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Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 6 - RACE TRACK OFFICIALS › Section 112-6-8 - The racing secretary

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each racing
			 secretary shall maintain a file of each lease or ownership paper on each
			 greyhound racing in the race meet. The racing secretary shall inspect all
			 ownership and lease documents to confirm that they are accurate, complete and
			 current. The racing secretary is responsible for the custody and safe keeping
			 of each lease or national greyhound association ownership paper and shall
			 permit only authorized personnel access to them. Each document shall not be
			 removed from the racing secretary's custody by any individual except the
			 greyhound's kennel owner or trainer.
(b) Each racing secretary shall maintain a
			 complete record of all races, shall receive all stakes and entrance money and
			 shall pay over all monies collected to officers or other persons entitled to
			 receive them.
(c) Any racing
			 secretary may request proof that a greyhound is not disqualified or nominated
			 by or the property, wholly or in part, of a disqualified person. If sufficient
			 proof is not given to satisfy the racing secretary, the racing secretary may
			 declare the greyhound disqualified.
(d) Each racing secretary shall receive all
			 entries and declarations.
(e) Any
			 racing secretary may demand production of and inspect each owner's and
			 trainer's license and each paper and document relating to owners, trainers,
			 partnership agreements, appointment of authorized agents and adoption of kennel
			 names. Each racing secretary shall make a reasonable attempt to establish that
			 required individuals are licensed and that the regulations have been followed.
			 The documents shall be available to the racing judges at all times.
(f) Each day, as soon as the entries are
			 composed and compiled and the declarations made, each racing secretary shall
			 post a list of entries in a conspicuous place.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 6 - RACE TRACK OFFICIALS › Section 112-6-10 - The chartwriter

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) For purposes of
			 these regulations, the chartwriter shall be the individual who shall obtain
			 information to be printed in the racing program concerning each racing
			 greyhound.
(b) The chartwriter's
			 duties shall include:
(1) viewing the running
			 of each official live race;
(2)
			 viewing the tape of each race as many times as necessary to obtain the
			 following information on each racing greyhound:
(A) the running time and order of finish,
			 verified by the photo finish operator whenever possible, for each racing
			 greyhound;
(B) the post positions
			 and position calls during the race for each racing greyhound;
(C) the equivalent win odds for each racing
			 greyhound;
(D) the parimutuel
			 payoffs for each wagering race;
(E) the date, distance, grade, track
			 condition and racing weight for each official race a greyhound competes in; and
(F) a comment referencing each
			 greyhound's performance in each race;
(3) obtaining any other vital information
			 relating to each racing greyhound; and
(4) overseeing the information provided in
			 the racing program for use by the betting public.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-2 - Ownership

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) The legal
			 ownership of each horse, and the name of each owner that is printed on the
			 official program for the horse, shall conform to the ownership declaration on
			 the horse's certificate of registration, eligibility certificate or lease
			 agreement on file with the organization licensee. Each stable name shall be
			 registered with the commission as the owner or owners. If the owner is a
			 syndicate, corporation, partnership or other association or entity, the
			 horseowner whose name is printed on the official program shall be the
			 responsible managing owner, officer or partner who assumes all responsibilities
			 of the owner.
(b) Each horse owned
			 in whole or in part or under the care and control of an individual who is
			 excluded from a racetrack or who has a suspended license shall be ineligible to
			 enter or to start in any race. The horse's eligibility may be reinstated when
			 the individual's penalty terminates or when the horse is transferred through a
			 bona fide sale to an owner approved by the stewards. Each individual who is
			 excluded from a racetrack or who has a suspended license, whether acting as an
			 agent or otherwise, shall not be qualified to subscribe for, to enter or to run
			 any horse in any race either in the individual's own name or in the name of any
			 other person until the termination of the penalty.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-3 - Deceased owners

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Any personal
			 representative of a deceased owner may exercise and transfer the deceased
			 owner's nominations, entries and rights of nomination and entry subject to the
			 regulations of the commission. Each personal representative shall be deemed to
			 hold an owner's license with respect to horses belonging to the estate of the
			 deceased until the commission declares that the deceased owner's license is no
			 longer in effect.
(b) When a horse
			 is held by multiple ownership and a member of the multiple ownership dies, any
			 nominations, entries and rights of nomination and entry continue and may be
			 exercised by any remaining members.
(c) Nominations and all entries or rights of
			 entry under them become void when the nominator dies subject to the following
			 exceptions:
(1) When the horse is held by
			 multiple ownership; or
(2) when
			 the personal representative of an estate requests in writing that the benefits
			 of the nominations accrue to the estate of the deceased nominator for the
			 purpose of selling or transferring a horse, and the personal representative
			 agrees to assume any and all obligations incident to the original entries, and
			 the stewards approve the request.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-4 - Documents

