS

12.007.05A A trainer absent for more than five days from his/her responsibility as a licensed trainer, or on a day in which the trainer has a horse in a race, shall obtain another licensed trainer to substitute.

12.007.05B A substitute trainer or assistant trainer shall accept responsibility for the horses in writing and be approved by the stewards.

12.007.05C A substitute trainer or assistant trainer and the absent trainer shall be jointly responsible as absolute insurers of the condition of their horses entered in an official workout or race pursuant to rules Chapter 18.010 through 18.011.03B.

12.007.06 A licensed trainer may represent the owner in the matter of entries, declarations and scratches, and the employment of jockeys, but shall not be allowed to withdraw any money from the association either in his or her own name or that of an owner nor may said trainer contract obligations against the account of any owner or part owner unless he or she is the authorized agent of said owner or part owner and has a license having been issued by the Nebraska State Racing Commission as such.

12.007.07 A trainer shall have his or her horse in the paddock at the time appointed.

12.007.08 If for any reason the trainer of a horse is not or cannot be present at the time of collection of urine or saliva, it shall be deemed by the Commission that the person actually in custody of the horse is duly authorized to witness the taking and sealing of the specimen and has the trainer's authority to sign as witness to such action. (See Chapter 14.002.07)

12.007.09 A trainer, assistant trainer or approved substitute shall attend to and be present to supervise the saddling of a horse in the paddock.

12.007.10 A trainer shall be responsible for the condition of a horse trained by him or her.

12.007.11 Each trainer shall register with the Racing Secretary all the horses in his or her charge giving the name, age, sex, breeding and ownership of each. Any horse stabled on the grounds of the association or under the jurisdiction of the association without having been so registered, or occupying a stall not assigned for said horse unless by special permission will be cause for disciplinary action.

12.007.12 Any alteration in the sex of a horse must be reported and noted by the trainer to the racing secretary or horse identification office immediately, and that office must note the same on the foal certificate.

12.007.13 A trainer shall not care for or supervise any horse owned, in whole or part, by a jockey, without making it known to the stewards. (See Statute 2-1220.)

12.007.14 A trainer shall not care for or supervise any horse owned in whole or in part, by a disqualified person. (See Statute 2-1220.)

12.007.15 No trainer shall accept, directly or indirectly, any bribe, gift or gratuity in any form which might influence the result of any race or which would tend to do so.

12.007.16 No trainer shall move or permit to be moved, any horse or horses in his or her care, from the grounds of an association without permission from the racing secretary or the stewards.

12.007.17 No trainer shall employ a jockey for the purpose of preventing said jockey from riding in any race.

12.007.18 A trainer shall see to it that a report is made promptly to the racing secretary or the track veterinarian of any and all sicknesses of his or her horses.

12.007.19 A trainer's license shall allow a trainer to perform the occupations of groom, plater, and pony person with respect to horses in his or her stable. If performing in such occupations for another stable, a trainer must obtain an appropriate occupational license. A trainer acting as an exercise rider must obtain an occupational license as an exercise rider. The license fee for a trainer/exercise rider shall be waived if they exercise only horses in his or her stable.

12.007.20 A trainer may hire a licensed assistant trainer with the approval of the Stewards. However, the trainer and the assistant trainer are both subject to all of the responsibility imposed upon a trainer pursuant to the rules adopted by the Nebraska State Racing Commission.

294 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 12, § 294-12.007