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Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 815 - State Aid for Registered Light Horse Races at Fairs › Section R. 285.815.12 - Definition of drugs

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 12. As used in these rules, "drug" means:
(a) Any article recognized or for which the
				standards or specifications are prescribed in the official compendium
				consisting of the United States pharmacopeia, homeopathic pharmacopeia of the
				United States or national formulary and supplements in effect on the effective
				date of these rules.
(b) Any
				article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or
				prevention of disease in man or other animals.
(c) Any article, other than food, intended to
				affect the structure of any function of the body of man or other
				animals.
(d) Any article intended
				for use as a component of any article specified in subdivisions (a), (b) or
				(c), but does not include devices or their components, parts, or
				accessories.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 815 - State Aid for Registered Light Horse Races at Fairs › Section R. 285.815.13 - Collection of samples

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 13. Saliva and urine samples may be obtained by the
				  director from any horse entered in a registered light horse race. The director
				  or his representative may request the fair association to furnish necessary
				  help to obtain saliva and urine samples. The department will pay the help at
				  pre-established rates. Failure to provide sufficient help when requested shall
				  result in forfeiture of all rights to state aid to the fair for these contests.
				  The owner, trainer, groom, or other responsible representative of the owner
				  shall be present when a saliva or urine specimen is taken from the animal, and
				  shall remain until the sample is sealed in his presence. The official sample
				  tag attached to the specimen shall be signed by the owner, trainer, groom, or
				  other representative, as witness of the taking of the specimen. Refusal or
				  failure to sign the sample tag will in no way affect the validity of the
				  specimen. Willful failure to be present at or refusal to allow the taking of a
				  specimen, or any act or threat to impede or prevent or otherwise interfere
				  therewith, is a violation of these rules. The saliva and urine samples shall be
				  analyzed in the laboratories of the department. The presence of a drug in the
				  chemical analysis of saliva or urine samples shall be prima facie evidence that
				  the drug has been administered to the animal.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 815 - State Aid for Registered Light Horse Races at Fairs › Section R. 285.815.14 - Devices

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 14. An electrical, mechanical, or other device shall not
				  be used for the purpose of stimulating or depressing an animal or affecting his
				  speed or ability in a race. A person shall not have such a device in his
				  possession where state funds are used for any portion of the purses offered.
				  However, an ordinary whip may be used in a registered light horse
				  race.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 815 - State Aid for Registered Light Horse Races at Fairs › Section R. 285.815.15 - Hearings

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 15. If a provision of these rules or any other rule or
				  state law applicable to a registered light horse race program is violated, the
				  director shall notify the horse's owner of the violation and shall hold a
				  hearing thereon within 30 days after the date the violation occurred. The owner
				  or his or her representative may appear and be heard. From testimony taken, the
				  director shall render a decision on the eligibility of the owner, his or her
				  representative, the animal, or any of them, pertaining to the race in which the
				  provision was violated, to participate in state funds paid at any future
				  registered light horse race at a fair. A suspension from a pari-mutuel track
				  shall be honored at a fair.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 815 - State Aid for Registered Light Horse Races at Fairs › Section R. 285.815.16 - Final reports; preservation of records

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 16.
(1) Within
				15 days after completion of a registered light horse race program, an
				association shall submit to the director originals of judges' sheets signed by
				the presiding judge, a sworn statement on forms provided by the director, and a
				copy of the printed race program indicating the order of finish of the
				horses.
(2) The association shall
				supply the director with any additional information required in the auditing of
				the report.
(3) Association records
				pertaining to the payment of purses shall be kept for use by the state auditors
				for not less than 4 years.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 816 - Stabling and Training Facilities for Standardbred Harness Horses › Section R. 285.816.1 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1. As used in these rules:
(a) "Association" means a corporation
				organized under a law of this state and governed by an elected board of
				directors, or an association under 1855 PA 80, MCL 453.231, or board
				functioning under 1929 PA 11, MCL 46.151, and which conducts a fair.
(b) "Buildings" means the buildings which are
				primarily used for the stabling of horses or other livestock and which are
				under the management of the fair association or county government.
(c) "Commission" means the commission of
				agriculture.
(d) "Department" means
				the department of agriculture.
(e)
				"Director" means the director of agriculture or his or her designee.
(f) "Grounds" means the land which is
				primarily used for fair purposes and which is under the management of the fair
				association or county government.
(g) "Racetrack" means a track used primarily
				for standardbred harness horse races.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 816 - Stabling and Training Facilities for Standardbred Harness Horses › Section R. 285.816.2 - Allotments; qualifications

