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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A36 - Jockeys

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
License
.
(1) Each jockey must obtain a license from
			 the commission.
(2) A person who
			 has never ridden in a race before may be allowed to ride in two races before
			 applying for his first jockey or apprentice jockey license pending approval by
			 the stewards. Before an applicant can be granted his first license as a jockey,
			 the starter shall inform the stewards of the applicant's ability to control a
			 horse while breaking from the starting gate.
(3) The stewards may permit a jockey to ride
			 pending action on his application.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A37 - Apprentice jockeys

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Contracts
.
(1) Apprentice jockeys
			 shall be bound by all the rules for jockeys, except insofar as said rules may
			 be in conflict with the following specific regulations for
			 apprentices.
(2) Apprentice
			 contracts entered into in the state of Connecticut must be made on forms
			 supplied by the commission, and a copy shall be filed with the
			 commission.
(3) A copy of all
			 apprentice contracts, wherever entered into, must be filed with the
			 commission.
(4) If an apprentice
			 contract is transferred, said transfer must be approved by the stewards and
			 registered with the commission by both the transferor and the
			 transferee.
(5) No person shall be
			 allowed to hold a contract on a jockey or apprentice jockey unless he be in
			 control or possession of such a stable of horses as would, in the opinion of
			 the stewards of the meeting, where the jockey or apprentice jockey makes
			 application for license, warrant the employment of a contract jockey or
			 apprentice jockey.
(6) An
			 application for a license as apprentice jockey shall be accompanied by:
(A) An original, a notarized or photostatic
			 copy of his agreement with his contract employer, and
(B) written proof of at least one year of
			 service with a racing stable, and
(C) birth certificate or satisfactory
			 evidence of the date of birth, and
(D) the fee required by the act.
(7) An apprentice jockey shall not
			 be permitted to ride for any other than his contract employer, without said
			 employer's consent.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A38 - Jockey agent

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
One
			 agent
.
(1) Every jockey may have one
			 agent and no more. All engagements to ride, other than those for his contract
			 employer, shall be made by his agent.
(2) Change of agent. A jockey or apprentice
			 must continue with his jockey agent until notifying the stewards, in writing,
			 of change of agent.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A39 - Valet

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Association provides
			 valet-attendant.
No jockey shall have a valet-attendant other than those
			 provided by the association.
(b)
Jockey's valet.
Any jockey's valet who shall make a bet for
			 himself or place for another a bet upon a race shall be suspended and his case
			 referred to the commission for appropriate action.
(c)
Valet's fees.
Purses
Valet's Fees
$2,000.00 or more
$3.00 losing mount
$5.00 winning mount
Less shall $2,000.00
$2.00 losing mount
$3.00 winning mount
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A40 - Owners and trainers

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Registration
.
(1) Each owner
			 and/or trainer shall register with the racing secretary at each track all of
			 his horses, giving the name, color, sex, age and breeding of each, and present
			 the foal certificates at the time the horses arrive on the grounds to the
			 racing secretary.
(2) The personnel
			 of every stable and changes thereof shall be registered by the owner and/or
			 trainer with the association on whose track their horses are racing or stabled,
			 and shall be available at all times to representatives of the
			 commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A42 - Stable names

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Registration of stable name
. An individual may adopt a stable name
			 under which to race horses by registering it with the jockey club of New York
			 and by registering it annually with the commission and paying an annual
			 registration fee as provided by the act. Such a registration shall be effective
			 only during the calendar year for which it is made, and all such names shall be
			 subject to the approval or disapproval of the commission.
(b)
Stable name, restriction on
			 individual
. An individual cannot have registered more than one (1)
			 stable name at the same time and, so long as such individual has a stable name
			 registered, he shall not use or permit the use of his real name to identify his
			 ownership interest in the racing qualities of any horse.
(c)
Stable name, restriction on
			 partnership
. A partnership which, by ownership or lease, controls the
			 racing qualities of a horse shall race such horse under the name, real or
			 stable, of a member of the partnership whose proportionate interest in the
			 horse meets the requirements. All horses, the racing qualities of which are
			 controlled by a given partnership, shall be raced under the same
			 name.
(d)
Changing stable
			 name
. A stable name may be changed at any time by registering a new
			 stable name pursuant to this section.
(e)
Limitations on use of stable
			 names
. An individual cannot register as a stable name one which has been
			 already registered or one which is the name of a race horse or one which is the
			 real name of an owner of race horses.
(f)
Abandoning stable name
. Any
			 individual who has registered a stable name may at any time abandon it by
			 giving written notice at the office of the commission; after which all entries
			 which have been made in such stable name shall be altered as may lie approved
			 by the commission.
(g)
Trainer not eligible for stable name
. No licensed trainer of race
			 horses shall register a stable name; but a partnership of which such a trainer
			 is a member may use the stable name of another member, provided that the use of
			 such other member's stable name is authorized by this section.
(h)
Incorrect descriptions in
			 entry
. Provided the identity of the horse is satisfactorily established,
			 incorrect or imperfect description in the entry of a horse or failure to
			 register a partnership may be corrected at any time before the horse is
			 announced as a starter and his number exhibited for the race concerned, or in a
			 handicap before the weights are announced; but this rule shall not be construed
			 so as to allow any horse to start in any race for which he is not otherwise
			 completely qualified under this section.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A43 - Rules of the race

