Section 69.5-01-07-09 - Workouts1.When required. No horse may be started unless the horse has raced or has an approved timed workout satisfactory to the stewards. Such workout must have occurred on the grounds of a licensed pari-mutuel facility within the previous thirty days. A horse which has not started for a period of sixty days or more is ineligible to race until it has completed a timed workout satisfactory to the stewards prior to the day of the race in which the horse is entered. No horse may be taken onto the track for training or a workout except during hours designated by the association. 2.Identification. The timer or the stewards may require any licensee to identify a horse in the licensee's care being worked. The owner, trainer, or jockey may be required to identify the distance the horse is to be worked and the point on the track where the workout will start. 3.Information dissemination. If the stewards approve such timed workout so as to permit the horse to run in a race, they shall make it mandatory that this information is furnished to the public in advance of the race including, but not limited to, the following means:a. Announcement over the track's public address system; b. Transmission on the track's message board;c. Posting in designated conspicuous places in the racing enclosure; andd. Exhibit on track television monitors at certain intervals if the track has closed circuit television. If the workout is published prior to the race in either the daily racing form or the track program, then it is not necessary to make the announcements set forth in this subsection.
4.Restrictions. No horse may be taken onto the track for training or a workout except during hours designated by the association.N.D. Admin Code 69.5-01-07-09
Effective July 1, 1989; amended effective January 1, 2008.General Authority: NDCC 53-06.2-04, 53-06.2-05, 53-06.2-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 53-06.2-01, 53-06.2-04, 53-06.2-05, 53-06.2-10