Minnesota Administrative Rules

7870.0870 CARE OF HORSES.

A Class D licensee must provide the following facilities, equipment, and personnel for horses:

A.

an individual stall for each horse, or other stabling facilities;

B.

a fence surrounding the stabling facilities;

C.

a licensed outrider mounted and on duty whenever pari-mutuel racing is being conducted; and

D.

a conveyance available for the safe and expedient removal of crippled animals. The appearance and operation of such conveyance must be approved by the commission veterinarian prior to the taking of entries for the first day of racing. Whenever pari-mutuel racing is being conducted, this conveyance must be available in a location such that it may be immediately driven to an injured horse by a driver capable of assisting in the safe and expedient removal of said horse from the racetrack surface.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 240.23

History:

16 SR 484

Published Electronically:

April 16, 2007