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Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-74 - Mounted at Finish

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A driver must be mounted in his or her sulky at the finish of
				  the race or the horse must be placed as not finishing.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-75 - Purse Money

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Unless otherwise provided in the conditions, all purses shall
				  be distributed on the dash basis with the money awarded according to a horse's
				  position in each separate dash or heat of the race. Purse money distribution in
				  overnight events shall be limited to the first five positions, unless prior
				  approval is received from the Commission.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-76 - Dashes

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Unless otherwise specified in the conditions, the money
				  distribution in dashes shall be 50%, 25%, 12%, 8% and 5%. In early closing
				  races, late closing races, or added money events, if there are less than five
				  premium positions for which horses are placed, the remaining premium shall go
				  to the race winner unless the conditions call for a different distribution. In
				  overnight events if there are fewer than five starters the premium for the
				  positions for which there are no horses placed must be retained by the track
				  for future supplement of purses.
If there be any premium or premiums for which horses have
				  started but were unable to finish, due to an accident or otherwise, all
				  unoffending horses who did not finish will share equally in such premium or
				  premiums.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-77 - Two in Three

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
In a two in three race, a horse must win two heats to win the
				  race, and there shall be 10% set aside for the race winner. The purse shall be
				  divided and awarded according to the finish in each of the first two or three
				  heats, as the case may be. If the race is unfinished at the end of the third
				  heat, all but the heat winners or horses making a dead heat for first shall be
				  ruled out. The fourth heat, when required, shall be raced for the 10% set aside
				  for the winner. If there be any third or fourth premiums, etc., for which no
				  horse has maintained a specific place, the premium therefore shall go to the
				  winner of that heat, but that number of premiums distributed need not exceed
				  the number of horses starting in the race. In a two-year-old race, if there are
				  two heat winners and they have made a dead heat in the third heat, the race
				  shall be declared finished and the colt standing best in the summary shall be
				  awarded the 10%, if the two heat winners made a dead heat and stand the same in
				  the summary, the 10% shall be divided equally between them.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-78 - Timing of the Lead Horse Only

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The leading horse shall be timed and only its time shall be
				  announced. No horse shall obtain a win race record by reason of the
				  disqualification of another horse unless the horse's actual time can be
				  determined by photo finish or electronic timing.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-79 - Time for Dead Heat

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
In the case of a dead heat for the win, the time shall
				  constitute a record for the horses making the dead heat and all such horses
				  shall be considered winners.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-80 - Time

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The time shall be taken from the first horse leaving the
				  point from which the distance of the race is measured until the winner reaches
				  the wire.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-81 - Time Trial Performances

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Time trial
				performances may be permitted subject to the following:
A. Testing of participating horses, as
				prescribed by Commission representatives, is required for all time
				performances. In the event of a failure of performance, no time trial record
				will be obtained.
B. An approved
				electric timer is required for all time performances. In the event of a failure
				of a timer during the progress of a time performance, no time trial record will
				be obtained.
C. Time trial
				performances are permitted only during the course of a regular meeting with the
				regular officials in the Judges' Stand.
D. Time trial performance records shall not
				be included in the performance lines in a race program.
E. Time trial performances shall be
				designated by preceding the time with the two capital T's.
F. When a horse performs against time it
				shall be proper to allow another horse or horses to join in the performance but
				not to precede or to be harnessed with or in any way attached to the horse
				performing against time.
G. A break
				during a Time Trial is a losing effort and a losing performance shall not
				constitute a record.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 7 - RACING › Section 017-7-84 - Best of Three

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
In performances against time, starters shall be entitled and
				  limited to three trials and the fastest winning time made by him/her shall be
				  his/her record.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 9 - SIRE STAKES › Section 017-9-1 - General

