SECTION 325:45-1-12. Bleeder lists

(a)   At each race meeting, the Official Veterinarian or designee shall maintain a bleeder list.

(b)   The Official Veterinarian shall identify horses demonstrating visible external evidence of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage or the existence of hemorrhage in the trachea post-exercise upon endoscopic examination sufficient to impair the ability of the horse to race safely on the bleeder list.

(c)   The Official Veterinarian shall post bleeder lists in the racing office and make bleeder lists available to Stewards and racing officials at all Oklahoma racetracks.

(d)   The Official Veterinarian shall record any determination that a horse is a bleeder on the foal certificate of the horse.

[Source: Amended at 16 Ok Reg 3285, eff 5-5-99 (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2420, eff 6-26-00; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 1231, eff 5-27-03; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 2071, eff 5-9-06 (emergency); Amended at 23 Ok Reg 2594, eff 6-25-06; Amended at 35 Ok Reg 347, eff 12-18-17 (emergency); Amended at 35 Ok Reg 1535, eff 9-14-18]