Authority: IC 4-31-3-9

Affected: IC 4-31

Sec. 3. (a) In order to be eligible to register a stallion with the commission, a completed application must be on file with the commission on or before November 1 of each year.

(b) Each registered stallion must remain in Indiana the entire breeding season (February 1 through July 1).

(c) New stallions arriving late cannot have covered any mares in another state during the same year.

(d) Quarter horse stallions may breed both quarter horse and thoroughbred mares.

(e) Thoroughbred stallions may breed quarter horse mares. Thoroughbred stallions breeding quarter horse mares must be registered in the quarter horse registry.

(f) A stallion must be registered with the commission the year of the foal's conception to be eligible for sire races and stallion awards.

(g) Stallions must be registered each year. Any living or deceased stallion having sired foals while standing in the state of Indiana prior to the year 2001 must have on file with the commission an application covering the years it stood in the state to be eligible for sire races and stallion awards.

(h) Mare's bred reports must be on file with the commission by December 1 of each year.

(i) A copy of lease agreements must accompany the application.

(j) There will be a one hundred dollar ($100) late fee for all applications filed after the deadline.

(k) This rule in no way restricts the shipment and use of cooled semen.

(l) Only those stallions standing in Indiana and properly registered with the Indiana horse racing commission are eligible for stallion breed development awards.

(m) For any stallion properly registered and in good standing with the commission in the year of his death or gelding, frozen semen may be utilized if the deceased or gelded stallion is properly registered in the year in which the semen will be used.

(n) The semen from stallions born in 2015 or later must be used within two (2) calendar years following the year of his death or gelding.

(o) Stallions born prior to 2015 are exempt from the requirement under 71 IAC 14.5-2-3(n) [sic, subsection (n)].

(p) Foals sired from the use of frozen semen shall be eligible for Indiana sired status and Indiana stallion awards if the requirements of 71 IAC 14.5-2-2 [sic, section 2 of this rule] are met, in addition to the requirements of this section.

(q) In cases where the stallion is deceased, only semen collected and frozen while the stallion was properly registered in Indiana may be utilized.

(r) Frozen semen from [sic] collected from non-deceased or gelded stallions properly registered may be utilized regardless of the location of collection.

(Indiana Horse Racing Commission; 71 IAC 14.5-2-3; emergency rule filed Nov 15, 2000, 11:40 a.m.: 24 IR 1037; readopted filed Oct 30, 2001, 11:50 a.m.: 25 IR 899; readopted filed Mar 23, 2007, 11:31 a.m.: 20070404-IR-071070030RFA; emergency rule filed Jan 24, 2008, 10:58 a.m.: 20080206-IR-071080056ERA, eff Jan 23, 2008 [IC 4-22-2-37.1 establishes the effectiveness of an emergency rule upon filing with the Publisher. LSA Document #08-56(E) was filed with the Publisher January 24, 2008.]; emergency rule filed Jul 19, 2010, 12:22 p.m.: 20100728-IR-071100480ERA; readopted filed Sep 21, 2016, 11:02 a.m.: 20161019-IR-071160203RFA; readopted filed Oct 6, 2022, 3:33 p.m.: 20221102-IR-071220265RFA; readopted filed Aug 3, 2023, 12:49 p.m.: 20230830-IR-071230428RFA; filed Aug 4, 2025, 10:22 a.m.: 20250903-IR-071250147FRA)