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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part VII - Equipment and Colors › Chapter 85 - Colors › Section VII-8511 - Responsibility for Wearing Correct Colors

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The clerk of scales, the valet serving a
				jockey, the colors custodian, and the jockey room custodian shall all be
				present on the association premises at their customary station during racing
				and shall all be jointly responsible for having the correct colors and cap on
				each rider when leaving the jockey room for the paddock.
B. Each association shall implement and
				maintain a system of receipts and accounting for the custody, control, and
				return of colors to the rightful owner.
C. If an owner has provided colors and the
				association fails to place the correct colors on any horse running in a race,
				the association, the clerk of scales, the valet serving a jockey, the colors
				custodian, and the jockey room custodian are all subject to a separate fine for
				each incident.
D. If the
				association cannot locate colors registered with the racing secretary, the
				association shall reimburse the owner $150.00 for each set of missing silks.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:147 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part VII - Equipment and Colors › Chapter 87 - Equipment Changes › Section VII-8701 - Permission from Stewards for Change from Last Race

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Permission for any change of equipment
				from that which a horse carried in its last previous race can be obtained only
				from the stewards and must be obtained before the advertised scratch
				time.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:147 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part VII - Equipment and Colors › Chapter 87 - Equipment Changes › Section VII-8703 - Blinkers

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Permission to
				add blinkers to equipment, or to discontinue the use of them, must be approved
				by the starter before being granted by the stewards.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:147 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part VII - Equipment and Colors › Chapter 89 - Whips › Section VII-8901 - Announcement of Ride without; Use

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				In all races where a jockey will not ride with a whip, an announcement shall be
				made over the public address system of that fact.
B. No jockey carrying a whip during a race
				shall fail to use the whip in a manner consistent with using his best efforts
				to win.
C. Jockeys are prohibited
				from whipping a horse upon the head, or excessively or brutally, or during the
				post parade except when necessary to control the horse.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:147 and
				  R.S.
				  4:175.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part VII - Equipment and Colors › Chapter 89 - Whips › Section VII-8902 - Use of Riding Crop in Thoroughbred Races

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Although the use of a riding crop is not
				required, a jockey who uses a riding crop during a thoroughbred race shall do
				so only in a manner consistent with exerting his or her best efforts to
				win.
B. In any thoroughbred race in
				which a jockey will ride without a riding crop, an announcement of that fact
				shall be made over the public address system.
C. An electrical or mechanical device or
				other expedient designed to increase or retard the speed of a horse in a
				thoroughbred race, other than a riding crop approved by the stewards, shall not
				be possessed by anyone, or applied by anyone to a horse at any time at a
				location under the jurisdiction of the commission.
D. A riding crop shall not be used on a
				two-year-old horse in thoroughbred races before April 1 of each year.
E. Allowable uses of a riding crop in
				thoroughbred races include the following:
1.
				the riding crop may be used at any time, without penalty, if, in the opinion of
				the stewards, the riding crop is used to avoid a dangerous situation or
				preserve the safety of other riders or horses in a race;
2. use of the riding crop in the overhand
				fashion for a total of six times from the three-eighths pole to the finish
				line, only to be used two times in succession and then must give a horse a
				chance to respond;
3. if necessary
				during a race, a riding crop may be used in a backhanded fashion on the
				hindquarters from the three-eighths to the finish line. This use will not be
				counted toward the use of the crop six times in the overhand fashion;
4. tapping the horse on the shoulder with the
				crop in the down position, while both hands are holding onto the reins and both
				hands are touching the neck of the horse; and
5. showing or waving the crop without contact
				with the horse and giving the horse time to respond before striking the
				horse.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part VII - Equipment and Colors › Chapter 89 - Whips › Section VII-8903 - Size; Approval

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No whip
				shall weigh more than 1 pound, nor exceed 31 inches in length including the
				popper. No stingers or projections extending through the hole of a popper, nor
				any metal part on the whip shall be permitted. All whips shall be approved by
				the stewards.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:147,
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:172.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 91 - Weight Penalties and Allowances › Section IX-9101 - Claiming of Allowance; Obligation of Penalty

