A. Brief Description of the Issue
Rule addition re: financial issues involving owner/trainers
B. Discussion of the Issue and Problem
What specific problems or concerns are involved in this issue?
Disagreement between parties.
Who does the issue affect?
As above
What existing HRA rules relate to this issue?
None Add propose wording to 142g
C. Possible Solutions and Impact
What solution does this proposal provide?
Spells out financial info between owner/trainer
How will the solution fix the problem?
As above
How will the change affect any entities or stakeholders?
As above
How will you or your organization be affected by the proposed change?
What are the benefits of the proposed change?
As above
What are the possible drawbacks of the proposed change?
None
D. Please identify any affected stakeholder groups that expressed support or opposition.
(These stakeholders may include the racetracks, breed registries, owners, trainers, jockeys, veterinarians, or others.)
For those stakeholder groups that have expressed an opinion, please list the points on which they agree or disagree, and the arguments they have expressed.
N/A
Are there any affected stakeholder groups that have not been consulted on this proposal?
N/A
Please attach any formal letters of support or opposition by stakeholder groups. Files must be .pdf, .doc, .docx, or .txt format and under 3072k for the system to accept the submission. You can add a maximum of 3 attachments.
E. Attach the rule language you are proposing. Please show new language in a new paragraph below the current wording. If you are proposing that current rule language be eliminated, please indicate the text to be deleted with [delete: sample deleted copy]
(1) Ensure that good communications are well established with your owners and that you provide sufficient and accurate data on a regular and timely basis.
(2) You should/must declare IN WRITING to your owner, in writing, the services for which the owner is to be directly financially responsible and your rate schedule, including day rate and commissions on purses earned by the horses. You and each of your owners should/must agree on the financial arrangements between yourselves, including terms of payment (owner/trainer contract)
F. Do any racing jurisdictions currently have a version of this rule in effect? If yes, please attach copies of those rules.
ON
G. Review the Rules Governing Horse Racing in Alberta and identify any other Rules this change would affect and submit proposed amendments to those rules to comply with changes that would be made by this proposal.
N/A
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