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each win sheet,
			 certificate of registration, certificate of eligiblity, entry card or other
			 document of ownership or registration shall have no information omitted and any
			 required signature on the documents shall not be willfully altered or forged by
			 any person.
(b) Each certificate
			 of registration or document of ownership that is filed with the racing
			 secretary to establish a horse's eligibility to enter a race shall be released
			 only to the horse's trainer of record, except that the trainer may authorize
			 the release of the certificate to the owner named on the certificate or the
			 authorized owner's agent on a form provided by the racing secretary. Each
			 dispute concerning a right to the registration certificate shall be decided by
			 the stewards.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-5 - Horses sold or transferred with engagements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each racing
			 secretary shall require any licensee to provide evidence of any sale or
			 transfer when a horse is sold or transferred with its engagements, and the
			 failure to produce evidence shall render the horse ineligible to start in any
			 race.
(b) No person shall transfer
			 or receive the transfer of a horse or engagement of a horse for the purpose of
			 avoiding any disqualification.
(c)
			 Each sale or transfer of a horse located at a racetrack facility shall not be
			 final until approved by the stewards.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-6 - Registration and eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) No person shall
			 enter or start a horse in a race unless all of the following conditions are
			 met:
(1) The horse is duly registered with
			 and approved by the registry offices of one of the following:
(A) The jockey club, if a thoroughbred;
(B) the American quarter horse
			 association, if a quarter horse;
(C) the Appaloosa horse club, if an
			 Appaloosa;
(D) the Arabian horse
			 club registry of America, if an Arabian;
(E) the American paint horse association, if
			 a paint;
(F) the pinto horse
			 association of America, inc., if a pinto;
(G) the American trotter's association, if a
			 standardbred; or
(H) any
			 successors to any of the registries named in paragraphs (a)(1)(A) through (G)
			 or any other registry recognized by the commission.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-7 - Entries

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each horse
			 entered for the first time at a race meeting shall be identified by its name,
			 color, sex, age, and the name of its sire or sires and dam as registered. For
			 every other race, each horse shall be identified by its name, color, sex, and
			 age.
(b) Each nomination and entry
			 shall be made in writing and signed by the owner or trainer of the horse, or
			 the owner's licensed authorized agent or the trainer's licensed authorized
			 agent. Each organization licensee shall provide forms upon which entries,
			 scratches, and declarations are to be made for all races.
(1) Only each steward, racing secretary, and
			 secretary's designee shall be authorized to receive entries, scratches, and
			 declarations.
(2) Any entry may be
			 made by telephone, facsimile, or telegraph, but each entry shall be confirmed
			 in writing one hour before post time of the first race on the day of the race
			 for which the horse is entered.
(3) In a stakes race, the closing of
			 nominations, entries, interim payments, and declarations shall be in accordance
			 with the conditions published by the organization licensee sponsoring the race.
(4) Each signed entry blank shall
			 be prima facie evidence that the contents of the entry blank express the desire
			 and intent of the person making the entry.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-8 - Coupled entries

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Not more than
			 two horses of the same licensed ownership or interest shall be entered and
			 started in a race, except in stakes races and races that are conditioned for
			 horses eligible for specified stakes.
(b) No owner or trainer shall enter more than
			 two horses in an overnight event. Two horses shall not start to the exclusion
			 of a single horse.
Two or more horses entered to run in a stakes race that are
				owned or trained, or both, by the same person, persons, or interests shall run
				as an uncoupled entry.
(c)
			 Horses trained by a public stable trainer shall not be coupled with horses
			 trained by another public stable trainer unless the horses are owned by the
			 same person or are coupled as a field for wagering purposes.
(d) All horses owned wholly or in part or
			 trained by the same person or the person's spouse and entered and started in a
			 race except as noted in subsection (a) shall be coupled and run as an entry.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-9 - Loss of entries

