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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 6.5 - FLAT RACING; CLAIMING RACES › Rule 1 - Claiming Races › Section 1-1 - General provisions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-6-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 1.
(a) A person
				entering a horse in a claiming race warrants that the title to the horse is
				free and clear of any existing claim or lien, either as security interest
				mortgage, bill of sale, or lien of any kind, unless before entering the horse,
				the written consent of the holder of the claim or lien has been filed with the
				stewards and the racing secretary and its entry approved by the stewards. A
				transfer of ownership arising from a recognized claiming race will terminate
				any existing prior lease for the horse.
(b) Every horse claimed shall race for the
				account of the owner at the time of entry, but title to a claimed horse shall
				be vested in the successful claimant at the time the horse leaves the starting
				gate and is declared an official starter.
(c) All claimed horses shall go to the test
				barn for the collection of biological samples, and for observation by the
				racing veterinarian.
(d) A claim
				shall be voided, and ownership of the horse retained by the owner at the time
				of entry, if:
(1) the horse dies on the
				racetrack;
(2) the horse is
				euthanized before leaving the racetrack;
(3) the horse is vanned off the racetrack at
				the direction of the racing veterinarian;
(4) the racing veterinarian determines within
				one (1) hour of the race that the horse will be placed on the veterinarian's
				list as physically distressed, medically compromised, unsound, or lame before
				the horse is released to the successful claimant; and
(5) the biological samples collected confirm
				the presence of a prohibited substance.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 6.5 - FLAT RACING; CLAIMING RACES › Rule 1 - Claiming Races › Section 1-2 - Claiming of horses

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-6-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 2.
Any horse starting in a claiming race is subject to be
				  claimed for its entered price by any:
(1) licensed owner;
(2) holder of a valid open claiming
				certificate; or
(3) licensed
				authorized agent acting on behalf of an eligible claimant.
NOTE: IC
					 4-22-2-37.1 establishes the
					 effectiveness of an emergency rule upon filing with the secretary of state. LSA
					 Document #99-107(E) was filed with the secretary of state June 8, 1999.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 6.5 - FLAT RACING; CLAIMING RACES › Rule 1 - Claiming Races › Section 1-3 - Claim certificate

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 3.
(a) Any
				owner may claim any horse subject to be claimed in flat racing in Indiana
				provided the owner:
(1) has started a horse
				at the current race meeting; or
(2)
				has been issued an open claiming certificate by the stewards.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 6.5 - FLAT RACING; CLAIMING RACES › Rule 1 - Claiming Races › Section 1-4 - Prohibitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 4.
(a) A person
				shall not claim a horse in which the person has a financial or beneficial
				interest as an owner or trainer.
(b) A person shall not cause another person
				to claim a horse for the purpose of obtaining or retaining an undisclosed
				financial or beneficial interest in the horse.
(c) A person shall not enter into an
				agreement for the purpose of preventing another person from obtaining a horse
				in a claiming race.
(d) A person
				shall not claim a horse, or enter into any agreement to have a horse claimed,
				on behalf of an ineligible or undisclosed person.
(e) A person shall not file more than one (1)
				claim for the same horse. However, separate owners utilizing the same trainer
				may claim different horses from the same race.
(f) The association shall ensure the claim
				box is locked. The association shall unlock the claim box only after the
				deadline for claiming a horse has passed.
(g) For a period of thirty (30) days after a
				claim, a horse shall not start in a race in which the determining eligibility
				price is less than the price at which it was claimed. The day claimed shall not
				count for purposes of counting the applicable thirty (30) day period, and for
				this purpose the immediate following calendar day after the day claimed shall
				be the first day. The horse shall be entitled to enter whenever necessary so
				that the horse may start on the thirty-first calendar day following the claim
				for any claiming price.
(h) A horse
				claimed in a claiming race shall not be sold or transferred, wholly or in part,
				within thirty (30) days after the day it was claimed, except in another
				claiming race.
(i) A person shall
				not claim more than one (1) horse in a race. No authorized agent shall submit
				more than one (1) claim for the same horse in a race, even if the authorized
				agent represents several owners.
(j) No owner shall claim more than one (1)
				horse per race.
NOTE: IC
					 4-22-2-37.1 establishes the
					 effectiveness of an emergency rule upon filing with the secretary of state. LSA
					 Document #99-107(E) was filed with the secretary of state June 8, 1999.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 6.5 - FLAT RACING; CLAIMING RACES › Rule 1 - Claiming Races › Section 1-5 - Procedures for claiming

