Wyo. Code R. 038-0001-6
Pari-Mutuel
Chapter 6: Permitee
Effective Date: 06/10/1994 to 04/13/2009
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 038.0001.6.06101994
(a) Every permit to hold a meeting, limited to a maximum time of one (1) year, is granted upon the condition that the permittee shall accept, observe and assist in the enforcement of the Rules. It shall be the duty of each officer, director and every licensee, official and employee to observe and assist in the enforcement of the Rules.
(b) Members of the Commission and its designated representatives shall have the right of full and complete entry to any and all parts of the grounds and mutuel plants of the permittee.
(c) Each permittee shall police its grounds at all times in such a manner as to preclude the admission of any person in and around the stables excepting those having bona fide business and duly licensed by the Commission.
(d) Racing permittee shall make prompt written acknowledgment of stakes nominations and subscriptions to the Commission.
(e) All distance poles/markers shall be painted as follows:
1/4 - red and white
1/8 - green and white
1/16- black and white
(f) Stands for judges, timers and Stewards shall be maintained and protected from the elements, in positions commanding an uninterrupted view of the entire racing strip, and subject to approval by the Commission.
(g) The permittee shall provide telephone communications between each station of the patrol judges and starter with the Stewards.
(h) All race tracks in Wyoming operating under the jurisdiction of this Commission must install and use an approved type 'Film Patrol' with not less than two cameras operating from positions designated by the Commission.
(i) No permittee shall be permitted to enter into an agreement or adopt any policy which would prohibit any horse having been granted a stall at permittee's meeting from being entered in any race for which the horse is eligible unless the permittee has obtained the prior approval of the Commission.
(j) Each applicant seeking dates for a pari-mutuel event must submit an application to the Commission not later than the date set by the Commission, but not less than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the proposed meeting. Application for permits shall give dates requested, fully identify the applicant, shall include a proper financial statement showing the financial responsibility of the applicant, shall show the purpose and use of the permit, and shall describe the races to be conducted, the manner of wagering and the names and identification of those to supervise the wagering and the controls and supervision by the applicant (pari-mutuel manager, stewards, and racing secretary) and shall include an approval of the corporation or association applying by their respective County Commissioners. A fee of fifty ($50.00) dollars for each day of racing and a surety bond, certificate of deposit or letter of credit of not less than $5,000.00 (security not required of a county entity) made in favor of the State of Wyoming must accompany the application.
(k) Each permittee approved by the Commission to conduct a race meeting must offer to the public the Daily Racing Form or another publication of equal merit which reveals the past performance records of the horses racing at the meeting.
(l) A complete list of all racing officials and other personnel required by the Commission shall be submitted to the Commission by the Permittee not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date approved for the racing to begin. The list shall include expense money paid, bonuses and/or any other compensation.
(m) The Commission reserves the right to demand a change of personnel or officials for good and sufficient reason. The successor to an official or employee that is replaced shall be subject to approval of the Commission.
(n) Permittee shall furnish and maintain both a suitable man ambulance and a suitable horse ambulance each day that their tracks may be open for racing or exercising horses, equipped, ready for immediate duty and placed at an entrance to the racing strip which is at no time obstructed so that no time may be lost in answering calls.
(o) Each permittee shall equip and maintain at its track temporary hospital or infirmary facilities equipped with such first aid appliances and material as shall be approved by the Commission and shall provide the attendance of competent medical personnel during race hours.
(p) Permittee shall at all times maintain their race tracks in good condition and shall have available adequate and proper implements to maintain a uniform track, weather conditions permitting.
(q) Each barn shall be numbered and each stall shall be numbered and a record of each stall assignment shall be filed with the Racing Secretary.
(r) Each permittee shall maintain and furnish police and watchman service as may be needed or requested by the Commission. Police must be fully empowered to enforce law and order and cooperate in the enforcement of the rules.
(s) Each permittee shall employ and pay for the services of two men or more if necessary, who will be selected by and be under the direction of the Commission as Special Police.
(a) Each permittee shall make such sanitary arrangements as baths, toilets, etc., for the use of jockeys, mutuel employees, horsemen and other employees as may be required by the Commission.