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Each person who alleges loss of an entry or declaration for a
				stakes race shall provide satisfactory proof to the racing secretary that it
				was mailed, facsimiled or telegraphed within a reasonable time before the
				designated time for closing, or it shall not be considered received.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-10 - Closing of entries and drawing of post positions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) No entry or
			 declaration for a stakes race shall be considered if received after the hour
			 designated for closing. If an hour for closing is not designated, any entry or
			 declaration may be mailed, facsimiled or telegraphed before midnight of the day
			 designated for closing, if the entry or declaration complies with every other
			 condition of the race.
(b) Each
			 drawing of entries for post positions shall be governed by the following
			 procedures.
(1) If entries exceed the
			 permitted number of starters, the number of starters shall be reduced to the
			 proper number by the preferred date system. The date system may be used for the
			 entire race or for each division of the race at the option of the organization
			 licensee.
(2) The racing secretary
			 shall select an owner or a trainer who is present in the entry office to draw
			 the entry sheets and post position numbers in public view within a reasonable
			 time following each closing of entries. Each entry shall be drawn from its
			 approved receptacle before the number ball is released from the number box.
(3) In divided and split races,
			 the starters in the separate divisions shall be selected by the preferred date
			 system.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-11 - Changing of races

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Any organization licensee may withdraw or change any race with
				the permission of the stewards. If a race is declared off because of
				insufficient entries, the organization licensee may split any other race.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-12 - Preference system

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each racing
			 secretary shall keep a list of all horses excluded from races because of
			 excessive entries, and each excluded horse shall have preference in any later
			 race in which they may be entered in accordance with a date system adopted by
			 the racing secretary and approved by the stewards. This shall be known as the
			 "preferred date system."
(b) When
			 a horse is entered on one day and has an opportunity to start other than in a
			 stakes race, as required in K.A.R. 112-7-7(d)(3), and is also entered for the
			 following race day, the second entry shall be classified as an "in-today" and
			 shall not be considered unless there are insufficient entries in the race. Such
			 a horse shall not be placed on the preferred list.
(c) If a race overfills, the second part of
			 an entry shall receive preference over horses classified as "in-today" on the
			 "also eligible" list.
(d) Each
			 horse's name shall not be placed on the preferred list and all preference shall
			 be forfeited if the owner does not accept, when presented, the opportunity to
			 start the horse.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-13 - Declarations and scratches

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each
			 declaration and scratch shall be made in writing and signed by the owner or
			 trainer of the horse or the owner's authorized agent. Each organization
			 licensee shall provide forms on which scratches and declarations shall be made.
(1) No horse shall be scratched without
			 permission of the stewards.
(2)
			 Each scratch shall be made before the scratch time set by the organization
			 licensee, except as provided in subsections (c) through (h) of this regulation.
(3) If a scratch reduces the
			 number of horses in the race, each horse left in the race shall move into the
			 lower numbered post positions before any horse is drawn from the also eligible
			 list.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-14 - Penalties and allowances

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Penalties and
			 allowances shall be determined as follows:
(1) Penalties and allowances shall not be
			 cumulative unless they are declared to be so in the conditions of the race.
			 They shall be effective at the start except in overnight events when a horse
			 shall have only the allowance to which it was entitled at the time of entry.
(2) Penalties and sex allowances
			 shall be obligatory. Penalties or allowances shall be claimed at the time of
			 entry. Each horse shall not enter or start a race with less than 102 pounds
			 unless the race is a handicap or stakes.
(3) Each horse shall not receive an allowance
			 of weight or be relieved from extra weight because it has been beaten in one or
			 more races, but this shall not prohibit the awarding of a maiden allowance or
			 allowances to horses that have not won a race within a specified period or a
			 race of specified value.
(4)
			 Failure to claim a weight allowance by oversight or omission shall not be cause
			 for disqualification. Claims of weight allowance to which a horse is not
			 entitled shall not disqualify the horse unless an incorrect weight is carried
			 in the race. However, a fine may be imposed upon the person who claims an
			 allowance to which the horse is not entitled.
(5) Eligibility, penalties and allowances of
			 weight for all races shall be determined from the reports, records and
			 statistics published by the daily racing form and from the horse registries
			 identified in K.A.R. 112-7-6. However, responsibility for weight carried and
			 eligibility shall remain with the owner and the trainer as stated in K.A.R.
			 112-7-6 (c).
(6) Each horse shall
			 not incur a weight penalty for a placement from which it is disqualified, but
			 each horse that places because of the disqualification of another horse shall
			 incur the weight penalties of the placement. Each horse that places because of
			 the disqualification of another horse shall not be ruled ineligible in a race
			 that has already been run.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-15a - Claiming