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 5.
(a) To make
				a valid claim for a horse, an eligible person shall:
(1) have on deposit with the horsemen's
				bookkeeper, prior to filing the claim, an amount equal to the amount of the
				claim, plus all transfer fees and applicable taxes;
(2) complete a written claim on a form
				furnished by the association and approved by the commission;
(3) identify the horse to be claimed by the
				spelling of its name on the certificate of registration or as spelled on the
				official program;
(4) place the
				completed claim form inside a sealed envelope furnished by the association and
				approved by the commission;
(5)
				have the time of day that the claim is entered recorded on the envelope;
				and
(6) have the envelope deposited
				in the claim box no later than fifteen (15) minutes prior to post time of the
				race for which the claim is entered.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 6.5 - FLAT RACING; CLAIMING RACES › Rule 1 - Claiming Races › Section 1-6 - Transfer of claimed horse

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 6.
(a) Upon
				successful claim, the stewards shall issue, upon forms approved by the
				commission, an authorization of transfer of the horse from the original owner
				to the claimant. Copies of the transfer authorization shall be forwarded to and
				maintained by the stewards and the racing secretary. Upon notification by the
				stewards, the horsemen's bookkeeper shall immediately debit the claimant's
				account for the claiming price, applicable taxes, and transfer fees. No claimed
				horse shall be delivered by the original owner to the successful claimant until
				authorized by the stewards.
(b) A
				person shall not refuse to deliver a properly claimed horse to the successful
				claimant.
(c) Transfer of
				possession of a claimed horse shall take place immediately after the race has
				been run unless otherwise directed by the stewards. If the horse is required to
				be taken to the detention barn for post-race testing, the original trainer or
				the original trainer's representative shall maintain physical custody of the
				claimed horse and shall observe the testing procedure and sign the sample tag.
				However, the successful claimant or the successful claimant's representative
				shall also accompany the horse to the detention barn.
(d) When a horse is claimed out of a claiming
				race, the horse's engagements are transferred with the horse to the
				claimant.
(e) Ownership interest in
				any horse claimed from a race shall not be resold or transferred back to the
				original owner for thirty (30) days after such horse was claimed, except by
				claim for a subsequent race.
(f) A
				claimed horse shall not remain in the same stable or under the control or
				management of its former owner.
(g)
				If the post-race serum or plasma sample of the horse contains cobalt in excess
				of the threshold established in
				71 IAC 8.5-1-9, the claimant will
				be notified of the test result and he or she may, within forty-eight (48) hours
				of notification, at his or her option, return the horse to the owner of the
				horse at the time of entry for the race from which the horse was
				claimed.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-1 - Taking entries and the draw

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 1.
(a) It is the
				trainer's responsibility to verify at the time of declaration to start if the
				information given by phone to the race office is correct. There shall be no
				redraw for incorrect declarations if by phone or filled out by the
				licensee.
(b) The racing secretary
				shall prepare the books or sheets of conditions for the races to be conducted
				during the meeting and he or she and his or her assistants shall take entries
				for all races. The racing secretary shall assign preference for each entry and
				prepare the races for the drawing of post positions. Post positions shall be
				drawn by lot by the judges or their designee. The number drawn shall be the
				post position for the race.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-2 - Entry licensing requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 2.
No horse may be permitted to race in this state unless the
				  owner, trainer, and driver have been granted a current license by the
				  commission or have made application for a license accompanied by the proper fee
				  as prescribed in these rules and which application has not been
				  rejected.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-3 - Entry void

