(a) To be eligible for a training facility license, the applicant must provide the equipment and facilities prescribed by this section.
(b) The racetrack at a training facility must have a chute at least 250 yards long from the back of the chute to the finish line. The racetrack must be an oval that is at least:
  (1) five-eighths mile in length;
  (2) 40 feet wide on each straightaway; and
  (3) 40 feet wide on each turn.
(c) The dimensions of the racetrack at the training facility must be surveyed by a certified land surveyor, including the distances from each distance pole to the finish line. The results of the survey must be submitted in writing with the application for a training facility license. If neither the track dimensions nor the distance poles have been altered since the date an original training facility license was granted, the general manager or chief executive officer of the training facility may submit a sworn affidavit stating that fact in lieu of a new survey. If the track dimensions or distance poles have been altered since the date the original training facility license was granted, the racetrack must be surveyed by a certified land surveyor and the results submitted to the Commission in writing with the application for license renewal.
(d) A training facility shall provide an inside contour rail and an outside rail, both of which must be approved by the executive secretary. The turns on the racetrack must be banked to a degree approved by the executive secretary. The composition of the racing surface must be approved by the executive secretary. A training facility shall provide a padded starting gate approved by the executive secretary. The training facility shall provide timing equipment that is capable of recording the time of a horse in at least hundredths of a second. The timing equipment is subject to testing and approval by the executive secretary.
(e) The racetrack at a training facility must have distance poles indicating the distance from the pole to the finish line as follows:
  (1) 1/16 poles with black and white stripes;
  (2) 1/8 poles with green and white stripes; and
  (3) 1/4 poles with red and white stripes.
(f) A training facility is not required to have:
  (1) facilities for the public to observe the workouts; or
  (2) concessions.

Source Note: The provisions of this §313.503 adopted to be effective January 1, 1994, 18 TexReg 9102; amended to be effective August 15, 1995, 20 TexReg 5382; amended to be effective September 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 8674; amended to be effective October 30, 2000, 25 TexReg 10737