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 2.
(1) An
				association receiving an allotment shall not require persons using the fair
				facilities to be members of an association or organization.
(2) An association shall conduct a fair for a
				period of not less than 3 years before consideration for financial
				assistance.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 816 - Stabling and Training Facilities for Standardbred Harness Horses › Section R. 285.816.3 - Allotments; application and approval

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 3.
(1) The
				president and secretary of an association requesting funds shall file a
				properly completed application, on forms provided by the department, with the
				director for consideration on or before May 1 preceding the state's fiscal year
				for which an allotment is being requested, or 60 days prior to making the
				association's facilities available for training and stabling.
(2) The department shall give written notice
				of approval or disapproval of an application within 30 days after receiving the
				application.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 816 - Stabling and Training Facilities for Standardbred Harness Horses › Section R. 285.816.4 - Stabling facilities

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 4.
(1) Michigan
				residents shall be given preference over persons from outside Michigan for
				stabling facilities.
(2) Stalls
				shall not be less than 80 square feet per horse.
(3) Water shall be provided to each building
				used in this program.
(4)
				Electrical systems in buildings shall conform to the state electrical
				code.
(5) Conveniently located
				restrooms shall be provided on the grounds for persons renting stabling
				facilities, and the restrooms shall conform to applicable local
				codes.
(6) All manure shall be
				removed from the grounds in compliance with local health codes.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 816 - Stabling and Training Facilities for Standardbred Harness Horses › Section R. 285.816.5 - Training facilities

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 5.
(1) A
				racetrack on which standardbred harness horses train shall be free of stones,
				rocks, and any other foreign objects. It shall be adequately drained from
				weather conditions and graded to be smooth, well groomed, and compatible for
				training horses, or an auxiliary track shall be made available.
(2) An association shall have clearly visible
				indicators of the starting point, quarter miles, and finish.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 816 - Stabling and Training Facilities for Standardbred Harness Horses › Section R. 285.816.6 - Final approval

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 6. After an application has been submitted, the
				  department shall conduct an inspection of the total facility in order to
				  determine that the facility meets the standards described in R 285.816.4 and R
				  285.816.5.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 816 - Stabling and Training Facilities for Standardbred Harness Horses › Section R. 285.816.7 - Allotments; uses

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 7.
(1) An
				association whose application is approved shall be funded based on the number
				of horses that stable at the facility from October 1 to September 30 each year.
				The following shall be allotted:
(a) over 200
				horses $4,000.00 per year
(b) 176
				to 200 horses $3,500.00 per year
(c) 151 to 175 horses $3,000.00 per
				year
(d) 126 to 150 horses
				$2,500.00 per year
(e) 101 to 125
				horses $2,000.00 per year
(f) 76 to
				100 horses $1,500.00 per year
(g)
				26 to 75 horses $1,000.00 per year
(h) 0 to 25 horses any remaining allotment
				distributed on a prorated basis. A horse that stables and trains for any part
				of the month is considered 1 horse for that month.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 816 - Stabling and Training Facilities for Standardbred Harness Horses › Section R. 285.816.8 - Complaints; appeal

