Section R19-2-308. Owners, Kennel Owners, and Trainers

A.      An owner, kennel owner, and trainer shall comply with the rules in this Article.

B.       The decisions of the stewards on all questions to which the stewards’ authority extends, are final, subject to the right of appeal to the Department pursuant to R19-2-322.

C.      When a trainer or assistant trainer is absent from the kennel or grounds where the trainer’s greyhounds are racing, the trainer or assistant trainer shall provide a substitute licensed trainer or assistant trainer responsible for the greyhounds. Both the absent and substitute trainer shall sign a “Trainers’ Responsi- bility Form” approved by the stewards.

D.      An owner, kennel owner, trainer, assistant trainer, race track employee, or other licensee shall not accept, directly or indi- rectly, any bribe, gift, or gratuity in any form with the intent to influence the result of any race.

E.       The trainer of an entered greyhound shall bring the greyhound to the weighing-in room at the appointed time unless the stew- ards grant additional time for extenuating circumstances. If the greyhound is not brought to the weighing-in room at the appointed time, the stewards shall scratch the greyhound and the trainer may be fined for failing to do so.

F.       A trainer shall report any greyhound, under the trainer’s care or supervision, that is off racing form or is in poor physical condition to the racing secretary, who shall immediately notify the stewards. A reported greyhound shall not enter or start until approved by the track veterinarian and schooled to the satisfaction of the stewards. A trainer who violates this rule is subject to a civil penalty or suspension or to ruling off.

G.      An owner, kennel owner, or trainer shall ensure that no medi- cine, antiseptic, fluid, or other matter containing any color that may cause the marring of identification marks is used on any part of a greyhound.

H.      An owner, kennel owner, trainer, or other licensee with an interest in any greyhound at a meeting licensed by the Com- mission, who places a wager with or through any handbook, shall be:

1.        Ejected from the grounds of the permittee;

2.        Refused admission to the grounds of all other licensed permittees in the state of Arizona; and

3.        Denied entry of any greyhound by all permittees in Ari- zona.

I.        A trainer shall not have an ownership interest in a greyhound located at the track at which the trainer trains unless the trainer trains the greyhound. For purposes of this rule, a reversionary interest in a greyhound, pursuant to a lease or other agreement that transfers control of the greyhound, is not an ownership interest.

J.        The kennel owner or trainer shall ensure that each greyhound owner is licensed before the greyhound runs in a race.

Historical Note

Adopted effective August 5, 1983 (Supp. 83-4).

Amended effective November 30, 1988 (Supp. 88-4).

Amended effective March 20, 1990 (Supp. 90-1). R19-2- 308 recodified from R4-27-308 (Supp. 95-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 1771, effective July 1, 2006 (Supp. 06-2).