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 3.
If a person is suspended, ruled off, expelled, or had his or
				  her license revoked or denied, he or she shall not be qualified, as agent or
				  otherwise, to declare for a race, to enter or to race any horse for himself or
				  herself or anyone else, and no horse which he or she owns wholly or in part, or
				  which is under his or her care, management, training, or supervision shall be
				  qualified to race in any race. Such entry, if received, shall be void, and if
				  an entry fee accompanies it, the fee shall be refunded.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-4 - Entry in name of all owners and proof of ownership

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 4.
(a) Every
				entry must be in the name of a person having an ownership interest in the horse
				and must be made in writing by such owner, his or her trainer, or by the
				authorized agent of either. The full name of every person having any ownership
				in a horse or any interest in its winnings must be recorded with the racing
				secretary before the horse starts at any meeting.
(b) The judges may call upon any person
				making entry to prove the extent of his or her interest in the horse or its
				winnings or to give proof that the horse entered is not the property, wholly or
				in part, of any person who is disqualified. If unsatisfied with the proof
				tendered, the judges may declare the horse out of the race.
(c) The judges may penalize any failure to
				comply with this rule and may disqualify any horse which races after being
				entered in violation of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-5 - No change permitted

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 5.
(a) The
				conditions for eligibility to a race may not be changed once entries are taken
				except that an error may be corrected with the consent of the judges.
(b) No change in trainers of a horse, entered
				and drawn to start, will be permitted. In the event of such change, the horse
				will be scratched and the parties responsible therefore shall be subject to
				fine or suspension. A change in ownership may be permitted with the approval of
				the judges in condition races only. There shall be no change in ownership on a
				horse entered in a claiming race.
(c) No owner shall list as the trainer of a
				horse a person who is not in fact the trainer of such horse, and no trainer
				shall allow his or her name to be shown on the declaration form nor the
				official program as trainer of a horse which he or she does not in fact have
				under his or her care and supervision as trainer of the horse. The judges may
				require proof that a person listed as the trainer of a horse is in fact the
				actual trainer of that horse.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-6 - No entry fee

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 6.
Unless the conditions of the race so provide, there shall be
				  no entry fee to any race. If the conditions require an entry fee, it shall
				  accompany the entry unless otherwise specified.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-7 - Entries refused

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 7.
The entries of any person or the transfer of any entry may be
				  refused without notice by the judges with good cause.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-8 - Approval of entries

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 8.
(a) No entry
				shall be accepted for any horse not stabled on the grounds of the permit holder
				unless its stabling elsewhere has been approved by the permit holder.
(b) Entries can be taken from tracks and
				private and public stabling facilities approved by the permit holder.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-9 - Registration with USTA or CTA

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 9.
No horse may be started in any race or qualifying race unless
				  it is registered with the USTA or Canadian Standardbred Horse Society.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-10 - Identification of horse

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 10.
When a horse is entered, it must be clearly identified by
				  statement of its:
(1) name;
(2) age;
(3) color;
(4) sex; and
(5) the names of its sire and dam.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-11 - Proof of identity

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 11.
(a) No horse
				may start in any race unless it is fully identified. The burden of proving
				identity rests with the person or persons having charge of the horse at the
				meeting, and the judges may suspend and refer to the commission such persons in
				case of fraud or attempted fraud. The judges also may suspend and refer to the
				commission any other person who aids in any way in the perpetration of a fraud
				or who participates in any attempt at fraud.
(b) No horse shall be allowed to race in a
				race or in a qualifying race unless it has been lip-tattooed or freeze branded
				or microchipped as recognized by the USTA.
(c) No horse shall be allowed to race in a
				pari-mutuel event or a qualifying race unless its lip tattoo or freeze brand or
				microchip and markings are recognized and identified to the satisfaction of the
				Indiana horse racing commission licensed identifier.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-12 - Receive entry fees

