Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§3059 Unfair or deceptive acts or practices

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 57A— - HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY › § 3059

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Selling a covered horse or any horse sold to race is unfair if the seller knows or should know it received a bisphosphonate before age four, or any other substance or method the Authority finds causes long-term harm, and doesn't tell the buyer.

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Title 15, §3059

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The sale of a covered horse, or of any other horse in anticipation of its future participation in a covered race, shall be considered an unfair or deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce under section 45(a) of this title if the seller—
(1)knows or has reason to know the horse has been administered—
(A)a bisphosphonate prior to the horse’s fourth birthday; or
(B)any other substance or method the Authority determines has a long-term degrading effect on the soundness of the covered horse; and
(2)fails to disclose to the buyer the administration of the bisphosphonate or other substance or method described in paragraph (1)(B).

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 3059

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73