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Foul
			 riding penalized
.
(1) When clear, a
			 horse may be taken to any part of the course, provided that crossing or weaving
			 in front of contender may result in disqualification.
(2) A horse may be disqualified if the horse
			 crosses another so as to impede the other horse, or the horse or his jockey
			 jostles another horse, unless the impeded horse was partly in fault or the
			 crossing or jostle was wholly caused by the fault of some other horse and
			 jockey.
(3) A horse shall be
			 disqualified if a jockey wilfully strikes another horse or rides carelessly so
			 as to injure another horse or cause other horses to injure a horse.
(4) When a horse is disqualified under this
			 section every horse in the same race belonging wholly or partly to the same
			 owner, may be disqualified in the discretion of the stewards.
(5) Complaints under this section can only be
			 received from the owner, trainer or jockey of the horse alleged to be aggrieved
			 and must be made to the clerk of the scales or to the stewards before or
			 immediately after his jockey has passed the scales. Nothing in this section
			 shall prevent the stewards taking cognizance of foul riding.
(6) Any jockey against whom a foul is claimed
			 shall be given the opportunity to appear before the stewards before any
			 decision is made by them.
(7) A
			 jockey whose horse has been disqualified or who unnecessarily causes his horse
			 to shorten his stride with a view to complaining or an owner, trainer or jockey
			 who complains frivolously that his horse was crossed or jostled, may be
			 punished.
(8) The extent of
			 disqualification shall be determined by the stewards.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A44 - Colors and numbers

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Registration
.
(1) Racing colors
			 are required and shall be registered annually with the commission upon issuance
			 of an owner's license, and payment of the fee required by the act, and
			 registered with the racing secretary. In case of partnership, one color
			 registration is required and will suffice.
(2) Colors registered with any racing
			 commission or with the jockey club of New York shall be respected in
			 Connecticut and only the registrant shall be permitted to use them.
(3) No person shall start a horse in racing
			 colors other than those registered in his own or stable name, but a temporary
			 change from the recorded racing colors may be approved by the stewards, and
			 posted by the clerk of the scales on the notice board.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A45 - Starting

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Qualifications to start
. A
			 horse shall not be qualified to start unless the provisions of this rule and
			 any other applicable rules are complied with.
(1) His presence on the grounds of the
			 association is reported to the paddock judge at least thirty (30) minutes
			 before the post time set for the race.
(2) He is announced as a starter to the clerk
			 of the scales.
(3) The name of his
			 jockey is reported to the clerk of the scales.
(4) The horse's jockey club registration
			 certificate is on file with the racing secretary.
(5) He is tattooed on his lip with his
			 identification number.
(6) His
			 night eyes have been photographed.
(7) He has passed such examinations to insure
			 the security of his identification as the commission may establish.
(8) He shall have a negative result of a
			 pre-race blood test.
(9) He is in
			 the hands of a licensed trainer.
(10) He is not on the veterinarian's
			 list.
(11) He is not on the
			 steward's list.
(12) He has
			 complied with all provisions of this section.
(13) Horses shipped in to race must be in the
			 receiving barn by 10:00 A.M. on the day of the race in order to
			 start.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A47 - Weighing in

