Mich. Admin. Code R. 431.4285 - Trainers; licensing
Rule 4285.
(1) An
applicant for a trainer's license shall satisfy the stewards, in the manner as
they may prescribe, that he or she complies with all of the following
requirements:
(a) Has not less than 2 years of
experience under a recognized trainer and has demonstrated the ability to
train.
(b) Is knowledgeable of, and
conversant in, the training of harness horses.
(c) Is familiar with the rules pertaining to
trainers and training.
(2) A person applying for a trainer's license
shall be 18 years of age and shall submit satisfactory proof of having
successfully completed a written United States Trotting Association examination
or an examination given by the stewards.
(3) A person applying for a trainer's license
for the purpose of training only horses he or she owns or in which he or she
has an interest may be issued a trainer's license without being subject to the
requirement of having 2 years' experience under a recognized trainer as set
forth in subrule (1) of this rule.
(4) A licensed trainer may employ persons
other than grooms to assist him or her in the care and training of horses in
his or her stable. The assistant trainer shall be licensed and may perform all
of the duties of a trainer, except that the trainer remains the absolute
insurer of the condition of a horse.
(5) A horse shall not start unless the
trainer and the owner are licensed by the executive director. A trainer and
assistant trainer who are absent from his or her stable or from the grounds
where his or her horses are racing for more than 2 consecutive days, and whose
horses are entered or are to be entered, shall provide a licensed trainer to
assume complete responsibility for the horses being entered or running. The
licensed trainer shall sign, in the presence of the stewards, a form furnished
by the executive director accepting complete responsibility for the horses
entered or running.
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