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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.100 - Early Closing and Late Closing Events

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The sponsor shall state the place and date
			 of the event to be raced and no change in date, program, events or conditions
			 can be made after the nominations have been taken without the written consent
			 of the steward and owner or trainer of all horses eligible at the time the
			 conditions are changed. An entry blank shall be filed with the United States
			 Trotting Association.
b) All
			 nominations and payments, other than starting fees, in early closing events,
			 shall be due on the first and fifteenth of the month.
c) A complete list of nominations to any late
			 closing or early closing event shall be published within 20 days after the date
			 of closing and mailed to each nominator, the Board, and the United States
			 Trotting Association.
d) If the
			 event does not fill, each nominator, the Board, and the United States Trotting
			 Association shall be notified within 10 days and refund of nomination fees
			 shall accompany the notice.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.110 - Subsequent Payments

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
If subsequent payments are required, a complete list of those
				making the payment shall be made within 15 days after the payment was due and
				the list mailed to each nominator, the Board and the United States Trotting
				Association.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.120 - Trust Funds

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
All fees paid in added money, early closing events shall be
				segregated and held as trust funds until the event is contested. If the event
				is cancelled, all fees and trust fund income shall be
				refunded.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.130 - Stable Space

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Tracks accepting nominations to early closing and late closing
				races, stakes and futurities will give stable space to any horse nominated and
				eligible to such event the day before, the day of, and the day after such
				race.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.140 - Limitation on Conditions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
No conditions of early closing or late closing events shall be
				used to eliminate horses nominated to an event or to add horses that have not
				been nominated to an event by reason of the performance of such horses at an
				earlier meeting held the same season. Early closing events and late closing
				events shall have not more than two also eligible conditions.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.160 - Excess Entry Fees

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
When entry fees exceed 85 per cent of the advertised purse
				value, such excess entry fees shall be added to the advertised purse. Where the
				race is split into divisions, each division shall have a purse value of not
				less than 75 per cent of the advertised purse. However, entry fees in excess of
				the amount prescribed above may be used toward the amount that must be
				added.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.170 - Entries and Starters Required

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Tracks must specify how many entries are
			 required for overnight events and after the condition is fulfilled, the event
			 must be contested except when declared off as provided.
b) In early closing or late closing events,
			 if five or more interests are declared in to start, unless otherwise specified
			 in the conditions, the race must be contested, except when declared off as
			 provided. Stakes and futurities must be raced if one or more horses are
			 declared in to start except when declared off as provided.
c) In an early closing event, if less horses
			 are declared in than are required to start, and all declarers are immediately
			 so notified, the horse or horses declared in and ready to race shall be
			 entitled to all of the entrance money and forfeits from each horse
			 named.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.180 - Elimination Heats

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) In
			 any race where the number of horses declared in to start exceeds 12 on a
			 half-mile track or 16 on a larger track, the race, at the option of the track
			 conducting same stated before positions are drawn, may be raced in elimination
			 heats. No more than two tiers of horses, allowing eight feet per horse, will be
			 allowed to start in any race.
b)
			 Where the race is divided, each division must race for at least 75% of the
			 advertised purse. In an added money, early closing event the race may be
			 divided and raced in divisions and each division raced for an equal share of
			 the total purse if the advertised conditions so provide. Extended meetings
			 shall add an additional amount so that each division will race for 75% of the
			 total of the advertised purse and added money. These provisions shall apply to
			 any stake or early closer with a value of $20,000 or less.
c) In any stake race or futurity, where the
			 conditions state that the event shall be raced one dash on a race track of less
			 than a mile at an extended pari-mutuel meeting, and where the number of horses
			 declared in to start exceed 12, the race, at the option of the track operator,
			 stated before positions are drawn, may be divided by lot and raced in two
			 elimination divisions with all money winners from both divisions competing in
			 the final. Each division shall race one elimination heat for 20% of the total
			 purse. The remainder of the purse shall be distributed to the money winners in
			 the final.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.190 - Elimination Plans

