Okla. Stat. tit. 3A, § 3A-208.7
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Use of certain devices for stimulating or depressing
Official statutory text
horse prohibited - Violations - Penalties.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
1. Use or conspire to use any battery, buzzer, electrical or
mechanical device, or other device other than the ordinary whip for
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the purpose of stimulating or depressing a horse or affecting its
speed at any time; or
2. Sponge the nostrils or windpipe of a horse for the purpose
of stimulating or depressing a horse or affecting its speed at any
time; or
3. Have in the possession of the person, within the confines of
a racetrack, stables, sheds, buildings, or grounds where horses are
kept which are eligible to race over a racetrack of any organization
licensee, any device other than the ordinary whip which may or can
be used for the purpose of stimulating or depressing a horse or
affecting its speed at any time; or
4. Have in the possession of the person with the intent to
sell, give away, or exchange any such devices.
B. Possession of such devices by anyone within the confines of
a racetrack, stables, sheds, buildings, or grounds where horses are
kept which are eligible to race over the racetracks of any
organization licensee shall be prima facie evidence of intention to
use such devices.
C. Any person who violates the provisions of this section, upon
conviction, shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and shall
be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or be
imprisoned as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N
of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or both said fine and
imprisonment. The Commission shall suspend or revoke the license of
any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
1. Use or conspire to use any battery, buzzer, electrical or
mechanical device, or other device other than the ordinary whip for
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 3A. Amusements and Sports Page 47
the purpose of stimulating or depressing a horse or affecting its
speed at any time; or
2. Sponge the nostrils or windpipe of a horse for the purpose
of stimulating or depressing a horse or affecting its speed at any
time; or
3. Have in the possession of the person, within the confines of
a racetrack, stables, sheds, buildings, or grounds where horses are
kept which are eligible to race over a racetrack of any organization
licensee, any device other than the ordinary whip which may or can
be used for the purpose of stimulating or depressing a horse or
affecting its speed at any time; or
4. Have in the possession of the person with the intent to
sell, give away, or exchange any such devices.
B. Possession of such devices by anyone within the confines of
a racetrack, stables, sheds, buildings, or grounds where horses are
kept which are eligible to race over the racetracks of any
organization licensee shall be prima facie evidence of intention to
use such devices.
C. Any person who violates the provisions of this section, upon
conviction, shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and shall
be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or be
imprisoned as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N
of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or both said fine and
imprisonment. The Commission shall suspend or revoke the license of
any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section.
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