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Time,
			 manner of weighing in
. Every jockey must immediately, after pulling up,
			 ride his horse to the place of weighing, dismount only after obtaining
			 permission from the official in charge and present himself to be weighed by the
			 clerk of the scales; provided that if a jockey be prevented from riding to the
			 place of weighing by reason of accident or illness by which he or his horse is
			 disabled, he may walk or be carried to the scales.
(b)
No one to touch horse, equipment
			 before weighing in
. Except by special permission of the official in
			 charge, every jockey must upon pulling up unsaddle his own horse, and no
			 attendant shall touch the horse, except by his bridle. Upon the returning of a
			 jockey to the winner's circle to dismount after a race has been run, no one may
			 touch the equipment of the jockey until he has been weighed in, except upon the
			 approval of the official in charge.
(c)
Jockey penalized for
			 misconduct
. It a jockey shall not present himself to weigh in or if he
			 be more than one (1) pound short of his weight or if he be guilty of any
			 fraudulent practice with respect to the rules regarding weighing in or weighing
			 out or except as provided in rule (a) of this section, if he dismount before
			 reaching the scales or dismount without permission or if he touch (except
			 accidentally) before weighing in any person or thing other than his own
			 equipment, his horse may be disqualified and he himself may be punished as
			 provided by these rules and regulations.
(d)
Excess weight after race
. If
			 a horse carries more than two (2) pounds over his proper or declared weight,
			 the fact shall be reported by the clerk of the scales to the stewards, and the
			 jockey shall be fined or suspended unless the stewards are satisfied that such
			 excess weight has been caused by rain or mud.
(e)
Jockey to carry equipment
.
			 Each jockey shall, in weighing in, carry over the scales all pieces of
			 equipment with which he weighed out.
(f)
Association to provide
			 attendants
. The association shall provide the only attendants who will
			 be permitted to assist jockeys in weighing in. Such attendants shall be paid
			 for their services by the association. A system of rotation of attendants shall
			 be maintained.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A48 - Scale of weights

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Scale of
			 weights for age.
The following weights are carried when they are not
			 stated in the conditions of the race:
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(b)
Races of intermediate
			 distance.
In races of intermediate distances, the weights for the
			 shorter distance are carried.
(c)
Races for two, three and four-year-olds.
In races exclusively for
			 three-year-olds or four-year-olds, the weight is 126 pounds, and in races
			 exclusively for two-year-olds, it is 122 pounds.
(d)
Weights for fillies, mares.
In all races except handicaps and races where the conditions expressly state to
			 the contrary, the scale of weights is less by the following: for fillies two
			 years old, three pounds; for mares three years old and upwards, five pounds
			 before September 1 and three pounds thereafter.
(e)
Overnight races except
			 handicaps.
In all overnight races, except handicaps not more than six
			 pounds may be deducted from the scale of weights for age, except for
			 allowances.
(f)
Top weight
			 for handicaps.
In all handicaps which close more than seventy-two (72)
			 hours prior to the race, the top weight shall not be less than 126 pounds,
			 except that in handicaps for fillies and mares, the top weight shall not be
			 less than 126 pounds less the sex allowance at the time the race is run; and
			 scale weights for fillies and mares or three-year olds may be used for open
			 handicaps as a minimum top weight in place of 126 pounds.
(g)
Top weight for overnight, claiming
			 handicaps.
In all overnight handicaps and in all claiming handicaps, the
			 top weight shall not be less than 122 pounds.
(h)
Minimum weight for overnight races;
			 exceptions.
In all overnight races for two-year-olds, for
			 three-year-olds, or for four-year-olds and upward the minimum weight shall be
			 112 pounds, subject to sex and apprentice allowances. This rule shall not apply
			 to handicaps.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A50 - Produce races

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Entry for
			 produce race
. In making an entry for a produce race, the produce is
			 entered by specifying the dam and the sire or sires.
(b)
When entry is void
. If the
			 produce of a mare is dropped before the first of January, or if there is no
			 produce, or if the produce is dead when dropped, or if twins are dropped, the
			 entry of such mare is void.
(c)
Allowance
. In produce races, allowances for the produce of untried
			 horses must be claimed before the time of closing and are not lost by
			 subsequent winnings.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A51 - Claiming races

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Who may
			 make claim
.
(1) In claiming races any
			 horse may be claimed for its entered price by any owner licensed for racing at
			 that meeting, who has nominated a starter up to or including the race in which
			 the claim is made or by his authorized agent, but for the account only of the
			 owner making the claim, or for whom the claim was made by the agent; provided,
			 however, that no person shall claim his own horse or cause his horse to be
			 claimed directly or indirectly for his own account.
(2) Where the owner is a partnership, all
			 members of the partnership shall be bound by this section.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A52 - Estimated winnings

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Estimating the winnings
.
(1) In
			 estimating the value of a race to the winner, there shall be deducted only the
			 amount of money payable to the owners of the other horses and to other persons
			 out of the stakes and out of the added money.
(2) In estimating foreign winnings, the
			 current rate of exchange at the time of such winnings shall be
			 adopted.
(3) The value of prizes
			 not in money will not be estimated in value of the race to the
			 winner.
(4) In estimating the value
			 of a series of races in which an extra sum of money or prize is won by winning
			 two or more races, the extra sum or prize shall be estimated in the last race
			 by which it was finally won.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A53 - Dead heats, purses

