Section 40. Prohibitions  


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  • No person other than the horse's owner, trainer, employees of the owner or trainer, paddock judge, horse identifier, assigned valet, commission veterinarian or his designee, steward, farrier, pony rider, or outrider shall touch a horse while it is in the paddock. The material used as a tongue tie shall be supplied by the horse's trainer or his designee, who shall affix the tongue tie in the paddock.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR662-05-01 § 2.3, eff. September 26, 1991; amended, Volume 18, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2002; Volume 26, Issue 20, eff. May 29, 2010.

Statutory Authority

§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.