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
			 Whenever elimination heats are required, or specified in the published
			 conditions such race shall be raced in the following manner unless conducted
			 under another section of this rule. The field shall be divided by lot and the
			 first division shall race a qualifying dash for 30% of the purse, the second
			 division shall race a quarter dash for 30% of the purse and the horses so
			 qualified shall race in the main event for 40% of the purse. The winner of the
			 main event shall be the race winner.
b) In the event there are more horses
			 declared to start than can be accommodated by the two elimination dashes, then
			 there will be added enough elimination dashes to take care of the excess. The
			 per cent of the purse raced for each elimination dash will be determined by
			 dividing the number of elimination dashes into 60. The main event will race for
			 40% of the purse.
c) Unless the
			 conditions provide otherwise, if there are two elimination dashes, the first
			 four finishers in each dash qualify for the final; if three or more elimination
			 dashes, not more than three horses will qualify for the final from each
			 qualifying dash.
d)
1) The judges shall draw the positions in
			 which the horses are to start in the main event, i.e., they shall draw
			 positions to determine which of the two dash winners shall have the pole, and
			 which the second position; which of the two horses that have been second shall
			 start in third position; and which in fourth, etc. All elimination dashes and
			 the concluding heat must be programmed to be raced upon the same day or night,
			 unless special provisions for earlier elimination dashes are set forth in the
			 conditions.
2) In the event there
			 are three separate heat or dash winners and they alone come back in order to
			 determine the race winner according to the conditions, they will take post
			 positions according to the order of their finish in the previous heat or
			 dash.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.200 - Overnight Events

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Not more than 10 horses shall be allowed to start. No horse
				shall be entered in more than one event on the same program except where the
				conditions of the race provide that it shall be contested in two or more heats
				or dashes.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.210 - Entry Box and Drawing of Horses

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The entry box shall be opened by the state
			 steward, or his designated representative, at the advertised time. The state
			 steward will be responsible to see that at least one horseman or an official
			 representative of the horsemen is present. Upon request of the racing
			 secretary, 30 minutes prior to the opening of the box, the state steward, or
			 his designated representative, may inform the racing secretary as to the number
			 of horses declared in.
b) No owner
			 or agent for a horse with a declaration in the entry box shall be denied the
			 privilege of being present. Under the supervision of the state steward, all
			 entries shall be listed, the eligibility checked, preference ascertained,
			 starters selected, and post positions drawn. If it is necessary to reopen any
			 race, public announcement shall be made at least twice and the box reopened at
			 a definite time.
c) Such drawings
			 shall be final unless the state steward determines that a horse properly
			 declared was omitted from the race through an error on the part of the track or
			 its agent or employee in which event the race may be redrawn. This provision
			 for a redrawing shall not apply unless the error is discovered prior to the
			 publication of the official program.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.220 - Substitute Races

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Substitute races may be provided for each day's program and
				shall be so designated. A substitute race shall be used only if regularly
				scheduled races fail to fill. Entries in all races shall be
				posted.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.230 - Drivers

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Declarations
			 shall state who will drive the horse and give the driver's colors. Drivers must
			 be named at the time prescribed by the presiding judge at a meeting.
b) After being named, no driver shall be
			 changed except by permission of the judges. When a nominator starts two or more
			 horses, the judges shall approve or disapprove the second and third
			 drivers.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.240 - Declaration and Withdrawing

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
After declaration to start has been made, no horse shall be
				drawn except by permission of the judges. A fine not to exceed $500, or
				suspension, may be imposed for drawing a horse without permission, the penalty
				to apply to both the horse and the party who violates the
				regulation.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.250 - Qualifying Races

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
At all extended pari-mutuel meetings, declarations for
				overnight events shall be governed by the following:
a) A horse that has not raced previously at
			 the gait chosen must go a qualifying race under the supervision of a presiding
			 judge or associate judge and acquire at least one charted line by a licensed
			 charter. To provide complete and accurate chart information on time and beaten
			 lengths, a standard photo-finish shall be in use.
b) A horse that does not show a charted line
			 for the previous season, or a charted line within its last six starts, must go
			 a qualifying race as set forth in Subparagraph a. Uncharted races contested in
			 heats or more than one dash and consolidated according to Subparagraph d will
			 be considered one start.
c) A horse
			 that has not started at a charted meeting by August 1st of a season must go a
			 qualifying race as set forth above in Subparagraph a.
d) When a horse has raced at a charted
			 meeting during the current season, then gone to meetings where uncharted races
			 may be summarized, including each start and consolidated in favor of charted
			 lines, the requirements of Subparagraph b do not apply.
e) A horse's finish in a qualifying race for
			 which no purse is offered shall not be used in determination of eligibility for
			 other races.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.265 - Uncoupled Entries