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. A committee of advisors will be appointed
				annually by the Commission to assist the Commission in promoting this program.
				The advisors will be selected from interested persons engaged in breeding or
				racing Standardbred horses. At least one member will be from an Association
				programming at least one stake race. The advisory committee will serve without
				compensation.
2. Any Association
				that desires to host events in the Maine Standardbred Breeders Stakes must so
				inform the Commission at the annual race date assignment hearing proceeding the
				year of the event.
3. The
				Commission shall establish a schedule of races and select the sites of the
				events annually.
4. The name of the
				events shall be Maine Standardbred Breeders Stake No. 1 for eligible 3 year
				olds in 1974 and Maine Standardbred Breeders Stake No. 2 for eligible 2 year
				olds in 1974, then numbered chronologically each succeeding year. Eligibility,
				estimated values, fees, and conditions shall be announced by publication no
				later than March 1 of the year of the race. Purses will be announced by the
				Department no later than June 1 of the year of the race. Application forms will
				be available at the office of the Department.
5. Trainers of eligible two and three year
				old horses participating in the Sire Stakes program shall notify the Department
				no later than May 15 of the location at which the eligible horses are stabled.
				Said trainer shall inform the Department of any change in stable location prior
				to moving the horse.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 9 - SIRE STAKES › Section 017-9-2 - Eligibility Criteria

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. In order for its
				offspring to be eligible to the Maine Standardbred Breeders Stakes a stallion
				must be registered with the Commission for the current breeding season prior to
				January 1 of the year of the breeding season and must stand at stud the full
				breeding season in Maine except as provided for in Section 2, subsection 1,
				second paragraph. The breeding season is defined as the period beginning
				February 15 through July 15 of each calendar year except as provided in the
				second paragraph. The registration fee shall be $100.00 per stallion per
				breeding season. Registration fees shall be made payable to the Treasurer,
				State of Maine and forwarded to the Commission's Office within the Department
				and such fees will be added to purses.
Any person standing a stallion who fails to register a
				  stallion as required aforesaid may register said stallion upon payment of the
				  registration fee and an additional payment of $500.00 on or before February 15
				  of the ensuing breeding season. The stallion shall not have been registered nor
				  stood in any other racing jurisdiction during the current breeding season as
				  defined in Section 2, subsection
				  1.
A stallion may be brought into the program at any time after
				  February 15 to replace a registered stallion which is unable to breed, as
				  evidenced by a veterinarian or laboratory test indicating it is infertile, or
				  dies during the breeding season. In this case a $100.00 registration fee is
				  required but no late fee is required.
A new stallion may be brought into the program after
				  February 15 with the payment of the registration fee and a late fee of
				  $750.00.
The stallion is to reside in the State of Maine at a
				  designated standing farm throughout the entire breeding season as described in
				  this section, except as provided for a late registration. The stallion may not
				  be moved from the designated standing farm (except in the case of a medical
				  emergency) with the following exceptions:
A. A stallion duly registered may, upon
				advance written notification to the Executive Director, move from the
				designated standing farm provided that the farm to which the stallion is moved
				is located in the State of Maine.
B. A stallion duly registered may, upon
				advance written approval from the Executive Director, be moved to another state
				for non-emergency medical reasons.
C. A stallion duly registered may, upon
				advance written approval from the Executive Director, be allowed to race during
				the breeding season.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 9 - SIRE STAKES › Section 017-9-3 - Payments and Fees

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Yearling
				nomination payment of $20.00 shall be due on all Maine sired colts and fillies
				by May 15 of the year following the colt or fillies year of birth and payment
				must be accompanied by a copy of the colt or filly USTA Registration
				Certificate. In the event a yearling payment is not made on May 15 of the year
				following foaling, the foal may be made eligible providing that all other
				eligibility requirements are met by payment of a $500.00 late fee together with
				the previously missed payment.
2. A
				continuation fee of $20.00 for eligible 2 year olds shall be due February 15 of
				the year of the race.
3. A
				continuation fee of $50.00 for eligible 3 year olds shall be due February 15 of
				the year of the race.
4. A
				sustaining fee of $50.00 for eligible 2 year olds and $70.00 for eligible 3
				year olds shall be due by May 15 of the year of the race. Sustaining fees need
				not be paid on 2 year olds unless the 2 year old will race during its two year
				old year.
5. The gait on which 2
				and 3 year olds will race must be specified at the time the sustaining fee is
				paid, May 15 of the year of the race. Switching gait or racing at both will be
				allowed only if the horse has been sustained, and fees paid, to both trot and
				pace by May 15 of the year of the race.
6. A starting fee of $75.00 for eligible 2
				year olds to seasonal events shall be due at the time of declaration and
				payable to the Association sponsoring the event. A starting fee of $100.00 for
				eligible 3 year olds to seasonal events shall also be due at the time of
				declaration and payable to the Association sponsoring the event.
7. Nomination, continuation, sustaining and
				supplemental payments will be made to the Maine State Harness Racing Commission
				at the Department's office.
8.
				Otherwise eligible Maine bred colts and fillies that were not kept eligible by
				payment of subsequent fees, as a yearling, or as a 2 year old, may be made
				eligible as a two year old, providing all other eligibility requirements are
				met, by payment of a $750.00 late fee and all previously missed payments and
				late fees are made prior to declaring in for the first two year old stake race
				for that sex and gait for that year.
9. Otherwise eligible Maine bred colts and
				fillies that were not kept eligible by payment of nominating fees or
				continuation fees as a yearling or a 2 year old may be made eligible as three
				year olds, providing all other eligibility requirements are met, by payment of
				a $1,000.00 supplemental payment and all previously missed yearling, two year
				old continuation and three year old payments and late fees prior to declaring
				in for the first three year old stake race for that sex and gait of that
				year.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 9 - SIRE STAKES › Section 017-9-4 - Performance Eligibility

