Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B25 - Identification of horses

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Records
. No horse will be permitted to race at an association
			 track without an eligibility certificate, issued for the current year by the
			 United States trotting association and approved by the commission. Horses must
			 race in the name of a bona fide owner or lessee.
(b)
Program information
.
(1) A printed program shall be available to
			 the public at all meetings where purses are offered. All programs shall furnish
			 the following information or such other information as the commission may
			 determine from time to time:
(A) Horse's name
			 and sex.
(B) Color and
			 age.
(C) Sire and dam.
(D) Owner's name.
(E) Driver's name and colors.
(F) Trainer's name.
(G) Type of race and horses.
In claiming races, the price for which the horse is entered to
				be claimed shall be indicated. If claimed, later programs shall indicate
				it.
(H) At least the last
			 six (6) performances and accurate chart lines. (See rule (d)(4) of section
			 12-574-B34
			 ). An accurate chart line shall include: date of race, place, size of track if
			 other than half-mile, symbol for free-legged pacers, track condition, type of
			 race, distance, the fractional time of the leading horse including race time,
			 post position, position at ¼, ½, ¾, stretch with lengths
			 behind the leader, finish with lengths behind the leader, individual time of
			 the horse, closing dollar odds, name of the driver, names of the horses placed
			 first, second, and third by the judges. The standard symbol for breaks and
			 park-outs shall be used where appropriate.
(I) Information indicating drivers racing
			 with a provisional license.
(J)
			 Information indicating pacers that are racing without hopples.
(K) Summary of starts in purse races, best
			 win time and earnings for the current and preceding year. For purpose of the
			 summary, a horse's best win may be earned in either a purse or nonpurse race.
			 It shall not, however, be earned in a time trial.
(L) On a separate page, the date of the
			 association's annual license, the names of the commission members, the names of
			 the officers and directors of the association and the names of the racing
			 officials for the meeting.
(M) The
			 speed ratings of every pari-mutuel harness racetrack.
(N) The commission rules covering the
			 starting of horses and the breaking of horses.
(O) An explanation of qualifying races and
			 official workouts.
(P) An
			 explanation of the pari-mutuel daily double and multiple betting
			 rules.
(Q) Information when a horse
			 has not raced either in the current or preceding year at the gait he is entered
			 for on the program, which shall contain the following:
Summary of his last year of racing at said gait which shall
				include his mark for that year, number of starts, number of times finishing
				first, second and third and money won; such information must be given even
				though he has competed in a qualifying event and will be continued until he has
				two starts in the current year.
(R) In the event that a trainer entrusts the
			 training of a horse to an assistant trainer, the latter shall be listed as
			 "trainer", and the former as "stable trainer".
(S) An official chart of the latest preceding
			 night's results available.
(i) Such charts
			 shall indicate the average weather temperature for the racing program, and
			 other factual information which may be deemed necessary by the commission from
			 time to tine.
(ii) Failure to
			 furnish reliable program information may subject the association and/or program
			 director to the penalties provided by these rules.
(iii) Owners, drivers, or others providing
			 misleading or inaccurate information on a horse's performance, or of attempting
			 to have misleading information given on a program may be penalized.
(iv) Where non-betting races are to be held
			 on the same day immediately before or after the regularly scheduled races and
			 such races are scheduled before the programs are printed, the association shall
			 make available to the public printed program information in the same manner and
			 form as in the case of scheduled races where purses are offered.