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Penalties are obligatory. Allowances are
				optional as to all or any part thereof, and must be claimed at time of
				entry.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 91 - Weight Penalties and Allowances › Section IX-9103 - Entitlement to Allowance

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A horse
				shall start with only the allowance to which it is entitled at the time of
				starting, regardless of its allowance at the time of entry. Horses incurring
				weight penalty or penalties for a race shall not be entitled to any weight
				allowance for that race. Horses not entitled to the first allowance in a race
				shall not be entitled to the second, and so on. Omission to claim an allowance
				is not cause of disqualification. No horse shall incur a penalty or be barred
				from any race for having been placed second or lower in any race. No horse
				shall be given an allowance for failure to finish second or in any lower place
				in any race. No horse shall receive an allowance for having been beaten in one
				or more races. This rule shall not prohibit maiden allowances or allowances to
				horses which have not won within a specific period or which have not won a race
				of specified value.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 91 - Weight Penalties and Allowances › Section IX-9105 - Disputed Race

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. When the
				decision of a race is in dispute, all horses involved in the dispute with
				respect to the winner's credit shall be liable to all penalties, including
				conditions and weights, attached to the winning of that race until a winner has
				been adjudged.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 91 - Weight Penalties and Allowances › Section IX-9107 - Races on Unreported Tracks

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Races won on tracks which are not reported in the daily racing form or a
				comparable publication shall not count toward penalties with respect to horses
				and apprentice jockeys.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 91 - Weight Penalties and Allowances › Section IX-9109 - Placement from Disqualification

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No
				horse shall incur a weight penalty for a placement from which he is
				disqualified, but a horse placed through the disqualification of another horse
				shall incur the weight penalties of that placement. No such placement, however,
				shall make a horse ineligible for a race which has already been run.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 93 - Weight Scale › Section IX-9301 - Weights for Ages and Distances

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				The following is the attached scale of weights for ages, and shall be carried
				when not otherwise specified in the conditions of the race (see below for
				weight scale).
Distance
Age
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1/2 Mile
2-year-olds
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
105
108
111
114
114
3-year-olds
117
117
119
119
121
123
125
126
127
128
129
129
4-year-olds
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
5-year-olds & up
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
6 Furlongs
2-year-olds
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
102
105
108
111
111
3-year-olds
114
114
117
117
119
121
123
125
126
127
128
128
4-year-olds
129
129
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
5-year-olds & up
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
130
1 1/4 Mile
2-year-olds
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
96
99
102
102
3-year-olds
101
101
107
107
111
113
117
119
121
122
123
123
4-year-olds
125
125
127
127
127
126
126
126
126
126
126
126
5-year-olds & up
127
127
127
127
127
126
126
126
126
126
126
126
1 Mile
2-year-olds
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3-year-olds
107
107
111
111
113
115
116
118
120
121
122
122
4-year-olds
127
127
128
128
127
126
126
126
126
126
126
126
5-year-olds & up
128
128
128
128
127
126
126
126
126
126
126
126
2 Miles
2-year-olds
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3-year-olds
98
98
104
104
108
111
114
117
119
121
122
122
4-year-olds
124
124
126
126
126
126
126
126
126
126
126
126
5-year-olds & up
126
126
126
126
126
126
126
126
126
126
126
126
1 1/2 Miles
3-year-olds
96
96
102
102
106
109
112
114
117
119
120
120
4-year-olds
124
124
126
126
126
126
125
125
126
124
124
124
5-year-olds & up
126
126
126
126
126
126
125
125
126
124
124
124
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 93 - Weight Scale › Section IX-9303 - Intermediate Length Races

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In races
				of intermediate lengths, the weights for the shorter distance shall be
				carried.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 93 - Weight Scale › Section IX-9305 - Unspecified Races of 2- or 3-Year-Olds

