Section R19-2-315. Schooling

A.      A schooling race shall be at a distance not less than the dis- tance nearest to 5/16 mile in use at the track.

B.       Each official schooling race shall consist of at least six grey- hounds. However, if this condition creates a hardship, less than six may be schooled with the permission of the stewards.

C.      Hand schooling shall not be considered official.

D.      A greyhound that has not raced for 10 racing days or more shall be officially schooled at least once at its racing weight before being eligible for entry.

E.       A greyhound in an official schooling race shall race at its established racing weight and shall start from the box wearing blankets.

F.       An owner, trainer, or authorized agent who is responsible for greyhounds that are booked to race on tracks licensed by the Commission, and who permit the greyhounds to be officially schooled on any track in Arizona or elsewhere that is not approved by the Commission during these bookings, shall be subject to immediate license revocation.

G.      A greyhound may be ordered on the official schooling list by the stewards at any time for good cause and shall be schooled officially and satisfactorily before being allowed to enter a race.

H.      Each permittee shall provide a photo finish camera, approved by the Department, that operates at all official schooling races.

I.        A permittee shall make provision for an adequate number of official schooling races, to be run both before and during a meeting, to allow for the qualification of greyhounds.

J.        A greyhound that fails to meet the established qualifying time shall not be permitted to start in a race other than futurity or stakes races.

K.      Official schooling shall be maintained throughout a meeting up to at least one week before the last scheduled date of the meeting.

L.       The distance of official schooling races and number of grey- hounds in these races shall appear on the Form chart.

M.     Only two official schooling lines shall be required for grey- hounds in futurity races.

N.      A greyhound on the veterinarian’s list or stewards’ suspension list shall not be schooled officially except as provided in R19- 2-317(E)(6).

Historical Note

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

Amended effective March 20, 1990 (Supp. 90-1). R19-2- 315 recodified from R4-27-315 (Supp. 95-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 1771, effective July 1, 2006 (Supp. 06-2).