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Except as
			 otherwise provided by these racing regulations, in a claiming race, each horse
			 shall be subject to a claim for its entered price by one of the following:
(1) A licensed owner who has a horse
			 registered to race at the current race meeting or the owner's authorized agent;
			 or
(2) a person licensed as an
			 owner by open claim.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-15b - Claiming, vacated stable

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Except as
			 otherwise provided by this regulation, each owner whose stable is vacated by
			 the sale or removal of horses from the racetrack facility shall lose any right
			 to claim horses at the race meeting.
(b) Each owner whose stable is vacated by
			 claims shall be entitled to make claims until the later of:
(1) the end of the race meeting at which the
			 stable was vacated; or
(2) the
			 31st race day after the date the stable was vacated.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-16 - Invalid or void claims and prohibitions on claims

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each claim
			 shall be invalid if any of the following conditions is met:
(1) The name of the horse to be claimed is
			 erroneously spelled or is not specified in the space provided on the claim
			 form.
(2) The claimant does not
			 have at least the amount of the claim and any applicable state sales tax on
			 deposit or credited with the horsemen's bookkeeper.
(3) The claim form does not specify the
			 designated price as printed in the official program, is not signed, does not
			 fully indicate the name of the party making the claim, or is otherwise
			 incorrectly completed.
(4) The
			 claim envelope is inaccurate.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-16a - Disclosure of mare in foal

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) A mare or filly
			 that has been serviced may be entered in a claiming race if:
(1) the owner files with the racing secretary
			 a certificate from a licensed veterinarian that is dated no earlier than 40
			 days after the date the mare or filly was last serviced and that states the
			 mare or filly is not in foal; or
(2) before entering the mare or filly, the
			 owner:
(A) files with the racing secretary a
			 statement disclosing the servicing of the mare or filly, which shall be posted
			 in the office of the racing secretary;
(B) files with the racing secretary a signed
			 statement agreeing to deliver without cost to a successful claimant the valid
			 stallion service certificate regarding the servicing of the mare or filly; and
(C) makes all payments due for the
			 stallion service or for any resulting live foal.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-17 - Claiming authorization

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each person who
			 makes an application for a claiming authorization on the forms provided shall
			 receive a claiming authorization from the commission or its appointed
			 representatives, provided the person:
(1) Is
			 licensed as an owner or an owner by open claim;
(2) has an agreement with a licensed trainer
			 to take charge of, care for and train any horse claimed pursuant to the
			 claiming authorization; and
(3)
			 has at least the amount of the claim and applicable taxes on deposit or
			 credited with the "horsemen's bookkeeper."
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-18 - Jockeys

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each jockey
			 engaged to ride in a race shall report to the jockey room at least one hour
			 before post time of the first race and shall weigh out at the appointed time.
			 After reporting to the jockey room, the jockey shall not leave it except to
			 ride in a race until all of that jockey's riding engagements have been
			 fulfilled, unless the jockey has permission from the stewards.
(b) Only jockeys, jockey attendants, racing
			 officials, commission representatives, security officers on duty, and
			 organization employees performing required duties may enter the jockey room
			 from one hour before post time for the first race until after the last race. No
			 other person shall enter the jockey room at the time identified in this
			 subsection, except with the permission of the stewards or the commission.
(c) Each horse owner shall deposit
			 the jockey mount fee for a horse in the race with the "horsemen's bookkeeper"
			 before the time for weighing out. Failure to deposit the minimum fee shall be
			 cause for disciplinary action against the owner and shall be cause for the
			 stewards to scratch the horse for which the fee is to be deposited. Each
			 organization licensee shall assume the obligation to pay the jockey mount fee
			 when it is earned by the engaged jockey. The jockey mount fee shall be earned
			 when the jockey is weighed out by the clerk of scales unless a jockey who is
			 capable of riding elects not to ride the horse in that race without proper
			 cause in the opinion of the stewards.
(d) No jockey who is engaged for a certain
			 race or for a specified time shall fail or refuse to abide by the agreement
			 unless the jockey is excused by the stewards.
(e) Without the permission of the owner or
			 trainer, no jockey shall weigh out if the jockey weighs more than two pounds
			 over the weight assigned to the horse. Under no circumstances shall the margin
			 over the weight limit exceed seven pounds. In such a case, no jockey mount fee
			 shall be due to the overweight jockey.
(f) Each jockey shall submit to a breath,
			 urine or blood test, or any combination thereof, prior to the jockey's first
			 mount on each race day. No jockey shall have a blood alcohol content of .05
			 percent or more. No jockey's urine or blood test shall indicate the presence of
			 any controlled substance, as defined by K.S.A. 1995 Supp.
			 65-4101. Each jockey who violates
			 this subsection shall be subject to the penalties set forth in K.A.R.
			 112-11-13a, subsections (b) through (e) inclusive.
(g) When directed by the stewards, each
			 jockey shall report to the stewards for film review.
(h) Each jockey shall give a best effort to
			 win in any race in which the jockey is riding.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-18a - Jockey agent

