Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B30 - Claiming races

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Claiming
			 procedures are as follows
:
(1) Who may
			 claim. An owner who has declared a horse programmed to start in a purse race at
			 that meeting. An authorized agent may claim for a qualified owner provided such
			 authorization is in writing.
(2) No
			 person shall claim his own horse, directly or indirectly, nor shall he claim a
			 horse trained or driven by him or shall he claim more than one (1) horse in a
			 race.
(3) No qualified owner or his
			 agent shall claim a horse for another person. The judges may require any person
			 making a claim for a horse to execute an affidavit stating that he is claiming
			 said horse for his own account or as authorized agent and not for any other
			 person.
(4) Any entry in a claiming
			 race cannot declare for a subsequent race until after the claiming race has
			 been contested.
(5) The owner must
			 have to his credit with the association offering the race an amount equivalent
			 to the specified claiming price plus the existing Connecticut sales tax and
			 requisite fees for transfer of registration.
(6) Any horse still officially programmed to
			 start after designated scratch time is eligible to be claimed, even though said
			 horse is scratched and does not start. The option to claim said horse shall
			 rest with the successful claimant.
(7) No horse claimed shall start at any other
			 track until thirty (30) days have elapsed or the meeting has closed, whichever
			 occurs first. The racing secretary may waive this rule at his
			 discretion.
(8) The claiming price
			 shall be printed on the program, and all claims shall be for the amount so
			 designated. Should more than one claim be filed for the same horse, the
			 successful claimant shall be determined by lot by the judges.
(9) All claims shall be in writing on forms
			 and in envelopes provided by the association, sealed and deposited at least
			 fifteen (15) minutes before post time of the race in a locked box provided for
			 this purpose by the clerk of the course.
(10) The association shall provide an
			 automatic time clock which shall be used to stamp the time the claim is filed
			 in the box upon the envelope containing the claim.
(11) The claim box shall be opened and the
			 claims, if any, examined by the judges. The association shall provide for an
			 agent who shall deliver the claim box to the judges' stand. The association
			 auditor, or his agent, shall be prepared to state whether the claimant has to
			 his credit, with the association, the amount equivalent to the specified
			 claiming price.
(12) A horse
			 claimed, with his halter, shall be delivered immediately by the original owner
			 or his agent to the successful claimant upon authorization by the presiding
			 judge. Any tampering with the shoeing on any horse so claimed shall be
			 considered a violation of this rule. Every horse claimed shall race in the
			 interest and for the account of the owner who declares it in the race, but
			 title to the claimed horse shall be vested in the successful claimant from the
			 word "go", and said successful claimant shall become the owner of the horse,
			 whether it be alive or dead, sound or unsound, or injured during the race or
			 after it.
(13) The current
			 registration certificate of all horses entered in claiming races must be on
			 file with the racing secretary together with a separate claiming authorization
			 form signed by the registered owner or owners and indicating the minimum amount
			 for which the horse may be entered to be claimed. To facilitate transfer of
			 claimed horses the presiding judge may sign the transfer providing that he then
			 send the registration certificate and claiming authorization to the United
			 States trotting association registrar for transfer.
(14) A horse claimed shall not remain in the
			 same stable or under the care or management of its original owner or trainer or
			 anyone connected therewith until thirty (30) days have elapsed unless it is
			 subsequently claimed out of another race.
(15) No person shall offer, or enter into an
			 agreement, to claim or not to claim, or attempt to prevent another person from
			 claiming, any horse in a claiming race.
(16) No person shall refuse to deliver a
			 horse legally claimed out of a claiming race.
(17) No person shall enter a horse against
			 which there is a mortgage, bill of sale, or lien of any kind, unless the
			 written consent of the holder of the lien shall be filed with the clerk of the
			 course of the association conducting such claiming race.
(18) Whenever possible, claiming races shall
			 be written to separate horses five (5) years old and up from young horses, and
			 to separate males from females. If sexes are mixed, mares shall be given a
			 price allowance.
(19) If a horse is
			 claimed, it shall not start in another claiming race until thirty (30) days
			 have elapsed unless such horse is entered for a claiming price equal to or
			 greater than the price at which it was claimed. The day following the date at
			 which it was claimed shall be the first day.
(20) No person shall sell or otherwise
			 transfer ownership of a horse accepted as an entry or an also eligible in a
			 claiming race, until such claiming race has been completed.