Section 24005 Of Chapter 8. Drugging Of Horses From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 11. >> Chapter 8.
24005
. The trainer or owner, or both the trainer and owner, in the
absence of substantial evidence to the contrary, is responsible for a
horse's condition and is charged with knowledge of the provisions
contained in this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted
pursuant to this chapter. If a trainer is prevented from performing
his or her duties, including responsibility for the condition of a
horse in his or her care, by illness or other cause, or is absent
from any event where a horse under his or her care is entered and
stabled, the trainer shall immediately notify the secretary or
manager of the event, and at the same time a substitute shall be
appointed by the trainer. The substitute shall place his or her name
on the entry blank at that time. The substitute shall have the same
responsibilities as the substituted trainer would have had for the
condition of any horse in his or her care.