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Two or more horses owned wholly, or in part, by the same person
				or persons, shall be uncoupled wagering interests in any race. A wager on one
				horse in the "entry" shall be a wager on all horses in the "entry". If a race
				is split in two or more divisions, horses in an "entry" shall be seeded in
				separate divisions, but the divisions in which they compete and their post
				positions shall be drawn by lot. Same owner entries will have least preference
				in overfilled races.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.270 - Husband-Wife Entries

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In case of husband and wife, no entry shall be received from
				husband or wife while either is disqualified. Husband and wife, unless legally
				separated shall be considered a single entity. Any ruling which applies to one
				shall apply equally to the other. This rule shall not apply in the case of a
				spouse suspended for a driving infraction or in such other cases, in the
				discretion of the stewards.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.280 - Also Eligibles

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Not more than two horses may be drawn as also eligibles for a
				race and their positions shall be drawn along with the starters in the race. In
				the event one or more horses are excused by the judges, the also eligible horse
				or horses shall race and take the post position drawn by the horse that it
				replaces, except in handicap races. In handicap races, the also eligible horse
				shall take the place of the horse that it replaces in the event the handicap is
				the same. In the event the handicap is different, the also eligible horse shall
				take the position on the outside of horses with a similar handicap. No horse
				may be added to a race as an also eligible unless the horse was drawn as such
				at the time declarations closed. No horse may be barred from a race to which it
				is otherwise eligible by reason of its preference due to the fact that it has
				been drawn as an also eligible. A horse moved into the race from the also
				eligible list cannot be drawn except by permission of the judges, but the owner
				or trainer of such a horse shall be notified that the horse is to race and it
				shall be posted at the racing secretary's office. All horses on the also
				eligible list not moved into the race by the time specified by the presiding
				judge shall be released.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.290 - Preference

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Preference shall
			 be given in all overnight events according to a horse's last previous purse
			 race during the current year. The preference date on a horse that has drawn to
			 race and then scratched is the date of the race from which he was scratched.
			 When a horse is racing for the first time in the current year, the date of the
			 first declaration shall be considered its last race and preference applied
			 accordingly.
b) Provided, however,
			 that where an overnight race has been re-opened because it did not fill, all
			 eligible horses declared into the race prior to the re-opening shall receive
			 preference, irrespective of the actual preference dates.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.300 - Stewards' List

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A
			 horse that has been placed on the stewards' list at an extended meeting for the
			 reason that it is a dangerous or unmanageable horse, shall not be thereafter
			 accepted as an entry unless removed from said stewards' list by the presiding
			 judge and state steward.
b) Owners
			 and trainers shall be notified in writing of such action and the reason for
			 such action.
c) The clerk of the
			 course shall make a note on the eligibility certificate of each such horse
			 showing the date the horse was placed on the stewards' list, the reason
			 therefor and the date of removal if the horse has been removed.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1312 - ENTRIES AND DECLARATIONS › Section 1312.310 - Medical Reasons for Ineligibility

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A trainer or owner shall not enter or start or cause to be
				entered or started, a horse which:
a)
			 is not in serviceable, sound racing condition,
b) is a known bleeder,
c) has been trachea tubed,
d) has been nerved or had cryosurgery
			 performed on a nerve; except that horses that have had a neurectomy or
			 cryosurgery performed on the posterior digital nerve below, and not at, the
			 fetlock of one or more feet may be permitted to race,
e) has been "nerve blocked,"
f) is not properly plated,
g) is blind or whose vision is seriously
			 impaired in both eyes. A horse blind in one eye may start only if the other eye
			 has normal vision,
h) does not
			 comply with the rules regarding AGID (Coggins) tests (11 Ill. Adm. Code Section
			 1309.160
			 ).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1313 - GENERAL LICENSEE RULES › Section 1313.48 - Safety Helmets

