Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 8 - RULES OF RACING › Section 112-8-10 - Rules of the race

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each greyhound
			 shall wear a racing muzzle and blanket approved by the racing judges while
			 racing.
(b) Before the greyhounds
			 leave for the post, each racing muzzle and blanket shall be carefully examined
			 in the paddock by the paddock judge subject to the supervision of the chief
			 racing judge or the chief racing judge's designee. Each muzzle and blanket
			 shall be examined once more at the judges' stand in the presence of the racing
			 judges and the public.
(c) Each
			 greyhound shall be exhibited in the show paddock before post time for the race
			 in which it is entered.
(d) A race
			 starts when the lid to the starting box opens completely.
(e) All greyhounds shall be removed from the
			 starting box in the event of a false start. After the malfunction in the
			 equipment is corrected, the racing judges shall determine whether the race will
			 be canceled or run.
(f) If a
			 greyhound remains in the box when the lid of the starting box opens, there
			 shall be no refund of wagers.
(g)
			 If a greyhound bolts the course, runs in the opposite direction or does not run
			 the entire prescribed distance for the race, the greyhound shall forfeit all
			 rights in the race. The greyhound shall be considered a starter, but the finish
			 of the race shall be declared the same as if it were not a contender.
(h) If a greyhound bolts the
			 course or runs in the opposite direction during the course of the race and, in
			 the opinion of the racing judges, interferes with any other greyhound in the
			 race, the race shall be declared a "no race" by the racing judges, and all
			 moneys wagered shall be refunded, except when the interference did not affect
			 the outcome of the race in the opinion of the racing judges.
(i) If a greyhound fails to leave the box for
			 any reason, refuses to race or falls and it appears that the greyhound may
			 interfere with the running of the race, any person under the supervision of the
			 racing judges stationed around the track, may remove the greyhound from the
			 track. However, the greyhound shall be considered a starter.
(j) No race shall be called official unless
			 the lure is in advance of the greyhounds at all times during the race. If any
			 greyhound or greyhounds catch or pass the lure during the race, the race shall
			 be declared a "no race" by the racing judges, and all moneys shall be refunded.
(k) The racing judges shall
			 closely observe the operation of the lure and hold the lure operator to strict
			 accountability for any inconsistency in its operation.
(l) If any race is marred by jams, spills or
			 racing circumstances other than accident to the machinery while the race is
			 being run, and three or more greyhounds finish, the race shall be declared
			 finished by the racing judges. However, if fewer than three greyhounds finish,
			 the race shall be declared "no race" by the racing judges, and all moneys shall
			 be refunded.
(m) The winner of a
			 race shall be the greyhound whose racing muzzle first reaches the finish line,
			 unless the greyhound is disqualified by the racing judges for ineligibility or
			 other good cause. In the event a greyhound loses its muzzle or finishes with a
			 hanging muzzle, the tip of the greyhound's nose shall determine its order of
			 finish.
(n) If two greyhounds run
			 a dead heat for first place, all prizes and moneys to which the first and
			 second greyhounds would have been entitled shall be divided equally between
			 them. This regulation applies to any division of prizes and moneys, whatever
			 the number of greyhounds running a dead heat and whatever places for which the
			 dead heat is run.