(1) If an owner changes trainers, he/she must notify the racing commission within seventy-two hours. This form must be signed by the new trainer acknowledging that he/she accepts responsibility for the horse or horses, and by the previous trainer to release any obligations in connection with the horse or horses.
(2) Following a transfer of trainers, the horse may not be transferred back to the original trainer for a minimum of thirty days without approval of the board of stewards.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
67.16.020. WSR 16-05-072, § 260-28-100, filed 2/16/16, effective 3/18/16. Statutory Authority: RCW
67.16.020 and
67.16.040. WSR 07-07-007, § 260-28-100, filed 3/8/07, effective 4/8/07; Rules of racing, § 178, filed 4/21/61.]