When a trainer is to be absent from his stable or the grounds where his horses are racing for a period of more than two racing days and his horses are entered or are to be entered, he must provide a licensed trainer to assume the complete responsibility of the horses he is entering or running. The licensed substitute trainer shall sign in the presence of the stewards a form furnished by the commission accepting complete responsibility of the horse or horses being entered or running.

Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:06:36, 9 SDR 122, effective March 31, 1983; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986.

General Authority: SDCL 42-7-56.

Law Implemented: SDCL 42-7-56.