Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 810 - PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET - KENTUCKY HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 2 - General › Section 810 KAR 2:080 - Standardbred racing associations

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				230.215,
				230.260(1)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				230.215(2) and
				230.260(8)
				authorize the commission to regulate horse racing in Kentucky. This
				administrative regulation establishes requirements for the operation of
				standardbred racing associations.
Section
			 1. During the course of its race meetings, a licensed standardbred
			 association shall display in the racing association's office the license issued
			 by the commission for the current year.
Section
			 2. Default in Payment of Purses. An association shall not default
			 in the payment of any purse that has been offered in a race.
Section 3. Time to File Claims for Unpaid
			 Purses. Unless a claim for an unpaid purse is filed with or appealed to the
			 commission within twelve (12) months after the date the race is contested, the
			 commission may release any performance bond it holds related to the
			 purse.
Section 4. If at a meeting
			 of a licensed association, a race is contested that has been promoted by
			 another party, and the promoters default in the payment of the amount raced
			 for, the same liability shall attach to the licensed association as if the race
			 had been offered by the licensed association.
Section 5. Minimum Advertised Purse or
			 Schedule of Purses. If an association advertises a minimum purse and conducts a
			 race for less than the advertised minimum, the association shall be fined the
			 difference between the advertised minimum and the lesser purse for which the
			 race was conducted, and the proceeds may be distributed among the money winning
			 horses in proportion to their respective winnings.
Section 6. Removal of a Horse from the
			 Grounds. A horse shall not be ordered off the grounds unless a minimum of
			 twenty-four (24) hours' notice (excluding Sunday) is provided to the person in
			 charge of the horse. A person shall not fail to remove a horse after proper
			 notice
Section 7. Driver Awards. An
			 association shall not pay or advertise to pay an award other than to an owner,
			 nominator, or breeder of a money-winning horse, except that an award may be
			 made to a driver of a horse breaking or equaling an association or world
			 record, or to a leading driver at a meeting.
Section 8. Paddock Rules.
(1) An association conducting an extended
			 pari-mutuel meeting shall provide a paddock or receiving barn.
(2) The paddock or receiving barn shall be
			 completely enclosed with a man-tight fence and each opening through the fence
			 shall be policed by a person licensed by the commission who shall exclude
			 unauthorized personnel. A daily record of persons entering or leaving the
			 paddock from one (1) hour prior to the first post time until all races on that
			 program have been completed shall be maintained on a form provided by the
			 association and approved by the commission.
(3) A horse shall be in the paddock at the
			 time prescribed by the presiding judge, but in any event at least one (1) hour
			 prior to post time of the race in which the horse is to compete. Except for a
			 warm up trip, a horse shall not leave the paddock until called to the
			 post.
(4) A person entitled to
			 admission to the paddock shall be at least sixteen (16) years old and shall
			 include:
(a) An owner of a horse competing on
			 the date of the race;
(b) A trainer
			 of a horse competing on the date of the race;
(c) A driver of a horse competing on the date
			 of the race;
(d) A groom and
			 caretaker of a horse competing on the date of the race;
(e) An official whose duties require the
			 presence of that person in the paddock or receiving barn;
(f) An official of the commission;
(g) The designated representative of the
			 horseman; and
(h) A person approved
			 by the presiding judge.
(5) Unless permission is granted by the
			 judges, a driver, trainer, groom, or caretaker, once admitted to the paddock or
			 receiving barn, shall not leave the paddock or receiving barn, other than to
			 warm up a horse, until the race or races for which the horse was admitted is
			 contested.
(6) All persons, except
			 drivers in the driver's stand, shall leave the paddock as soon as that person's
			 duties are completed for the race or races for which that person was
			 admitted.
(7) A member of a
			 registered stable, other than the driver, shall be entitled to admission to the
			 paddock on any day a horse owned by that stable is racing.
(8) During racing hours, an association shall
			 provide the services of a farrier within the paddock.
(9) During racing hours an association shall
			 promptly provide suitable extra equipment as may be necessary.