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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 09.10.03.04" title_num="09" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="03" heading="Drug Prohibition — Horses.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Other than Lasix administered in accordance with the regulations in this chapter, an individual may not administer, cause to be administered, participate, or attempt to participate in any way in the administration of any drug or medication to a horse:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>During the 24-hour period before the scheduled post time for the race in which the horse is to participate; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Until after the race in which the horse is programmed to participate is run.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A horse participating in a race may not carry in its body:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A drug; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A medication or other substance quantitated at more than the thresholds prescribed in Regulation .01-1 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The presence of a drug or a medication or other substance quantitated at more than the thresholds prescribed in Regulation .01-1 of this chapter in the post-race urine, blood, or other sample taken from a horse is prima facie evidence that the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Horse was administered a drug and carried the drug in its body during the race; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Drug was administered by the person or persons having control, care, or custody of the horse.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The presence of a drug, as defined in Regulation .01B(1)(a)(i) of this chapter, in a prerace blood sample taken from a horse that participated in a race, is prima facie evidence that the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Horse was administered a drug and carried the drug in its body during the running of the race; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Drug was administered by the person or persons having control, care, or custody of the horse.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Trainer Responsibility. A trainer is the absolute insurer of, and responsible for, the condition of each horse the trainer enters in a race, regardless of the acts of third parties.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Enforcement.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The stewards or judges may order the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Post-race taking of urine, blood, or other samples for testing purposes from any horse which participated in a race;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Prerace taking of blood samples for testing purposes from any horse entered in a race to determine the presence of a drug, as defined in Regulation .01B(1)(a)(i) of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Denial, forfeiture, and prompt return of a purse, sweepstakes, trophy, or any other reward received by the owner of a horse found to have carried a drug or a medication or other substance quantitated at more than the thresholds prescribed in Regulation .01-1 of this chapter in its body during a race;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Redistribution of the items denied, forfeited, and returned, resulting from the disqualification of a horse found to have carried a drug or a medication or other substance quantitated at more than the thresholds prescribed in Regulation .01-1 of this chapter in its body during a race, to those owners whose horses were advanced by the disqualification.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the stewards or judges order a disqualification due to a horse having carried a drug or a medication or other substance quantitated at more than the thresholds prescribed in Regulation .01-1 of this chapter in its body during a race, they shall issue a ruling announcing the disqualification.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Repeat Violations. An individual guilty of violating this regulation, or a comparable regulation of another racing jurisdiction, for the second time is considered a repeat offender, and the stewards, judges, or the Commission shall weigh this factor in determining a sanction.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>