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Dead heat
			 not run off
. When a race results in a dead heat, the dead heat shall not
			 be run off.
(b)
Dead heat for
			 first place
. When two horses run a dead heat for first place, all prizes
			 to which first and second horses would have been entitled shall be divided
			 equally between them; and this applies in dividing prizes whatever the member
			 of horses running a dead heat and whatever places for which the dead heat is
			 run. Each horse shall be deemed a winner and liable to penalty for the amount
			 he shall receive.
(c)
Objection made to winner
. When a dead heat is run for second place
			 and an objection is made to the winner of the race and sustained, the horses
			 which ran the dead heat shall be deemed to have run a dead heat for first
			 place.
(d)
Stewards to settle
			 disputes
. If the dividing owners cannot agree as to which of them is to
			 have a cup or other prize which cannot be divided, the question shall be
			 determined by lot by the stewards.
(e)
Dead heat for a match
. On a
			 dead heat for a match, the match is off.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A54 - Penalties and allowances

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Readjustments, when claimed
. Allowances must be claimed at the
			 time of entry and these allowances shall not be abandoned except by the consent
			 of the stewards, who may, before scratch time, make readjustments to the proper
			 weights and allowances in conformity with the conditions of the race. Sex
			 allowances shall not be waived. The stewards may, in their discretion, impose
			 sanctions upon persons who negligently claim improper allowances.
(b)
Extra weight; running
			 second
. No horse shall carry extra weight nor be barred from any race
			 for having run second or in any lower place in a race.
(c)
Exemption from penalties
.
			 When winners of claiming races are exempted from penalties, the exemption does
			 not apply to races in which any of the horses running are not to be
			 claimed.
(d)
Penalties,
			 allowances, not cumulative
. Penalties and allowances are not cumulative
			 unless so declared by the conditions of the race.
(e)
No allowance for beaten
			 horse
. No horse shall receive allowance of weight or be relieved from
			 extra weight for having been beaten in one or more races; provided that this
			 section shall not prohibit maiden allowances or allowances to horses that have
			 not won within a specified time or that have not won races of a specified
			 value.
(f)
Handicaps
.
			 The handicapper shall append to the weights for every handicap, the day and
			 hour from which winners will be liable to a penalty, and no alteration shall be
			 made after publication except in case of omission through error of the name or
			 weight of a horse duly entered, in which case, by permission of the stewards
			 the omission may be rectified by the handicapper.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A55 - Corrupt practices and disqualification of persons

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Corrupt practices
. The
			 following are deemed to be corrupt practices:
(1) Giving, offering or promising, directly
			 or indirectly, a bribe in any form to any person licensed by the
			 commission.
(2) Soliciting,
			 accepting or offering to accept a bribe in any form by a person licensed by the
			 commission.
(3) Failure of a
			 licensee to notify the stewards immediately of an offer, promise, request or
			 suggestion for a bribe or improper or fraudulent practice made to the
			 licensee.
(4) Wilfully entering or
			 causing or permitting to be entered, or to start in a race, a horse which he
			 knows or has reason to believe to be disqualified.
(5) Having any electrical or mechanical
			 device or other appliance designed to increase or decrease the speed of a
			 horse, other than the ordinary whip, on the grounds of an association, whether
			 on the person or in the premises occupied by a person on the grounds.
(6) Offering or receiving money or any other
			 benefit for declaring an entry from a race.
(7) Conspiring or influencing the committing
			 of an intentional foul in a race.
(8) Instructing a jockey to ride so as to
			 commit an intentional foul.
(9)
			 Soliciting bets from the public by any method by any occupational
			 licensee.
(10) Tampering or
			 attempting to tamper with any horse in such a way as to affect its speed in a
			 race, or counselling or aiding such tampering in any way.
(11) Committing or conspiring to commit or
			 assisting in the commission of any improper, corrupt or fraudulent act or
			 practice in relation to racing.
Any violator of this section shall be punished as the stewards
				may deem proper, including reference to the commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B1 - General provisions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Application
. The rules and regulations contained herein shall
			 apply to all associations, as defined herein, conducting a harness horse
			 meeting for any purse, stake or reward, and where pari-mutuel wagering shall be
			 permitted.
(b)
Licenses
			 subject to rules
. All licenses granted by the commission are subject to
			 these rules and regulations.
(c)
Amendments
. These rules and regulations are subject to amendment
			 from time to time and shall be amended in accord with Public Act 854 of the
			 1971 session of the general assembly. All licensees shall abide by any such
			 amendments.
(d)
Registration
. Any horse that is to be eligible to race in
			 Connecticut under these rules must be registered in accordance with the rules
			 of the United States Trotting Association.
(e)
Waiver
. The commission in
			 its discretion may waive any rule contained herein when such waiver shall be in
			 the best interests of the state of Connecticut and the sport of harness
			 racing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B3 - Commission on special revenue

