Stallion Certification Requirements

Section 290 Section 290.150  Stallion Certification Requirements a)         All thoroughbred stallions standing for service in Illinois must be certified annually with the Department for foals of the stallions to be registered in the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund Program and to be eligible to race in races restricted to Illinois conceived and foaled horses. b)         No person shall knowingly prepare or cause to be prepared an application for certification containing false information.  Any false information shall be grounds for denying an Illinois Stallion Eligibility Certificate and/or cancellation of an Illinois Stallion Eligibility Certificate. c)         The stallion shall be standing for service within the State of Illinois at the time of a foal's conception, and the stallion must not stand for service at any place outside of the State of Illinois during that calendar year in which the foal is conceived.