71 IAC 8.5-8-1 Veterinarian's list

Sec. 1. (a) The official veterinarian shall maintain the veterinarian's list of all horses that are determined to be unfit to compete in a race due to illness, physical distress, unsoundness, injury, infirmity, heat exhaustion, positive test or overage, administration of a medication requiring a mandatory stand down time, administration of shock wave therapy, positive out-of-competition test, or any other assessment or determination by the regulatory veterinarian that the horse is unfit to race. (b) A horse on the veterinarian's list is ineligible to start until it has been removed from the list by the official veterinarian or racing veterinarian in the jurisdiction that placed it on the list, except when removal from the list is prevented by unavoidable administrative issues. When removal from the list is prevented by administrative issues, the horse may be permitted to start with the approval of the track veterinarian and the stewards. (c) A horse that is on the veterinarian's list may be entered to race only if one (1) of the following conditions is met: (1) The horse is scheduled to be removed from the list at a preestablished date which is on, or before, the date of the race in which it is being entered. (2) The horse has met the conditions for removal from the list but laboratory clearance of any submitted biological samples has not yet been received by the commission; in such an instance, the horse may be permitted to enter but shall not exclude any other eligible horse. (d) A horse shall not be released from the veterinarian's list until a minimum of five (5) days has passed from the time the horse was placed on the veterinarian's list. (e) A horse placed on the veterinarian's list for being unfit to compete in a race due to illness, physical distress, unsoundness, injury, infirmity, heat exhaustion, or any other assessment or determination by the regulatory veterinarian shall be released from the list only after the following have been met: (1) It has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the official veterinarian or the track veterinarian, or both, that the horse is sound and in fit physical condition to exert itself in a race. (2) It has provided a published workout of at least four (4) furlongs in fifty-two (52.0) seconds or faster (for thoroughbreds) or two hundred twenty (220) yards in thirteen and three-tenths (13.3) seconds or faster (for quarter horses) observed by the official veterinarian or the track veterinarian, or both, for horses that are listed as unsound or lame; other listed reasons in this subsection may be required to work at the discretion of the official veterinarian. (3) At the discretion of the official veterinarian or track veterinarian, or both, it has submitted a post-work biological sample for laboratory confirmation for compliance with current IHRC medication and foreign substance rules at the expense of the current owner. For the purposes of assessing penalties, adverse laboratory findings under this section shall be treated the same as violations resulting from post-race samples. (f) A horse placed on the veterinarian's list for a positive test or overage, administration of a medication requiring a mandatory stand down time, administration of shock wave therapy, positive out-of-competition test, or any other veterinary assessment or administrative determination shall be released from the list only after the following have been met: (1) It has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the official veterinarian or the track veterinarian, or both, that the horse is sound and in fit physical condition to itself in a race. (2) At the discretion of the official veterinarian, it has provided a published workout of at least four (4) furlongs in fifty-two (52.0) seconds or faster (for thoroughbreds) or two hundred twenty (220) yards in thirteen and three-tenths (13.3) seconds or faster (for quarter horses) observed by the official veterinarian or the racing veterinarian, or both, and submitted a post-work biological sample for laboratory confirmation for compliance with current IHRC medication and foreign substance rules at the expense of the current owner. For the purpose of assessing penalties, violations of this section shall be treated the same as violations resulting from post-race samples. (g) Horses having generated a positive finding in a biological sample collected pursuant to this section shall not be released from the veterinarian's list until generating a negative test.