006.06.22 Ark. Code R. 007 - Thoroughbred Rule 1219 Prohibited practices
1219. The following are prohibited practices:
(a) Use of physical or veterinary procedures
to mask the effects or signs of injury so as to allow training or racing to the
detriment of a horse's health and welfare.
(b) Use of extracorporeal shock wave therapy
in a manner that may desensitize any limb structures during racing or
training.
(c) Surgical or chemical
neurectomy to cause desensitization of musculoskeletal structures associated
with the limbs.
(d) Thermocautery,
including but not limited to pin firing and freeze firing, or application of
any substance to cause vesiculation or blistering of the skin or a
counter-irritant effect.
(e) Use of
a device to deliver an electrical shock to a horse, including but not limited
to cattle prods and batteries.
(f)
Use of electrical medical therapeutic devices, including magnetic wave therapy,
laser, electro-magnetic blankets, boots, electro-shock, or any other electrical
devices that may produce an analgesic effect within 48 hours of a training
activity or at the start of the published post time for which a horse is
scheduled to race.
*This rule change is implemented to comply with federally mandated HISA rules and to avoid confusion with conflicting federal and state rules.
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