Title 9 Part 4213

Every horse that is entered to race on any day shall be examined by an official veterinarian employed by the association conducting the meeting reasonably in advance of post time for the race in which the horse is entered to run, and if he shall report to the steward that any horse is, in his opinion, not in fit condition to race, said steward may exclude said horse therefrom whether or not it has already been brought into the paddock.

Charts or records of every horse stabled at tracks during meetings thereat shall be kept by or under the direction of the racing secretaries of the associations. Said charts shall show the breeding, name, registration, age and sex of the horse; and such charts and records shall be available to the members and the steward of the commission.

Every horse entering the paddock to race shall be inspected as to its shoeing, and a notice forthwith posted in a conspicuous location in the grandstand, easily visible to the public, stating the type of shoes with which the horse is shod and whether with or without caulks and on which feet, or is shoeless as to any of its feet.

No horse shall be qualified to start in any race unless he be entered by a licensed owner and in charge of a licensed trainer.

No owner or trainer or his representative shall employ a veterinarian who is not duly licensed as such by the Education Department of the State of New York. Licensed associations shall use all reasonable efforts to prevent nonlicensed veterinarians from practicing on their premises.

Every such veterinarian who shall prescribe or use any medication or treatment which contains a drug or drugs, which he has reason to believe are of such character as could affect the racing condition of a horse in a race, shall at the time of such prescribing or use deliver to the steward of the commission and the trainer of the horse under treatment a written statement setting forth the name of the horse and of the trainer, and the fact that such medication or treatment, as the case may be, contains a drug, stimulant or narcotic which, in the opinion of the veterinarian, is of such a character as could affect the racing condition of the horse in a race.