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Composition
. The act established a commission on special revenue
			 which appoints an executive secretary and an executive director for each of
			 three separate divisions. The commission consists of nine members, five of whom
			 are appointed by the governor and two by the opposite party leader in the house
			 of representatives, speaker or minority leader, and two by the opposite party
			 leader in the senate, president pro tempore or minority leader. No more than
			 five may be of the same political party. The chairman is selected by the
			 governor, initially, thereafter to be elected annually by the commission
			 members. The commissioners shall be electors of the state, shall have resided
			 in this state for at least seven years next preceding his appointment and
			 qualification and shall be at least thirty years of age.
(b)
Powers
. The powers of the
			 commission are vested in the commissioners thereof. The commission shall have
			 the power and it shall be its duty to:
(1)
			 Promulgate rules and regulations governing the establishment and operation of
			 pari-mutuel wagering and harness horse racing in the state of
			 Connecticut.
(2) Amend, repeal, or
			 supplement any such rules and regulations from time to time as it deems
			 necessary or desirable.
(3) Appoint
			 an executive secretary to whom it may delegate such authority as it deems
			 proper and appropriate for the efficient administration of the provisions of
			 the act.
(4) Appoint an executive
			 director of the racing division to administer and coordinate the racing
			 division which includes harness racing.
(5) Hire such employees as may be necessary
			 to carry out the provisions of the act.
(6) Do whatever is necessary to carry out the
			 provisions of the act.
(7) Call
			 upon other administrative departments of the state government and of municipal
			 governments, state and municipal police departments and prosecuting officers
			 and state's attorneys for such information and assistance as it deems necessary
			 to the performance of its duties.
(8) Report to the governor in writing on or
			 before September first, annually, on the activities of the commission during
			 the fiscal year ended the preceding June thirtieth including a statement of
			 receipts and disbursements of the commission, a summary of its activities, and
			 any additional information and recommendations which the commission may deem of
			 value or which the governor may request.
(9) Provide books in which shall be kept a
			 true, faithful and correct record of all its proceedings.
(10) At least annually, on or before December
			 thirty-first of each calendar year, publish in convenient pamphlet form all
			 regulations then in force and furnish copies of such pamphlets to such persons
			 as desire them.
(11) Require, if it
			 determines that it is necessary, that any of its employees give bond in such
			 amount as said commission may determine pursuant to the act.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B4 - Executive secretary

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Appointment
. The commission shall appoint an executive secretary
			 who shall be a resident of this state at the time of and during the full term
			 of his employment.
(b)
Powers
. The executive secretary shall have the power and it shall
			 be his duty to:
(1) Administer and coordinate
			 the administrative functions of the commission.
(2) Have overall supervisory authority and
			 responsibility over the racing division which includes the harness racing
			 section.
(3) Have that authority
			 which the commission delegates to him as it deems proper and appropriate for
			 the efficient administration of the provisions of this act.
(4) Report to the commission on those
			 functions assigned to him by the commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B5 - Executive director

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Appointment
. The commission shall appoint an executive director of
			 the state racing division who shall be a resident of the state at the time of
			 and during the full term of his employment.
(b)
Racing division
. The racing
			 division of the commission shall encompass the thoroughbred racing, harness
			 racing, greyhound racing and jai alai sections.
(c)
Powers
. The director shall
			 have the power, and it shall be his duty to:
(1) Administer and coordinate the operation
			 of the racing division in accordance with the provisions of the act and with
			 the rules and regulations of the commission.
(2) Maintain full and complete records of the
			 operation of the racing division. These records shall be open to the public as
			 provided in section 1-19 of the 1969 supplement to the general
			 statutes.
(3) Report on a regular
			 basis to the executive secretary of the status of the racing
			 division.
(4) Perform those
			 functions assigned to him by the executive secretary.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B6 - Application for license to conduct meeting