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In a race exclusively for 2-year olds the
				weight shall be 122 pounds when not otherwise specified in the conditions of
				the race. In a race for 3-year-olds the weight shall be 126 pounds when not
				otherwise specified in the conditions of the race.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 93 - Weight Scale › Section IX-9307 - Fillies and Mares

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. With the
				exception of handicaps, 2-year-old fillies shall be allowed 3 pounds, and
				fillies and mares 3 years old and upward shall be allowed 5 pounds before
				September 1, and 3 pounds thereafter.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 93 - Weight Scale › Section IX-9309 - Louisiana Bred Horses

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A weight
				allowance of 3 pounds will be allowed for all Louisiana bred horses, except in
				handicaps and stakes, or races exclusively for accredited Louisiana
				breds.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 93 - Weight Scale › Section IX-9311 - Minimum Weight in Age Exclusive Races

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. When a race is for 2-year-olds, or
				exclusively for 3-year-olds, or exclusively for 4-year-olds, the minimum weight
				shall be 112 pounds, subject to sex and apprentice allowance. This rule shall
				not apply to handicaps, or stakes, or to races in which 3-year-olds or
				4-year-olds compete with older horses. Nor shall this rule apply to quarter
				horses.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 95 - Weighing Out › Section IX-9501 - Time of Weighing

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Jockeys
				shall be weighed out by the clerk of scales not less than 10 minutes before
				time for the race. In case of any change, it shall be announced and
				posted.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 95 - Weighing Out › Section IX-9502 - Maximum Overweight

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No horse
				shall carry more than 2 pounds overweight without the consent of its owner, his
				agent or his representative. No horse, however, shall carry more than 7 pounds
				overweight in any race. The owner or trainer of a horse may substitute a jockey
				to ride his horse when the engaged jockey is reported overweight in excess of 2
				pounds.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 95 - Weighing Out › Section IX-9503 - Equipment

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If a horse runs
				in a throttle, hood, muzzle, martingale, breast plate or suspensory, they must
				be included in the jockey's weight. His weight shall also include his clothing,
				boots, goggles, arm number, saddle and its attachments, saddle cloth, pommel
				pad, etc. No whip, bridle, blinkers, head number, bit, reins, safety vest,
				safety helmet or number cloth shall be weighed. No safety vest or bridle shall
				exceed 2 pounds each in weight, and no whip shall exceed 1 pound in
				weight.
B. No jockey or apprentice
				jockey shall participate in any race conducted by any association unless he or
				she wears a safety vest, designed to provide shock absorbing protection to the
				upper body, as evidenced by a label with at least a rating of 5, by the British
				Equestrian Trade Association. The clerk of scales shall be responsible for
				insuring compliance with this rule.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 95 - Weighing Out › Section IX-9505 - Attendants

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The association
				shall provide the only attendants who will be permitted to assist jockeys in
				weighing out.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 97 - Weighing In › Section IX-9701 - Required after Race

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. After a race,
				all jockeys shall be weighed in unless excused by the stewards.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 97 - Weighing In › Section IX-9703 - Unsaddling

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No one shall
				assist a jockey unsaddling except by permission of the stewards, and no one
				shall throw any covering over a horse before it is unsaddled.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part IX - Weights › Chapter 97 - Weighing In › Section IX-9705 - Same Weight In and Out

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each jockey
				shall weigh in at the same weight at which he weighed out, and if short by more
				than 2 pounds, his mount shall be disqualified from any portion of the purse
				and all money wagered on it returned to holders of redeemable
				tickets.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9901 - Any Horse May Be Claimed

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In
				claiming races any horse is subject to being claimed for its entered price by
				any racing interest recognized by the commission, by any licensed horse owner,
				or his authorized agent, but only for the account of the person making the
				claim, or for whom the claim was made by the agent (provided, however, that no
				person shall claim his own horse or a horse in which he has an interest or
				cause his horse to be claimed directly or indirectly for his own account).
				Also, a claim may be made by any person who has established his qualifications
				to claim by filing an application for license as a horse owner and has been
				granted a certificate authorizing the claim by the stewards at the meeting
				where a horse is to be claimed.
B.
				A claim certificate shall not be issued until all conditions and qualifications
				for a horse owner's license have been met or completed. A claim certificate
				thus issued will be void if no claim is made within 30 days of issuance, and
				the owner's license will be withdrawn.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9902 - Declaring a Horse Ineligible to be Claimed at Time of Entry

