Authority: IC 4-31-3-9

Affected: IC 4-31-13

Sec. 28. (a) The executive director or the judges may refuse the license of an owner, declare the horse or horses at issue ineligible to race, require the horse or horses at issue to be stabled on the grounds of the association, or place a horse on the judge's list if the seller is suspended, barred, has had his or her license refused, or is otherwise not able to be licensed. In making such a determination, the executive director or judges may consider any information that they deem relevant, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) Whether the buyer is a spouse, member of the immediate family, assistant, employee, business associate, or member of the seller's household.

(2) Whether the seller could have contact with or access to the horse(s) in question after transfer.

(3) Whether the sale occurred within the previous sixty (60) days.

(b) For flat racing, upon claim, sale, or any transfer of ownership, if the foal certificate is not otherwise on file with the racing office, the previous owner shall present the foal certificate to the racing secretary within seventy-two (72) hours of the change of ownership.

(Indiana Horse Racing Commission; 71 IAC 5-1-28; emergency rule filed Mar 20, 2007, 1:43 p.m.: 20070404-IR-071070198ERA, eff Mar 16, 2007 [IC 4-22-2-37.1 establishes the effectiveness of an emergency rule upon filing with the Publisher. LSA Document #07-198(E) was filed with the Publisher March 20, 2007.]; readopted filed Mar 23, 2007, 11:31 a.m.: 20070404-IR-071070030RFA; readopted filed Nov 26, 2013, 11:25 a.m.: 20131225-IR-071130345RFA; readopted filed Aug 28, 2019, 1:23 p.m.: 20190925-IR-071190319RFA; readopted filed Aug 3, 2023, 12:49 p.m.: 20230830-IR-071230428RFA; filed Mar 16, 2026, 11:21 a.m.: 20260415-IR-071250679FRA)