Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Greyhound Racing › Section 12-574-F42 - Entries

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Abide by rules
. Every person
				who enters a greyhound, or in any way participates in any race or racing is
				subject to sections
				12-574-F1
				to
				12-574-F65,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b)
Racing secretary receives
				entries
. The racing secretary shall be the only person authorized to
				receive entries and declarations for any race.
(c)
License requirement
. No
				greyhound shall be permitted to be entered in a race unless all persons having
				an ownership or interest in its earnings are in possession of a current
				greyhound owner's license.
(d)
Official program requirement
. The name of the kennel and the names
				of all persons having ownership or interest in a greyhound together with the
				greyhound's past performance record shall be printed in each official program
				of races in which that greyhound is entered.
(e)
Requirements
. Every entry in
				a race shall be entered in the name or kennel name of the registered owners.
				The full name of every person having an ownership in a greyhound or having any
				interest in its winnings shall be registered with the racing secretary before
				the greyhound is entered in a race. Any change in ownership shall also be
				registered with the racing secretary. Failure to comply with subsections (c),
				(d) and (e) of this section will result in a fine, license suspension or both.
				If an objection is made and is proven correct against a greyhound that has run
				in a race, the greyhound shall not participate in the purse distribution of the
				race in question and a redistribution of the purse shall be required. Any purse
				redistribution shall in no way affect the pari-mutuel payoff for the
				race.
(f)
Entrance
				fees
. The entrance to a race shall be free unless otherwise stipulated
				in its conditions, in which case an entrance fee shall accompany the entry as
				determined by the racing secretary.
(g)
Joint entries
. Joint entries
				may be made by one or more of the owners. In the event that ownership interests
				are equally divided, however, all partners shall be jointly and severally
				liable for all fees and forfeits.
(h)
Proof of ownership
. Racing
				officials or division representatives shall have the right to call on any
				person in whose name a greyhound is entered to produce proof that the greyhound
				entered is not the property either wholly or in part of any person who is
				disqualified; or to produce proof of the extent of their interest or property
				in the greyhound. Failing such proof the racing judges shall declare the
				greyhound out of the race.
(i)
Prohibitions on entries
.
(1) No
				greyhound shall be permitted to start that has not been fully
				identified.
(2) No disqualified
				greyhound shall be allowed to enter or to start in any race.
(3) The entries of any person or the transfer
				of any entry may be refused with or without notice or reason being
				given.
(4) No greyhound shall be
				permitted to enter unless it is conditioned by a licensed trainer.
(5) No greyhound on the official schooling
				list or the veterinarian's list shall be qualified to be entered.
(6) Any greyhound that has been the object of
				corrupt practices may be disqualified by the board of administrative judges of
				the meet for a period not longer than the duration of the meet, and the board
				shall report the circumstances to the division.