038-5 Wyo. Code R. §§ 5-1 - Officials, Generally
(a) At least sixty (60) days prior to the
first day of a meeting the Permittee shall submit in writing to the Commission
the names of all officials engaged for the pari-mutuel event and no official
shall be qualified to act until approved and licensed by the Commission. In the
event of incapacitation of any approved official the Permittee may, with the
approval of the Commission, appoint a substitute.
(b) Any official or any other person who
accepts conditions of employment with a Permittee in this state and is licensed
by the Commission, who leaves such employment while a race meeting is in
progress without first obtaining permission from the Permittee and the
Commission, shall be subject to suspension.
(c) The officials of a race meeting are as
follows: three (3) Stewards; one (1) Commission Safety Officer; three (3)
Placing Judges: two (2) or more Patrol Judges; Track Safety Officer; Clerk of
the Scales; Starter; Handicappers; Timers; Track Superintendent; Paddock Judge;
Identifier; Commission Veterinarian; Racing Secretary; Mutuel Manager;
Custodian of the Jockey Room, and other officials that the Commission may
prescribe.
(d) No person shall be
considered for approval by the Commission as an official unless such person is
a professional racing official with a reputation of good character and ability
or has indicated a desire to become a professional racing official and is in
possession of sufficient experience and/or has a special aptitude for such a
position. No person shall hold multiple positions as a race meeting official
without obtaining Commission approval.
(e) The Stewards and the Commission
Veterinarian for each meeting shall be selected by the Commission. The
Commission may require the Permittee to pay for the salary of not more than two
(2) Stewards. The Commission, in its discretion, may employ an additional
Veterinarian to assist the Commission Veterinarian in performing Racing
Soundness Exams pursuant to Pari-Mutuel Rules, Chapter 8, Section
2(n)(i). The Commission may
require the Permittee to pay for the salary of that additional Veterinarian.
All other officials designated shall be appointments by the Permittee, being
subject to the approval of the Commission, which reserves the right to demand a
change of personnel for what it deems good and sufficient reason, the successor
to officials replaced to be subject to the approval of the
Commission.
(f) No one interested
in the result of a race or permitted event, either because of ownership of any
horse entered, or of his sire or dam, or because of bets or otherwise, shall
act as an official in respect to that race or permitted event.
(g) No Permittee shall employ or accept the
services of any person as an official or in any other capacity who is the owner
or trainer of, or who has any interest, financial or otherwise, in horses
registered for racing at their meeting or pari-mutuel event unless special
permission has been granted by the Commission.
(h) No official or assistant shall wager
money or any other chattel of value on the result of any pari-mutuel
event.
(i) No official or assistant
shall accept, directly or indirectly, any gratuity, reward or favor in
connection with any permitted pari-mutuel event. This provision does not apply
to salaries received from the Permittee.
(j) No official or assistant shall buy or
sell any contract upon any jockey or apprentice jockey for himself or
another.
(k) No official or
assistant shall write or solicit horse insurance at the meeting.
(l) Each official or assistant shall report
to the Stewards/Judges all observed violations of the rules.
(m) No officials other than the Stewards and
the Starter shall have the right to impose a fine; only the Stewards may impose
a suspension.
(n) An official
imposing a fine or suspension shall report daily to the Commission, Racing
Secretary and Horsemen's Bookkeeper in writing.
(o) All fines shall be paid to the State
Steward within 48 hours after imposition and notice. If the meet is not in
session, fines shall be mailed to the Commission office within 48 hours of
receiving notice from the Stewards or the Commission. Checks shall be made
payable to the State of Wyoming.
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