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. At the time of entry, the owner, trainer,
				or authorized agent may declare a horse ineligible to be claimed provided: The
				horse has been laid off and has not started in a race for a minimum of 120 days
				and is entered for a claiming price equal to or greater than the price at which
				the horse last started. For counting purposes, the day following the horse-us
				last race will count as day one. The horse is eligible to start on day
				121.
B. Failure to declare the
				horse ineligible to be claimed at the time of entry may not be
				remedied.
C. A horse that enters a
				claiming race and is declared ineligible to be claimed in such race, cannot
				consider that race for eligibility in any starter type race or optional
				claiming race.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142, and
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9903 - Services of Trainer and Additional Qualifications

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The licensed prospective claimant must
				have obtained the services of a licensed trainer and may be required to provide
				additional evidence of his qualifications as a horse owner when such evidence
				is requested by the stewards of the meeting.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9905 - Timing of Entering Next Claiming Race

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Except as otherwise provided herein, a
				claimed horse shall not run for 20 days after being claimed in a race in which
				the determining eligibility price is less than 25 percent more than the price
				at which the horse was claimed. For a period of 10 days thereafter, a horse is
				eligible to run back for the same claiming price or higher. The day claimed
				shall not count, but the following calendar day shall be the first day and the
				horse shall be entitled to enter whenever necessary so the horse may start on
				the thirty-first day following the claim for any claiming price. This provision
				shall not apply to allowance/optional claiming or starter allowance/optional
				claiming races in which a horse is entered for the allowance condition, starter
				handicaps in which the weight to be carried is assigned by the handicapper,
				starter stakes and starter allowance races. This provision shall apply to
				allowance/optional claiming and starter allowance/optional claiming races, if a
				horse is entered for a claiming price. A similar rule in other states will be
				recognized and enforced.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S.
				  4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9907 - Claiming Price

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The claiming
				price of each horse in a claiming race shall be the entered claiming price,
				plus tax.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9909 - Resale; Movement

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If a horse
				is claimed, it shall not be sold or transferred to anyone wholly or in part,
				except in a selling or claiming race, for a period of 30 days from date of
				claim, nor shall it, unless reclaimed, remain in the same stable or under the
				control of management of its former owner or trainer for a like period, nor
				shall it race in any other state until after the close of entries of the
				meeting at which it was claimed, unless special permission is obtained from the
				commission. However, a horse claimed at a track in Louisiana must remain at the
				track where it was claimed for a period of 60 calendar days or until after the
				close of entries of the meeting at which it was claimed. Where a race meeting
				is authorized and conducted as a split-meeting, a horse claimed in such a race
				meeting must remain at the track where it was claimed for a period of 60
				calendar days or until after the close of entries of that segment of the split
				meeting at which it was claimed. The following calendar day shall be the first
				day and the horse shall be entitled to enter at another track in the state
				whenever necessary so the horse may start on the sixty-first day following the
				claim.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9911 - Claiming Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All
				claims shall be signed, sealed, time stamped and deposited in a locked box
				provided for that purpose in a designated place, at least 15 minutes prior to
				post time for each race. The claim box shall be opened by the stewards and all
				claims shall remain in their possession. The claim envelopes shall not be
				opened by the stewards earlier than 10 minutes prior to post time for the
				designated race. Notification will be made by the stewards to the proper
				officials of any claim or claims, if any. No money shall accompany the claim.
				Each person desiring to make a claim, unless he shall have such amount to his
				credit with the horsemen's bookkeeper, must first deposit with the horsemen's
				bookkeeper the whole amount of his claim in cash, for which a receipt will be
				given. If more than one person shall enter a claim for the same horse, the
				disposition of the horse shall be decided by lot by one of the stewards or his
				deputy, and the person so determined to have the right of the claim shall
				become the owner of the horse whether it be alive or dead, sound or unsound or
				injured during the race or after it, except as otherwise provided by voided and
				voidable claims sections. Any horse, other than the winner, that has been
				claimed, shall be taken to the paddock after the race has been run, for
				delivery to the claimant unless sent to the retention barn for delivery to the
				claimant after the specimen has been collected.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9913 - Vesting of Title; Tests