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 12.
(a) The
				racing secretary shall receive all stakes, entrance money, and other monies
				that properly can come to his or her office. At his or her discretion the
				racing secretary may receive monies due other associations as fees or forfeits,
				forwarding them promptly to the association to which same is due.
(b) The racing secretary, or other designated
				association employee, shall maintain any audit trail of all monies
				received.
(c) Monies shall be used
				only for the intended purpose.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-13 - Coupled entries

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 13.
No more than two (2) horses having common ties through
				  ownership or training may be entered in an overnight race, except in races to
				  be divided. Under no circumstances may both horses of a coupled entry start to
				  the exclusion of a single entry. When making a coupled entry, a preference for
				  one (1) of the horses must be made.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-14 - Eligibility of entries

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 14.
(a) In
				harness racing, a horse must be eligible to start at time of entry.
(b) If conditions published for early closing
				events allow transfer for change of gait, such transfer shall be to the slowest
				class of the adopted gait for which the horse is eligible. Eligibility shall be
				determined at the time of closing of entries. The race to which transfer may be
				made must be the one nearest the date of the event originally
				entered.
(c) Two (2) year olds,
				three (3) year olds, or four (4) year olds entered in classes for their age may
				only transfer to classes for the same age group at the adopted gait to the race
				nearest the date of the event originally entered. Entry fees may be adjusted.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-15 - Horses ineligible to be entered

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 15.
(a) An owner
				or trainer shall not enter or start a horse that:
(1) has not been qualified or is on the
				judge's or veterinarian's list;
(2)
				is wearing a trachea tube or has a hole in its throat for a trachea
				tube;
(3) has had any surgical
				neurectomy (been denerved) not in accordance with
				71 IAC 5-3-3;
(4) has impaired eyesight in both
				eyes;
(5) is fifteen (15) years of
				age or older; or
(6) whose race
				date is within ten (10) days of having extracorporeal shock wave or radial
				pulse wave therapy.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-16 - Engagement passed to new owner

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 16.
(a) When a
				horse is sold, its engagements pass to the new owner unless otherwise specified
				in the terms of the sale. When a horse is claimed out of a claiming or optional
				claiming race, its engagements pass to the claimant. In no case, however, shall
				the engagements pass with the horse to a person not in good standing.
(b) No horse owned in whole or in part by a
				non-Indiana resident shall race in a restricted race as Indiana owned,
				regardless of its status at the time of registration, nomination, or
				entry.
(c) Except in cases of
				horses claimed out of claiming races, no sale of a horse by private agreement
				or public auction will be recognized if such sale is not evidenced by a bill of
				sale and not recorded by the United States Trotting Association.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-17 - Ban on dealing in horses

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 17.
No commission employee or racing official or their assistants
				  shall participate financially, directly or indirectly, in the purchase or sale
				  of any horse which races at such meeting. Any person violating this section
				  shall be suspended by the judges and the matter referred to the
				  commission.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-18 - Racing entries

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 18.
(a) The
				racing secretary shall receive entries and declarations for all races. In the
				absence of notice to the contrary, nominations to any stakes closing on the eve
				of or during a meeting shall be received by the racing secretary.
(b) All entries shall be made by phone,
				electronically, or in person.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-19 - Declarations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 19.
Declarations shall be taken not more than five (5) days in
				  advance for all races except those for which qualifying dashes are provided,
				  unless otherwise approved by the judges.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-20 - Elimination heats; divisions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 20.
(a) A
				permit holder must specify how many entries are required for overnight events
				and, after the condition is fulfilled, the event must be contested except when
				declared off as provided under section 31 of this rule. Requirements to start a
				race shall be as follows:
(1) In early
				closing events or late closing events, if five (5) or more horses are declared
				in to start, the race must be contested unless otherwise specified in the race
				conditions of the early closing or late closing event.
(2) A permit holder may require five (5)
				betting interests to start. Stakes and futurities must be raced if one (1) or
				more horses are declared in to start.
(3) In an early closing event, if fewer
				horses are declared in than are required to start, and all declares are
				immediately so notified, the horse or horses declared in and ready to race
				shall be entitled to all the entrance money and any forfeits from each horse
				named.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-21 - Overnight list

