Paging a steward! Rider is 18, can she sign as trainer?

[hoopoe]

Yes, if there was a drug violation, trainer would be penalized, in your case, as a parent you would be responsible for the violation

[hillary_again]

@lcw579, yes, trainer is penalized for drug infractions. So yes, you would have been responsible - you would have been fined or sanctioned or suspended or __. I think this is why the rule was changed (parent who signs as trainer must be a competing member) - so that USEF can apply the penalty. Riders are not responsible for drug infractions under USEF rules (I think FEI is different).

[poltroon]

@hillary_again

My mom signed my entry blank, too. Sadly, this changed, last year or so. So now, parent can sign, but must be a competing member. Yup, more fees!

I expect it’s less about a few thousand dollars in extra fees they might collect and more about the fact that USEF has no disciplinary power over anyone who hasn’t joined as a member. So if the child’s horse has (for example) a positive test, they can’t impose penalties in the same way on a non-member parent.

[skydy]

Right.

So many people have tried everything to avoid responsibility for positive drug tests in horses that it has come to this. It’s too bad for the honest people, but the honest people always get burned because of the dishonest people’s ducking and dodging around the rules.