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Any jockey
			 agent may represent a jockey if the jockey agent is registered with the
			 stewards and licensed by the commission as a jockey agent. No jockey agent
			 shall represent more than three jockeys and one apprentice jockey at the same
			 time.
(b) No jockey agent shall
			 give to anyone, directly or indirectly, any information or advice on races,
			 commonly known as "touting," for personal gain.
(c) Each jockey agent shall maintain a record
			 of all engagements made for the jockeys that the agent represents. The record
			 shall specify first and second calls in each race. The officials may require
			 that the jockey agent file the first and second calls with the racing secretary
			 and display the agent's record of engagements.
(d) Any trainer or owner may demand from a
			 jockey or jockey agent written confirmation of an engagement. Each jockey shall
			 be bound by agreements made on the jockey's behalf by the jockey's agent.
(e) Each conflicting claim for the
			 services of a jockey shall be decided by the stewards.
(f) Each jockey agent shall notify the
			 stewards in writing within 24 hours if the jockey agent no longer represents a
			 jockey.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-19 - Jockey mount fees

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) In the absence
			 of a written contract or special agreement between the parties, the following
			 jockey mount fees shall be assessed:
Winning Second Third Losing
Purse Mount Mount Mount Mount
$599 & Under $33.00 $33.00 $33.00 $33.00
600--699 36.00 33.00 33.00 33.00
700--999 10%-Win 33.00 33.00 33.00
Purse
1,000--1,499 10%-Win 33.00 33.00 33.00
Purse
1,500--1,999 10%-Win 35.00 33.00 33.00
Purse
2,000--3,499 10%-Win 45.00 40.00 38.00
Purse
3,500--4,999 10%-Win 55.00 45.00 40.00
Purse
5,000--9,999 10%-Win 65.00 50.00 45.00
Purse
10,000--14,999 10%-Win 5%-Place 5%-Show 50.00
Purse Purse Purse
15,000--24,999 10%-Win 5%-Place 5%-Show 55.00
Purse Purse Purse
25,000--49,999 10%-Win 5%-Place 5%-Show 65.00
Purse Purse Purse
50,000--99,999 10%-Win 5%-Place 5%-Show 80.00
Purse Purse Purse
100,000 & up 10%-Win 5%-Place 5%-Show 105.00
Purse Purse Purse
(b) If the parties enter an agreement
			 regarding the jockey mount fee, the parties shall deliver a written contract or
			 agreement, signed by the jockey or the jockey's agent and the owner or the
			 owner's authorized agent, that details the mount fee for a winning mount, a
			 second place mount, a third place mount, and a losing mount, to the horsemen's
			 bookkeeper before the running of the race. Each horsemen's bookkeeper shall
			 debit the owner's purse account in accordance with the provisions of the
			 written contract or agreement. If no written contract or agreement is executed
			 and delivered to the horsemen's bookkeeper before the running of the race, the
			 horsemen's bookkeeper shall debit the owner's purse account in accordance with
			 the fee scale set forth in this regulation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-20 - Safety helmets required; physical examination required

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
Each person who is mounted on any horse within the racetrack
				facility or riding in a race shall wear a properly fastened safety helmet. Each
				person who is mounted on a race horse within the racetrack facility shall have
				on file at the racetrack commission office a record of that person's physical
				examination, including vision and hearing tests, conducted by a person licensed
				to practice medicine and surgery within the year immediately preceding.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-22 - Post to finish