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 21.
The racing secretary shall compile and distribute daily an
				  overnight list which shall include, but not be limited to, the names of entries
				  with their post positions, trainer, driver, purse, race conditions, and race
				  number.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-24 - Not a claiming race

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 24.
Any race conditioned to preclude claim of any of the starters
				  shall not be considered a claiming race even if won by a horse liable to claim
				  under the conditions.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-25 - Automatically out

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 25.
For stake races, if a horse is not named through the entry
				  box at the designated time of closing, the horse is automatically out, unless
				  the horse qualified under
				  71 IAC 7-1-29(i) or
				  (j)
[section 29(i) or 29(j) of this
				  rule]
.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-26 - Notice in writing

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 26.
(a) No horse
				shall be considered scratched from a race for a medical reason until the judges
				are notified by a scratch slip or fax from a veterinarian or, by phone from the
				trainer if an emergency traffic situation exists. Notification of scratches to
				anyone other than the judges will not be recognized. When scratching a horse,
				the following information must be given:
(1)
				name of the horse;
(2) date of the
				race;
(3) race number;
				and
(4) the reason for the
				scratch.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-27 - Scratch irrevocable

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 27.
A scratch of a horse out of a race is irrevocable but may be
				  added back into the race by the judges if:
(1) the horse was scratched in
				error;
(2) the scratch has not been
				announced;
(3) the placement back
				in the race is approved by the mutuel manager.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-28 - Qualifying races

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-6-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 28.
Declarations for qualifying races shall be governed by the
				  following:
(1) A horse that has not
				raced previously at the gait chosen must go a qualifying race under the
				supervision of the judges and acquire at least one (1) charted line within the
				qualifying standards of the track.
(2) A horse that does not show a charted line
				within its last six (6) starts must go a qualifying race within the time
				standards of the track.
(3) If a
				horse takes a win record in a qualifying race, that record must be prefaced
				with a "Q". The record will not be considered official unless the horse is
				post-race tested (urine and blood).
(4) If a qualified horse is entered in a
				qualifier, that qualifier will not be considered if the horse fails to qualify.
				Only one (1) such failed qualifier will be permitted.
(5) In a qualifying race, if a horse has
				verifiable interference that results in a break or failure to go in qualifying
				time, the horse shall be qualified if it races within two (2) seconds of the
				allowable time.
(6) Under
				subdivision (5), no consideration will be given for drivers not finishing the
				qualifier in competitive fractions, carelessness, or for broken
				equipment.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-29 - Declaration to start and drawing horses

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 29.
(a) The
				permit holder shall provide a locked box with an aperture through which
				declarations shall be deposited. With the approval of the judges, the racing
				secretary or his designee may open the entry box. Upon opening the entry box,
				it must be declared empty by a race office official and judge or their designee
				prior to being relocked for the next race date entries. Race entries placed in
				the qualifying box in error shall not be considered as entered for pari-mutuel
				races.
(b) No owner, trainer, or
				agent for a horse with a declaration in the entry box shall be denied the
				privilege of being present when the box is open.
(c) The racing secretary responsibilities
				shall include:
(1) all entries shall be
				listed;
(2) the eligibility
				verified;
(3) preference
				ascertained; and
(4) starters
				selected.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-30 - Also eligible list

