New Mexico
Register / Volume XXXVI, Issue 22 / November 18, 2025
NOTICE OF PUBLIC RULES HEARING AND MEETING
The NM Racing Commission will hold a Public Rules Hearing
and Meeting on December 19, 2025 at 9:00 a.m, at 4900 Alameda Blvd., NE, Albuquerque, NM and
virtually via Microsoft Teams.
Topic: Rules Hearing and Meeting
Time: December 19, 2025, 09:00 AM Mountain Time (US & Canada)
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The Commission is proposing the following amendments to Rules Governing Horse Racing
in NM:
15.2.3 NMAC – Flat Racing Officials
15.2.5 NMAC – Horse Race – Rules of the Race
A copy of proposed
rules may be found at: https://www.nmrc.state.nm.us/rules-regulations/.
Written comments on proposed rules may be submitted to david.dominguez@rc.nm.gov and/or you may appear at the hearing and provide brief, verbal comments. All written comments must be submitted
to david.dominguez@rc.nm.gov and received by 12:00 p.m. December 18, 2025.
The final meeting
agenda will be available 120 hours prior
to the hearing and meeting.
The final agenda
may be obtained from David Dominguez or from NMRC’s website.
No technical information served as
the basis for proposed rules.
Anyone requiring special accommodations should notify NMRC of such needs at least 5 days prior to the hearing
and meeting.
Statutory Authority:
Legal authority for NMRC rulemaking can
be found at NMSA Section 60-1A-4(B)(1).
The following rule
amendments are proposed:
Subsection D of
15.2.3.8 NMAC: The Rule deals with the Horsemen’s Bookkeeper, an
employee of the racetrack. The purpose of the proposed Rule change is to
specify and broaden what can be properly paid with purse money.
Subsection
A of 15.2.5.12 NMAC: The
Rule deals with situations under which a horse is ineligible to enter in a race.
The purpose of the proposed Rule change is to promote fairness by ensuring all
time qualifiers for a race in fact receive a purse.
Subsection A of
15.2.5.13 NMAC: The purpose of the proposed Rule change is to
correct a typographical error.