Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A2 - Definitions, constructions, interpretations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In applying
			 the rules and regulations as contained herein, including all amendments
			 thereto, the following definitions, constructions and interpretations shall
			 apply:
(1) Act. Public Act 865 of the 1971
			 session of the general assembly together with any and all amendments
			 thereto.
(2) Added money. The money
			 which, in a stake race, an association adds to the nominating and starting
			 fees.
(3) Age. The age of a horse
			 is reckoned as beginning on the first of January in the year in which he is
			 foaled.
(4) Applicant. Applicant
			 shall mean, according to the requirement of the text:
(A) A person seeking to obtain an
			 occupational license from the commission, or
(B) An individual, partnership or corporation
			 seeking to obtain a license to conduct a thoroughbred race meeting pursuant to
			 the act.
(5) Arrears.
			 Arrears includes all moneys due for entrance forfeits, fees (including jockeys'
			 fees), forfeitures, subscriptions, stake, purchase money in claiming races, and
			 also any default in money incident to the rules.
(6) Association. An association is any
			 individual, partnership or corporation, licensed to conduct a recognized
			 thoroughbred race meeting pursuant to the act.
(7) Authorized agent. A person appointed by a
			 written instrument signed by the owner and filed in accordance with the
			 rules.
(8) Breeder. The owner of
			 the horse's dam at the time of foaling.
(9) Breeding place. A horse is bred at the
			 place of his birth.
(10) Claiming
			 race, optional claiming race.
(A) A claiming
			 race is one in which every horse running therein may be claimed in conformity
			 to the rules.
(B) An optional
			 claiming race is a race restricted to horses entered to be claimed for a stated
			 claiming price and to those which have started previously for that claiming
			 price or less. In the case of horses entered to be claimed in such a race, the
			 race will be considered, for the purposes of these rules, a claiming
			 race.
(11) Commission.
			 The nine (9) commissioners of the commission on special revenue of the state of
			 Connecticut as established by the act and their duly authorized
			 representatives.
(12) Declaration.
			 Means the act of withdrawing an entered horse from a race before the closing of
			 overnight entries.
(13) Day. Shall
			 mean, according to the requirement of the text:
(A) A period of twenty-four (24) hours,
			 beginning at midnight.
(B) Any
			 period of twenty-four (24) hours beginning at midnight and included in the
			 period of a race meeting.
(14) Drug. Drug shall be deemed to include
			 substances intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, cure or
			 prevention of disease in man or other animals and substances (other than foods)
			 intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other
			 animals.
(15) Entry. Means,
			 according to the requirement of the text:
(A)
			 A horse made eligible to run in a race.
(B) Two or more horses which are entered and
			 run in a race which are owned by the same owner or trained by the same
			 trainer.
(16) Equipment.
			 As applied to a horse, equipment shall mean whips, blinkers, tongue straps,
			 muzzles, nosebands, bits, shadow rolls, martingales, breast plates, bandages,
			 boots and plates.
(17) Field. When
			 the individual horses competing in a race exceed the numbering capacity of the
			 tote, the highest numbered horse within the capacity of the tote, and all
			 horses of a higher number, shall be grouped together and called the
			 "field."
(18) Forfeit. Money due
			 because of an error, fault, neglect of duty, breach of contract, or a
			 penalty.
(19) Foul riding. Any and
			 all acts of a jockey committed in the running of a race designed to gain unfair
			 or unsportsmanlike advantage, to the end of improving his own chance or
			 position in the race or of lessening the chance or position of another in the
			 race.
(20) Fraudulent and/or
			 corrupt turf practice. This shall mean any attempt to enrich oneself or
			 associates, or gain any advantage, through unfair, unlawful or dishonest
			 behavior in connection with the racing of horses.
(21) Free handicap. A free handicap is one in
			 which no liability is incurred for entrance money, stake or forfeit, until
			 acceptance of the weight, either directly or through omission to declare
			 out.
(22) Futurity. A futurity race
			 is a race for younger horses, usually two-year olds, in which entries are made
			 a considerable time before the running of the race, often before the entered
			 horse is born.
(23) Gender.
			 References in these rules to the male gender shall be deemed to include the
			 female gender unless the circumstances preclude such inclusion.
(24) Handicap. A handicap is a race in which
			 the weights to be carried by the horses are adjusted by the handicapper for the
			 purpose of equalizing their chances of winning.
(25) Highweight handicap. A highweight
			 handicap is one in which the top weight shall not be less than 140
			 pounds.
(26) Horse. This includes
			 mare, gelding, colt, filly and horse.
(27) Jockey. A jockey is a licensed jockey,
			 or apprentice.
(28) Licensee. This
			 shall mean, according to the requirement of the text:
(A) An association that has received a
			 license from the commission to conduct thoroughbred horse racing with
			 pari-mutuel wagering.
(B) A person
			 who has an occupational license issued by the commission.
(29) Locked in the gate. Locked in the gate
			 shall mean that a horse is prevented from leaving the post at off-time because
			 of the failure of the front door of the gate to open simultaneously with the
			 other doors, thus preventing said horse from starting when the other horses
			 officially start.