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Two year old
				colt and filly trotters will not be eligible to start in any stake race of
				their two year old season unless they show a satisfactory charted performance
				line of 2:15 or better on gait with no track allowances at the time of
				draw.
2. Three year old colt and
				filly trotters will not be eligible to start in any stake race of their three
				year old season unless they show a satisfactory charted performance line of
				2:12 or better on gait with no track allowance at the time of draw.
3. Two year old colt and filly pacers will
				not be eligible to start in any stake race of their two year old season unless
				they show a satisfactory charted performance line of 2:10 or better on gait
				with no track allowances at the time of draw.
4. Three year old colt and filly pacers will
				not be eligible to start in any stake race of their three year old season
				unless they show a satisfactory chartered performance line of 2:07 or better on
				gait with no track allowance at the time of draw.
5.
eligibility Based On
				Performance
Age and Gait
Qualifying Time
Two-year-old pacers
2:10
Two-year-old trotters
2:15
Three-year-old pacers
2:07
Three-year-old trotters
2:12
6.
				Two and three year old trotters and pacers that made breaks in the past three
				consecutive starts on a good or fast track and failed to finish first, second
				or third must go a qualifying race. Breaks caused by equipment failure or
				interference will be excused.
7.
				Two and three year old trotters and pacers failing to meet qualifying time in
				two consecutive races on a good or fast track must re-qualify, unless there is
				interference or equipment failure in one of the two races.
8. All Sire Stakes horses must have a charted
				line in which the horse met the Sire Stakes qualifications within 45 days of
				its next programmed start.
9. All
				entries in Maine Standardbred Breeders Stake races must show individual
				times.
10. Ineligibility by reason
				of participation in medication program. Any horse that has participated in a
				Furosemide program at any race meet whether that race was in the state of Maine
				or another jurisdiction is not eligible in any Maine Standardbred Breeders
				Stake race.
11. Two and Three year
				old trotters and pacers that make a break off a qualifier are excused from the
				requirement in Chapter 7, Section 7, subsection
				2. G.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 9 - SIRE STAKES › Section 017-9-5 - Purse Structure

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Nomination fees,
				continuation fees, supplementary eligibility fees, starting fees, and
				registration fees will be allocated to purses as follows:
A. Stallion registration fees will be
				allocated equally among all trotting and pacing 2 and 3 year olds
				events.
B. Yearling nomination fees
				will be equally divided among all trotting and pacing 2 year olds events in the
				year nominations are made.
C.
				Two-year-old continuation fees will be shared by all classes of 2 year olds
				sustained.
D. Three-year-old
				continuation fees will be shared by all classes of 3 year olds
				sustained.
E. Sustaining fees will
				be allocated to the particular event to which payment is made by age, gait and
				sex.
F. Any supplemental
				eligibility fee payments made will be allocated to the event to which payment
				is made.
G. Starting fees will be
				due at the time of declaration and must be paid to Associations prior to the
				start of the race and allocated to specific events.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 9 - SIRE STAKES › Section 017-9-7 - Current Season Standings

