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Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 017-1-17 - Veterinarian's Responsibility

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Professional and State Licensure Requirements
. The Commission
				Veterinarian and each veterinarian employed at a racetrack by the association
				or an individual owner must be a graduate Veterinary Surgeon in good standing
				and licensed to practice under the Laws of the State of Maine. The Commission
				Veterinarian must be licensed by the Commission to be on duty at any
				pari-mutuel track.
2.
Compensation Prohibited
. No owner or trainer shall employ or pay
				compensation to any veterinarian employed by the Department either directly or
				indirectly, during the period of employment.
3.
Medical Treatment of Horses
A.
Treatment authorized
. No
				Commission veterinarian employed by the Department may, during the period of
				his or her employment, treat or prescribe medication for any horse on the
				grounds or entered to race at any racetrack, for compensation or otherwise
				except as provided in this paragraph. A Commission veterinarian employed by the
				Department is authorized to provide first aid and to provide other emergency
				medical treatment to any sick or injured horse for the purpose of saving the
				life of the horse or stabilizing the horse until it can be transported to
				another equine medical facility or seen by the horse's regular veterinarian. A
				full and complete report of the treatment provided shall be made to the
				judges.
B.
Reimbursement for
				medical treatment
. The Department may require reimbursement from the
				horse's owner for any medical treatment, equipment or supplies provided
				pursuant to this paragraph.
C. No
				licensed veterinarian, except a Commission veterinarian or agent of the
				Department, shall examine, treat, or dispense medications in the paddock of a
				licensed racetrack, during its race meet, to horses scheduled to race on that
				day. A licensed veterinarian may examine, treat, or dispense medications to
				horses that have been scratched to needing emergency medical treatment only in
				an area designated by the Commission.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 017-1-18 - Veterinarians Duties

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Commission Veterinarian shall be present in the paddock
				  at a time to be designated by the Commission. The Commission Veterinarian shall
				  inspect any horse so designated by the Judges and report on the race worthiness
				  of the horse for the event listed. The Judges shall determine whether or not
				  the horse shall be permitted to start. If not permitted to start, the horse
				  automatically goes on the Steward's List, and thereafter shall not be permitted
				  to enter until a licensed veterinarian notifies the Racing Secretary and the
				  Judges that the horse is again fit to compete.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 017-1-19 - Euthanized Horses

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Whenever it becomes necessary to euthanize a horse while on
				  the grounds of a licensed racetrack, euthanasia shall be accomplished in the
				  manner prescribed by the Commission Veterinarian. If the Commission
				  Veterinarian is on duty at that track, the Commission Veterinarian shall
				  perform the euthanasia. The act of euthanasia whenever possible shall not take
				  place in view of the public. The permission of the owner or his agent must be
				  obtained before the horse is euthanized. If the owner or his agent are
				  unavailable, the horse may be euthanized if necessary in cases of inhumane
				  suffering.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 017-1-20 - Postmortem Examination

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. A horse that
				expires or suffers a breakdown on a licensed racetrack and is destroyedshall
				undergo a postmortem examination if the Commission Veterinarian and State
				Steward determine that it is necessary. The Commission Veterinarian and the
				State Steward shall determine the laboratory that will conduct the postmortem
				examination.
2. If possible,
				biologic samples shall be obtained from the carcass upon which the postmortem
				examination is to be conducted and shall be sent to a laboratory approved by
				the Department for testing of prohibited substances. When practical, samples
				may be procured prior to euthanasia.
3. The services of the veterinarian and the
				laboratory shall be made available by the Department without charge to the
				owner. If, however, the postmortem examination indicates that the cause of
				death was due to the administration of a prohibited substance or by the
				implementation of a prohibited practice, the charges for such services shall be
				assessed against the owner.
4. The
				results of the postmortem examination shall be presented to the Commission if
				the results indicate that the cause of death was due to the administration of a
				prohibited substance or by the implementation of a prohibited
				practice.
5. Each owner and trainer
				agrees to the postmortem examination provided herein as a prerequisite for
				maintaining the occupational license issued by the Commission.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 017-1-21 - Breath Analyzer Test