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 8.
(1) Within
				24 hours of being in attendance at a track, an individual may file a complaint
				in writing with the association if he or she believes the track is not
				maintained in a safe condition, as required by R 285.816.5. The association
				shall investigate complaints within 48 hours of receipt of the complaint and
				issue a report of findings to the individual filing the complaint not later
				than 24 hours after the investigation is completed. The report of findings
				shall include notification to the individual filing the compliant that he or
				she can appeal to the department within 10 business days of filing the initial
				complaint if the individual is not satisfied with the association's report of
				findings.
(2) The department shall
				have 7 days after receipt of any appropriately filed appeal to investigate the
				complaint, and the department shall issue a finding of fact and notice of
				action and any recommended actions for the association.
(3) Any party aggrieved by an action taken by
				the department under subrule (2) of this rule may appeal pursuant to 1969 PA
				306, MCL 24.201. An administrative law judge shall issue a proposal for
				decision under section 81 of 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.281, and the department shall
				issue a final order.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 817 - Quarter Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.817.1 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1. As used in these rules:
(a) "Breeder" means an individual,
				partnership, association, or corporation who is domiciled in the state of
				Michigan and who owns the mare at the time of breeding. The lawful lessee of a
				mare at the time of breeding is deemed the owner of the mare.
(b) "Conditions" means a specification of the
				terms under which a race is conducted such as the distance, weight, purse,
				stakes, trials, finals, and money won.
(c) "Department" means the Michigan
				department of agriculture.
(d)
				"Director" means the director of the department or his or her
				designee.
(e) "Domicile" means the
				fixed, permanent and principal home to which a breeder intends to
				return.
(f) "Fairs exhibitions and
				racing division" means the fairs, exhibitions and racing division of the
				department.
(g) "First-time owner
				or breeder" is an individual, partnership, association, or corporation that has
				never registered as an owner or a breeder with the department. Any partnership,
				association, or corporation of which any part of the ownership has registered
				as an owner or a breeder with the department is not eligible as a first-time
				breeder.
(h) "Foaling year" means
				the calendar year in which the foal is born.
(i) "Gross purse" means the total value of
				the track purse.
(j) "Licensed
				quarter horse racing association" means associations licensed by the Michigan
				racing commissioner to conduct quarter horse races in Michigan.
(k) "Michigan-bred quarter horse" means a
				horse which is from a mare owned exclusively by an individual, partnership,
				association, or corporation who is domiciled in Michigan at the time of
				breeding and:
(i) the horse has an American
				quarter horse association, incorporated, certificate of foal stating "foaled in
				Michigan" USA;
(ii) the mare is
				registered with the director by February 15 of the foaling year;
(iii) the mare is in Michigan on or before
				February 15 of the foaling year, and
(iv) the mare remains in this state until
				foaling and for not less than seven consecutive months of the foaling
				year.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 817 - Quarter Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.8171a - Determination of domicile

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1a. Factors to be considered in determining domicile are
				  as follows:
(a) Voting registration or
				alien registration showing a Michigan address.
(b) Federal income tax return showing a
				Michigan address.
(c) State income
				tax return showing a Michigan address.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 817 - Quarter Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.817.2 - Eligibility of horses for breeders' awards, owners' awards, and state supplements

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 2.
(1) To be
				eligible for breeders' awards owners' awards, and state supplements:
(a) the horse must be a certified
				Michigan-bred American quarter horse;
(b) the mare and stallion shall be
				registered, with the department on forms provided by the director, once per
				ownership, when the ownership is transferred with the American quarter horse
				association;
(c) A certificate of
				eligibility shall be issued by the director for a Michigan-bred horse after
				proper registration of the mare and stallion and after the department receives
				a completed foal application. This certificate shall accompany the American
				quarter horse association registration certificate at the time of entry in a
				race.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 817 - Quarter Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.817.3 - Eligibility of races for state supplements

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 3.
(1) State
				supplements shall be allocated for the following races:
(a) Michigan-bred quarter horse overnight
				races.
(b) The Michigan
				futurities.
(c) Michigan-bred
				2-year-old championships, handicaps, and stakes.
(d) Michigan-bred 3-year-old handicaps and
				stakes.
(e) Michigan-bred
				4-year-old and older handicaps and stakes.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 817 - Quarter Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.817.4 - Conditions and purses for races; allocation of state supplements

