BOARD OF HORSE RACING

8.22.2902 AGENTS FOR JOCKEYS Each jockey agent shall obtain a license from the board. A jockey agent may represent two jockeys and one apprentice jockey with approval of the stewards. No jockey agent shall make or assist in making any engagement for any rider other than those the…

8.22.2903 EXERCISE PERSONS Each exercise person shall obtain a license from the board before exercising any horses on the grounds of the race meeting. No exercise person shall ride or exercise any horse on the race-track without wearing a protective helmet, properly fastened vest…

8.22.2904 GROOMS Each groom shall obtain a license from the board before acting in any capacity as groom on the grounds of a race meeting. Authorizing statute(s): 23-4-202, MCA Implementing statute(s): 23-4-104, MCA History: Eff. 12/31/72; AMD, Eff. 5/4/74; AMD, Eff. 5/6/76; AMD,…

8.22.2905 JOCKEYS Each jockey must obtain a license from the board. All jockeys shall have a complete physical examination before being issued a license. A certificate from the medical doctor conducting the physical examination shall accompany the application for licensure. The s…

8.22.2906 JOCKEYS - APPRENTICE An apprentice jockey may be granted an apprentice certificate in lieu of an apprentice contract. The apprentice certificate shall grant an apprentice all the allowances and conditions granted to the apprentice who is under contract. An apprentice jo…

8.22.2907 OWNERS Each owner shall obtain a license from the board. Persons under the age of 18 shall not be licensed as owners. Any application for owner's license must establish financial responsibility to the satisfaction of the board. Failure to maintain financial responsibili…

8.22.2908 PLATERS (FARRIERS, SHOERS, BLACKSMITHS) Each plater, shoer or blacksmith shall obtain a license from the board before practicing his trade on the grounds of the race meeting. Bar plates may be used only with the consent of the stewards and their discontinuances must be …

8.22.2909 PONY PERSONS Each pony person and outrider shall obtain a license from the board and no person shall be allowed to pony horses or lead horses in a post parade without first obtaining a pony person's or outrider's license. A trainer may pony horses trained by the trainer…

8.22.2910 TRAINERS Each trainer shall obtain a license from the board. No person under the age of 18 shall be licensed as a trainer. Failure to maintain financial responsibility shall be grounds for revocation or non-issuance of license. If an applicant has not previously held a …

8.22.2911 VETERINARIANS Each veterinarian shall obtain a license from the board before the veterinarian may practice the veterinarian's profession on the grounds of a race meeting. The veterinarian shall not be eligible to own, or hold a license to train horses while being licens…

8.22.2912 PAST PERFORMANCE LINES AND CHARTING The racing secretary must obtain current and complete and accurate past performance lines on each horse entered in a race provided that such data are available. All employees of chart companies must be licensed as chart company employ…

8.22.2913 PHOTO COMPANIES Photo companies must provide state of the art photo-finish and video equipment with electronic timing capability, film, tape and other supplies and operators capable of providing accurate reproductions and depictions of all races and race finishes. Film …

8.22.2914 TOTE COMPANIES Tote companies must provide state of the art parimutuel equipment and tote at each licensed track that they service. Tote companies must provide correct and complete betting odds, race results and payoff prices for each race at which wagering is permitted…

8.22.3001 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS No horse may start unless a registration certificate is first filed with the racing secretary. All entry forms shall be in the correct form as required by the board, shall be signed and shall be kept by the tract management for the duration of the m…

8.22.3002 WEIGHT - PENALTIES AND ALLOWANCES In all races except handicaps, quarter horse races and races where the conditions expressly state to the contrary, fillies two years old are allowed three lbs. and fillies and mares three years old and upward are allowed five lbs. befor…

8.22.3003 DECLARATIONS AND SCRATCHES No horse shall be considered scratched or declared out of an engagement until the trainer or his authorized agent shall have given due notice in writing to the racing secretary before the time stipulated by the regulations of the licensee. For…

8.22.3004 CLAIMING In claiming races any horse is subject to claim for its entered price by an owner whose horse's papers have been entered in the race office for racing at that meeting or by a licensed authorized agent for the account of such owner, provided however, that no per…