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) No
			 occupational licensee shall jog, warm-up, or drive a horse on a racetrack
			 facility during a licensed meet unless the licensee is wearing a protective
			 safety helmet, with a chin strap in place, that has been approved by the
			 Illinois Racing Board (Board). The Board, in its approval, shall give
			 consideration to such criteria as the following:
1) Performance characteristics - The helmet
			 shall consist of a durable smooth shell lined with energy absorbing material
			 that can withstand shock to the head during impact. The helmet shall have a
			 suspension system that maintains the position of the helmet on the licensee's
			 head with nape strap which fits behind the head to secure the helmet to the
			 head; mandibular pads/straps which encircle the ears and to which the chin
			 strap attachments are anchored; and chin cup/strap which is shaped to fit over
			 the chin.
2) Finished surface of
			 assembled helmet - The assembled helmet shall be of a smooth and rounded
			 external surface without any reinforcing ridges or other external projections
			 protruding from the helmet.
3)
			 Ventilation - The helmet may have ventilation holes but the holes shall not be
			 greater than 13 millimeters in diameter.
4) Materials - That helmet shall be made of
			 materials that can withstand exposure to typical whether conditions, and the
			 effects of contact with hair and sweat. The helmet shall not be of the type
			 that can cause skin irritation or disease when the helmet comes into contact
			 with the skin.
5) Vision - The
			 helmet shall provide the peripheral visual clearance of 110 degrees.
6) Hearing Ability - The helmet shall not
			 restrict the hearing ability of the individual wearing the helmet with sound
			 absorbing material.
7) Any other
			 factor that will affect the performance characteristics of the helmet shall be
			 considered by the Board.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1313 - GENERAL LICENSEE RULES › Section 1313.50 - Equipment Change and Records

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The race track operator shall require owners and agents of all
				horses, before starting in a race conducted by the Illinois Racing Board to
				register, with the paddock judge of the race track operator, the regular racing
				equipment to be worn by the horse to be raced. Copies of the same shall be
				forwarded to the presiding judge and the Board. Any changes or alterations in
				this equipment must be approved by the judges.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1313 - GENERAL LICENSEE RULES › Section 1313.60 - Sulky Performance Standards

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) All styles, types and models of racing
			 sulkies shall pass all performance and testing standards as established in this
			 Part before approval for use is granted. Testing shall include Static Load
			 Testing, Dynamic Load Testing and Track Testing.
b) The sulky shall not create either by
			 design or manufacture any interference or hazard to any driver or horse in a
			 race.
1) All components of the sulky shall be
			 attached to one another in such a way that they remain attached during normal
			 use and testing.
2) No bent shaft
			 style sulky shall be approved.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1313 - GENERAL LICENSEE RULES › Section 1313.70 - Horses in Paddock

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) All
			 horses must be in the paddock, in their assigned stalls, no later than 3 hours
			 before scheduled post time of the race in which the horse is entered. Absent
			 Stewards verifying an emergency, with written evidence, as determined by the
			 Stewards, failure to have a horse in the assigned stall at the designated
			 deadline shall result in the trainer of record being fined from $200 to $500
			 and the horse being scratched from the race. Except for warming up, no horse
			 shall leave the paddock until called to post.
b) Only owners, trainers, drivers and grooms
			 of the horses competing in the races on that particular race program, and other
			 persons authorized by the Stewards, may enter the paddock.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1313 - GENERAL LICENSEE RULES › Section 1313.100 - Firearms

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
No person, except track security personnel and law enforcement
				officials while engaged in the performance of their official duties, shall
				possess or discharge any fire arm within any race track
				enclosure.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1313 - GENERAL LICENSEE RULES › Section 1313.110 - Private Practice Prohibited

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
No veterinarians designated as officials at any race meeting
				shall practice their profession upon the grounds at such race meeting without
				special permission from the Board, except however, such veterinarian may act in
				case of an emergency and only for so long as such emergency may
				exist.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.20 - Extra Races

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
No additional races on a racing date will be permitted without
				the written approval of the Executive Director, and subject to conditions by
				the Board.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.30 - Postponement of Races

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
No racing shall be conducted by any race track operator over
				any track which is dangerous to drivers or horses competing thereon. If at any
				time inclement weather or other conditions appear to make the track unsafe,
				representatives of management and the horsemen shall meet to determine whether
				or not racing shall be conducted. If a difference of opinion exists, the
				decision of the state steward shall be final.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.40 - Postponement Procedure