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 4.
(1) The
				racing association of the track where races of Michigan-bred horses are to be
				conducted shall propose conditions and purses for the races of Michigan-bred
				horses. The conditions of all races of Michigan-bred horses are subject to the
				approval of the director. These conditions shall be submitted to the director
				not less than 18 calendar days before the first race is conducted for each race
				program.
(2) The allocation of
				state supplements shall be determined by the director or his or her designee
				with the advice of the racing commissioner, a representative of the licensed
				quarter horse racing associations, and a representative of the quarter horse
				racing association of Michigan.
(3)
				The director shall announce, no later than 14 calendar days before the start of
				the race meet, allocation of state supplements to purses for each of the
				approved races of Michigan-bred horses in the race program. If proposed
				conditions for those races are not submitted to the director, along with a
				substitute race list, within the time fixed by subrule (1), the director may
				determine conditions and allocate state supplements for those races at his or
				her discretion, but state supplements shall not be allocated later than 96
				hours before the first race scheduled in each condition book. A state
				supplement shall not be allocated to a race of Michigan-bred horses after the
				race has been run.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 817 - Quarter Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.817.5 - Breeders' Awards

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 5.
(1) The
				director or his or her designee shall pay a breeders' award, to the breeder of
				a Michigan-bred horse for each time the horse runs first, second, or third in a
				race, including approved fair races. The combined total award of the gross
				purse shall not exceed the percentage allowed under the racing law. If more
				than 1 winner, place, or show is declared, each breeder is entitled to a
				breeders' award.
(2) If 3 breeders
				are eligible for a breeders' award, breeder awards may be paid as outlined
				under the racing law.
(3) Rights to
				breeders' awards are not assignable or inheritable. The director is under no
				obligation to pay a breeders' award in excess of available funds or other than
				as provided in these rules. In the case of a death of a breeder, breeders'
				awards shall only be paid for a race won prior to the date of death recorded on
				the breeders' certified death certificate. Such certificate shall be submitted
				to the department when requesting payment of breeders' awards after the death
				of a breeder.
(4) If monies are not
				available for full payment of breeders' awards breeders' awards may be
				prorated.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 817 - Quarter Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.817.5a - Owners' Awards

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 5a.
(1) An
				award of up to 30% of the earned track purse shall be paid to the purse account
				of the owner of a Michigan-bred horse that finishes first, second, or third in
				an eligible race that was not restricted to Michigan-bred or sired horses at a
				state-licensed pari-mutuel track in Michigan.
(2) The director, with advice from the
				certified quarter horse association, the quarter horse racing association of
				Michigan, and the quarter horse breeders' and owners' association, shall
				determine the allocation of owners' award percentages.
(3) A single owners' award is limited to not
				more than $10,000.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 817 - Quarter Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.817.6 - Certification of racing results; burden of proof; processing of payment

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 6.
(1) In each
				condition book, the racing commissioner shall certify to the director at the
				completion of racing, the results of all races in which a Michigan-bred horse
				placed first, second, or third along with the names of the owner and breeder of
				the horse.
(2) The secretary of a
				fair shall provide the director with a copy of each day's race program for the
				fair's races within 15 days, showing the first 4 places or a complete filmstrip
				of each race, with placings checked on the program and certified by the race
				secretary.
(3) When the eligibility
				of a breeder to receive a breeders' award is questioned, the burden of proving
				that a horse is a Michigan-bred horse, or is in compliance with these rules, is
				on the breeder.
(4) When the
				eligibility of an owner to receive an owners' award is questioned, the burden
				of proving that a horse is a Michigan-bred horse, or is in compliance with
				these rules, is on the owner.
(5)
				When the eligibility of an owner to receive a state supplement is questioned,
				the burden of proving that a horse is a Michigan-bred horse, or is in
				compliance with these rules, is on the owner.
(6) Payment of breeders' awards shall be
				processed once each month.
(7)
				Payment of owners' awards shall be processed not less than once each
				month.
(8) Payment of state
				supplements shall be processed not less than once each month.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 817 - Quarter Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.817.7 - Ineligibility for future breeders' awards owners' awards, and state supplements

