Section 1413.250  Medical Reasons for Ineligibility

A trainer or owner shall not enter or start, or cause to be entered or started, a horse that:

a)         is not in servicable, sound racing condition;

b)         has an active tracheostomy;

c)         has been nerved or had cryosurgery performed on a nerve; except that horses that have had a neurectomy or cryosurgery performed on the posterior digital nerve below, and not at, the fetlock of one or more feet may be permitted to race;

d)         is blind or whose vision is seriously impaired in both eyes. A horse blind in one eye may start only if the other eye has normal vision;

e)         does not comply with the rules regarding Coggins tests (see 11 Ill. Adm. Code 1309, 1313, 1424 and 1431).

(Source:  Amended at 25 Ill. Reg. 15608, effective December 1, 2001)