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Breath
				Analyzer Test Required
. All drivers, judges, starters, starting gate
				drivers and marshals shall be required to submit to a breath analyzer test at
				each racing program in which they participate. All other licensees may be
				required to submit to a breath analyzer test at each racing program in which
				they participate. The Commission shall provide the tracks with a breath
				analyzer device capable of measuring the presence of alcohol by weight within
				the blood.
(a) Each track shall utilize the
				breath analyzer device provided by the Commission in the paddock. The use of
				such device shall be under the supervision of a Commission designee.
(b) Tests shall be administered to the
				licensees and officials at such times as directed by the Presiding judge or
				other Commission designee and shall be administered by only a licensed official
				of the Commission. The Presiding judge can require any licensee to retake a
				test at any time during a racing program.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-1 - Judges

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Judges Licensed by the
				Commission
. No person may perform the duties of a Presiding Judge or an
				Associate Judge at any race meet licensed by the Commission without first
				applying for and receiving a license from the Commission.
A. The Commission shall provide a list of
				licensed Presiding and Associate Judges on an annual basis to the racing
				associations upon request.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-2 - Officials employed by associations

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. The
				following licensed officials shall be employed by the association conducting a
				race.
A. Charter
B. Clerk of Course
C. Horse Identifier
D. Paddock Judge
E. Program Director
F. Race Secretary
G. Starter/ Patrol Judge
H. Presiding Judge, unless the association
				conducting the race meet requests that a State Steward act as the Presiding
				Judge pursuant to Chapter 1, §
										4.
I. Associate judges (2)
The association may employ other licensed racetrack personnel
				  as provided in this chapter.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-3 - Officials Authority

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
In matters pertaining to racing, the orders of the Presiding
				  Judge and Associate Judges supersede the orders of the officers and directors
				  of the association. Although track licensees have the obligation of general
				  supervision of their meeting, interference with the proper performance of
				  duties of any Racing Official is hereby prohibited.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-4 - Officials restrictions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Conflict
				of interest
. No one interested in the result of a race, either because
				of ownership of any horse entered, or because of bets otherwise, shall act as a
				Racing Official for that race or participate in the draw for that
				race.
2. No Racing Official or
				employee of the Department shall participate in pari-mutuel wagering on any
				horse racing on a race day when he or she is acting in his or her official
				capacity. Violation of this section is a level one violation of these
				rules.
3.
Accepting
				gifts
. No racing official or his other assistants shall accept directly
				or indirectly, any gratuity, reward, or favor in connection with racing at the
				meeting.
4. No official or employee
				of the Department shall be connected in any way with the parimutuel operation
				at any race meet where he or she is serving in his or her official capacity.
				Violation of this section is a level one violation of these rules.
5.
Underwriting insurance
. No
				racing official or his or her assistants shall write or solicit horse insurance
				for the race meet.
6.
Ownership Prohibited
A. Any
				shareholder listed on the racing license application for racing race dates from
				the Maine State Harness Racing Commission is prohibited from racing any horse
				he or she owns or leases in whole or in part at that association's race
				meeting, without annual approval of the Commission. This rule is not applicable
				to Maine Sire Stakes.
B. Managers
				and Assistant Managers of race meets may start horses in stakes races, early
				closing events and futurities, but shall not start horses without the specific
				approval of the Commission in late closing, preferred, free-for-all, claiming
				races nor any conditioned event at race meets under their
				jurisdiction.
C. In the event a
				hidden ownership is employed to circumvent this rule, all owners involved will
				be subject to a fine and/or suspension.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-5 - Judges Duties