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Two and three
				year olds will be awarded points based upon their finishing position in each
				Maine Standardbred Breeders Stake race during the season.
2. Dash winners will be awarded 50 points.
				Second place finishers will be awarded 25 points; Third place finishers will be
				awarded 12 points; Fourth place finishers will be awarded 8 points; Fifth place
				finishers will be awarded 5 points; and, Sixth place finishers will be awarded
				1 point. All points earned during the year will count toward eligibility to the
				final.
3. In the event of a dead
				heat for any position the points for those positions will be added and divided
				equally among the horses involved.
4. The order of finish declared "Official" by
				the Judges will be used in determining points earned. In the event of an appeal
				of a Judges decision, the Commission will make every effort to hear and decide
				the appeal prior to declaration time for the final. In the event of an
				unresolved appeal, the original Judges decision will stand for purposes of
				calculating points earned and eligibility to the final.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 11 - MEDICATIONS, PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES AND TESTING › Section 017-11-2 - Prohibited Substances

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. No person may
				permit, authorize, or conspire to permit or authorize, the administration of a
				substance to a horse which results in the presence of a prohibited substance,
				as described in this subsection, in a horse that participates in a race or that
				is programmed to participate in a race.
2. Except when otherwise identified as a
				Permitted Substance under Section
				4 of this chapter, a substance is a
				prohibited substance if it appears on the
Uniform Classification
				Guidelines for Foreign Substances And Recommended Penalties Model
				Rule
. January, 2018 (V.13.4) published by the Association of Racing
				Commissioners International, unless the substance is permitted substance as
				described in Section
				4 of this chapter and is present below
				the Maximum Allowable Concentration established by Commission rule in this
				chapter.
3. Except when otherwise
				identified as a Permitted Substance under Section
				4 of this chapter, while participating
				in a race, a horse shall not carry in its body any drug, medication, substance,
				or metabolic derivative that:
A. Is a
				narcotic;
B. Could serve as an
				anesthetic or tranquilizer;
C.
				Could stimulate, depress, or affect the circulatory, respiratory,
				cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, or central nervous system of a horse;
				or
D. Might mask or screen the
				presence of a prohibited drug, or might prevent or delay testing
				procedures;
E. Is considered likely
				blood doping agents including, but not limited to, Erythropoietin (EPO),
				Darbepoetin, Oxyglobin, Hemopure, Aranesp, or any substance that abnormally
				enhances the oxygenation of body tissues;
F. Is considered likely gene doping agents or
				the non-therapeutic use of genes, genetic elements, and/or cells that have the
				capacity to enhance athletic performance or produce analgesia.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 11 - MEDICATIONS, PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES AND TESTING › Section 017-11-5 - Prohibited Practices

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Possession
				of hypodermic apparatus
A. Except as
				provided in this subsection, it is a violation of this chapter for a licensee,
				while in the paddock area, to have in his or her possession during a licensed
				race meet any equipment for hypodermic injections.
(1) A licensed veterinarian may possess
				equipment for hypodermic injections.
(2) A licensee may possess equipment for
				hypodermic injections to humans if:
(a) The
				equipment is solely for the purpose of administering chemical or biological
				substances to the licensee who possesses that equipment or to a minor child of
				the licensee;
(b) The licensee has
				notified the Presiding Judge clearly identifying to the Judge the type and size
				of the equipment and the chemical or biological substances to be administered
				by that equipment; and,
(c) The
				Presiding Judge has given written permission for the possession and use of that
				equipment.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-1 - Commission Oversight

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Commission shall have general supervision over all
				  pari-mutuel matters and the pari-mutuel department.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-2 - Pari-Mutuel Director

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
All pari-mutuel directors must be licensed by the Commission.
				  A pari-mutuel director shall furnish the Association with a bond in the amount
				  of $10,000 before being allowed to operate. A copy of the bond must be on file
				  with the Commission prior to opening. An Association may waive the requirement
				  for the bond if the pari-mutuel director is a regular employee of the
				  Association. The pari-mutuel director, on behalf of the Association, shall be
				  responsible for all reports, and ensure the Association's pari-mutuel
				  operations are in conformity with the rules of the Commission.
There must be a pari-mutuel director licensed by the
				  Commission on the grounds of the Association overseeing pari-mutuel operations
				  at all times from the opening of the pari-mutuel pools to the close of the
				  day's live racing card.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-3 - Totalisator Suppliers

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
All companies supplying totalisator equipment at any location
				  within the State must be licensed as a vendor by the
				  Commission.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-4 - Criminal Record

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
No person having a criminal record involving moral turpitude
				  shall be permitted to work in the pari-mutuel department.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-5 - Conduct

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Persons employed within the pari-mutuel department shall
				  conduct themselves, at all times, in the best interest of the wagering public,
				  the pari-mutuel Association, and the State of Maine..
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-6 - Authorized Persons Only in Pari-Mutuel Department

