C-72.1, r. 4 - Rules respecting Standardbred horse races held at a professional race track

Section 16 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

16. The veterinarian of the board shall fulfil the following obligations:

(1)  he shall verify the Coggins test attestation for each soliped allowed or boarded at a race track and shall keep a register indicating the name of the horse or the name and description of the soliped as well as the date on which it underwent that test;

(2)  he shall verify the name, sex and age of each horse participating in a race;

(3)  he shall examine and observe the behaviour of each horse at a race track at any of the following times and places:

(a)  in its stall;

(b)  in the paddock;

(c)  during the warm-up period preceding the race in which it is to participate;

(d)  during the parade;

(e)  during a race;

(f)  after a race;

(4)  he shall examine each horse that is scratched from a race because of its state of health, its physical condition or the fact that it was involved in a serious incident before the race;

(5)  he shall examine any horse at the request of the racing judges and report the results;

(6)  he shall enter the name of a horse on the “Veterinarian’s List” at the request of the racing judges.

He shall be present at the race track at least 2 hours before the post time of the first race of a race program and remain there throughout the program.

Decision 90-09-19, s. 16.