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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="11-538" title_number="11" title_name="Horse Racing" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Thoroughbred Racing">
  <text>A horse may be registered with the Maryland Horse Breeders Association, Inc., only if the horse was foaled in Maryland as shown by a foal certificate from the Jockey Club and:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>the breeder of the horse has maintained a place of abode in Maryland for more than 9 months immediately before registration;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>the breeder of the horse keeps breeding stock continually in Maryland;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>the horse was conceived in Maryland during the previous season;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>the horse’s dam was sent to Maryland to foal and after foaling was covered only by a Maryland stallion during the season of the horse’s birth; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>if the horse’s dam dies, is permanently retired, or is certified by a veterinarian as unable to be bred, the horse resided in the State for at least 6 months after the horse was foaled.</text>
  </level>
</section>
