Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 1 - Definitions › Section I-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The following
				words and phrases, irrespective of literal meaning as defined in recognized
				dictionaries, have assumed special meanings and connotations as used in racing,
				and in the context of these rules shall be construed as having the following
				special meanings.
Accredited
Louisiana
Bred
-a thoroughbred, quarter horse, Paint horse, or Appaloosa
				  horse foaled in Louisiana in conformity with the respective breed or breeders
				  association and recognized by the commission.
Added Money
- cash, exclusive of trophy or
				  other award, added by the association to stakes fees paid by subscribers to
				  form the total purse for a stakes race.
Age
- the number of years since a horse was
				  foaled, reckoned as if such horse were foaled on January 1 of the year in which
				  such horse was foaled.
Arrears
- all sums due by a licensee or a
				  permittee as reflected by his account with the horseman's bookkeeper, including
				  subscriptions, jockeys' fees, forfeitures and any default incident to these
				  rules.
Association
- any person, or persons, or
				  legal entity, required to be licensed under the Louisiana State Racing
				  Commission to conduct a race meeting, and when used herein, the association
				  conducting a race meeting where such rules are applicable.
Authorized Agent
- any person currently
				  licensed as an agent for a licensed owner by virtue of notarized appointment of
				  agency lodged with the commission.
Betting Interest
- a single horse, or more
				  than one horse joined in the mutuel field, on which a single pari-mutuel wager
				  may be placed.
Bleeder
- any horse known to have bled from
				  its nostrils during a workout or race.
Breeder
- rules as set forth by the Jockey
				  Club of New York, American Quarter Horse Association or Appaloosa Horse Club,
				  Inc.
Claiming Race
- any race in which every horse
				  running therein may be transferred in conformity with these rules.
Closing
- time published by the association
				  after which entries or nominations for a race will not be accepted.
Commission
- the Louisiana State Racing
				  Commission.
Commissioner
is a member of the commission.
Day
- any 24 hour period beginning at 12:01
				  a.m. and ending at midnight.
Racing day
is a day on which
				  races are conducted.
Calendar days
are those consecutive days
				  counted irrespective of number of racing days. Any delay for taking action
				  pursuant to the
Rules of Racing
shall include the counting of
				  holidays, Saturdays and Sundays as any other day of the week.
Declaration
- withdrawal of a horse entered
				  in a race prior to time of closing of entries therefor in conformance with
				  these rules.
Disciplinary Action
- action taken by the
				  stewards or the commission for a rule violation which can include suspension,
				  revocation, voidance of a license or ejection or exclusion from association
				  grounds, or assessment of a forfeiture, or reprimand, or any combination
				  thereof.
Disqualification
- an order of the stewards
				  or commission revising the order of finish of a race.
Entry
- the act of nominating a horse for a
				  race in conformance with these rules. See
mutuel entry
.
Equipment
- accouterments other than ordinary
				  saddle, girth, pad, saddle cloth and bridle carried by a horse, and includes
				  whip, blinkers, tongue strap, muzzle, hood, nose band, bit, shadow roll,
				  martingale, breast plate, bandages, boots and racing plates or shoes.
Exhibition Race
- a race between horses of
				  diverse ownership for which a purse is offered by the association, but on which
				  no pari-mutuel wagering is permitted.
Field
or
Mutuel Field
- a
				  single betting interest involving more than one horse formed when the number of
				  horses starting in a race exceeds the numbering capacity of the totalizator.
				  The highest numbered horse within the numbering capacity of the totalizator and
				  all horses of a higher number are grouped in the mutuel field.
Forfeit
- money due by a licensee or
				  permittee because of an error, fault, neglect of duty, breach of contract or
				  alternative order of the stewards or commission.
Handbook
or
Foreign Book
-
				  bets taken illegally outside the pari-mutuel system.
Handicap Race
- a race in which the weights
				  to be carried by the horses therein are assigned by the association handicapper
				  with the intent of equalizing the chances of winning for all horses entered. A
free handicap
is a handicap for which no nominating fee is
				  required to be weighted, but an entrance or starting fee may be required for
				  starting therein.
Horse
- any thoroughbred, quarter horse or
				  Appaloosa horse registered as such and when used in these rules to designate
				  any thoroughbred, quarter horse or Appaloosa irrespective of age or sex
				  designation.
Ineligible
- a horse or person not qualified
				  under these rules or conditions of a race to participate in a specified racing
				  activity.
