California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 4 - California Horse Racing Board › Article 2 - Definitions › Section 1420 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in these rules:
(a) "Chairman" means the member elected by
				the Board to be Chairman of the Board and its presiding member.
(b) "Commissioner" means a member of the
				Board.
(c) "Age of Horse" means the
				age as reckoned beginning on the first day of January of the year in which the
				horse was foaled.
(d) "Authorized
				Agent" means an agent appointed by a written document which is signed by the
				owner and filed with the Board.
(e)
				"Breeder" means the owner of the dam at the time of foaling.
(f) "Conviction" includes a plea of guilty,
				forfeiture of bail, a judgment or verdict of guilty, or a conviction following
				a plea of nolo contendere, whether or not the conviction is later set aside
				pursuant to the provisions of Section
				1203.4 of the
				Penal Code.
(g) "Driver" means one
				who drives and controls the horse from a seated position on a two-wheel
				vehicle.
(h) "Horse" means an
				equine and includes a stallion, gelding, mare, colt, filly or ridgling and
				includes mule, jack, jenny, ginnet, and hinney.
(i) "Jockey" means a race rider.
(j) "Licensee" means a licensee of the
				California Horse Racing Board.
(k)
				"Maiden" means a horse that has never won a race on the flat in a state or
				country where the races are covered by the Daily Racing Form or other similar
				authorized publication. A maiden that has been disqualified after finishing
				first is still a maiden. Conditions referring to maidens apply to the status at
				the time of starting.
(l)
				"Nominator" means a person in whose name a horse is entered to race.
(m) "Objection" means a formal complaint
				filed before a race with the stewards or the Board objecting to the eligibility
				of any horse to compete in the race or the right of any person to participate
				in the race.
(n) "Owner" includes
				the owner, part owner and lessee of any horse. An interest only in the earnings
				of a horse does not constitute ownership. If husband and wife, it is presumed
				that joint ownership exists.
(o)
				"Post" means the place on the race course from which a start is made.
(p) "Post Time" means the definite time for
				the start of a race, and is indicated by a clock device set up as directed by
				the Board.
(q) "Premises" means the
				inclosure and all other areas collectively utilized by an association in
				connection with its conduct of a licensed race meeting, including parking lots,
				auxiliary stabling areas, public inclosure and restricted areas, whether or not
				the areas are adjacent to the inclosure.
(r) "Protest" means a formal complaint filed
				after a race with the stewards or the Board protesting the right of any horse
				to a place, purse or award in the race, or protesting any decision of the
				stewards relating to the eligibility, participation or placing of any horse in
				a race.
(s) "Race" means a contest
				among horses for a purse, stake or reward, contested at an authorized race
				meeting. "Race" includes but is not limited to:
(1) Purse Race. A race for money or any other
				prize to which the owners of the horses engaged do not contribute.
(2) Stake Race. A race for which owners of
				horses entered or engaged for the race contribute to a purse for which money or
				any other prize may be added, nominations to which close 72 hours or more
				before starting.
(3) Claiming Race.
				A race in which any horse entered therein may be claimed in conformity with the
				rules established by the Board, except for horses declared ineligible for
				claiming under Rule 1634 of this division.
(4) Handicap Race. A race in which the
				weights to be carried by the entered horses are adjusted by a handicapper,
				board of handicappers or the racing secretary, to equalize their respective
				chances of winning.
(5) Overnight
				Race. A race in which entries close 72 hours or less, excluding Sundays, in
				advance of the first race of the day on which the race is to be run.
(6) Walkover. A stake race in which only one
				horse starts or in which all the starters are owned by the same
				interest.
(7) Invitational Stake
				Race. An invitational stake race or an invitational handicap race for which
				owners do not contribute to the purse, but which is advertised in the regular
				stakes program, shall also be considered a stake race.
(8) Non-wagering Race. A race contested
				without pari-mutuel wagering on its results including a race upon which
				pari-mutuel wagering is canceled.
(9) Match Race. A race contested between two
				horses under conditions of the contest agreed to by their owners.
(10) "Special Racing Event." A race of unique
				interest, magnitude or fame. "Special racing event" shall also mean an
				exhibition race when approved by the Board.
(11) "Exhibition Race." A race contested
				under conditions established by the association as a promotional event or to
				provide a special racing opportunity to a particular horse or class of horse or
				class of participants and to which the association contributes the purse or
				awards for the contest. No pari-mutuel wagering may be conducted on the results
				of an exhibition race.