Section 140.50  Denying Use − Removal − Field Trial Participants and/or Equestrians

The site superintendent has the right to deny a field trial participant or equestrian the use of an overnight barn stall for his/her horse or to remove a field trial participant or equestrian from the stable facility for the following reasons based on a visual inspection by, and the subsequent opinion of, the site superintendent:

a)         Person is not using the equestrian area as stated in Sections 140.20(c) or 140.30(b)(2).

b)         Person is an equestrian but is not a field trial participant at a field trial area during a field trial period as stated in Section 140.30(a).

c)         Person fails to follow the Department's cleaning schedule and/or does not perform the work necessary to keep the assigned barn stall at the same level of cleanliness as originally accepted, as stated in Sections 140.20(d) and 140.30(c).

d)         Person's horse shows signs of improper care or mistreatment, i.e, sickness or disease not publicly acceptable in accordance with applicable provisions of the Humane Care for Animals Act [50 ILCS 70].  In cases in which the horse owner or person designated by the owner does not agree with the judgement of the site superintendent, the owner or person designated by the owner, at the owner's expense, shall have the horse examined and a written certification made as to the horse's condition by an Illinois licensed veterinarian to resolve the matter.

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 5270, effective March 25, 2009)