(30) Maiden. A
			 horse which, at the time of starting, has never won a race on the flat in any
			 country at a recognized meeting held under the auspices of a legal racing
			 authority.
(31) Match. A race
			 between two horses the property of two different owners on terms agreed upon by
			 them.
(32) Matinee. A program of
			 races conducted upon a racetrack which concludes by 7:00 p.m., prevailing
			 time.
(33) Minor. A minor shall be
			 any person under the age of 18 years.
(34) Month. This shall mean a calendar
			 month.
(35) Net pool. The total
			 amount bet in a specific pool minus the deduction allowed by the act for the
			 state and the association.
(36)
			 Night performance. A program of races conducted upon a racetrack which begins
			 at 7:00 p.m. prevailing time or later.
(37) Nominator. The nominator is the person
			 in whose name a horse is entered.
(38) Off-time. Off-time is the moment at
			 which, on signal of the starter, the horses break and start to run.
(39) Overnight race. A race for which the
			 entries close seventy-two (72) hours (exclusive of Sundays), or less, before
			 the time set for the first race of the day on which such race is to be
			 run.
(40) Owner. Includes
			 part-owner or lessee.
(41) Place.
			 In racing shall mean first, second or third, and in that order is called "win,"
			 "place," and "show."
(42) Post
			 position. The position assigned to the horse at the starting line of the
			 race.
(43) Post race. A race in
			 which the subscribers designate, at the usual time before a race for declaring
			 to start, the horse or horses they are to run, without limitations of choice
			 other than that prescribed by the rules of racing or the conditions of the
			 race.
(44) Post time. The time set
			 for the arrival at the starting point of the horses in a race and which must be
			 shown a reasonable time prior to the race on a clock device, prominently
			 displayed and clearly readable from the grandstand.
(45) Program. Shall mean according to the
			 requirement of the text:
(A) A schedule of
			 races of either a matinee or night performance.
(B) The schedule of races as prepared by the
			 racing secretary and printed by the association for sale to the
			 public.
(46) Purse. A
			 race for money or other prize to which the owners of the horses engaged do not
			 contribute.
(47) Race. Includes a
			 stake, a purse, a sweepstakes, a private sweepstakes, a match or an overnight
			 event, but does not include a steeplechase or hurdle race.
(48) Recognized meeting, or meeting. Any
			 racing meeting given by an association in good standing, within the enclosure
			 of any racetrack, licensed and conducted under the sanction of the act and the
			 rules and regulations of the commission; and constituting the entire
			 consecutive period of days (excluding Sundays only) that has been granted to
			 the association by the commission to conduct thoroughbred racing.
(49) Ruled off. Means the act of debarring
			 horses and/or persons from the grounds of an association and denying all racing
			 privileges.
(50) Rules. The rules
			 herein prescribed and any amendments or additions thereto.
(51) Scratch. The act of withdrawing an
			 entered horse from the race after the closing or overnight entries.
(52) Scratch time. The time set by the
			 association for the closing of applications for permission to withdraw from
			 races of that day.
(53) Starter.
			 This shall mean, according to the requirement of the text:
(A) A horse is a "starter" for a race when
			 the stall doors of the starting gate open in front of it at the time the
			 starter dispatches the horses.
(B)
			 The official who effects the proper start of the horses in the race.
(54) Stewards. The stewards shall
			 be deemed to mean the steward or stewards of the meeting, or their deputies or
			 substitutes acting together, or such of them as may be acting at the
			 time.
(55) Subscription. The act of
			 nominating to a stake race.
(56)
			 Suspended. Suspended shall mean that any privilege granted to a licensee of the
			 commission by the officials of a racing meeting or by the commission has been
			 withdrawn.
(57) Sweepstakes. A race
			 in which the owners of the competing horses nominate their horse for
			 participation and pay subscriptions, entrance and starting fees, whether money
			 or any added prize is added or not (unless it is a private sweepstake). An
			 overnight race, however, is never considered to be a sweepstakes
			 race.
(58) Tote or tote board. This
			 shall mean the totalisator.
(59)
			 Track, or racetrack. This shall be deemed to mean any and all parts of the
			 plant of a racing association, including, but not limited to, the racing strip,
			 the approaches and entrances, the stands and all other accommodations and
			 facilities afforded to the public, the stables, barns, paddocks, quarters of
			 jockeys, and others employed in or about the track, judges' and stewards'
			 boxes, photo-finish and film patrol plants, pari-mutuel offices, facilities and
			 equipment, totalisator and public address system.
(60) Walk over. An event in which all horses
			 but one in a proposed race are withdrawn, leaving that horse to walk over the
			 prescribed course and distance of the proposed race
(61) Weight for age. A standard weight
			 according to these rules. A "weight for age" race is one in which all horses
			 carry weight according to the scale without penalties or allowances.
(62) Year. Shall mean a calendar
			 year.
(63) Publicly owned
			 corporations. Any corporation whose stock is available for purchase by the
			 general public.
(64) Stock. Shall
			 include common and preferred shares.