{"data":{"id":"us-va/11vac10-70-60","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"11VAC10-70-60","heading":"Duties","body":"In addition to the duties necessary and pertinent to the general supervision, control and regulation of race meetings or satellite facilities, the stewards shall have the following specific duties:\n\n1. Causing investigations to be made in all instances of possible violations of federal laws, state laws, local ordinances and regulations of the commission;\n\n2. Being present within the enclosure at a race meeting no less than 90 minutes before post time of the first race and remaining until 15 minutes after the last race is declared \"official\";\n\n3. Being present in the stewards' stand during the running of all races at race meetings;\n\n4. Administering examinations for applicants applying for permits as trainers, jockeys, apprentice jockeys or farriers to determine the applicants' qualifications for the permits;\n\n5. Determining the identification of horses;\n\n6. Determining eligibility of horses for races restricted to Virginia breds;\n\n7. Determining eligibility of a horse or person to participate in a race;\n\n8. Supervising the taking of entries and the drawing of post positions;\n\n9. Approving or denying requests for horses to be excused from racing;\n\n10. Locking the totalizator at the start of the race so that no more pari-mutuel tickets may be sold;\n\n11. Determining alleged violations of these regulations in the running of any race through their own observation or by patrol judges and posting the \"inquiry\" sign when there are alleged violations;\n\n12. Determining alleged violations of these regulations in the running of any race brought to their attention by any participant and posting the \"objection\" sign when there are alleged violations;\n\n13. Causing the \"official\" sign to be posted after determining the official order of finish for the purposes of the pari-mutuel payout;\n\n14. Reviewing the video tapes of the previous day's races and determining the jockeys who should review the films for instructional purposes;\n\n15. Making periodic inspections of the facilities within the enclosure at race meetings, including but not limited to the stable area, paddock, and jockeys' room;\n\n16. Reporting their findings of their periodic inspections of the facilities to the commission;\n\n17. Filing with the commission a written daily report during race meetings. Such report shall contain a detailed written record of all questions, disputes, protests, complaints or objections brought to the attention of the stewards, a summary of any interviews relating to these actions, copies of any rulings issued by the stewards, and any emergency actions taken and the basis for the actions;\n\n18. Submitting to the commission after the conclusion of the race meeting a written report setting out their findings on the conduct of the race meeting, the condition of the facilities and any recommendation for improvement that they deem appropriate; and\n\n19. Imposing any of the following penalties on a licensee, participant or permit holder for a violation of these regulations:\n\na. Issue a reprimand;\n\nb. Assess a fine;\n\nc. Require forfeiture or redistribution of a purse or award;\n\nd. Place a permit holder or participant on probation with or without conditions;\n\ne. Suspend a permit holder or participant with or without conditions;\n\nf. Revoke a permit;\n\ng. Exclude from the grounds under the jurisdiction of the commission; or\n\nh. Any combination of the above.","path":["Title 11. Gaming","Agency 10. Virginia Racing Commission","Chapter 70. Stewards"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title11/agency10/chapter70/section60/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:43Z","sha256":"0f1abfc08f8e208803355fa60e00a6824bc01c39262a2e7e465b9e95c6d43c5c","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/11vac10-70-40","next":"us-va/11vac10-70-70"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}