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Title to
				a claimed horse shall be vested in the successful claimant at the time the
				horse becomes a starter. The successful claimant shall then become the owner of
				the horse whether alive or dead, sound or unsound, or injured at any time after
				leaving the starting gate, during the race or after, except as otherwise
				provided by voided and voidable claims section.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9914 - Voided and Voidable Claims

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A
				claim shall be voided if a horse is a starter as determined by the regulatory
				authority, and the horse:
1. dies on the
				racetrack; or
2. suffers an injury
				which requires the euthanasia of the horse as determined by the official
				veterinarian while the horse is on the racetrack.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9915 - Number of Horses Claimed per Race

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No person shall claim more than two horses
				in a race.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9917 - Whose Account Horse Runs

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each
				horse shall run for the account of the person in whose name it
				starts.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9919 - Claim Is Irrevocable

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. When a
				claim has been lodged it is irrevocable, and it is at the risk of the
				claimant.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9921 - Neurectomy or Cryosurgical Intervention

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. When a claimed horse has had posterior
				digital (heel nerve) neurectomy or cryosurgical intervention in the areas
				reserved for posterior digital neurectomies, performed prior to the claim, the
				claimant shall have 48 hours from the moment the horse leaves the paddock to
				protest the claim in writing to the stewards. Cryosurgical intervention in the
				areas reserved for posterior digital neurectomies shall be considered "heel
				nerved."
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9923 - Claiming for Another

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If the
				stewards should be of the opinion that any person is claiming a horse for the
				benefit of another, they may require him to make an affidavit that he is not
				doing so.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9925 - Delivery on Written Order from Secretary

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No horse shall be delivered except on a
				written order from the racing secretary.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9927 - Refusal to Deliver

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any person
				refusing to deliver a claimed horse shall be suspended and his case referred to
				the commission. The claimed horse is disqualified until it is delivered to the
				successful claimant.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9929 - Engagements Follow Horse

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In
				claiming races, engagements follow the horse.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9931 - Prevention of Claiming Process

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any
				person who shall attempt to prevent another person from claiming any horse in a
				claiming race, or any owners running a horse in any claiming races who may make
				any agreement for the protection of claiming of each other's horses, may be
				fined or suspended by the stewards or ruled off by the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9933 - Entering Horse against Which There Is a Claim

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any person or persons who shall enter, or
				allow to be entered, in a claiming race a horse against which any claim is
				held, either as mortgage, bill of sale or lien of any kind, shall be ruled off,
				unless when or before entering the horse, the written consent of the holder of
				the claim shall be filed with the racing secretary where the horse is
				entered.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9935 - Stewards Judge Validity

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The stewards
				shall be the sole judge of the validity of a claim.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9937 - Blanks and Envelopes

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All claims
				shall be on blanks and in envelopes furnished by the association and approved
				by the commission. Both blanks and envelopes must be filled out completely, and
				the horse's name must be spelled accurately to identify the claim, otherwise
				the claim shall be void. The horse's name shall be spelled as it appears in the
				official racing program of the association, otherwise the claim shall be
				void.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9939 - Number of Claims on Stable or Trainer

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. When a trainer is training for more than
				one owner, only two claims from that stable will be allowed for any one race.
				Only one claim from owners having the same trainer will be allowed for any one
				horse.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9941 - Place and Time of Delivery