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 30.
(a) Not more
				than two (2) horses may be drawn as also eligibles for a race and their
				positions shall be drawn along with the starters in the race. In the event one
				(1) or more horses are excused by the judges, the also eligible horse or horses
				shall race and take the post position drawn by the horse that it replaces,
				except in handicap races. In handicap races, the also eligible horse shall take
				the place of the horse that it replaces in the event that the handicap is the
				same. In the event the handicap is different, the also eligible horse shall
				take the position on the outside of horses with a similar handicap. In races
				with one (1) trailer, the trailing position shall be the fourth best post
				position. No horse may be added to a race as an also eligible unless the horse
				was drawn as such at the time declarations closed. No horse may be barred from
				a race to which it is otherwise eligible by reason of its preference due to the
				fact that it has been drawn as an also eligible. A horse moved into the race
				from the also eligible list can only be withdrawn for good cause by permission
				of the judges, but the owner or trainer of such a horse shall be notified that
				the horse is to race and it shall be posted at the racing secretary's office.
				All horses on the also eligible list and not moved in to race by the time
				prescribed by the judges on the day before the race shall be
				released.
(b) Preference shall be
				given in all overnight events according to a horse's last previous purse race
				during the current year. The preference date on a horse that has drawn to race
				and had been scratched is the date of the race from which he was scratched.
				Preference dates shall also be determined as follows:
(1) When a horse is racing for the first time
				in the current year, the date of that horse's first successful qualifying race
				shall be considered its last race date, and preference applied accordingly;
				provided however, that where an overnight race has been reopened because it did
				not fill, all eligible horses declared in to the race prior to the reopening
				shall receive preference over subsequently declared, irrespective of the actual
				preference date or being Indiana sired preferred.
(2) All horses granted stalls and eligible
				must be given the opportunity to compete at the meeting.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-31 - Postponement; withdrawn

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 31.
(a) The
				judges may order a horse or horses withdrawn from any race after it or they
				have left the paddock and before the start has been effected. In such event,
				the permit holder shall make a refund of all wagers on the horse or horses
				withdrawn (except in the case of a horse which represents part of an entry or
				mutuel field of two (2) or more horses).
(b) In case of unfavorable weather or other
				unavoidable cause, the permit holder with the consent of the judges shall
				postpone races in the following manner:
(1)
				Early closing races, stakes, and futurities shall be postponed to a definite
				hour the next race day.
(2) Any
				late closing race, early closing, and stake or futurity, except as provided in
				subdivisions (4) and (5), that cannot be raced during the scheduled meeting
				shall be declared off and the entrance money and forfeits shall be divided
				equally among the nominators who have horses declared in and eligible to
				start.
(3) Any late closing race or
				early closing race that has been started and remains unfinished on the last day
				of the scheduled meeting shall be declared ended and the full purse divided
				according to summary. In overnight events only, that portion of the purse as
				has been contested will be paid.
(4) Any stake or futurity that has been
				started and remains unfinished on the last day of the scheduled meeting shall
				be declared ended and the full purse divided according to the
				summary.
(5) Unless otherwise
				provided in the conditions for racing, in order to transfer stakes and
				futurities to another meeting, unanimous consent must be obtained from the
				track and from all those having eligibles in the event.
(6) Overnight events may be postponed and
				carried over not to exceed three (3) racing days.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-32 - Reporting to track

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 32.
(a) All
				horses shipping in to race must be at the track where they are to race at a
				time appointed by the commission. In the event of unavoidable delay, as
				determined by the judges, the judges may grant a reasonable grace
				period.
(b) When the association
				requires horses to be on track and in a secured area at a specified time for
				stake races or any other reason, it is the responsibility of the association to
				recommend to the judges whether any horse not meeting track requirements should
				be scratched.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-33 - Reporting to paddock

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 33.
The time that horses scheduled to race must report to the
				  paddock shall be determined by the commission. Once a horse has been checked in
				  and entered the paddock, it cannot leave except to warm up or until called to
				  the post.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-34 - Prohibition on leaving association grounds

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 34.
On any day a horse which is stabled on association grounds is
				  scheduled to race, such horse shall not be permitted to leave the association
				  grounds prior to the race without the permission of the
				  judges.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-35 - Eligibility for racing and ownership status