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
All pari-mutuel areas shall be secured by the Association and
				  only authorized persons shall be permitted into the Association's pari-mutuel
				  areas.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-7 - In-House Booking

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Any person soliciting or placing bets other than licensed
				  pari-mutuel entities within the State shall be barred from all grounds under
				  the jurisdiction of the Commission.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-8 - Communication

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Each Association conducting pari-mutuel wagering shall
				  install and maintain in good working order, a secure method of communication
				  between the Judges' Stand and the Association representative.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-9 - Minimum Wagers

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Minimum wagers shall be as follows:
Pool
Minimum Wager
Box
Wheel
Win/Place/Show
$1.00
Exacta Quinella
$1.00
$1.00
$0.50
$0.50
$0.50
$0.50
Trifecta Twin Trifecta
$1.00
$1.00
$0.50
$0.50
$0.50
$0.50
Superfecta
$1.00
$0.10
$0.10
Pentafecta Daily Double
$1.00
$1.00
$0.10
$1.00
$0.10
$1.00
Pick 3 Pick (n)
$1.00
$1.00
$0.50
$0.50
Box or Wheel wagers must equal at least the minimum wager
				  amount. An Association may vary from the minimum wagers described in this
				  section by receiving permission from the Commission.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-10 - Pari-Mutuel Wagering

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
No pari-mutuel ticket or voucher to purchase pari-mutuel
				  tickets may be sold to any person unless the individual making the sale
				  receives immediate payment from the person making the wager. Any pari-mutuel
				  employee or Association accepting a form of payment not permitted by the
				  Commission is guilty of a Level One violation of these rules.
When a person presents a winning ticket for payment, the
				  person must be paid in cash or check in accordance with that Association's
				  written policy.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-11 - Scratched Horse

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
No wagers may be sold on a horse after it is officially
				  scratched from a pari-mutuel race.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-12 - Straight Pools

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Association shall determine races in which Win, Place or
				  Show wagering may be offered to the public.
Horses may be barred from betting by the Judges if they stand
				  out in their field or upon request by the Association. Alternatively, if a
				  horse stands out in the field, the Judges, upon request for consideration by
				  the Association may approve a revised type of betting for that
				  race.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-13 - Pari-mutuel Equipment

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
All pari-mutuel departments must have equipment satisfactory
				  to the Commission.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-14 - Odds Display

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The Association shall display approximate straight odds,
				  straight amounts, or win-pays wagered in view of the general public. All
				  pari-mutuel payouts shall be displayed to the general public.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-15 - Mutilated Tickets

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Tickets torn or mutilated beyond recognition will not be
				  redeemable.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-16 - First Place - (Dead Heat)

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
In the event multiple horses finish in a dead heat for first
				  place, whether the purse be divided or not divided, the money in the Win
				  pari-mutuel pool is divided the same as in a "Place" pool calculation except
				  for a dead heat in a match or two horse race, when the pool shall be declared
				  off and the money refunded.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-17 - Second Place - (Dead Heat)

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
If multiple horses finish in a dead heat for second place,
				  the division is made as follows: The holder of a winning ticket receives a full
				  share of one-half the "Place" money, and the two dead heaters receive one-half
				  each of the balance or one-fourth each of the whole.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-18 - Third Place - (Dead Heat)

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
If multiple horses finish in a dead heat for third place, the
				  division is made as follows: The holder of the winning tickets receives a third
				  of the net show pool and the dead heaters shall each receive one-half of the
				  balance or one-sixth of the total net pool.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-19 - Coupled Horses-Two in Money

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
All horses coupled in the betting on a race shall be
				  considered as one and a wager on any horse constitutes a wager on all such
				  coupled horses. In the event two of such coupled horses finish first and
				  second, or first and third, or second and third, the net "Show" pool is divided
				  into three parts, two-thirds going to said coupled horses. If the coupled
				  horses should finish first, second, and third, the net "Show" pool goes to
				  holders of "Show" tickets on the entry. In the event two field horses finish
				  first and second, the net "Place" pool will go to holders of "Place" tickets on
				  such coupled horses.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-20 - Coupled Horses-Three in Money

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
If three coupled horses finish first, second, and third, all
				  the net "Place" money and all the net "Show" money as well as the net "Win"
				  money shall go to the holders of Win, Place or Show tickets on the coupled
				  horses.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-21 - Coupled Entries