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
			 Early closing races, stakes and futurities shall be postponed to a definite
			 hour the next fair day and good track.
b) Any late closing race, early closing race,
			 stake or futurity (except as provided in subparagraph c below) that cannot be
			 raced during the scheduled meeting shall be declared off and the entrance money
			 and forfeits shall be divided equally among the nominators who have horses
			 declared in and eligible to start.
c) Unless otherwise provided in the
			 conditions, in order to transfer stakes and futurities to another meeting,
			 unanimous consent must be obtained from the track and from all those having
			 eligibles in the event.
d)
			 Overnight events may be postponed and carried over not to exceed two racing
			 days.
e) At the option of
			 management, any postponed races may be contested in single mile dashes. Where
			 races are postponed under this rule, management shall have the privilege of
			 selecting the order in which the events will be raced in any combined
			 program.
f) Any stake or futurity
			 that has been started and remains unfinished on the last day of the scheduled
			 meeting shall be declared ended and the full purse divided according to the
			 summary except where the Board allows the track to extend the meeting to
			 complete the race.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.50 - Post Time

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Post time for the first race of the program may be fixed by the
				race track operator. If post time must be delayed, the operator must receive
				approval of the delay from the Stewards.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.60 - Head Numbers

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Each competing horse shall be equipped with numbers of style,
				type and design approved by the state steward. Numbers shall be arranged so
				that coupled horses may be distinguished as such, and that horses coupled in
				the field may be distinguished as such.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.70 - License Display

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
During the course of its race meetings, each licensed race
				track operator shall display the license issued by the Board for the current
				year.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.80 - Bonafide Contests

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
All races shall be bonafide contests with the winner receiving
				the largest share of the purse and the balance of the purse distribution made
				according to the order of finish. No hippodroming or other arrangement for
				equal distribution of the purse money among the contestants is permitted.
				Violation of this rule will subject the track officials in charge and the
				owners and drivers to fine, suspension and/or expulsion.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.90 - Payment Default

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Any track that defaults in the payment of a premium that has
				been raced for, shall, after a hearing before the Board, stand suspended,
				together with its officers. No deduction, voluntary or involuntary, may be made
				from any purse or stake or futurity other than for payments to be made to the
				owners, nominators, or breeders of money winning horses and organization or
				promotion expenses stipulated for stakes and futurities.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.110 - Liability for Promoters

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
If at a meeting of a licensed track, a race is contested which
				has been promoted by another party or parties, and the promoters thereof
				default in the payment of the amount raced for, the same liability shall attach
				to the licensed track as if the race had been offered by such licensed
				track.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.120 - Bad Checks

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
If track pays any purse by check, which upon presentation is
				dishonored, the matter shall immediately be referred to the Board for
				disposition.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.130 - Advertised Purse

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
When any track advertises minimum purses and conducts any race
				for less than said advertised minimum, unless previously sanctioned by the
				Illinois Racing Board, such track shall be fined the difference between the
				advertised minimum and the lesser purse for which such race was conducted and
				the proceeds of such fine may be distributed among the money winning horses in
				proportion to their respective winnings.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.140 - Advertising and Awards

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Except as herein stated, no track shall advertise to pay or pay
				any awards other than to owners, nominators, or breeders of money winning
				horses. Awards may be made to drivers of horses breaking or equalling track or
				world records, or to leading drivers at meetings.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.150 - Allocation of Stalls

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) No
			 race track operator shall allocate stalls except pursuant to a written stall
			 application and agreement, the form of which shall have been approved by the
			 Board. The racing secretary shall be responsible for stall allocation unless
			 some other official is substituted by the race track operator to perform that
			 function and the Board notified of the substitution.
b) Notification
1) The racing secretary shall give each
			 applicant written notice specifying whether an application, with respect to
			 each stall requested, has been accepted, denied, or placed in a pending status.
			 The notice shall be given not later than five days prior to the start of the
			 meeting or ten days after receipt of the stall application, whichever occurs
			 last.
2) Within ten days after
			 initial notification is required by this Section, final action shall be taken
			 and written notice given with respect to any stall application originally
			 placed, in whole or in part, in a pending status.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.160 - Paddock and Receiving Barn

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Every extended pari-mutuel track shall
			 provide a paddock and a receiving barn.
b) The paddock and receiving barn must be
			 completely enclosed with a man-tight fence and all openings through said fence
			 shall be policed so as to exclude unauthorized personnel therefrom.
c) During racing hours, each track shall
			 provide suitable extra equipment as may be necessary for the conduct of racing
			 without unnecessary delay.
d)
			 During racing hours, each track shall provide the services of a blacksmith
			 within the paddock.
e) Each track
			 shall see that the provisions of this rule are rigidly enforced and the Board
			 may impose a fine not to exceed $500 for each violation of this rule.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.170 - Photofinish and Starting Gate