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Delivery
				of a claimed winning horse to the claimant or his representative shall be made
				in the commission retention barn after specimens (blood, urine and/or saliva)
				have been obtained. This rule shall also apply to claimed horses selected for
				extra tests ordered by the commission, stewards or racing officials.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9943 - Determination of Age and Sex of Horse

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Notwithstanding any designation of sex or
				age appearing on the racing program or in any racing publication, the claimant
				of a horse shall be solely responsible for determining the age or sex of the
				horse claimed.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9945 - Canceled Claiming Race

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Should a
				claiming race be called off or canceled for any reason, any claim lodged for
				any horse in said claiming race shall be null and void.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9947 - Scratched Horse

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Should the
				stewards determine that a horse was scratched from a claiming race because of a
				claim, the horse may be required, at the discretion of the stewards, to run
				back for a claiming price not to exceed the claiming price when the scratch
				occurred.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 99 - Claiming Rule › Section XI-9949 - Purse to Claim Price Ratio

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				purse-to-claim price ratio in claiming races for open bred horses shall not be
				greater than a 3:1 ratio, except for races where supplements are added for
				accredited Louisiana bred horses who compete in open bred races, where the
				purse-to-claim price ratio shall not be greater than 4:1.
B. The purse-to-claim price ratio for
				restricted accredited Louisiana bred races shall not be greater than 4:1,
				except where the conditions for the race limit the entries to accredited
				Louisiana bred horses sired by stallions standing in the state as of the
				breeding date where the ratio shall not be greater than 5:1.
C. Modifications to Subsections A and B of
				this Section may be made at any duly noticed meeting of the Racing Commission.
1. Approved modifications shall be posted on
				the Racing Commission's website and posted at the Racing Commission's racetrack
				offices.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XI - Claiming Rules and Engagements › Chapter 101 - Engagements and Transfers › Section XI-10101 - Sale

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If a horse is
				sold by private treaty or at public auction, the written acknowledgement of
				both parties is necessary to prove the fact that he was sold with his
				engagements, but when a horse is claimed out of a claiming race, the horse's
				engagements are included.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XIII - Wagering › Chapter 103 - Pari-Mutuels › Section XIII-10301 - Minors Wagering ; Jockeys in Betting Area

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No minor shall be allowed to wager. No
				jockey in racing colors shall enter the betting area.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:149.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XIII - Wagering › Chapter 103 - Pari-Mutuels › Section XIII-10303 - Claim of Wrong Ticket

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any
				claim by a person that a wrong ticket has been delivered to him must be made
				before leaving the mutuel ticket window.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:149.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XIII - Wagering › Chapter 103 - Pari-Mutuels › Section XIII-10305 - Manager Makes Emergency Decision

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Should any emergency arise in connection
				with the operation of the pari-mutuel department which requires an immediate
				decision and is not covered by these rules, then the manager of the pari-mutuel
				department shall make the decision.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:149.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XIII - Wagering › Chapter 103 - Pari-Mutuels › Section XIII-10307 - Manager Notified of Horses Competing

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The manager of the pari-mutuel department
				shall be properly and timely advised by the placing judges prior to the
				beginning of wagering on each race, of the horses that will compete in the
				race.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:149.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XIII - Wagering › Chapter 103 - Pari-Mutuels › Section XIII-10309 - Entry Wager

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. When two or more
				horses run in a race, and are coupled because of common ties, they are called
				an "entry," and a wager on one of them shall be a wager on all of
				them.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:149.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XIII - Wagering › Chapter 103 - Pari-Mutuels › Section XIII-10311 - Wager on Field

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. When the number
				of horses competing in a race exceeds the numbering capacity of the tote, the
				highest numbered horse within the capacity of the tote and all horses of a
				higher number shall be grouped together and called the "field," and a wager on
				one of them shall be a wager on all of them.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:149.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XIII - Wagering › Chapter 103 - Pari-Mutuels › Section XIII-10313 - Odds; Tote Board