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Only the highest finishing horse of a coupled entry shall be
				  included in a winning combination. All other parts of the same entry shall be
				  excluded. Any position or positions of a winning combination vacated by an
				  exclusion shall be filled by advancing, in order, the remaining
				  finishers.
If two or more parts of the same entry finish in a dead heat
				  only one part will be included in a winning combination and the other part or
				  parts excluded.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-22 - Coupled Horses, Refunds

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
If two or more horses in a race are coupled on the same
				  pari-mutuel ticket, there shall be no refunds unless all of the horses so
				  coupled are excused before off-time. Discretion is, however, vested in the
				  Judges to order a refund when it is in the public interest to do so. In such an
				  instance the remaining part of the entry shall race for the purse
				  only.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-23 - No Bets on Winners

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
If a horse wins and there is no money wagered on him to win,
				  the win pool shall be apportioned among the holders of the place tickets on
				  that horse, if any, otherwise holders of the show tickets.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-24 - No Bets on Place

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
If a horse should finish second upon which no "Place" tickets
				  have been sold, all of the net "Place" pool is apportioned to the "Place"
				  tickets sold on the horse that finished first. If a horse should finish first
				  upon which no "Place" tickets have been sold, all of the net "Place" pool is
				  apportioned to the "Place" tickets on the horse that finished second. In either
				  case, the calculation shall be made in the same manner as in a Win
				  pool.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-25 - No Bets on Show

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
If no money has been wagered to "Show" on a horse which
				  finished first, second, or third, in a race, the "Show" pool in that race shall
				  be apportioned among the holders of "Show" tickets on the other horses which
				  finished first, second, or third in that race.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-26 - Pools Declared Off

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
In the event of a pool being declared off after pari-mutuel
				  tickets have been sold a refund shall be made.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-27 - Non Finishers

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Except in the event of a "no contest", after the word "go" is
				  given in any race, and because of an accident or for some other reason some of
				  the horses in a race fail to finish, no refunds shall be made, the entire net
				  pool shall be paid providing that one or more horses finish the race. However,
				  if in the opinion of the Judges one or more horses shall be declared a
				  non-starter, or the race declared a non-wagering race, all wagers on such
				  horses, or for certain wagers, or the entire race, may be
				  refunded.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-28 - Error in Final Posting

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
If an error is made in posting the pay-off figures to the
				  general public, it shall be corrected promptly, and only the correct amounts
				  shall be used in the pay-off irrespective of the error. As soon as practical a
				  statement shall be made over the public address system to the general public
				  stating the facts and the corrections and noted on the simulcast broadcast. The
				  Association and totalisator vendor shall be responsible for ensuring all
				  winning ticket holders are paid the correct amounts.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-29 - Outstanding Tickets

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
At the close of every meet at which pari-mutuel wagering has
				  been permitted, the value of all unredeemed or outstanding tickets shall be
				  deposited with the Association for payment and paid for up to one year after
				  the close of the meet.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-30 - Interstate Simulcasting

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. DEFINITIONS: For
				the purpose of this rule, the following terms shall have the following
				meanings:
a. "Horse races" shall include
				thoroughbred, quarter horse and harness races.
b. "Broadcast" means the broadcast,
				transmission or exhibition of a race by any communication medium.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-31 - Win Pools

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. The amount
				wagered on the betting interest which finishes first is deducted from the net
				pool, the balance remaining being the profit; the profit is divided by the
				amount wagered on the betting interest finishing first, such quotient being the
				profit per dollar wagered to Win on that betting interest.
2. The net Win pool shall be distributed as a
				single price pool to winning wagers in the following precedence, based upon the
				official order of finish:
a. To those whose
				selection finished first; but if there are no such wagers, then
b. To those whose selection finished second;
				but if there are no such wagers then
c. To those whose selection finished third; but if there are no
				such wagers, then d. The entire pool shall be refunded on Win wagers for that
				contest.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-32 - Place Pools