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) At all tracks a photo finish and starting
			 gate must be used. Whenever the judges use a photo to determine the order of
			 finish, it shall be posted for public inspection during that same racing
			 program. Photo finish equipment shall be approved by the Stewards.
b) The State Steward and association Steward
			 shall review all photo finishes and confirm or correct the decision of the
			 placing judges before a race is declared official.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.180 - Driver Insurance

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Each track shall prepare and prominently display in the racing
				secretary's office, a statement giving the name of the company with which it
				carries driver insurance.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.190 - Interference with Officials

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Although track operators have the obligation of general
				supervision of their meetings, interference with the proper performance of
				duties of any official is hereby prohibited.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.200 - Film Recordings

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
			 All race track operators shall take and make at their own expense a complete
			 recording of all races run. The number and location of recording stations, the
			 type of equipment used, and the quality of the image must be satisfactory to
			 the state steward. The state steward shall certify to the Board, three days
			 prior to the opening of any meeting, in writing, that he approved the recording
			 system, and believes it to be adequate. No system shall be so certified unless
			 it can deliver the recording of the race within two minutes of the finish of
			 that race.
b) These recordings
			 shall be under the control of the state steward and shall not be shown to other
			 persons without his permission. The race track operator shall hold all
			 recordings from one year from the final date of the race meeting at which they
			 are made. Race track operators shall hold for five years, all recordings in
			 which there are infractions or claims of foul and such other recordings as the
			 state steward shall designate.
c)
			 In order to educate and protect the drivers, race track operators shall provide
			 facilities where recordings may be shown to the drivers.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.210 - Penalty for Violation of Rules

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Any race track operator who violates any provision of the Rules
				and Regulations of Harness Racing or of the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975
				may be fined no more than $5000 for each such violation and/or may have said
				operator's license to conduct a harness racing meeting suspended or
				revoked.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.220 - Stall Availability

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
			 That applicant for racing dates which is allotted the first meeting for the
			 harness racing season in any year within Cook County, as a condition to its
			 receiving its license to conduct a racing meeting, shall make available to
			 horsemen and their horses the backstretch and racing surface facilities at the
			 race track at which such first meeting is to be conducted no less than three
			 weeks prior to the commencement of such first meeting.
b) That applicant for racing dates which is
			 allotted the first meeting for the harness racing season in any year at a race
			 track more than 150 miles from Cook County, as a condition to its receiving its
			 license to conduct a racing meeting, shall make available to horsemen and their
			 horses the backstretch and racing surface facilities at the race track at which
			 such first meeting is to be conducted no less than six weeks prior to the
			 commencement of such first meeting.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES › Section 1314.230 - Limitation on Purse Reductions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) No purse for any race may be reduced after
			 said purse has been advertised, published, or reflected in the conditions
			 unless notice of said reduction is promptly given to the state steward,
			 promptly posted on the public bulletin board in the racing secretary's office
			 for the inspection of owners, trainers, and the public, and listed in the
			 "overnight sheets".
b) No purse for
			 any race may be reduced after the first entry is made for any such
			 race.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1316 - STARTING › Section 1316.10 - Starting Gate

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
			 Horses shall be started from a starting gate. The starter shall have control of
			 the horses from the formation of the parade until he gives the word
			 "go."
b) After one or two
			 preliminary warming up scores, the starter shall notify the drivers to come to
			 the starting gate. During or before the parade, the drivers must be informed as
			 to the number of scores permitted. Horses may be held on the backstretch not to
			 exceed two minutes awaiting post time, except during an emergency.
c) The horses shall be brought to the
			 starting gate as near one-quarter of a mile before the start as the track will
			 permit.
d) Allowing sufficient time
			 so that the speed of the gate can be increased gradually, the following minimum
			 speeds will be maintained:
1) For the first
			 one-eighth mile, not less than 11 miles per hour.
2) For the next one-sixteenth of a mile, not
			 less than 18 miles per hour.
3)
			 From that point to the starting point, the speed will be gradually increased to
			 maximum speed.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1316 - STARTING › Section 1316.20 - Use of Loudspeaker

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Use of a mechanical loudspeaker for any purpose other than to
				give instructions to drivers is prohibited. The volume shall be no higher than
				necessary to carry the voice of the starter to the drivers.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1316 - STARTING › Section 1316.30 - Two Tiers