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
License, form, date
. No individual, partnership or corporation
			 shall hold, or conduct any meeting within Connecticut at which harness racing
			 is permitted for any purse, stake or reward and where pari-mutuel wagering is
			 conducted unless such individual, partnership or corporation is licensed by the
			 commission as provided in these regulations.
(1) Applications for a license shall be made
			 on forms supplied by the commission and shall be filed with the executive
			 secretary of the commission on or before a day to be fixed by the
			 commission.
(2) Each applicant
			 shall file such forms as may from time to time be required by the
			 commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B7 - Requirements of association

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Purses.
(1) As a minimum
			 standard, an association shall allocate the following percentages of the
			 parimutuel handle at its track for each day of its meeting for the purpose of
			 purse or prize money for the horses racing at its track:
Daily handle
Percentage for purses
0 to $100,000
7% on the entire pool
$100,001 to $200,000
6.75% on the entire pool
$200,001 to $300,000
6.5% on the entire pool
$300,001 to $400,000
6.25% on the entire pool
$400,001 to $500,000
6% on the entire pool
$500,001 to $600,000
5.75% on the entire pool
$600,001 to $700,000
5.5% on the entire pool
$700,001 to $800,000
5.25% on the entire pool
$800,001 to $900,000
5% on the entire pool
$900,001 to $1,000,000
4.75% on the entire pool
$1,000,001 and over
4.25% on the entire pool
Failure to strictly adhere to this rule shall be grounds for
				revocation of the association's license.
(2) Prize money shall be awarded the first
			 five (5) finishers in each race, unless fewer than five (5) horses start, in
			 which case each finisher shall be awarded prize money.
(3) Prize money shall be paid to the winners
			 seventy-two (72) hours (Sunday excluded) following their winning. However, no
			 purse money shall be paid to the winners until the reports of specimen samples
			 have been received by the judges.
(4) Purses must be paid to the winner thereof
			 unless an association is ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction to pay it
			 to another. An association may withhold from purses any money due it by the
			 winner thereof.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B8 - Equipment and facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Quarters
			 for participants
. An association shall provide suitable and sanitary
			 living quarters on its grounds for male and female stable employees who are
			 participants during the meet, said quarters shall include a cafeteria,
			 recreational hall, and proper sanitary arrangements.
(b)
Maintenance of track
.
			 Associations shall at all times maintain their racetrack in good, uniform
			 condition and with a special consideration for the public interest, safety of
			 the horses stabled, or entered to race or to be exercised and of all those
			 whose attendance is required by official duties.
(c)
Receiving barn, detention area,
			 laboratory
.
(1) The association shall
			 provide and maintain:
(A) Every association
			 shall provide in a convenient location at its racetrack, for use during its
			 current meeting, a receiving barn with adequate stable room and facilities,
			 including hot and cold water and ample stall bedding. Such barn shall be at all
			 times maintained in a clean and sanitary condition by an adequate force of
			 attendants employed by the association, and each stall shall be thoroughly
			 disinfected after each occupancy.
(B) A detention area, in a location
			 acceptable to the commission, for the purpose of securing such specimens of
			 body fluids and eliminations as shall be directed for their chemical
			 analysis.
(C) A building, in a
			 location acceptable to the commission, to be utilized as a laboratory for the
			 analysis of specimens so taken.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B9 - Occupational licenses

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Officials
			 and participants must be licensed
. Associations conducting harness
			 meetings shall not permit any official, owner, trainer, driver, stable
			 employee, farrier, agent, veterinarian, association employee whose job requires
			 his presence at the association grounds at any time, concession employee, and
			 any assistants thereto, to operate on its premises unless said person has
			 received a license from the commission and has been photographed and
			 fingerprinted by the commission. No license shall be delivered to the applicant
			 unless evidence is presented to the commission that the applicant will
			 participate in a harness racing meeting in Connecticut during the period of his
			 license. Application for a license shall be made on forms supplied by the
			 commission and all questions contained therein shall be answered. Every license
			 granted shall provide that the licensee shall comply with the rules and
			 regulations and that violation thereof may be punished by fine, suspension or
			 revocation of license. Pursuant to this section, see section
			 12-574-B29,
			 "owners, drivers, trainers and grooms".
(b)
Badges
.
(1) The commission shall supply each licensee
			 with a badge, at the expense of the association licensed to conduct a meeting,
			 showing the license number, name, department and photograph and any other
			 information which the commission, in its discretion, shall require. Badges are
			 only to be worn by the licensee and are nontransferable. The commission shall
			 determine, in its discretion, which licensees are to wear the badges on their
			 person, and which licensees may carry the badge on their person.
(2) A non-transferable badge may be issued by
			 an association to persons, other than patrons, who are not required to be
			 licensed but who must enter the grounds of the association for reasons
			 connected with the conduct of a meeting. A list of such persons and their
			 specific duties must be filed with and approved by the commission. This badge
			 shall expire on the last day of the meet in which it was issued.
(3) A non-transferable temporary badge may be
			 issued by an association, upon approval by the director of security. These
			 badges must be surrendered by the bearer on leaving the premises, the day of
			 issue. Users of such badges must sign a register prior to entering the grounds.
			 Frequent use by the same person of a temporary badge is prohibited.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B10 - Telephone and telegraph