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Presiding
				Judge
. The Presiding Judge shall be responsible for the performance of
				the Judge's duties and the performance of other officials under his or her
				supervision, including:
Announcer
Associate Judges
Charter
Clerk of Course
Commission Veterinarian
Equipment Clerk
Gate Security
Horse Identifier
Marshal
Paddock Judge
Photo Finish Operator
Program Director
Race Secretary
Starter/ Patrol Judge
Timer
2.
				In addition, the Presiding Judge shall be responsible for:
A. The maintenance of the Judges' Book, the
				Steward's List and the accident reports.
B. The preparation, delivery and posting of
				all notices of penalty, rulings and decisions relative to racing.
C. The procedures prescribed by these rules
				with respect to investigations and hearings.
D. The drivers meeting prescribed by these
				rules.
E. The listing of entries
				and declarations to start and the application of preferences to race.
F. All announcements over the public address
				system pertaining to the conduct of a race, racing officials or to any matter
				under the jurisdiction of the Judges.
G. The admittance of persons to the Judges'
				stand, subject to the direction of the Commission.
H. The coupling of horses where it is
				necessary to protect the public interest.
I. Will be responsible for upgrading
				licenses.
Upgrading shall not be unreasonably withheld if the driver
				  meets all of the criteria established in Chapter one.
If a Presiding Judge cannot perform his/her duties for any
				  reason, an Associate Judge licensed by the Commission shall be the Presiding
				  Judge for that session, or until the Commission can find a replacement.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-6 - Duties of The Race Secretary

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Race Secretary is responsible for exercising a high
				  degree of diligence in setting race conditions and developing the race program
				  for each individual race day, and for the entire meet, in a manner that
				  benefits all Maine licensees proportionately and fairly. The Race Secretary is
				  accountable to the Presiding Judge and the Commission for his/her performance.
				  The Commission may deny, suspend, revoke, refuse or condition the license of
				  any Race Secretary upon credible evidence indicating that the Race Secretary
				  has shown favoritism or otherwise failed to diligently uphold the
				  responsibilities described in this section.
The Race Secretaries duties include, but are not limited
				  to:
1. Ensuring, to the extent
				practicable within the context of the available horse supply, that each race is
				as evenly matched and as competitive as possible.
2. Ensuring that conditions sheets are
				written such that the lowest classes of horses have a fair and proportionate
				opportunity to compete for purses.
3. Ensuring that condition sheets declare the
				type of race proposed, such as conditioned, handicapped, free for all,
				etc.
4. Obtaining the electronic
				eligibility records and, when applicable, the registration certificate of all
				horses competing at the racetrack and return same to the owner of a horse or
				his/her representative.
5. Checking
				each eligibility record and certifying to the Judges as to the eligibility of
				all the horses.
6. Being familiar
				with the age, class and competitive ability of all horses racing at the
				track.
7. Writing conditions sheets
				to provide consistent and reasonable opportunity for all common classes of
				horses to have a regular opportunity to fairly compete.
8. Scheduling the daily racing programs to be
				presented at the racetrack and posting same at least 24 hours before
				declarations close. In any event, the original conditions shall not be
				changed.
9. Examining all
				electronic entries, entry blanks and declarations; verifying all information
				set forth therein; selecting the horses to start and the "also eligible" horses
				from the declarations in accordance with the rules governing these
				functions.
10. Advertising early
				closing, late closing, and stake events in accordance with the rules governing
				these races.
11. Examining
				nominations and declarations in Early Closing, Late Closing and Stake Events;
				verifying the eligibility of all declarations and nominations and compiling
				lists thereof for publication.
12.
				Post a list of all horses that may race only in Free for all, preferred, and
				invitational classes at that track, and make that list available to the
				Presiding Judge on a weekly basis.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-7 - Clerk of Course

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Clerk of Course shall:
1. Maintain all official race summaries,
				records, suspensions, protests and fines; prepare and serve or cause to be
				served all notices relating thereto; and provide daily copies thereof to the
				Commission, the licensed harness race association and to the U.S.T.A.
2. Verify the ownership and trainer of all
				horses entered in races.
3. Assist
				the Judges in drawing positions, at the request of the Presiding
				Judge.
4. Keep the Judges' Book and
				cause to be recorded legibly therein:
A. All
				horses entered and their eligibility record numbers.
B. Names of owners and drivers and their
				license numbers.
C. A record of
				each heat, giving charted lines and money won.
D. Notation of any drawn or ruled out horses,
				and any placing of horses.
E.
				Record time in minutes, seconds and fifths of seconds.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-8 - Starter/Patrol Judge