Jockey
- a rider currently licensed to ride
				  in races as a jockey, or apprentice jockey, or a provisional jockey permitted
				  by the stewards to ride in two races prior to being issued a license.
Lessee
- a licensed owner whose interest in a
				  horse is by virtue of a written lease.
Lessor
- owner of a horse that is
				  leased.
Licensee
- any person, partnership,
				  corporation or business entity receiving a license, permit or privilege from
				  the commission to conduct a race meeting or meetings.
Maiden
- a horse which has never won a race
				  on the flat at a recognized meeting in any country. A maiden which was
				  disqualified after finishing first remains a maiden. Race conditions referring
				  to maidens shall be interpreted as meaning maidens at the time of
				  starting.
Match Race
- a race between two horses, for
				  which no other horses are eligible.
Meeting (Race Meeting)
- the entire period of
				  consecutive days granted by the commission to a licensed association for the
				  conduct of racing.
Month
- a calendar month.
Mutuel Entry
- a single betting interest
				  involving two or more horses entered in the same race and joined for
				  pari-mutuel purposes because of common ties as to ownership or training so that
				  a wager on one horse joined in a mutuel entry is a wager on all horses joined
				  in the same mutuel entry.
Mutuel Field
-see
field
.
Nominator
- the person in whose name a horse
				  is entered for a race.
Optional Claiming Race
- a race that is
				  restricted to horses entered to be claimed for a stated price and to those
				  which have started previously for that claiming price or less. In the case of
				  horses entered to be claimed in such a race, the race shall be considered, for
				  the purpose of these rules, a claiming race. In the case of horses not entered
				  to be claimed, the race shall be considered an allowance race.
Overnight Race
- a race for which entries
				  close 72 hours or less before the time set for the first race of the day on
				  which such race is to be run.
Owner
- any person who has, in whole or in
				  part, any right, title or interest in a horse, or any lessee of a horse, who
				  has been duly issued a valid owner's license for a horse.
Permittee
- any person, partnership,
				  corporation or business entity which receives a license, permit or privilege
				  from the commission to engage in a business, occupation or profession on the
				  grounds of an association licensed to conduct a race meeting in
				  Louisiana.
Place
- when used in the context of a single
				  position in the order of finish in a race,
place
means second;
				  when used in the context of pari-mutuel wagering, a place wager is one
				  involving a payoff on a betting interest which finished first or second in a
				  race; when used in the context of multiple positions in the order of finish in
				  a race,
place
or
placing
means finishing
				  first, second or third. See
unplaced
.
Post
- the starting point of a race.
Post Position
- the relative place assigned
				  to each horse, numbered from the inner rail across the track at the starting
				  line, from which each horse is to start a race.
Post Time
- the advertised moment scheduled
				  for the arrival of all horses at the starting point for a race.
Prize
- the combined total of any cash,
				  premium, trophy, and object of value awarded to the owners of horses according
				  to finish in a race.
Purse
- the gross cash portion of the prize
				  for which a race is run.
Purse Race
- any race for which entries close
				  less than 72 hours prior to its running, and for which owners of horses entered
				  are not required by its conditions to contribute money toward its purse.
Race
- a running contest between
				  thoroughbred, quarter horses or Appaloosa horses, ridden by jockeys, over a
				  prescribed course free of obstacles or jumps, at a recognized meeting, during
				  regular racing hours, for a prize.
Racing Official
- the officials of a race
				  meeting are as follows: stewards, placing judges, patrol judges, clerk of
				  scales, starter, handicapper, timer, paddock judge, the racing secretary or any
				  association official; also any person employed by an association who is
				  required to obtain prior approval of employment from the commission, pursuant
				  to the
Rules of Racing
or law.
Racing Permit
- a license granted by the
				  Louisiana State Racing Commission to a qualified person or persons,
				  associations or corporations, to conduct the business of horse racing in the
				  state of Louisiana with pari-mutuel wagering thereon.
Recognized Meeting
-any meeting with
				  regularly scheduled races for thoroughbreds, quarter horses, Paint horses, or
				  Appaloosa horses on the flat, licensed by and conducted under rules promulgated
				  by a governmental regulatory body, to include foreign countries which are
				  regulated by a racing authority which has reciprocal relations with the Jockey
				  Club of New York, American Quarter Horse Association, American Paint Horse
				  Association, or the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc., and whose race records can be
				  provided an association by the Jockey Club of New York, the American Quarter
				  Horse Association, the American Paint Horse Association, or the Appaloosa Horse
				  Club, Inc.