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) No horse shall
			 be permitted to start unless it has been tattooed and fully identified.
(b) Each horse shall take a
			 position in numerical order from the inside rail. The order shall be determined
			 by post positions.
(c) Each horse
			 shall be a starter after the doors of the starting gate in front of it open
			 when the official starter dispatches the horses.
(d) Each horse shall be ridden past the
			 finish line in every race and shall carry the assigned weights from the post to
			 finish, unless disquali-fied.
(e)
			 Each horse that leaves the course during a race shall be disqualified.
(f) The following rules shall
			 apply to the running of a race.
(1) In a
			 straightaway race, each jockey shall maintain the horse as nearly as possible
			 in the lane in which it starts.
(2) Each jockey shall make a best effort to
			 control and guide the mount in such a manner as not to cause a foul.
(3) No jockey shall willfully strike or touch
			 another jockey or another jockey's horse or equipment during a race for the
			 purpose of interfering with the horse or jockey. No jockey shall strike the
			 jockey's horse on or about the head.
(4) Any rider may be fined or suspended, or
			 both, by the stewards for willful fouling or careless riding. The nature and
			 seriousness of the offense shall be considered by the stewards.
(5) Any jockey whose horse has been
			 disqualified or who unnecessarily causes the horse to change or shorten its
			 stride for the purpose of losing a race may be fined or suspended.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-23 - Workouts

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(a) Each licensee
			 exercising a horse shall, upon the request of the clocker or assistant
			 clockers, correctly state the distance over which the horse is to be worked and
			 the point on the racetrack where the workout will start. The licensee shall
			 identify the horse if requested to do so. The clocker or assistant clocker
			 shall file with the stewards a daily report listing the date, track condition,
			 name of each horse worked and the time and distance for each workout.
(b) Each licensee shall secure
			 permission from a steward before exercising a horse on the racetrack between
			 races.
(c) If a horse is warming
			 up or exercising on the racetrack, a public announcement shall be made that
			 states the horse's name and explains its presence on the racetrack.
(d) If a horse has not raced in 45 days, it
			 shall not start any race before it completes one workout. If a horse has never
			 raced or has not raced within the last 12 months, it shall not start any race
			 before it completes two workouts.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-24 - Safety vests required

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(a) A jockey or
			 apprentice jockey shall not ride in a race unless the jockey or apprentice
			 jockey is wearing a safety vest.
(b) Each safety vest shall provide shock
			 absorbing protection to the upper body with a minimum rating of five, as
			 defined by the British equestrian trade association (BETA).
(c) A safety vest shall weigh no more than
			 two pounds and shall not be included in the jockey's weight when weighing out
			 to race.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 8 - RULES OF RACING › Section 112-8-2 - Registration

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(a) No greyhound
			 shall be entered or permitted to race or to be schooled at any racetrack
			 licensed by the commission unless it is properly registered by the national
			 greyhound association of Abilene, Kansas. The national greyhound association
			 shall be recognized as the official registry of all greyhounds subject to
			 K.S.A. 1987 Supp.
			 74-8832(b) and
			 (c).
(b) A greyhound's four past-performance
			 lines, or all past-performance lines if there are fewer than four, shall be
			 submitted to the racing secretary when the greyhound is to be schooled, entered
			 or raced.
(c) A certificate of
			 registration for each greyhound shall be filed with the racing secretary at the
			 racetrack where the greyhound is to be schooled, entered, or raced. Each
			 certificate of registration shall be available at any time for inspection by
			 the racing judges.
(d) Each
			 transfer of title to a leasehold or other interest in a greyhound that is to be
			 schooled, entered or raced at any racetrack shall be registered and recorded
			 with the national greyhound association of Abilene, Kansas.
(e) Each title, leasehold, or other interest
			 in any greyhound shall not be recognized by the commission until the title,
			 leasehold, or other interest is evidenced by a written instrument duly filed
			 with and recorded by the national greyhound association of Abilene, Kansas, and
			 certified copies are filed with the racing secretary at the racetrack where the
			 greyhound is to be schooled, entered or raced.
(f) When a greyhound is sold or transferred
			 or any interest in a greyhound is sold or transferred, during a meet and after
			 the greyhound has been registered for the meet, a photocopy of the certificate
			 of registration shall be filed with the racing secretary and shall be retained
			 by the racing secretary for two weeks.
(g) Each lessee of a greyhound shall file a
			 copy of the lease agreement with the racing secretary. Each lease agreement
			 shall include:
(1) The name of the greyhound;
(2) the name and address of the
			 owner;
(3) the name and address of
			 the lessee;
(4) the kennel name,
			 if any, of each party; and
(5) the
			 terms of the lease.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 8 - RULES OF RACING › Section 112-8-3 - Entries

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(a) Each greyhound
			 entered in a race shall be entered in the name of the registered owner. The
			 following information shall be registered with the racing secretary before each
			 greyhound starts at any meet:
(1) the full
			 name of each person having any ownership interest in a greyhound or in a
			 greyhound's winnings; and
(2) the
			 full name of each person who is party to a transaction whereby the ownership
			 interest in a greyhound or in the greyhound's winnings changes during the race
			 meeting.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 8 - RULES OF RACING › Section 112-8-4 - Withdrawals and scratches