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9; IC
				  4-31-11
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 35.
(a) The
				commission, its executive secretary, the stewards, judges, and the commission's
				director of security (collectively, the "commission or the commission's
				designee"), shall have the right to require an entrant of a horse to verify
				information contained within the entry blank forms and declarations as well as
				other eligibility requirements for a particular race. In addition, the
				commission, or the commission's designee, shall have the right to make a
				determination of whether a certain horse is or was eligible to participate in a
				race. The burden of proving eligibility, by clear and convincing evidence, in
				such a situation, will be on the entrant.
(b) The commission, or the commission's
				designee, may require sufficient evidence from an entrant of ownership status,
				residency, or other information required for eligibility prior to allowing a
				horse to compete in a restricted race or in any race at the meet.
(c) After a race, the commission, or the
				commission's designee, may, upon reasonable suspicion, conduct an inquiry and
				make a determination as to ownership status, residency, or other information
				required for eligibility of an entrant.
(d) In considering the matter of ownership
				status, the commission, or the commission's designee, may review any
				information which it deems relevant, including, but not limited to, the
				following:
(1) a bill of sale;
(2) a proof of funds transfer, including, but
				not limited to, a canceled check, a wire transfer, or other similar form of
				proof; and
(3) a completed
				ownership transfer on the USTA or Jockey Club registration certificate,
				whichever is applicable.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-36 - Current race lines

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 36.
(a) Current
				race lines, including last start, must be available at scratch time or the
				horse will be scratched.
(b) It
				shall be the trainer's responsibility to inform the racing office at entry time
				of a possible missing line. Also, the trainer shall be responsible to supply
				the same information to the judges at scratch time.
(c) Scratch time is established by the
				association.
(d) If, after scratch
				time, a horse drawn into race at an Indiana pari-mutuel track participates in
				any other race, that horse shall be scratched.
(e) No horse may start in any race or
				qualifier if it has not been issued an electronic eligibility by the
				USTA.
(f) Missing program lines may
				result in the horse or horses being scratched or the race being contested as a
				nonwagering event.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Scratches › Section 1-37.5 - Nose rings

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 37.5.
No horse shall be allowed to race with its nostrils tied open
				  with either piercings or rings.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 2 - Starter and the Start of the Race › Section 2-2 - In hands of starter

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 2.
(a) Horses
				shall be in the hands of the starter from the time they arrive on the track
				until the start is effected.
(b)
				After entering the track, not more than twelve (12) minutes shall be consumed
				in the parade of the horses to the post except in cases of unavoidable delay.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 2 - Starter and the Start of the Race › Section 2-3 - Fair start

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 3.
The starter shall give such orders and take such measures
				  that do not conflict with these rules as are necessary to secure a fair start.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 2 - Starter and the Start of the Race › Section 2-3.5 - Fair start pole

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 3.5.
(a) There
				shall be a pole erected two hundred eighty (280) feet in front of the starting
				pole.
(b) The pole must:
(1) have written on it "FAIR START POLE";
				and
(2) be approved by the
				executive director or judges.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 2 - Starter and the Start of the Race › Section 2-4 - Starter's duties

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 4.
The starter shall be in the starting gate fifteen (15)
				  minutes before the post time of the first race. He or she shall have control
				  over the horses and authority to recommend the assessment of fines or suspend
				  drivers, or both for any violation of these rules from the formation of the
				  parade until the word "go" is given. He or she may assist in placing the horses
				  when requested by the judges to do so. His or her services shall be paid for by
				  the permit holder employing him or her. An assistant starter may be employed
				  when a permit holder deems it necessary.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 2 - Starter and the Start of the Race › Section 2-5 - Starting

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 5.
(a) The
				starter shall have control of the horses from the formation of the parade until
				he or she gives the word "go". In starting the race, the starter shall take the
				following steps:
(1) After one (1) or two (2)
				preliminary warming-up scores, the starter shall notify the drivers to come to
				the starting gate. During or before the parade, the drivers must be informed as
				to the number of scores permitted.
(2) The horses shall be brought to the
				starting gate as near one-fourth (1/4) of a mile before the start as the track
				will permit.
(3) Allowing
				sufficient time so that the speed of the gate can be increased gradually to
				facilitate a fair start.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 2 - Starter and the Start of the Race › Section 2-6 - Recall rules

