Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 006 - Department of Finance and Administration › Division 06 - Racing Commission › Rule 006.06.10-002 - Rules and Regulations Governing Thoroughbred Racing

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
FOREWORD
The Rules herein prescribed, and any amendments or additions
				thereto, apply to all persons, partnerships, associations, firms or
				corporations, their officers, directors, stockholders, agents, representatives
				or employees who hold, conduct, patronize, aid, assist or participate in any
				Race Meeting within the State of Arkansas where thoroughbred horse racing
				licensed by the State of Arkansas shall be permitted for any stake, purse or
				reward. The definitions and interpretations of racing terms herein set forth,
				as well as the Foreword, are to be considered in connection with the Rules and
				as a part of them.
In reading the Rules, unless the text otherwise requires, it
				shall be understood, without constant reference thereto, that they apply only
				in the State of Arkansas.
Every franchise to hold a Race Meeting is granted upon the
				condition that the franchise holder shall accept, observe and enforce said
				Rules. Furthermore, it shall be the duty of each and every officer, director
				and every official and employee of said franchise holder to observe and enforce
				the Rules.
Any and all of the Rules may be amended, altered, repealed or
				supplemented by new and additional Rules.
The Racing Commission shall have continuing jurisdiction and
				control over all penalties and decisions imposed or made by it, or its
				predecessors, except as otherwise provided by law. Furthermore, the Racing
				Commission shall have the power and authority to review, affirm, modify or
				rescind any penalty or decision with regard to any infraction of these Rules,
				which may be imposed or made by the racing officials of any Race
				Meeting.
The laws of the State of Arkansas and the Rules promulgated by
				the Racing Commission supercede the conditions of a race or the regulations of
				a Race Meeting.
Note: Numbering of these Rules will not be consecutive since
				the Racing Commission Rules that apply to other types of racing are
				omitted.
DEFINITIONS
1000. The following definitions and
			 interpretations shall apply throughout these Rules unless the text otherwise
			 requires:
1001. "Act'' is the
			 enabling legislation permitting pari-mutuel horse racing in this
			 jurisdiction.
1002. "Added Money"
			 is the amount added into a stakes by the Association or by sponsors, state-bred
			 programs or other funds added to those monies gathered by nomination, entry,
			 sustaining and other fees coming from the horsemen.
1003. "Age" of a horse foaled in North
			 America shall be reckoned from the first day of January of the year of
			 foaling.
1004. "Also Eligible''
			 pertains to:
(a) a number of eligible horses,
			 properly entered, which were not drawn for inclusion in a race, but that become
			 eligible according to preference or lot if an entry is scratched prior to the
			 scratch time deadline; or
(b) the
			 next preferred non-qualifier for the finals or consolation from a set of
			 elimination trials that will become eligible in the event a finalist is
			 scratched by the Stewards for a Rule violation or is otherwise eligible if
			 written race conditions permit.