Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Treasury › Michigan Gaming Control Board › Horse Racing General Rules › Part 3 - THOROUGHBRED RACING › Section R. 431.3025 - Stewards; duties and responsibilities; complaints against officials

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 3025.
(1) In
				  addition to the general powers specified in these rules, the stewards shall
				  have all of the following specific duties and responsibilities:
(a) Taking cognizance of all misconduct or
				  rule infractions, whether reported or not, and investigating all instances of
				  possible rule infractions. They shall take action as they consider necessary to
				  prevent a rule infraction.
(b) At
				  least 1 steward shall be on the grounds from scratch time, or, if not a racing
				  day, when entries are first taken, until entries are closed. At least 1 steward
				  shall be present for the regular showing of racing films or videotapes. All 3
				  stewards shall be on the grounds for a continuous period beginning 2 hours
				  before post time for the first race and ending at the conclusion of the last
				  race. All 3 stewards shall be present when contemplating disciplinary
				  action.
(c) Inspecting all
				  applications for licenses to participate in racing and administering, or
				  causing to be administered by qualified persons, examinations of all first-time
				  applicants for a trainer's license and jockey agent's license. The stewards may
				  make recommendations to the executive director as to the qualifications of all
				  applicants for licenses to participate in racing.
(d) Reviewing registration certificates,
				  contracts, papers, and other documents pertaining to any of the following:
(i) The sale or ownership of a
				  horse.
(ii) Payment of purse
				  money.
(iii) Jockey and apprentice
				  jockey contracts.
(iv) Appointment
				  of agents.
(v) Adoption of assumed
				  names by stable owners.
(vi)
				  Determining the eligibility and appropriateness for participation in
				  racing.
(e) Requiring
				  proof of eligibility of a horse or person to participate in a race if it is in
				  question. In the absence of sufficient proof to establish eligibility, the
				  stewards may rule the horse or person ineligible.
(f) Supervising the taking of entries,
				  receiving all declarations and scratches, and determining all questions arising
				  from and pertaining to such entries, declarations, and scratches. The stewards
				  may refuse the entry of any horse by a person, may refuse to permit a
				  declaration or scratch, or may limit entries.
(g) Assuring that the "inquiry" sign is
				  posted on the infield odds board immediately after the horses have crossed the
				  finish line in a race if any steward or patrol judge doubts the fairness of the
				  running of the race. The stewards shall cause the "objection" sign to be posted
				  on the infield odds board when an objection is lodged and shall cause the
				  "official" sign to be posted on the infield odds board after determining the
				  official order of finish for purposes of the pari-mutuel payoff.
(h) Maintaining a stewards' report in the
				  manner and form prescribed by the executive director and reporting all actions
				  of the stewards that arise during a race day.
(i) Making periodic inspections of the barn
				  area, checking track security, and making visits to the jockeys' room to
				  observe and check security at the weighing out. The inspections and
				  observations made shall be noted in the steward's report.