Code of Maryland Regulations (Last Updated: April 6, 2021) |
Title 09. Maryland Department of Labor |
Subtitle 10. RACING COMMISSION |
Chapter 09.10.04. General |
Sec. 09.10.04.12. Barred Horses
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A. If a trainer has in the trainer's charge a horse whose name appears on a veterinarian's, starter's, stewards', or judges' list or any other list of horses ineligible to start, commonly known as a "Barred List", at a race track outside this State, the trainer shall report the name of the horse and the fact that the horse has been barred to the Racing Secretary, as well as to the stewards or judges, at the meeting within this State at which the trainer proposes to enter the horse to race.
B. A horse shall be barred from racing at a track under the jurisdiction of the Commission if the horse is:
(1) Afflicted by the disease known as periodic ophthalmia, moon blindness, or a similar disease affecting the vision of the horse;
(2) High nerved, that is, the horse has been denerved at the ankle or the horse has been subjected to a cryosurgical procedure at the ankle or above; or
(3) Tubed.