11 Va. Admin. Code § 10-130-77

Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 4, October 8, 2024

Section 11VAC10-130-77 - Foal registration

A. Requirements. For an owner or lessee of a dam to be certified to receive breeder awards from the Virginia Breeders Fund, the owner or lessee must register its foal with the commission or its designee by satisfying the following requirements:

1. The owner, lessee or his authorized agent must submit an application, on a form approved by the commission, including the name of the stallion; the name of the dam; the sire of the dam; sex; color; year of foaling; and name, address and telephone number of the owner, lessee or his authorized agent;

2. The application must be signed and dated by the owner, lessee or his authorized agent;

3. If the dam is held under a lease, a statement to that effect and a copy of the lease, which must include a statement that the lessee is authorized to register the foal, must accompany the application; and

4. All Virginia-bred Standardbred horses must be registered with the commission or its designee prior to being entered in races.

B. Registration fees. A foal may be registered with the commission or its designee.

C. Embryo/ovum transplants. Effective with foals of 2003 and thereafter, foals other than the first foal each year produced by any method including but not limited to embryo/ovum transplant shall be ineligible for racing or breeding in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This regulation shall not apply in the case of same birth twins. In addition, any future offspring of foals not eligible for racing or breeding under this regulation shall also not be eligible for racing or breeding in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

11 Va. Admin. Code § 10-130-77

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 14, Issue 7, eff. January 22, 1998; amended, Virginia Register Volume 15, Issue 26, eff. August 25, 1999; Volume 17, Issue 4, eff. October 16, 2000; Volume 20, Issue 4, eff. October 14, 2003.

Statutory Authority

§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.