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Starter/Patrol Judge
1. shall be in the starting stand or starting
				gate fifteen minutes before the first race of the program;
2. shall report to the Judges, the following
				in writing,
a. all rule violations
b. any action on the track which could
				improperly affect the result of a race;
c. the unfitness or lameness of a horse;
				and
d. any lack of proper racing
				equipment
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-9 - Paddock Judge

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Paddock Judge shall:
1. Publicly announce the closing of the
				paddock as prescribed by the Presiding Judge or the State Steward.
2. Prohibit unauthorized people or things
				from entering the paddock.
3.
				Supervise the identification of all horses coming into the paddock, including
				the freeze brand or microchip.
4.
				Supervise the checking in and out of horses, grooms, owners, trainers and
				drivers.
5. Supervise the Gate
				Security Officer assigned to the paddock.
6. Supervise the activities of the Paddock
				Blacksmith.
7. Supervise the
				inspection of equipment and shoes; and the head and saddle numbers of each
				horse during warm-ups and before parade.
8. Notify the Presiding Judge of any incident
				that could in any way change, delay, or affect the routine progress of the
				racing program.
9. Obtain
				permission from the Presiding Judge for any change of racing equipment or shoes
				before the race.
10. Notify Judges
				of all trainers, drivers and grooms who leave the Paddock in an
				emergency.
11. Report any act of
				cruelty to any horse that he observes to the Presiding Judge.
12. Notify Judges of the reason for any horse
				returning to the Paddock after having entered the track for the post parade and
				before the start of the race.
13.
				Supervise the assembling of the fields of horses in the race for the post
				parades in accordance with the schedule given to him by the Presiding
				Judge.
14. Inspect and supervise
				the maintenance of all emergency equipment kept in the Paddock.
15. Report to the Presiding Judge any
				threatening or abusive language or conduct used within the Paddock
				enclosure.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-10 - Horse Identifier

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Horse Identifier shall:
1. check the freeze brand or scan the
				microchip of all horses programmed to start in each race immediately prior to
				entering the track for the post parade
2. check the color and markings of all horses
				programmed to race;
3. report to
				the Paddock Judge any discrepancies noted by inspection;
4. report to the Paddock Judge any act of
				cruelty observed;
5. report to the
				Paddock Judge any foul threatening or abusive language; and
6. report to the Paddock Judge any horse
				which appears unfit to race
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-11 - Charter

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Charter shall cause to be recorded a complete and
				  accurate chart of each race which shall include:
1. Horse's name,
2. Driver's name;
3. Date and place of race;
4. Size of track if other than a half-mile
				track;
5. Track condition and
				temperature;
6. Type of race (trot
				or pace);
7. Classification of
				race;
8. Distance;
9. The fractional times of the leading horse,
				including the race time,
10. Post
				position, position at the quarter, half, three quarters, and head of the
				stretch together with lengths at the finish and any other designated positions
				for all the horses in the race;
11.
				Official order of finish;
12.
				Individual time of each horse;
13.
				Closing dollar odds, where applicable, with favorite designated by an
				asterisk;
14. The standard symbols
				for breaks, park outs and free legged pacers where applicable. When a horse is
				"parked out" for at least 1/4 mile it shall be recorded and included in the
				published performance lines;
15.
				The beaten lengths and individual time of each horse,
16. In claiming races, the price for which
				the horse is entered to be claimed less including any allowances for age and
				sex; and
17. Notations of placings,
				disqualifications and claimed horses.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-12 - Program Director

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Program Director shall:
1. verify the correctness of the owner,
				trainer, driver, earnings past performances of each horse that is to be
				published in the official program;
2. verify the correctness of all other
				information relating to the conduct of racing which is to be published in the
				official program; and
3. provide to
				the USTA all necessary corrections and authorize final publication of each
				day's official race program.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-13 - Timers

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Timer shall:
1.
				be in the stand fifteen minutes before the first race and remain there until
				the final race is completed;
2.
				start their watches when the first horse leaves the point from which the
				distance of the race is measured;
3. record the time of the leading horse or
				horses at the quarter, halt half, three-quarter and finish pole;
4. record the fractions of odd distance races
				accordingly; and
5. sign the Judges
				book for each race verifying the correctness of the records in fifths of
				seconds.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-14 - Equipment Clerk