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Before the
				wagering starts on each race, the morning line showing approximate odds on each
				horse may be posted on the public board.
B. Entries shall be listed as one horse and,
				likewise, the field shall be listed as one horse.
C. After wagering has begun on each race and
				immediately after there is $1,000 (more or less, depending on circumstances) in
				the straight pool, the approximate odds on each horse must be computed on each
				cycle of the tote and promptly posted on the tote board.
D. The cycle of frequency of change on the
				totalizator board shall not be more than 60 seconds.
E. The approximate odds shall agree with the
				amount wagered on each horse in the straight pool.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:149.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XIII - Wagering › Chapter 103 - Pari-Mutuels › Section XIII-10315 - Minimum Set of Approximate Odds

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				There shall be a minimum of four sets (and more under proper circumstances) of
				approximate odds posted during the wagering on each race. These odds, however,
				are approximate and not the exact figures used in the payoff.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:149.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XIII - Wagering › Chapter 103 - Pari-Mutuels › Section XIII-10317 - Closing and Opening of Pari-Mutuel Machines

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The horses shall be at the starting gate
				at post time, which shall not be changed after the horses leave the paddock.
				The starter shall immediately load the horses in the starting gate and start
				the horses as soon as possible thereafter in order to avoid delay.
B. The pari-mutuel ticket issuing machines
				shall be locked by the state steward and the "off" bell sounded when the gate
				opens.
C. It shall be the duty of
				the stewards to see to it that the horses arrive at the starting gate as near
				to post time as possible. If their arrival at the starting gate exceeds two
				minutes past the advertised post time as reflected by the infield board, the
				pari-mutuel machines shall be locked unless extenuating circumstances exist as
				determined by the stewards such as an accident to a horse or jockey, or
				equipment failure.
D. At the
				discretion of the state steward, the ticket issuing machines may be unlocked
				prior to the declaration that the result of the race is official. However, in
				no case shall the mutuel cashiers' windows be opened until after the
				declaration that the result of the race is official.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:149.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XIII - Wagering › Chapter 103 - Pari-Mutuels › Section XIII-10319 - Notification if Horse Is Locked in Gate

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If a horse, or horses, is locked in the
				gate, the proper racing official shall promptly notify the manager of the
				pari-mutuel department of the name and the number of the horse or
				horses.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:149.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XIII - Wagering › Chapter 103 - Pari-Mutuels › Section XIII-10321 - Placing Judge Advise Manager of Winners

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. At the end of each race, the placing
				judges shall advise the manager of the pari-mutuel department via telephone of
				the official placement of the horses. No payoff shall be made until the receipt
				of such information, which will be followed in writing at the end of the race
				day.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:149.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XIII - Wagering › Chapter 103 - Pari-Mutuels › Section XIII-10323 - Error in Payoff Figures on Public Board

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If an error is made in posting the payoff
				figures on the public board, it shall be corrected promptly and only the
				correct amounts shall be used in the payoff, irrespective of the error on the
				public board. If, because of mechanical failure, it is impossible to promptly
				correct the posted payoff, a statement shall be made over the public address
				system, stating the facts and corrections.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:149.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XIII - Wagering › Chapter 103 - Pari-Mutuels › Section XIII-10325 - Breakdown of Machines

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In the
				event of an irreparable breakdown of the totalizator, or the ticket issuing
				machine, or both, during the wagering on a race, the wagering for that race
				shall be declared closed. The payoff for that race shall be computed on the
				sums wagered in each pool up to the time of the breakdown. Wagering on the
				remaining races for that day, or until the next race after the defective
				machinery has been put in order, may be continued by employing the manual
				system of ticket selling. To cover this contingency it is suggested that each
				association shall have on hand at the beginning of a race day approved mutuel
				tickets for hand selling sufficient for not less than seven races.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:149.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part XIII - Wagering › Chapter 103 - Pari-Mutuels › Section XIII-10327 - Horse Excused after Wagering

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In all cases when a horse has been excused
				by the stewards after wagering has started but before it becomes a starter, all
				money wagered on the horse so excused shall be deducted from the pool and
				refunded.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:149.