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 6.
(a) In the
				case of a recall, a light which is plainly visible to the drivers shall be
				flashed and a recall sounded, but the starting gate shall proceed out of the
				path of the horses. At pari-mutuel tracks, in the case of a recall, wherever
				possible, the starter shall leave the wings of the gate extended and gradually
				slow the speed of the gate to assist in stopping the field of horses. In an
				emergency, however, the starter shall use his or her discretion to close the
				wings of the gate. There shall be no recall after the word "go" has been given
				unless there is a mechanical failure of the starting gate. Any horse,
				regardless of its position or an accident, shall be deemed a starter from the
				time it entered into the starter's control unless dismissed by the starter, or
				declared a nonstarter by the judges.
(b) In the event a horse causes two (2)
				recalls, it shall be an automatic ruling of the judges that the offending horse
				be scratched and a mutuel refund ordered.
(c) The starter may sound a recall only for
				the following reasons:
(1) A horse scores
				ahead of the gate.
(2) There is
				interference.
(3) A horse has
				broken equipment.
(4) A horse falls
				before the word "go" is given.
(5)
				A mechanical failure of the starting gate.
(6) A horse approaches the start out of
				position.
(7) The starter
				determines, in his or her discretion, that a horse has never been within a fair
				distance to the starting gate whether off stride or not.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 2 - Starter and the Start of the Race › Section 2-7 - Penalties; starter

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 7.
A fine or suspension, or both, may be applied to any driver
				  by the judges for:
(1) Delaying the
				start.
(2) Failure to obey the
				starter's instructions.
(3) Rushing
				ahead of the inside or outside wing of the gate.
(4) Coming to the starting gate out of
				position.
(5) Crossing over before
				reaching the starting point.
(6)
				Interference with another driver during the start.
(7) Failure to come into and remain in
				position.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 2 - Starter and the Start of the Race › Section 2-8 - Riding in gate; equipment; two tiers

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 8.
(a) No
				persons shall be allowed to ride in the starting gate except the starter and
				his or her driver or operator and a patrol judge unless permission has been
				granted by the commission.
(b) Use
				of a mechanical loudspeaker for any purpose other than to give instructions to
				drivers is prohibited. The volume shall be no higher than necessary to carry
				the voice of the starter to the drivers.
(c) In the event there are two (2) tiers of
				horses, the withdrawing of a horse that has drawn or earned a position in the
				front tier shall not affect the position of the horses that have drawn or
				earned positions in the second tier. Whenever a horse is drawn from any tier,
				horses on the outside move in to fill the vacancy. In a race with a single
				trailer, the driver may select any position in the second tier. In a race with
				multiple trailers, the driver of the first horse in the second tier may elect
				to score out behind the first or second horse in the first tier. The horse
				drawing the second post in the second tier shall score behind the third or
				fourth horse in the first tier. The horse drawing the third post in the second
				tier shall score behind the fifth or sixth horse.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 2 - Starter and the Start of the Race › Section 2-9 - Starting without gate

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 9.
(a) When
				horses are started without a gate, the starter shall have control of the horses
				from the formation of the parade until he gives the word "go". He shall be
				located at the wire or other point of start of the race at which point as
				nearly as possible the word "go" shall be given. No driver shall cause
				unnecessary delay after the horses are called. After two (2) preliminary
				warming-up scores, the starter shall notify the drivers to form in
				parade.
(b) The driver of any horse
				refusing or failing to follow the instructions of the starter as to the parade
				or scoring ahead of the pole horse may be:
(1) set down for the heat in which the
				offense occurs, or for such other periods the starter shall determine;
				and
(2) fined.
Whenever a driver is taken down, the substitute shall be
				  permitted to score the horse once. A horse delaying the race may be started
				  regardless of its position or gait and there shall not be a recall because of a
				  bad actor. If the word "go" is not given, all the horses in the race shall
				  immediately turn on signal and jog back to their parade positions for a fresh
				  start. There shall be no recall after the starting word has been
				  given.