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Equipment Clerk shall:
1. maintain a record for each horse competing
				at the race meet;
2. identify, on
				the record, the type of harness, shoes, and sulky normally used by the
				horse;
3. check each horse prior to
				its scheduled race and verify the correctness of the equipment;
4. notify the Paddock Judge of any changes
				which differ from the official record;
5. change the official record only with
				approval of the Paddock Judge;
6.
				report to the Paddock Judge any equipment which appears to be in disrepair
				and/or dangerous;
7. report to the
				Paddock Judge any horse which appears to be unfit for the race; and
8. report to the Paddock Judge any
				threatening or abusive language.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-15 - Photo-Finish Operator

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Photo-Finish Operator shall:
1. display for the Judges the digital image
				of the finish of each race;
2.
				provide such finish images as may be required by the Presiding Judge;
3. report to the Presiding Judge any
				malfunction of the photo equipment;
4. not provide finish images to anyone
				without the express permission of the Commission or its designee; and
5. keep the photo-images for each race for a
				period of 90 days following the close of the meet.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-17 - Gate Security

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Gate Security shall:
1. when necessary, require persons seeking
				admission to the paddock to present a valid license issued by the Maine Harness
				Racing Commission, or a written pass signed by the State Steward.
2. refuse admission to the Paddock all
				persons not authorized to enter.
3.
				identify all persons and horses entering the paddock;
4. report to the Paddock Judge any persons
				attempting to enter the paddock who are not authorized to be there;
5. report to the Paddock Judge any foul
				abusive or threatening language; and
6. report to the Paddock Judge any cruel or
				abusive treatment of horses.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-18 - Simulcast Coordinator

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Simulcast Coordinator shall be the person at each race
				  meeting conducting simulcasting and shall be responsible for all matters
				  pertaining to simulcasting.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-19 - Paddock Security Officer

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Each association offering pari-mutuel wagering must employ,
				  at the expense of the association, a paddock security
				  officer.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-20 - TV/Video Operator

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The TV/Video Operator shall:
1. upon request, display for the Judges the
				video images of each race;
2.
				provide video images of each race suitable for reviewing the race to determine
				any violations of the Commission's rules which may have occurred during the
				race.
3. report to the Presiding
				Judge any malfunction of the TV/Video equipment;
4. not provide video images of the race to
				anyone without the express permission of the Commission or its designee;
				and
5. keep the video images of
				each race for a period of 90 days following the close of the meet or such
				longer time as may be designated by the Commission.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-21 - Paddock Blacksmith

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Paddock Blacksmith shall:
1. Be on duty and provide services within the
				paddock one half-hour before post time of the first race until the completion
				of the race program.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-22 - Security Guard

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
All persons employed by an association or an off-track
				  betting facility to provide security for the pari-mutuel area or the track
				  during any activity regulated by these rules shall be licensed as a Security
				  Guard pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1. This section shall not apply to
				  full time law enforcement personnel or persons already licensed as Gate
				  Security or as a Paddock Security Officer acting in their license
				  capacity.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 3 - OFFICIALS AND RACE TRACK PERSONNEL › Section 017-3-23 - Security Guard

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
All persons employed by an association or an off-track
				  betting facility to provide security for the pari-mutuel area or the track
				  during any activity regulated by these rules shall be licensed as a Security
				  Guard pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1. This section shall not apply to
				  full time law enforcement personnel or persons already licensed as Gate
				  Security or as a Paddock Security Officer acting in their license
				  capacity.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - TRACKS › Section 017-5-1 - License

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
During the course of its race meeting, each licensed Harness
				  Racing Association shall display the license issued by the Commission for the
				  current year. Each Association shall display evidence that it is in membership
				  with or has contracted for the services of the United States Trotting
				  Association.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - TRACKS › Section 017-5-2 - Certified Track Measurement