8.22.3005 WALKING OVER If, at the time for saddling, only one horse shall have weighed out, that horse shall be ridden past the judge's stand to go to the post and then move over the course. He shall then be deemed the winner. In case of a walkover, the horse walking over shall r…

8.22.3006 PADDOCK TO POST Only bandages authorized or approved by the track veterinarian may be used on a horse during a race, and all other bandages or leg coverings shall be removed before the horse reports to the paddock. Horses must be in the paddock at least 20 minutes befor…

8.22.3007 POST TO FINISH No horse shall be whipped the first 30 yards away from the gate. When clear, a horse may be taken to any part of the course, however, crossing or weaving in front of contenders may constitute interference or intimidation for which the offender may be disq…

8.22.3008 OBJECTIONS - PROTESTS A protest, except a protest involving fraud, may be filed only by the owner (or his authorized agent) , trainer, jockey of a horse engaged in the race over which the protest is made or by a racing official of the meeting. A protest involving fraud …

8.22.3009 DEAD HEATS When two or more horses run a dead heat, the dead heat shall not be run off. The owners of the horses in a dead heat shall divide equally the purse money involved. If a dead heat is for first place, each horse shall be considered as winner of the amount recei…

8.22.305 NOTICE OF HEARING (REPEALED) (REPEALED)

8.22.306 SUBPOENAS (REPEALED) (REPEALED)

8.22.308 DISQUALIFICATION (REPEALED) (REPEALED)

8.22.309 POWERS OF THE BOARD (REPEALED) (REPEALED)

8.22.3101 DIRECTOR OF SIMULCAST NETWORK Each holder of a simulcast network license shall name a director of simulcast network. It shall be this director's duty to coordinate the selection and transmittal of races and parimutuel information from originating tracks to simulcast fac…

8.22.3102 DIRECTOR OF SIMULCAST FACILITY Each holder of a simulcast facility license shall name a director of simulcast facility for its facility. It shall be this director's duty to coordinate the selection and transmittal of races and parimutuel information for the simulcast fa…

8.22.3103 GENERAL PROVISIONS Simulcast facilities shall run the same race cards as the host tracks run, except as permitted by the board. The board reserves the authority to require that incoming simulcast signals of any specific race or race meet be in cryptic form. If a video s…

8.22.3104 PORTION OF EXOTIC WAGERING FOR PURSES In accordance with 23-4-202 (4) , MCA, 2% of exotic wagering on live racing shall be immediately and equally distributed to all purses for the race day except purses of stakes races. Authorizing statute(s): 23-4-104, 23-4-202, MCA I…

8.22.311 STANDARD OF CONDUCT (REPEALED) (REPEALED)

8.22.312 HEARING REPORTER (REPEALED) (REPEALED)

8.22.313 TRANSCRIPT OF TESTIMONY (REPEALED) (REPEALED)

8.22.314 EXTENDING AND SHORTENING TIME PERIODS (REPEALED) (REPEALED)

8.22.315 EVIDENCE (REPEALED) (REPEALED)

8.22.316 INFORMAL DISPOSITION (REPEALED) (REPEALED)

8.22.317 ARGUMENT AND SUBMITTALS (REPEALED) (REPEALED)

8.22.318 RECORD (REPEALED) (REPEALED)

8.22.319 DECISION (REPEALED) (REPEALED)

8.22.320 APPEAL (REPEALED) (REPEALED)

8.22.3201 GENERAL RULES The board may require the licensee to set apart a building or other enclosure in a building in a location acceptable to the board containing such facilities for medication or other test of horses as may be required by the board. All horses entered in races…

8.22.3202 PERMISSIBLE MEDICATION No horse participating in a race shall carry in its body any substance foreign to the natural horse except as hereinafter provided. No foreign substance shall be administered to a horse entered to race by injection, oral administration, rectal inf…

8.22.321 BOARD CONDUCT - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE RACING COMMISSIONERS 5 POINT DOCTRINE (REPEALED) (REPEALED)

8.22.322 ADOPTION OF RULES (REPEALED) (REPEALED)