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(a) Each withdrawal
			 of a greyhound from a race shall be irrevocable.
(b) Each withdrawal in stakes races shall be
			 made in the same manner as that provided by K.A.R. 112-8-3 for making entries
			 to the racing secretary, who shall record the day and hour of receipt of any
			 withdrawal and post the withdrawal.
(c) Each withdrawal in official races shall
			 be made by the owner, trainer, or authorized agent to the racing secretary at
			 least one-half hour before the time designated for the drawing of post
			 positions or at the time the racing secretary may appoint.
(d) Each greyhound that is withdrawn by a
			 kennel from a race after the post positions are drawn shall lose all preference
			 accrued up to that date and shall not be eligible for reentry until the race
			 from which the greyhound was withdrawn has been run, unless otherwise approved
			 by the racing judges. No substitution for the withdrawn greyhound shall be made
			 from the kennel that withdrew the greyhound. Each greyhound that is withdrawn
			 after the printing of the official program shall be deemed a scratch.
(1) Each owner, trainer, or authorized agent
			 shall demonstrate sufficient cause to satisfy the racing judges before the
			 judges may scratch any greyhound that has been entered in a race. Each cause to
			 scratch a greyhound shall be reported to the racing judges as soon as the cause
			 is known.
(2) If any greyhound is
			 scratched as a result of the violation of a racing regulation, the greyhound
			 may be penalized or suspended, or both, for six live racing days. The racing
			 judges shall determine penalties for scratches due to other causes.
(3) If any owner or trainer fails to have the
			 greyhound entered at the racetrack at the appointed time for weighing in and
			 the greyhound is scratched because of the failure, the owner or trainer may be
			 fined or suspended, or both, by the racing judges.
(4) If three or more greyhounds are scratched
			 in any one race, the race may be canceled by the racing judges.
(5) A greyhound may be scratched from a race
			 for sufficient cause by the racing judges.
(6) Each greyhound that is scratched from a
			 race because of being overweight or underweight shall be suspended six calendar
			 days and shall school back before starting in an official race. Any greyhound
			 that is scratched because it is overweight or underweight may school back
			 during its suspension.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 8 - RULES OF RACING › Section 112-8-5 - Schooling

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(a) Each greyhound
			 shall be schooled properly in the presence of the racing judges. The judges
			 shall determine that a greyhound is sufficiently experienced before the
			 greyhound may be entered or started in a race.
(b) The distance of each schooling race shall
			 be not less than the distance nearest to 5/16 mile used at the racetrack.
(c) Each greyhound that has not
			 raced for 10 live racing days or 15 calendar days, whichever is less, shall be
			 schooled officially at least once at its racing weight before it is eligible
			 for entry.
(d) Except as specified
			 in this subsection, each official schooling race shall consist of at least six
			 greyhounds. However, the racing judges may permit fewer greyhounds to
			 facilitate schooling.
(e) Each
			 greyhound participating in an official schooling race shall be at its
			 established racing weight and start from the box wearing a racing muzzle and
			 blanket approved by the racing judges.
(f) Any greyhound may be ordered on the
			 schooling list by the racing judges at any time for good cause. The greyhound
			 shall be schooled officially and satisfactorily before it is allowed to enter a
			 race.
(g) Each organization
			 licensee shall provide a photo-finish camera, approved by the commission, which
			 shall be operated at all official schooling races. The organization licensee
			 shall provide videotapes of official schooling races. The tapes shall be
			 available for viewing at the times posted at the racetrack.
(h) Except as specified in this subsection,
			 each organization licensee shall provide, without cost, a minimum of two
			 official schooling days and two unofficial schooling days per week at the
			 parimutuel racetrack facility during the race meet. However, if an organization
			 licensee schedules only three or fewer race days per week, the licensee shall
			 provide a minimum of one official schooling day and two unofficial schooling
			 days per week during the race meet. The official and unofficial schoolings
			 shall be scheduled at specific times and for sufficient duration to allow
			 reasonable time for the greyhounds to school.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 8 - RULES OF RACING › Section 112-8-6 - Qualification of greyhounds