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
In order that the performances thereon may be recognized
				  and/or published as official, every track not having done so heretofore and
				  since January 1, 1939, shall forthwith cause to be filed with the Maine State
				  Harness Racing Commission and the United States Trotting Association the
				  certificate of a duly licensed civil engineer or land surveyor that he has
				  subsequently to January 1, 1939, measured the said track from wire to wire
				  three feet out from the pole or inside hub rail thereof and certifying in
				  linear feet the result of such measurement. Each track shall be measured and
				  recertified in the event of any changes or relocation of the hub rail prior to
				  any licensed racing on the track.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - TRACKS › Section 017-5-2-A - Insurance

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Every licensed Harness Racing Association shall carry
				  policies of insurance providing indemnity to drivers and trainers for injury
				  sustained while racing or training horses at its race meeting. A certificate
				  stating the benefits of such policy shall be prominently displayed in the
				  office of the Racing Secretary.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - TRACKS › Section 017-5-3 - Programs

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. A
printed race program
, in a
				format approved by the Commission, shall be published and offered to the
				public, with or without cost, by each Association offering live and/or
				simulcast pari-mutuel wagering.
2.
Post Time
. Correct Post Time for the first race of each program
				must be printed on the official racing program. Post Time for the first race
				shall not be delayed unless permission is granted by the State
				Steward.
3.
Program
				Information
. At licensed pari-mutuel meetings, the program shall provide
				the name, sex, color, age, sire, dam, owner, trainer, driver, and driver's
				colors for every horse. It shall separately give the number of starts of the
				current year and previous year on the gait that it is raced, state the number
				of times the horse was first, second, or third, the fastest winning time, and
				the money winnings in each of those years, show the lifetime record, and
				lifetime money winnings on that gait.
The program shall give at least the following particulars of
				  at least the five most recent races on that gait of each horse:
A. The date and place of each race.
B. The condition of the racing
				strip.
C. The class of each race
				and the distance.
D. The name and
				time of the winner and the names of the horses finishing second and
				third.
E. The post positions and
				the position at the quarter, half, three-quarter, head of the stretch and
				finish of the race.
F. The beaten
				lengths and individual time.
G. The
				dollar odds of the wagering on said horse, if any.
H. The name of the driver and a notation by
				the appropriate letter if his license to drive is other than a full
				license.
I. Fractional
				times.
J. A symbol will be shown on
				the program for a pacer racing without hopples and a symbol for a trotter
				racing with hopples.
K. Complete
				past performance lines must be carried on 2 and 3-year-old Maine Standardbred
				Breeders stake races whether programmed as betting or non-betting events.
L. Any horse that was sired by a
				stallion registered with the Commission whose progeny becomes eligible to the
				Maine Standardbred Breeders Stakes will be identified in each program by the
				symbol "ME" following the horse's name.
M. Any horse scratched from a race other than
				a qualifying race must have that information published in the program of that
				horse's next start.
N. Amendment to
				the racing program shall be inserted into the program prior to sale.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - TRACKS › Section 017-5-4 - Equipment Requirements