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. The amounts
				wagered to Place on the first two betting interests to finish are deducted from
				the net pool, the balance remaining being the profit; the profit is divided
				into two equal portions, one being assigned to each winning betting interest
				and divided by the amount wagered to Place on that betting interest, the
				resulting quotient is the profit per dollar wagered to Place on that betting
				interest.
2. The net Place pool
				shall be distributed to winning wagers in the following precedence, based upon
				the official order of finish:
a. If
				contestants of a coupled entry or mutuel field finished in the first two
				places, as a single price pool to those who selected the coupled entry or
				mutuel field; otherwise
b. As a
				profit split to those whose selection is included within the first two
				finishers; but if there are no such wagers on one of those two finishers,
				then
c. As a single price pool to
				those who selected the one covered betting interest included within the first
				two finishers; but if there are no such wagers, then
d. As a single price pool to those who
				selected the third-place finisher; but if there are no such wagers,
				then
e. The entire pool shall be
				refunded on Place wagers for that contest.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-33 - Show Pools

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. The amounts
				wagered to Show on the first three betting interests to finish are deducted
				from the net pool, the balance remaining being the profit; the profit is
				divided into three equal portions, one being assigned to each winning betting
				interest and divided by the amount wagered to Show on that betting interest,
				the resulting quotient being the profit per dollar wagered to Show on that
				betting interest. The net Show pool shall be distributed to winning wagers in
				the following precedence, based upon the official order of finish:
a. If contestants of a coupled entry or
				mutuel field finished in the first three places, as a single price pool to
				those who selected the coupled entry or mutuel field; otherwise
b. If contestants of a coupled entry or
				mutuel field finished as two of the first three finishers, the profit is
				divided with two-thirds (2/3) distributed to those who selected the coupled
				entry or mutuel field and one-third (1/3) distributed to those who selected the
				other betting interest included within the first three finishers;
				otherwise
c. As a profit split to
				those whose selection is included within the first three finishers; but if
				there are no such wagers on one of those three finishers, then
d. As a profit split to those who selected
				one of the two covered betting interests included within the first three
				finishers; but if there are no such wagers on two of those three finishers,
				then
e. As a single price pool to
				those who selected the one covered betting interest included within the first
				three finishers; but if there are no such wagers, then
f. As a single price pool to those who
				selected the fourth-place finisher; but if there are no such wagers,
				then
g. The entire pool shall be
				refunded on Show wagers for that contest.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-34 - Double Pools - "Daily Double"

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. The Double
				requires selection of the first-place finisher in each of two specified
				contests.
2. The net Double pool
				shall be distributed to winning wagers in the following precedence, based upon
				the official order of finish:
a. As a single
				price pool to those whose selection finished first in each of the two contests;
				but if there are no such wagers, then
b. As a profit split to those who selected
				the first-place finisher in either of the two contests; but if there are no
				such wagers, then
c. As a single
				price pool to those who selected the one covered first-place finisher in either
				contest; but if there are no such wagers, then
d. As a single price pool to those whose
				selection finished second in each of the two contests; but if there are no such
				wagers, then
e. The entire pool
				shall be refunded on Double wagers for those contests.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-35 - Win 3/Pick 3 Pools - "Daily Triple"

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. The Win Three
				requires selection of the first-place finisher in each of three specified
				contests.
2. The net Win Three pool
				shall be distributed to winning wagers in the following precedence, based upon
				the official order of finish:
a. As a single
				price pool to those whose selection finished first in each of the three
				contests; but if there are no such wagers, then
b. As a single price pool to those who
				selected the first-place finisher in any two of the three contests; but if
				there are no such wagers, then
c. As
				a single price pool to those who selected the first-place finisher in any one
				of the three contests; but if there are no such wagers, then
d. The entire pool shall be refunded on Win
				Three wagers for those contests.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 017 - MAINE STATE HARNESS RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 13 - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING › Section 017-13-38 - Quinella Pools

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. The Quinella
				requires selection of the first two finishers, irrespective of order, for a
				single contest.
2. The net Quinella
				pool shall be distributed to winning wagers in the following precedence, based
				upon the official order of finish:
a. If
				contestants of a coupled entry or mutuel field finish as the first two
				finishers, as a single price pool to those selecting the coupled entry or
				mutuel field combined with the next separate betting interest in the official
				order of finish; otherwise
b. As a
				single price pool to those whose combination finished as the first two betting
				interests; but if there are no such wagers, then
c. As a profit split to those whose
				combination included either the first- or second-place finisher; but if there
				are no such wagers on one of the those two finishers, then
d. As a single price pool to those whose
				combination included the one covered betting interest included within the first
				two finishers; but if there are no such wagers, then
e. The entire pool shall be refunded on
				Quinella wagers for that contest.