Iowa-foaled horses and Iowa-whelped dog records and breeder
payments:
The department will establish and maintain a records system
entitled the "Iowa Horse and Dog Breeders' Fund." This records system will
feature a list of thoroughbred, standardbred and quarter horses who have
qualified to be Iowa-foaled horses, as well as a listing of all greyhound dogs
that have qualified to be Iowa-whelped dogs.
A sum equal to 12 percent of the purse won by an Iowa-foaled
horse or Iowa-whelped dog shall be used to promote the horse and dog breeding
industries. This percentage shall be applicable to all races that are limited
to Iowa-foaled horses or Iowa-whelped dogs as well as all other races which are
won by Iowa-foaled horses or Iowa-whelped dogs.
The 12 percent shall be withheld by the licensee from the
breakage and shall be paid at the end of the race meeting to the state
department of agriculture and land stewardship which, in turn, shall deposit
the 12 percent in a special fund to be known as the "Iowa Horse and Dog
Breeders' Fimd" and pay the 12 percent by December 31 of each calendar year to
the breeder of the winning Iowa-foaled horse or the breeder of the Iowa-whelped
dog.
A sum equal to 6 percent of the purse won by an Iowa-foaled
thoroughbred horse shall be used as a supplement to promote the thoroughbred
horse breeding industries for horses placing second through fourth place. This
percentage shall be applicable to all thoroughbred races that are held at
Prairie Meadows racetrack.
The 6 percent supplement shall be withheld by the licensee from
the horse breeders' fund for thoroughbreds and shall be paid at the end of the
race meeting to the state department of agriculture and land stewardship which,
in turn, shall deposit it in a special fund to be known as the "Iowa
Thoroughbred Horse Breeders' Promotion Fund." This fund will pay 6 percent of
the money earned to each horse placing second, third and fourth place by
December 31 of each calendar year to the breeder of the Iowa-foaled
thoroughbred horse.
(1) All
foals/horses qualified through the department to be Iowa-foaled horses and dogs
qualified to be Iowa-whelped will be listed by a department registration number
The Iowa-foaled horse mare breeder(s) at the time of foaling, or the owner of
the standardbred and quarter horse brood mare at the time of breeding, or the
owner of the dog, as a pup, at the time of whelping, shall be properly recorded
with a registration number
(2) A
race track licensee shall hold at least one race on each racing day limited to
Iowa-foaled horses or Iowa-whelped dogs. However, if sufficient Cornpetition
cannot be had among that class of horses or dogs on any day, another race for
the day may be substituted.
(3) As
the department receives this money from the licensee, the department shall
credit each horse or dog, by registration number, with the amount. At the end
of each calendar year, the department shall pay the amount credited to winning
Iowa-foaled horses or Iowa-whelped dogs to the Iowa-foaled horse breeder or to
the Iowa-whelped dog breeder.
(4)
The department will implement and maintain a system of keeping the Iowa state
racing Cornmission informed and updated relative to all horses and dogs which
are eligible to race as Iowa foaled or Iowa whelped.
(5) The department shall have the authority
to inspect the premises to verify that the animals are maintained under
conditions appropriate to each species to ensure that the animals are properly
cared for and that the standards of proper animal welfare are met.