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Commission approval
. No telephone, telegraph, teletype, semaphore,
			 signal device, radio, television or other method of electrical, mechanical,
			 manual or visual communication shall be installed within the enclosure of any
			 association until same has been approved by the commission.
(b)
Closing telephones,
			 telegraph
. All public telephones and telegraph wires on the grounds of
			 the association conducting the meeting shall be closed thirty (30) minutes
			 before opening of the pari-mutuel windows for the first race of a program. No
			 calls or wires shall be allowed to be made or received after the telephones and
			 telegraph wires are closed until after the last race of a program has been
			 finished except by the officials of the commission, by duly authorized officers
			 and officials of the association, or duly accredited members of the
			 press.
(c)
Approval for
			 radio, television, press
.
(1) Any
			 association licensed by this commission desiring to broadcast, televise, or
			 transmit by press wire pertinent information relating to any race run at its
			 track not inconsistent with any state or federal law, shall first file with the
			 commission, an application, for its approval and such information as the
			 commission may request.
(2)
			 Associations may permit, subject to the approval of the commission,
			 representatives of the public press to send, for the exclusive use of such
			 press, news items, "scratches" and changes of drivers and equipment and also
			 the results of each race after the same has been declared official together
			 with the amounts of the final pools and the payoff prices of such races; and
			 associations may permit telephone, telegraph and teletype wires and equipment
			 on their respective premises during race meetings for the use of such
			 representatives of the public press and for the transaction of the ordinary
			 business of the association and the commission, but no message shall be sent in
			 or out of the association's premises by any communication device or means
			 transmitting money or other thing of value or directing the placing of any
			 wager on the result of a race, excluding information relating to off-track
			 betting conducted and operated by the commission, nor shall any such message be
			 sent unless in plain and intelligible English.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B11 - Accounting

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Requirements
.
(1) Associations shall so keep books and
			 records as to clearly show the total amount of money contributed to every
			 pari-mutuel pool on each race separately and within sixty (60) days after the
			 conclusion of every race meeting shall submit to the commission a complete
			 audit of its accounts, certified by a public account ant licensed to practice
			 in the state, and in addition, shall submit a detailed annual audit to the
			 commission.
(2) These audits shall
			 become and be maintained in the commission's confidential files and shall
			 include, although not limited to, the following statements and schedules:
(A) Balance sheet.
(B) Profit and loss statement.
(C) Statement application of funds.
(D) Daily distribution of pari-mutuel handle
			 schedule.
(E) Daily admission,
			 receipts and taxes schedule.
(F)
			 Insurance schedule (this should include the names, addresses of all companies
			 with whom the policies have been placed as well as the agent with whom the
			 policies have been placed).
(G)
			 Depreciation schedule.
(H) Salaries
			 and wages of all departments.
(I)
			 Salaries paid to officials and department heads.
(J) Contribution or donation
			 schedule.
(K) Miscellaneous revenue
			 schedule (this shall be in detail as to source).
(L) Legal and accounting fees
			 schedule.
(M) Travel and
			 entertainment schedule (in complete detail showing the actual disposition of
			 these funds).
(N) Taxes paid and
			 accrued.
(O) Advertising
			 expense.
(P) Organizational data
			 (listing directors, officials, etc., a schedule of stockholders may be
			 submitted under separate cover).
(Q) Certificate of accountant who prepares
			 audit.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B12 - Uncashed tickets

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Outsbook
. Every association shall carry on its books an account
			 which shows the total amount due on outstanding unredeemed mutuel tickets,
			 which represents the winning tickets not presented for payment. In the event of
			 a payoff discrepancy, such winning tickets remaining unpaid at the close of
			 each performance shall be entered in the "outsbook" at the actual price paid to
			 the public. A record of all unpaid pari-mutuel tickets shall be prepared and
			 forwarded to the commission within thirty (30) days after the last day of each
			 race meeting.
(b)
Requirements
.
(1) The "outsbook"
			 shall be compiled by data processing systems or computerized totalisator
			 equipment and the following minimum requirements shall apply:
(A) All printed outs summaries and printed
			 outs ledger sheets shall be placed in a separate binder in chronological order.
			 Safeguarding of these records is a management responsibility.
(B) These daily ledger sheets shall include
			 the date, race, winning number, price paid per ticket, amount outstanding from
			 previous performance, tickets paid for each performance and new balance
			 outstanding.
(C) Totalisator codes
			 for each performance shall be maintained in a separate binder or volume with
			 the official finish and price paid per ticket by denomination.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B13 - Remittance of monies accrued from underpayment in the mutuels, and collection of fines