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In the event there are two tiers of horses, the withdrawing of
				a horse that has drawn or earned a position in the front tier shall not affect
				the position of the horses that have drawn or earned positions in the second
				tier. Whenever a horse is drawn from any tier, horses on the outside move in to
				fill up the vacancy.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1316 - STARTING › Section 1316.40 - Horses Must Go the Course

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The horses shall be deemed to have started when the word "go"
				is given by the starter and all horses must go the course except in case of an
				accident in which it is the opinion of the judges that it is impossible to go
				the course. Drivers must be mounted at the finish of the race or the horse must
				be placed as not finishing.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1316 - STARTING › Section 1316.50 - Unmanageable Horses

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
If in the opinion of the judges or the starter a horse is
				unmanageable or liable to cause accidents or injury to any other horse or to
				any driver, it may be sent to the barn, but the entry and declaration fees on
				the horse shall then be refunded. In no event shall such a horse be placed on
				the outside. When a horse is sent to the barn, the starter will notify the
				judges who will in turn notify the public.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1316 - STARTING › Section 1316.60 - Starting Gate Shields

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The arms of all starting gates shall be provided with a screen
				or a shield in front of the position for each horse, and such arms shall be
				perpendicular to the rail.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1316 - STARTING › Section 1316.70 - Riding With the Starter

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
No persons shall be allowed to ride in the starting gate except
				the starter and his driver or assistant, and a patrol judge, unless permission
				has been granted by the state steward.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1317 - DRIVERS, TRAINERS, AND AGENTS › Section 1317.10 - Proper License

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
No driver is eligible to participate in races without a
				driver's license issued by the United States Trotting Association. Drivers
				lacking said license must petition the Board for an Illinois driver's
				license.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1317 - DRIVERS, TRAINERS, AND AGENTS › Section 1317.40 - Disorderly Conduct

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following shall constitute disorderly conduct and be reason
				for a civil penalty, suspension, or revocation of a driver's license:
a) Failure to obey the stewards' or judges'
			 orders;
b) Failure to drive when
			 programmed unless excused by the stewards;
c) Appearing in the paddock in an unfit
			 condition to drive;
d)
			 Fighting.
e) Assaults;
f) Offensive and profane language;
g) Smoking on the track in silks during
			 actual racing hours or in the barns and stables;
h) Warming up a horse prior to racing without
			 silks; or
i) Disturbing the
			 peace.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1317 - DRIVERS, TRAINERS, AND AGENTS › Section 1317.50 - Caretakers

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
No attendant of a horse shall appear upon the track one hour
				preceding post time of the first event of the day or night without proper
				uniform. No attendant of a horse shall smoke upon the track.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1317 - DRIVERS, TRAINERS, AND AGENTS › Section 1317.60 - Colors

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Drivers must wear distinguishing colors and shall not be
				allowed to start in a race or other public performance unless in the opinion of
				the judges they are properly dressed. In any race or appearance on the race
				track during the racing program, raingear worn by a driver shall be in his own
				or his owner's colors.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1317 - DRIVERS, TRAINERS, AND AGENTS › Section 1317.70 - Restricted Areas for Drivers in Colors

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
No driver wearing colors shall appear at a betting window,
				grandstand or clubhouse, or at a bar or in a restaurant or any other such place
				unless permitted by the stewards.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1317 - DRIVERS, TRAINERS, AND AGENTS › Section 1317.80 - Driver Substitutions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
No driver can decline to be substituted by Stewards. Refusal of
				substitution shall result in a scratch.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1317 - DRIVERS, TRAINERS, AND AGENTS › Section 1317.85 - Conflict of Interest

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) No
			 driver shall drive a horse in a race in which there shall start another horse
			 that he in any way represents or handles, unless coupled as an entry.
b) No driver shall drive a horse in a race in
			 which there shall start another horse in which he has a financial or business
			 interest, or an interest that is injurious to racing as determined by the
			 stewards, unless coupled as an entry.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1317 - DRIVERS, TRAINERS, AND AGENTS › Section 1317.90 - Driving Violations

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Where the penalty is for a driving violation and does not
				exceed in time a period of five days, the driver may complete the engagements
				of all horses declared in before the penalty becomes effective. Such driver may
				drive in stake, futurity, early closing and feature races during a suspension
				of five days or less, but the suspension will be extended one day for each date
				he drives in such a race.