Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 5.00 - Rules Of Greyhound Racing › Section 5.22 - Registration

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) No greyhound shall be entered or
			 permitted to race or to be schooled at any racetrack licensed by the Commission
			 unless properly registered by the National Greyhound Association of Abilene,
			 Kansas. The National Greyhound Association shall be recognized as the official
			 breeding registry of all greyhounds and the Greyhound Publications, Inc.
			 Information System shall be recognized as the official record keeping agency of
			 all grey hound performances and shall maintain the past performance lines on
			 every greyhound raced at an official track licensed by a Racing Jurisdiction.
			 The Massachusetts State Racing Commission may certify any greyhound whose lack
			 of registration with the approved registry is attributable to arbitrary,
			 discriminatory or other unreasonable action or inaction on the part of such
			 agencies.
(2) The registry and
			 record keeping agency shall be self- funding, insofar as is practicable, and
			 shall be authorized to charge reasonable fees for their services to attain this
			 objective.
(3) A greyhound shall
			 not be entered for racing or schooling at any official track unless it has been
			 tattooed and registered in the N.G.A. stud book and the last six performance
			 lines, if applicable, and the racing history of the greyhound are made
			 available to the Racing Secretary from the Greyhound Information
			 System.
(4) The N.G.A. breeding
			 registry shall furnish to the Greyhound Information System when such greyhounds
			 are registered and named the necessary and proper information. A reasonable fee
			 of 80¢ per start that was suggested by the National Association of State
			 Racing Commissions Greyhound Committee, shall be deducted from the weekly
			 purses by the track and paid to the Greyhound Information System.
(5) The Massachusetts State Racing Commission
			 shall have access at all times to the N.G.A. breeding Registry and transfer
			 files and to the Greyhound Publications, Inc. Information System.
(6) All certificates of registration must be
			 available at all times for inspection by the Commission Judge.
(7) All transfer of any title to, leasehold
			 or other interest in greyhounds schooled, entered or racing at any track under
			 the jurisdiction of the Commission shall be registered and recorded with the
			 National Greyhound Association of Abilene, Kansas.
Greyhounds that are Massachusetts bred must be registered as
				Massachusetts bred greyhounds with the Massachusetts Department of Food and
				Agriculture. Massachusetts bred greyhounds must have registration papers filed
				at the dog track where said greyhound will participate in schooling or
				pari-mutuel races. The registration papers must be stamped by the National
				Greyhound Association indicating said greyhounds are registered as
				Massachusetts bred.
(8) No
			 title, leasehold or other interest in any greyhound will be recognized by the
			 Commission until such title, leasehold or other interest shall be evidenced by
			 written instrument duly filed with and recorded by the National Greyhound
			 Association of Abilene, Kansas, and certified copies thereof filed with the
			 Commission and the Racing Secretary at the track where said greyhound is to be
			 schooled, entered or raced.
(9)
			 When a greyhound is sold with its engagements, or any part of them, the seller
			 cannot strike it out of any such engagements. In all cases of sales by private
			 treaty, the written acknowledgment of both parties that the greyhound was sold
			 with the engagements is necessary to entitle the seller or buyer to benefit by
			 this rule and if certain engagements be specified it is to be understood that
			 those only are sold with the greyhound; but when the greyhound is sold at
			 public auction the advertised conditions of the sale are sufficient evidence
			 and if certain engagements only be specified it is to be understood that these
			 only are sold with the greyhound.
(10) In case of any transfer of a greyhound
			 with its engagements, such greyhound will not be eligible to start in any
			 stakes, unless at the usual time for the running of the stakes, or prior
			 thereto, the transfer of the greyhound and its engagements shall be exhibited
			 when demanded to the Racing Secretary.
(11) If any transfer of a greyhound or
			 engagement is made for the purpose of avoiding disqualification, the person
			 making or receiving such transfer may be liable for a forfeiture, suspension or
			 both.
(12) All greyhounds,
			 including those registered in accordance with
			 205 CMR
			 5.00 as Massachusetts bred, shall be properly schooled
			 in the presence of the Judges and must, in the opinion of the Judges, be
			 sufficiently experienced before they can be entered or started in pari-mutuel
			 races at licensed dog tracks.
(13)
			 All schooling races shall be at a distance not less than the distance nearest
			 to 5/16 mile in use at the track.
(14) Greyhounds that transfer from one track
			 to another under the jurisdiction of the Commission need not school if they
			 have raced within ten days.
(15)
			 Greyhounds which transfer from a legally licensed track operating under the
			 jurisdiction of a qualified State Racing Commission need not school if they
			 have raced in an official race within ten days at said greyhound track. The
			 Racing Secretary in grading these greyhounds may use the grade of said
			 greyhounds at the track from which they are transferring.
(16) Each official schooling race must
			 consist of at least six greyhounds. However, if this condition creates a
			 hardship, less than six may be schooled with the permission of the Commission
			 Judge.
(17) No hand schooling will
			 be considered official.
(18) Any
			 greyhound that has not been entered for a period of six racing days and/or has
			 not raced for a period of ten racing days or more shall be schooled at least
			 once at its racing weight before being eligible for entry. A race or races
			 which were part of a racing program canceled will not be counted as racing day
			 in relation to greyhounds presently racing on the Active Racing List of
			 Greyhounds entered in such a racing program.
If a racing program is canceled, any greyhound eligible to race
				when that program was originally drawn shall remain eligible to race under 205
				CMR 5.22(18) provided the canceled program is rescheduled and subsequently run
				within 72 (seventy-two) hours of its original date.
(19) All greyhounds in schooling races must
			 be raced at their established racing weight and started from the box wearing
			 blankets.
(20) Any owner, trainer,
			 or authorized agent licensed by the Commission who has greyhounds under his
			 care and management that are booked to race on tracks licensed by the
			 Commission, and who permits said greyhounds to be schooled on any track in
			 Massachusetts or elsewhere, not approved by the Commission during these
			 bookings shall be subject to the immediate revocation of his license.
(21) The Judges may order any greyhound on
			 the schooling list at any time. Any greyhound ordered on the schooling list by
			 the Judges must be schooled officially and satisfactorily before being allowed
			 to enter a race.
(22) A greyhound
			 which, by the decision of the Judges, falls in a race, may at the discretion of
			 the Judges, be required to be schooled in an official schooling race to the
			 satisfaction of the Judges before being allowed to enter or start.
(23) To scratch a greyhound entered in a race
			 sufficient cause must be given to satisfy the Judges. All scratches and the
			 cause must be reported immediately to the Commission Judge.
(24) Any scratches that occur that are the
			 result of a violation of
			 205 CMR
			 5.00 must carry a penalty and/or suspension of said
			 greyhound for a period of six racing days. Scratches for other causes must be
			 disciplined at the discretion of the Judges.
However, if any owner or trainer fails to have the greyhound
				entered at the track at the appointed time for weighing in, and as a result
				said greyhound is scratched the Judges shall impose a forfeiture and/or
				suspension on the person responsible.
(25) If three or more greyhounds are
			 withdrawn or scratched in any one race, the Judges may cancel said
			 race.
(26) The Judges may scratch a
			 greyhound entered in a race for sufficient cause.