Registration and requirements for North Dakota-bred eligibility

1. The breeder or owner of a North Dakota-bred horse shall register such horse with the North Dakota racing commission before racing to be eligible to receive breeders' fund award payments. The commission may contract with and designate an official registering agency to implement the registration of North Dakota-bred horses. a. The original breed registration certificate must be embossed by the commission or official registering agency before the entry into any race eligible for breeders' fund awards. b. Failure to have all required paperwork submitted and breed registration certificate embossed before racing shall disqualify a horse from an award or payment from the North Dakota breeders' fund. c. The purchaser of a horse is required to have all paperwork submitted and breed registration certificate embossed before racing the horse. Failure to meet these requirements shall disqualify a horse from an award or payment from the North Dakota breeders' fund. 2. Broodmare registration. A broodmare must meet the qualifications as outlined in subsection 4 of section 69.5-01-09-01 to be eligible for broodmare award payments based on a percentage of the North Dakota breeders' fund program awards earned by accredited North Dakota-bred horses foaled by the mare. In addition, the broodmare must meet the following conditions: a. The North Dakota racing commission or the designated agency must receive or have access to the broodmare's original breed paper or electronic registration certificate for embossing, a completed North Dakota breeders' fund program registration application as furnished by the North Dakota racing commission, and a registration fee of thirty dollars. b. Failure to properly register the broodmare, as outlined in section 69.5-01-09-01 and in this section, will disqualify any subsequent claims for North Dakota breeders' fund award payments. c. A broodmare may be registered at any time before the time that she delivers a foal. 3. Stallion registration. To be eligible to receive stallion award payments, the following requirements must be met: a. Stallions must physically be in North Dakota and registered with the North Dakota racing commission or official registering agency by February first of the current breeding year. The stallion's original breed registration certification must be received by the North Dakota racing commission or official registering agency for embossing, with a completed North Dakota breeders' fund program registration application and a registration fee of thirty dollars. If the stallion is leased, a copy of the lease must accompany the registration application. The lease must include a statement that the lessee is authorized to sign the breeding certificate. A leased stallion must renew its stallion registration each year. b. When a stallion is purchased after February first of the current breeding season, the new owner must register the stallion within thirty days after the date of a bona fide purchase with the North Dakota racing commission or official registering agency to be eligible for the North Dakota breeders' fund program. c. Stallions must remain in North Dakota for the entire current breeding season from February first to July thirty-first. Stallions registered pursuant to subdivision b must be in North Dakota as of the date of registration and remain in North Dakota through July thirty-first. 4. Foal registration and certification. For a horse foaled in North Dakota to be registered and subsequently certified as a North Dakota-bred, the following requirements must be met: a. Any time from foaling through December thirty-first of the foaling year that the horse was foaled in North Dakota, the foal must be registered with the North Dakota racing commission or official registering agency. The registration form must be provided by the commission and must contain the date, name, registration number, owner's name of the foaling dam, date the foal was born, and foal owner's statement that the foal was born in North Dakota. The application to register a foal in the North Dakota breeders' fund program as a North Dakota-bred must be accompanied by a thirty dollar registration fee. b. Registration applications that meet all other requirements provided in this section, but are received after the December thirty-first deadline, may be processed and approved provided that applications and registration fees received after December thirty-first of the foaling year are accompanied by a late fee of three hundred dollars. c. An investigator appointed by the commission shall have access to the premises on which qualified mares, North Dakota-registered stallions, and North Dakota-bred foals or horses are kept. The investigator may perform random inspections of North Dakota-registered foals as required by the commission. d. The original or electronic breed registration certificate must be embossed by the commission or official registering agency prior to the entry into any restricted race. e. Failure to have the breed registration certificate embossed shall disqualify a horse from entry in a race restricted to, or with preference given to, accredited North Dakota-bred horses, and shall prohibit an award or payment from the North Dakota breeders' fund. f. The owner of the dam of a foal submitted to the registering agent or the North Dakota racing commission for registration in the North Dakota breeders' fund program must notify the North Dakota racing commission ten days prior to shipping if the dam is to be leaving the state prior to ninety days after foaling. g. The foal of a mare registered in the North Dakota breeders' fund program, but owned by an out-of-state individual or corporation, will be required to be inspected by a state-licensed veterinarian and a commission state form veterinarian's certificate verifying that the foal was born in the state of North Dakota submitted with the original foal application paperwork. All of these items are at the expense of the owner. 5. Embryo transfer. For a resulting foal from an embryo transfer to be eligible for accreditation in the North Dakota-bred program, the donor mare must be accredited in the broodmare registry before foaling. a. If a donor mare is bred in North Dakota, the donor mare may be shipped out of North Dakota to have the embryo removed but must return to North Dakota within thirty days to continue her domicile, or if the donor mare is to be bred in subsequent cycles at an out-of-state location to obtain additional embryos, the broodmare must return to North Dakota and resume her domicile within thirty days of her final breeding date for that year's breeding season. Nothing in this section would prohibit an accredited broodmare that is serviced out-of-state from producing multiple embryos which are transferred to recipient mares during the period of time she is permitted to be out-of-state for breeding purposes. b. Effective January 1, 2023. Before the resulting foal of an embryo transfer is eligible for North Dakota accreditation, the following requirements must be met: (1) All recipient mares shall be permanently identified using methods listed on the "recipient mare form" provided by the commission. The "recipient mare form" must be completed by the breeder and returned to the commission by November first of the year before foaling. A "recipient mare form" may not be accepted by the commission after this date. (2) Recipient mares must be domiciled in North Dakota no less than thirty days before the due date indicated on said "recipient mare form" and remain in North Dakota until the foal is born. If a recipient mare is not domiciled in North Dakota at least thirty days before the due date listed on said form, or leaves North Dakota before foaling, the resulting foal is ineligible for entry into the North Dakota-bred program. (3) Any breeder whose "recipient mare form" is on file with the commission shall be responsible to notify the commission in writing, within thirty calendar days, of any changes in domicile location or ownership. In addition, any new owners of said recipient mares, if any, shall notify the commission in writing, within thirty calendar days, regarding the domicile location of the recipient mare. (4) If there is a transfer in ownership of a foal in utero, the new owner shall be responsible to notify the commission in writing, within thirty calendar days, regarding the domicile location of the recipient mare carrying the foal in utero. (5) Failure to comply with these requirements will result in foals being ineligible for entry into the North Dakota-bred program. (6) "Recipient mare forms" may not be accepted by the commission after November first of the year before foaling.