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All monies
			 accruing from underpayment to the public in the mutuels, by reason of error or
			 mechanical mishaps to tote machines, from day to day, shall be paid over to the
			 state of Connecticut by the close of the next banking day.
(b) All monies collected as fines or
			 penalties by the judges upon drivers, licensed participants, trainers or
			 association employees shall be paid over to the state of Connecticut by the
			 close of the next banking day.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B15 - Daily double

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Rules
			 governing
. At tracks which have daily double pool, the rules of this
			 section will govern the system used.
(b)
Permitted
. Daily double
			 wagering is permitted during any single racing program. An association may not
			 hold more than one daily double on a single racing program unless express
			 written consent shall be given thereto by the commission upon written
			 application therefor.
(c)
Rules printed in program
. The rules for daily double shall be
			 printed in the daily racing programs sold to the public within the premises of
			 racing associations.
(d)
No
			 exchange of tickets
. There positively shall be no exchange of tickets
			 after the purchaser thereof has left the sales window.
(e)
Not a parlay
. The daily
			 double is not a "parlay" and has no connection with or relation to any other
			 pool, and is no part of the win, place and show pools, quinella, exacta,
			 trifecta, superfecta, or other wagering pool. All tickets will be calculated in
			 an entirely separate pool.
(f)
Prerequisites
. In order to win a daily double, it is necessary for
			 the purchaser of a daily double ticket to select the winners of each of the two
			 (2) races specified for the daily double. If either of his selections fails to
			 win, he receives no payment, except as hereinafter provided.
(g)
Selected by numbers
.
			 Selections are to be made of one horse for each of two (2) races in the daily
			 double by program number. Large numbers appearing on the tickets are program
			 numbers of the horses.
(h)
Posting the payoff
. The possible payoff of each combination
			 coupled with the winner of the first half of the daily double shall be posted
			 in a prominent place easily visible from the grandstand, clubhouse and
			 bleachers after the result of the first race is declared "official" and before
			 the second race is run, except in the event of a dead heat in the first race,
			 when the posting of the payoff may be deferred until the second race has been
			 run. However, announcement of this fact must be made over the loud speaker and
			 notice to this effect be posted on the board at the conclusion of the first
			 half of the daily double.
(i)
Calculation, distribution of pools
. The daily double pool shall be
			 calculated and distributed as follows: the net pool divided by the amount
			 wagered on the winning combinations determines the payoff per dollar
			 bet.
(j)
Failure to select a
			 winner and race cancellations
.
(1) If
			 no daily double ticket is sold designating the winner of the first race, or the
			 first race is cancelled or declared "no race", the daily double shall be
			 declared off and the gross pool refunded.
(2) If no daily double ticket is sold
			 combining the winners of the first and second races, or the second race is
			 cancelled or declared "no race", the net pool shall be distributed to holders
			 of tickets designating the winner of the first race, as in a win pool and the
			 daily double shall terminate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B16 - Application for quinella, exacta, trifecta, superfecta wagering

Current through July 10, 2024
Any association desiring to implement quinella and/or exacta
				and/or trifecta and/or superfecta wagering shall request permission from the
				commission in writing at least ninety (90) days prior to the beginning of its
				licensed meet. Said request shall contain the type of wagering/wagerings
				desired, the specific races in which each of these types of wagering is
				desired, the denomination of tickets the association wishes to utilize, a copy
				of the ticket design to be utilized, the number of ticket selling windows the
				association plans to allocate to these forms of wagering, and any plans the
				association has to inform the bettors of the running odds on these types of
				wagers. The commission shall inform the association no later than thirty (30)
				days prior to its licensed meet of its decision which shall be final. The
				commission shall have the discretion to not allow any type of wagering
				specified in this section to be undertaken by an association. If the commission
				grants approval of any type of wagering specified in this section, the
				regulations governing that type of wagering as set forth in sections
				12-574-B17 to
				12-574-B20
				shall govern. No other form of multiple wagering shall be
				permitted.