Registration Certificate
-a document issued
				  by the Jockey Club of New York, the American Quarter Horse Association in
				  Amarillo, Texas, the American Paint Horse Association in Fort Worth, Texas, or
				  the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc. in Moscow, Idaho, certifying as to the name,
				  age, color, sex, pedigree, and breeder of a horse registered by number with the
				  Jockey Club of New York, the American Quarter Horse Association, the American
				  Paint Horse Association, or the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc. It shall be deemed
				  to refer also to the document known as a "racing permit" issued by the Jockey
				  Club of New York, the American Quarter Horse Association, the American Paint
				  Horse Association, or the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc. in lieu of a registration
				  certificate when a horse is recognized as a thoroughbred, quarter horse, Paint
				  horse, or Appaloosa for breeding purposes insofar as registering its progeny
				  with the Jockey Club of New York, the American Quarter Horse Association, the
				  American Paint Horse Association, or the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc.
Ruled Off
- expulsion, exclusion or
				  banishment from a racing premises.
Rules
- when used in the plural, shall be
				  deemed to mean all current rules, promulgated by the commission. When used in
				  the singular, shall be deemed to be confined to the numbered rule, and
				  Subparagraphs thereof, wherein such mention is made.
Rulings
- all determinations, decisions or
				  orders of the stewards or of the commission duly issued in writing and
				  posted.
Scratch
- withdrawal of a horse entered for a
				  race after time of closing of entries therefor in conformance with these
				  rules.
Scratch Time
- time set by the racing
				  secretary as the deadline for a horseman to indicate his intent to scratch out
				  of a race.
Secretary (Racing)
- the racing official who
				  writes and publishes the conditions of each race to be run at any race meeting,
				  and also performs such other duties as may be assigned to him in these rules or
				  by the commission.
Specimen
- sample of blood, urine, saliva or
				  other excretion of bodily fluids taken or drawn from a horse for chemical
				  testing.
Stable
- one or more horses under the
				  jurisdiction of a single trainer.
Stakes
- all fees paid by subscribers to an
				  added money or stakes race for nominating, eligibility, entrance or starting,
				  as may be required by the conditions of such race, such fees to be included in
				  the purse.
Stakes Race
- a race which closes more than
				  72 hours in advance of its running and for which subscribers contribute money
				  towards its purse.
Starter
- a horse in a race when the starting
				  gate doors open in front of it at the moment the starter dispatches the horses
				  for a race.
State Chemist
- the chemical testing
				  laboratory concern or business under contract with the commission to engage in
				  chemical testing for the commission and sometimes referred to as the commission
				  chemist and/or testing laboratory.
Stewards
- the stewards of the meeting or
				  their duly appointed deputies.
Subscription
- nomination or entry of a horse
				  in a stakes race.
Supplemental Purse
- any amount of money
				  above the amount of the purse offered by an association shall be considered
				  supplemental purse money.
Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, Paint Horse, and
				  Appaloosa Horse Racing
-the conduct of running contests between horses,
				  each of which is registered with the Jockey Club of New York, the American
				  Quarter Horse Association in Amarillo, Texas, the American Paint Horse
				  Association in Fort Worth, Texas, or the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc. in Moscow,
				  Idaho, and certified as having a thoroughbred, quarter horse, Paint horse, or
				  Appaloosa pedigree, and each of which is ridden by a jockey, such conduct being
				  licensed by a governmental regulatory body.
Trial
- a race, or series of races, run in
				  preparation for, preliminary to, or as an elimination for a future stakes,
				  derby or handicap.
Unplaced
- not among the first three horses
				  finishing a race.
Walkover
- a race in which the only starter,
				  or all starters, represent single ownership.
Weigh In
- presentation of a jockey to the
				  clerk of scales for weighing after a race.
Weigh Out
- presentation of a jockey to the
				  clerk of scales for weighing prior to a race.
Weight for Age
- a standard assignment of
				  pounds to be carried by horses in races at specified distances during specified
				  months of the year, scaled according to age of the horse as set out in
				  R.S. 4:156.
Workout
- a training exercise of a horse on
				  the training track or main track of an association during which such horse is
				  timed for speed over a specified distance.
Year
- 12 consecutive months beginning with
				  January and ending with December.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 4:142,
				  R.S. 4:143 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.