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(a) Each
			 organization licensed by the commission shall establish criteria to qualify
			 greyhounds based on a satisfactory schooling and subject to the approval of the
			 racing judges.
(b) Each
			 organization licensee shall notify the racing judges of the criteria for
			 qualifying greyhounds and detail what constitutes a satisfactory schooling at
			 least three days before the first day of official schooling. The criteria shall
			 be continuously posted on a notice board in the paddock during the time they
			 are in effect. During the course of the meet, each change in the established
			 qualifying criteria shall be made only with the approval of the racing judges.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 8 - RULES OF RACING › Section 112-8-7 - Grading and purse systems

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(a) Each
			 organization licensee shall implement a grading system to be approved by the
			 commission. The system shall use the designations A Feature, A,B,C,D,E and M.
			 Each organization shall also implement a purse system to be approved by the
			 commission. The system shall allocate the total purse. The total purse shall be
			 divided to allocate fifty percent to first place, twenty-five percent to second
			 place, fifteen percent to third place and ten percent to fourth place. The
			 percentages of the total purse shall not apply to stakes money.
(b) Each organization licensee shall submit
			 the proposed grading system and proposed purse system to the commission for
			 approval at least 30 days before the opening of the meet.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 8 - RULES OF RACING › Section 112-8-8 - Weights, weighing, and weigh-in

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(a) Each greyhound
			 shall be weighed not less than one hour before the time of the first race of
			 the day unless prior permission is granted by a racing judge.
(b) Before any greyhound may officially
			 school or race, each kennel owner or trainer shall establish the racing weight
			 of the greyhound with the clerk of scales.
(c) If there is a variation of more than one
			 and one-half pounds above or below the established weight of the greyhound at
			 weighing-in time, the racing judges shall order the greyhound scratched.
(d) If any greyhound has lost more
			 than two pounds at weigh-out time from its weigh-in weight while in the
			 lock-out kennel, the racing judges may order the greyhound scratched. If the
			 loss of weight does not impair the racing condition of the greyhound in the
			 opinion of the assistant animal health officer, the racing judges may allow the
			 greyhound to race. Each greyhound that is a weight loser shall be identified
			 with the initials WL on the racing program.
(e) Each weight regulation set out in
			 subsections (a) through (d) of this regulation shall be printed in the racing
			 program.
(f) The racing judges
			 shall scratch a greyhound if there is a variation of more than two pounds
			 between the greyhound's weighing-in weight for the present race and the
			 weighing-in weight for its last race.
(g) Any kennel owner or trainer may file a
			 written request to change a greyhound's racing weight with the racing judges.
			 The judges shall state in writing whether the change is allowed and shall
			 direct the change to be made four calendar days before the greyhound is
			 permitted to start at the new weight.
(1)
			 Each greyhound that has an established weight change of more than one pound
			 shall be schooled at least once at the new established weight before it is
			 eligible to start in a race. The racing judges may require more than one
			 schooling in this event.
(2) Any
			 greyhound that has not raced or schooled officially for a period of three weeks
			 may be allowed to establish a new racing weight with the permission of the
			 racing judges.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 8 - RULES OF RACING › Section 112-8-9 - Before and between the races

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(a) One assistant
			 animal health officer, one racing judge, and one representative of the
			 organization licensee shall walk the racing strip before the commencement of
			 the first race of each performance and between races, if necessary, to
			 determine whether the racing strip is safe for racing.
(b) If the assistant animal health officer,
			 the racing judge, and the representative of the organization licensee at any
			 time before or between any races determine that formful and safe racing cannot
			 be conducted, then the assistant animal health officer and the racing judge or
			 management shall may cancel the remainder of the race program.
(c) One representative of the kennel
			 operators and trainers may accompany the assistant animal health officer, the
			 representative of the organization licensee, and the racing judge during each
			 walk around the racing strip. The number of individuals walking the racing
			 strip before the first race of each performance shall not exceed four.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 8 - RULES OF RACING › Section 112-8-12 - Complaints

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Each complaint against an official or officials shall be made
				in writing, signed by the complainant and filed with the racing judges.
				Complaints that allege the violation of any law of the state of Kansas or
				regulation of the commission may be made by any person. Each complaint and the
				racing judges' decision concerning it shall be reported to the commission.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 8 - RULES OF RACING › Section 112-8-13 - Housing of greyhounds

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(a) All greyhounds
			 entered into an official race shall be housed in kennel facilities located on
			 the premises provided by the organization licensee.
(b) Greyhounds brought to the racetrack for
			 the specific purpose of participating in stakes races, qualifying rounds and
			 schoolings necessary for the stakes race, may be housed off the racetrack
			 facility subject to the terms and conditions specified by the racetrack
			 facility and with the approval of the racing judges.