Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 205 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION › Title 205 CMR 5.00 - Rules Of Greyhound Racing › Section 5.19 - Qualifying Time

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) Each
			 Association licensed by the Commission may establish qualifying times for its
			 5/16 mile races and for distances greater than 5/16 of a mile.
(2) All greyhounds must wear the regulation
			 association muzzle and blanket when placed in the starting box; the Judges must
			 approve blinker muzzles.
(3)
			 Muzzles and blankets must be carefully examined in the Paddock by the Paddock
			 Judge before the greyhounds leave for the post and again be examined before the
			 Judges at the Judges' Stand or before the Starter at the starting box by the
			 Patrol Judge.
(4) All greyhounds
			 must be exhibited in the show paddock before post time of the race they are
			 entered.
(5) After the greyhounds
			 leave the paddock on their way to the starting point, and until the Judges
			 direct the gates to be reopened, all persons except the racing officials and
			 the necessary attendants, shall be excluded from the track to be run
			 over.
(6) No race shall be called
			 official unless the lure is in advance of the greyhounds at all times during
			 the race and if any time during the race any greyhound or greyhounds catch or
			 pass the lure, the Judges shall declare it "No Race" and all monies shall be
			 refunded.
(7) The Judges shall
			 closely observe the operation of the lure and hold the Lure Operator to strict
			 accountability for any inconsistency of operation.
(8) If a greyhound is left in the box when
			 the doors of the starting box open at the start there shall be no refund, but
			 if one greyhound or more is prevented from leaving the box at the start because
			 of being locked in the starting box, the money wagered on said greyhound or
			 greyhounds so locked in the starting box shall be deducted from the pool and be
			 refunded. The Starter shall make the sole decision on the question of what
			 greyhound or greyhounds are prevented from starting in a race through failure
			 of the doors of the starting box to open.
(9) If a race is marred by jams, spills or
			 racing circumstances other than accident to the machinery, while a race is
			 being run, and three or more greyhounds finish, the Judges shall declare the
			 race finished, but if less than three greyhounds finish, the Judges shall
			 declare "No Race" and all monies shall be refunded.
(10) In purse races not less than five
			 greyhounds, racing in the names of five licensed owners, must be entered and
			 start, or the race may be declared off. In Stakes races at least four different
			 interests must be entered and start or the race may be declared off.
(11) If a greyhound bolts the course, runs in
			 the opposite direction or does not run the entire prescribed distance for the
			 race, it shall forfeit all rights in the race and no matter where it is
			 finished the Judges shall declare the finish of the race the same as if said
			 greyhound were not a contender. However, for the purpose of
			 205 CMR
			 5.00, said greyhound shall be considered a
			 "Starter."
(12) If a greyhound
			 bolts the course or runs in the opposite direction during the running of the
			 race and in so doing said greyhound, in the opinion of the Judges interfered
			 with any other greyhound in the race, the Judges shall declare it "No Race" and
			 all monies wagered shall be refunded.
(13) If it appears that a greyhound may
			 interfere with the running of the race because of failure to leave the box,
			 because of accident or for any other reason, any person under the supervision
			 of the Judges stationed a round the track may remove said greyhound from the
			 track. However, for the purpose of the Rule said greyhound shall be considered
			 a "Starter."