Minnesota Administrative Rules

7870.0490 CARE OF HORSES.

A racetrack facility must provide the following facilities, equipment, and personnel for horses:

A.

an individual box stall for each horse;

B.

a fence surrounding the stabling facilities;

C.

stabling and training facilities available at least two weeks before the start of the first race meeting for a breed of horse in any year unless a different time period is determined by contract between the association and the horseperson's organization representing a majority of the horsepersons;

D.

a licensed outrider mounted and on duty whenever a facility is open for exercising horses; and

E.

a horse ambulance available for the safe and expedient removal of crippled animals. The ambulance must be equipped with a four-wheel drive vehicle to tow or pull the horse ambulance trailer, a screen for use when an animal must be euthanized in view of the public, a winch to lift dead or injured animals onto the ambulance, and a removable floor or any other devices which enable a dead or injured horse to be loaded. Whenever the racetrack facility is open for racing or exercising horses, the ambulance must be tended by a driver who is capable of assisting in the safe and expedient removal of injured animals from the racetrack surface.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 240.23; 240.24

History:

8 SR 1823; 13 SR 38; 20 SR 2592; 28 SR 1482

Published Electronically:

April 16, 2007