The Rules Governing Horse Racing in Alberta are AMENDED as follows:
Chapter 2: Licensing Rules \ Part 2 Racing Participants: Designation and Licensing \ Division 1 Racing Participant’s Licences Subdivision 1\ Licensed Veterinarians, Licensed Animal Health Technologists and Unregistered Veterinary Auxiliaries
The following rule is AMENDED to read:
Rule 36 g Conditions of veterinarian licence
A licence issued to a registered veterinarian is subject to the following conditions:
(a) the licensee will comply with the *Act, and these and *other rules;
(b) the licensee will use their best endeavours to promote the best interests of horse racing and ensure that the Act and these and other rules are complied with;
(c) the licensee will notify *Horse Racing Alberta if the licensee ceases to be registered in good standing under the Veterinary Profession Act;
(d) the licensee will supervise and control any *animal health technologist and unregistered veterinary auxiliary for whose conduct the licensee is responsible;
(e) the licensee is responsible to Horse Racing Alberta for the proper care and treatment of *race horses during the *racing season and for the effects of that treatment, including the administration of drugs, medications, and foreign substances;
(f) the licensee while practising at any location under Horse Racing Alberta’s jurisdiction is subject to the authority of the *official veterinarian and the *judges/stewards board;
(g) the licensee will not apply for or hold a *trainer’s licence;
(h) any special conditions prescribed by Horse Racing Alberta.
(i) A practicing veterinarian who owns and trains, in whole or in part, a horse, shall not treat another horse that is entered in a race in which the practicing veterinarian’s horse is entered. If the practicing veterinarian has treated or otherwise provided veterinarian services for a horse that is entered in a race after the horse was entered, the horse owned or trained by the practicing veterinarian, in whole or in part, is not eligible to race and shall be scratched. A practicing veterinarian who trains a horse, in whole or in part, shall not claim a horse that the practicing veterinarian has treated within the past 30 days.
Rule 36 g Conditions of veterinarian licence previously stated:
A licence issued to a registered veterinarian is subject to the following conditions:
(a) the licensee will comply with the *Act, and these and *other rules;
(b) the licensee will use their best endeavours to promote the best interests of horse racing and ensure that the Act and these and other rules are complied with;
(c) the licensee will notify *Horse Racing Alberta if the licensee ceases to be registered in good standing under the Veterinary Profession Act;
(d) the licensee will supervise and control any *animal health technologist and unregistered veterinary auxiliary for whose conduct the licensee is responsible;
(e) the licensee is responsible to Horse Racing Alberta for the proper care and treatment of *race horses during the *racing season and for the effects of that treatment, including the administration of drugs, medications, and foreign substances;
(f) the licensee while practising at any location under Horse Racing Alberta’s jurisdiction is subject to the authority of the *official veterinarian and the *judges/stewards board;
(g) the licensee will not apply for or hold a *trainer’s licence;
(h) any special conditions prescribed by Horse Racing Alberta.
Dated in the City of Edmonton
in the Province of Alberta
this 13th day of April 2026.
Kent Verlik, Chief Executive Officer
HORSE RACING ALBERTA