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Ambulance
: For all pari-mutuel and qualifying races, each
				Association must arrange for the presence of an ambulance. The ambulance
				service must comply with Title 32,
Maine Revised Statutes
,
				Sections 85-87. The ambulance must be available one hour before post time and
				remain until after the last race.
2.
Horse Ambulance
: Each
				Association shall supply at the track an appropriate means of transporting an
				injured or deceased horse from the track. The owner shall be responsible for
				immediate removal and proper disposal of the deceased horse unless a postmortem
				examination is required as designated in Chapter 1 Section 20.
3.
Audio Recorder
: All
				Associations shall have an audio recorder, which is in good order, available
				during its race meet. These recorders will be made available to the judges and
				the recordings shall be maintained pending final resolution and any right
				appeal for any contested matter.
4.
Video Recorder
: All Associations shall have a video recorder,
				which is in good order, available during its race meet. These recorders will be
				made available to the judges and the recordings shall be maintained pending
				final resolution and any right of appeal for any contested matter.
5.
Notice of Fines and
				Suspensions
: The Association shall post daily, in public view, the
				Judges' suspensions, revocations and fines for the previous days of the
				race.
6.
Equipment approval
				required
. Starting Gate, photo finish equipment, saddle pads, and
				equipment cards must be provided by each Association for all pari-mutuel race
				meets as well as secure storage facilities for the testing programs. Heat and
				communication devices will be made available by the Association for the testing
				area. Persons or organizations providing such services and the equipment to be
				furnished must be approved by the Commission.
A.
Starting Gate
: Every
				Association shall have a starting gate and a backup gate both in good working
				order of a type and quality approved by the Commission unless special
				permission to start races by other means is given by the Commission or its
				representative.
(1) The starting gate shall be
				equipped with a rotating beacon plainly visible to the drivers.
(2) Each mobile starting gate shall be
				equipped with a mechanical loudspeaker for the sole purpose of communication
				with the drivers.
(3) Each starting
				gate shall be equipped with two-way radio communication with the Judge's
				stand.
(4) Each starting gate shall
				be equipped with a working speedometer.
(5) No person shall be allowed to ride in the
				starting gate except the Starting Judge and his or her driver or operator
				unless permission is granted by the Association and the State
				Steward.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 5 - TRACKS › Section 017-5-6 - Facilities

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Every Association shall provide:
1.
Judges' stands
: The Judges'
				stands shall be so located and constructed as to afford to the officials an
				unobstructed view of the entire track and no obstruction shall be permitted
				upon the track, or the centerfield. Care shall be taken to maintain the
				centerfield free of obstructions that may impair the view of the
				Judges.
2. A
paddock
.
				Each race paddock shall include:
A. Barns that
				provide adequate stalls for the number of horses that will race on any
				scheduled race day;
B. Clean,
				equipped and adequately maintained bathroom facilities with toilets;
C. Hot and cold running water available in
				the stall area;
D. Adequate
				lighting and ventilation;
E. The
				paddock areas must be enclosed and capable of being secure to the passage of
				people and things.
F. Stalls in
				the paddock area shall be adequately cleaned and maintained so as to provide a
				sanitary environment.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-2 - Proof of Eligibility and Identity

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
No horse shall race without a current eligibility record. The
				  Racing Secretary shall check the United States Trotting Association (U.S.T.A.)
				  racetrack system and certify to the Judges the eligibility of all the
				  horses.
Any track official, representative of this Commission,
				  representative of the United States Trotting Association, may call for
				  information concerning the identity and eligibility of any horse entered to
				  race at an Association and may demand an opportunity to examine that horse or
				  the horse's eligibility record or registration. Any owner or trainer, track
				  official, a representative of the Commission or a representative of the United
				  States Trotting Association may obtain information concerning the identity or
				  eligibility of any horse. If the owner or party controlling that horse refuses
				  to supply the information, or to allow the examination, or fails to give
				  satisfactory identification, the owner or party commits a Level 1 violation
				  pursuant to Chapter 17 of the Commission rules.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-3 - Permanent Identification

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
No horse shall be permitted to start at any pari-mutuel
				  meeting if it has not been permanently identified through the use of a
				  freezebrand, tattoo, microchip or any other method authorized by the US.
				  Trotting Association.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-4 - Horses Health Conditions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
No horse may race unless it has unimpaired vision in at least
				  one eye. No horse with Equine Infectious Anemia shall race.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-5 - Racing Standards

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Racing Secretary shall establish and post performance
				  standards which must be met in order for a horse to be eligible to race in
				  overnight events at that meet.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-6 - Race Meet Standards and Eligibility

