(a) Every person not required to be licensed under Article 4 (commencing with Section 19480) who participates in, or has anything to do with, the racing of horses, including a horse owner, jockey, driver, apprentice, exercise rider, agent trainer, stable foreman, groom, valet, horseshoer, stable watchman, outrider, and every employee of a parimutuel department, shall be licensed by the board pursuant to rules and regulations that the board may adopt, and upon the payment of a license fee fixed and determined by the board. Any license issued pursuant to this article shall include a current photograph of the licensed person.
(b) No person required to be licensed by this article may participate in any capacity in any horse race meeting without a valid and unrevoked license authorizing the participation.
(c) The board may adopt regulations to require outrider license applicants to pass both a written and an oral examination and to authorize outriders to exercise the duties and powers of the board set forth in Section 19440 as are delegated by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 53, Sec. 2. (AB 1152) Effective July 9, 2010.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018