(b) All track kitchens operating during the period covered in any permit granted by this Commission shall close and lock its doors for not less than thirty (30) minutes after noon, the actual time to be set by the State Steward, for the purpose of cleaning and maintaining a sanitary condition of the premises.
(c) All used bedding and manure shall be removed from the stalls daily and shall be deposited at a place designated by the permittee.
(d) Each trainer shall keep all hay, grain and other feed in a sanitary manner and covered.
(e) Any illness or unusual symptoms of illness shown by a horse shall be immediately reported by the trainer or attending veterinarian to the Official Veterinarian, Stewards or the Commission.
(f) In case of any illness or unusual symptoms which might be contagious, the Stewards are empowered to employ, at the expense of the permittee, a board of three veterinarians, licensed by the State of Wyoming, for the purpose of diagnosis, observation and/or treatment. The decision of the board to isolate any horse shall be binding upon the trainer and owner.
(i) The reasonable cost and expense of isolation, including keep and medical care, shall be borne by the owner or trainer of the horse during the period of isolation.
(ii) In event of the positive diagnosis of any infectious disease, the horse diagnosed shall remain isolated and quarantined for the period of time the Commission may determine.
(iii) A horse shall not be removed from quarantine without permission of the Stewards.
(a) No telephone, telegraph, teletype, semaphore, signal device, radio, television or other method of electrical, mechanical, manual or visual communication, shall be installed within the enclosures of any permittee until approved by the Commission.
(b) No information regarding the results of any race shall be transmitted out of a race track until the results are official.
(c) A telephone on a private wire shall be installed in the quarters assigned to and occupied by the Commission during the preparation for the conduct of a race meeting. All costs of the telephone service shall be borne by the permittee, and the service shall not be interrupted at any time during that period.
(d) An approved type telephone or inter-communication system shall be provided by the permittee to maintain contact between the Stewards and other designated stations.
(e) Each permittee shall furnish a blueprint to the Commission showing the location of all radio and television equipment located within its plant, together with all telephone, teletype and telegraph wires to and within the grounds upon which its race track is located.
(a) No admission charges will be required on tax-free badges (licenses or passes) issued by the Commission to officials, track officials, working press, members of the Commission, members of the Association of Racing Commissioners International, members of the Society of North American Racing Officials, members of the Jockeys' Guild, or those licensed by the Commission in accordance with these rules.
(b) The Commission may require the use of the issued license as a badge.
(c) A license, tax-free badge or pass is not transferable and any transfer shall be a violation of these rules.
(d) No licensee badge or pass may be issued without the approval of the Commission: all licensee badges or passes approved must be recorded, the record kept by the Commission and each badge or pass must be numbered and entered in numerical order in the records.
(i) The spouse of any licensed official, owner, trainer, jockey, apprentice jockey, or plater shall be classified as a sub-official, sub-owner, sub-trainer, sub-jockey, or sub-plater and shall be entitled to receive a tax-free admission badge or pass.
(ii) The spouse of a groom may be given a tax-free badge or pass upon application of his licensed employer. The employer must assume full responsibility for the conduct of the person and the use of the badge or pass.
(e) The Racing Secretary may issue tax-free admission passes upon the approval of the Commission and shall keep a permanent record of the identity of persons issued passes and the number of each pass.
(f) Each permittee whose admission charges are taxable by the State of Wyoming must file a certified gate card showing specimen tickets and badges with the Commission prior to the opening of the event.
(i) The gate card must show the type of admission ticket, badges, or other evidence of the right to enter the grounds.
(ii) The Commission shall approve the tickets, badges, or other evidence of the right to enter the grounds.
(iii) All gates used for admission of patrons must have turnstiles of a type approved by the Commission. The gates shall be equipped with meters and the turnstiles must be numbered consecutively or have other means of individual identification or other Commission approved means of accounting for admissions. A daily reconciliation with actual count shall be filed with the Commission.
(g) All permittee must give a ticket good for one admission to each person having paid an admission charge on a day when races are discontinued due to weather or malfunction of equipment which might prevent the patron from participating in a major portion of any racing program conducted by the permittee.
(i) A supply of tickets shall be prepared and available for distribution prior to the opening of any race meet. The holder of such ticket shall be admitted without further charge on any race day of the meeting.