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Any
				horse that does not show a satisfactory charted line which meets the qualifying
				standards for that meet within 45 days of the date of the program must go a
				satisfactory qualifying race. The Commission may modify this requirement for
				the first 45-days of each racing season or upon request from an
				Association.
2. Qualifying races
				shall be held at least one full week prior to the opening of any extended
				pari-mutuel meeting, weather permitting, and shall be scheduled at least once a
				week during all meets, unless waived by a majority of a committee consisting of
				an agent of the licensed track, a representative of the Maine Harness
				Horsemen's Association, and the Presiding Judge. Such qualifying races shall be
				held under the supervision of a Presiding or Associate Judge and shall be
				charted by a licensed Charter. A standard photo finish shall be in use and each
				horse shall be timed separately.
3.
				A purse may be paid in a qualifying race for two-year-olds (Baby Races)
				provided the purse does not exceed the minimum purse established by the
				Association at the time of the race.
4.
Schooling horses
. The
				starting gate shall be available after qualifying races or when requested by
				the Judges or State Steward to school horses.
5. The Judges may require any horse that has
				been on the Steward's List to go a qualifying race.
6. No horse shall be permitted to obtain a
				win record in a qualifying race unless a test sample has been taken either
				immediately before or after such race.
7. Horses which have made breaks in the past
				two consecutive races entered on good or fast tracks and did not finish in at
				least one race placing first, second, or third, must go a qualifying race. If
				the break is caused by interference or equipment failure the break shall be
				excused.
8. Horses failing to meet
				qualifying standards on a good or fast track must go a qualifying race unless
				there is interference or equipment failure.
9. A horse that has been scratched from a
				program on two consecutive occasions may be asked to go a qualifying race by
				the presiding judge.
10. Any horse
				placed on the Steward's List must be scratched from any subsequent race to
				which it is previously declared to start.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-7 - Steward's List

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Only the
				Presiding Judge may place a horse on the Steward's List. No declaration shall
				be accepted for a horse on the Steward's List.
2. A horse shall be placed on the "Steward's
				List" because it:
A. Is dangerous,
B. Is unmanageable,
C. Is sick,
D. Is lame,
E. Is unable to qualify,
F. Is otherwise unfit to race,
G. Shows Poor Performance,
H. Has an extended break with the intent of
				qualifying without complying with Section
				60 of this chapter;
I. Is scratched before a race while on the
				track during the post parade for any reason, or
J. Fails to finish a race except for broken
				equipment or actions in the race that inhibited the horse's ability to finish
				the race.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-8 - Preference

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Preference shall be given in all overnight events according
				  to a horse's last purse race or successful qualifying race when a horse is
				  racing for the first time in the current year, or drawn in to go during the
				  current year except as provided in Chapter 7, Section
				  6, subsection
				  1. In order to ensure proper
				  diversification of racing fields in classes having less than 25 horses
				  available for competition, the racing secretary shall consider two consecutive
				  race dates in the case of equal preference. Otherwise, horses with equal
				  preference shall be drawn by lot. The preference date on a horse that has drawn
				  to race and then was scratched is the date of the race from which it was
				  scratched. When 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 over other horses subsequently declared regardless of the
				  actual preference dates.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-9 - Use of Hopples

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Racing with or without hopples
. Any pacing horse
				  that has worn hopples shall not race without hopples unless the horse shows a
				  satisfactory free-legged qualifying line, nor shall any pacing horse that races
				  free-legged race with hopples unless the horse shows a satisfactory qualifying
				  mile wearing hopples. An unsuccessful qualifying race relating to use of
				  hopples shall not disqualify a pacing horse from entering a race consistent
				  with its previous status.
The Judges shall be notified of any equipment change relative
				  to the use of hopples by trotting horses at the time the horse is entered into
				  a race, and that change shall be listed on the program to inform the wagering
				  public of the change. The horse must race as programmed, unless the error was
				  by the association and not the trainer who entered the horse. Any owner or
				  trainer who wishes to change equipment other than hopples on a horse from one
				  race to another shall notify the Judges prior to the start of the
				  race.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-11 - Time Between Heats

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
In the case of double heats or dashes, the time between heats
				  or dashes, for any distance up to and including a mile, shall not be less than
				  forty minutes.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-12 - Minimum Purse

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Commission will not allow any race to be conducted for a
				  purse less than the advertised minimum. Regardless of conditions prevalent when
				  a minimum purse is advertised the Association is bound to pay the minimum
				  amount.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-14 - Condition Sheets

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Conditions for overnight events must be posted at least 24
				  hours before entries close. If events are to be raced as double dashes, it must
				  be posted on the condition sheets. Substituted conditioned races may be used
				  only where regularly scheduled races fail to fill.