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 7. A person or entity willfully accepting and retaining
				  a breeders' award, owners' award, or state supplement contrary to these rules
				  is ineligible for a future breeders' award, owners' award, or state supplement
				  in this state.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 819 - Appaloosa Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.819.1 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1. As used in these rules:
(a) "Breeder" means a person who is domiciled
				in the state of Michigan and who owns a mare at the time of breeding. The
				lawful lessee of a mare at the time of breeding is deemed the owner of the
				mare.
(b) "Conditions" means a
				specification of the terms under which a race is conducted, such as the
				distance, weight, purse, stakes, trials, finals, and money won.
(c) "Department" means the Michigan
				department of agriculture.
(d)
				"Director" means the director of the department.
(e) "Domicile" means the fixed, permanent,
				and principal home to which a person intends to return.
(f) "Fairs and racing division" means the
				fairs and racing division of the department.
(g) "Foaling year" means the calendar year in
				which the foal is born.
(h) "Gross
				purse" means the track purse plus the state supplement.
(i) "Licensed appaloosa horse racing
				association" means an association licensed by the Michigan racing commissioner
				to conduct appaloosa horse races in Michigan.
(j) "Michigan appaloosa racing association"
				means a nonprofit corporation consisting of those persons organized for the
				purpose of improving appaloosa horse racing and breeding.
(k) "Michigan-bred appaloosa horse" means a
				horse which is from a mare owned by a person who is domiciled in Michigan at
				the time of breeding and which is sired by a registered stallion owned or
				leased exclusively by a person who is domiciled in Michigan, which stallion did
				not serve a mare at a location outside of Michigan during the calendar year in
				which the service occurred. Each mare and stallion shall be registered with the
				director of the department of agriculture.
(l) "Owner" means the person listed on the
				appaloosa horse club registry as the most current owner of the horse.
(m) "State supplement" means money allocated
				by the director from the state fund for a race conducted exclusively for
				Michigan-bred horses.
(n) "Track
				purse" means the money offered by a licensed appaloosa horse racing association
				for 1 race, not including a state supplement.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 819 - Appaloosa Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.819.1a - Determination of domicile

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1a. Factors to be considered in determining domicile are
				  as follows:
(a) Voting registration or
				alien registration showing a Michigan address.
(b) Federal income tax return showing a
				Michigan address.
(c) State income
				tax return showing a Michigan address.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 819 - Appaloosa Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.819.2 - Eligibility of horses for breeders' awards and state supplements

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 2.
(1)
				Eligibility of horses for breeders' awards and state supplements is established
				upon compliance with the following:
(a)
				Commencing in 1982, a mare shall be registered with the fairs and racing
				division by December 1 in the year in which the mare is bred, on forms provided
				by the director. Commencing in 1983 and thereafter, a mare previously
				registered with the fairs and racing division shall be registered only once per
				ownership, whenever the ownership is transferred with the appaloosa horse
				club.
(b) Commencing in 1982, a
				stallion shall be registered with the director on forms provided by the fairs
				and racing division by December 1 of each breeding year.
(c) A certificate of eligibility shall be
				issued by the director for a Michigan-bred horse. This certificate shall
				accompany the appaloosa horse club registration certificate at the time of
				entry in a race.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 819 - Appaloosa Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.819.3 - Eligibility of races for state supplements

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 3.
(1) State
				supplements shall be allocated for the following races:
(a) Michigan-bred Appaloosa horse overnight
				races.
(b) The Michigan
				futurities.
(c) Michigan-bred
				2-year-old handicaps and stakes.
(d) Michigan-bred 3-year-old handicaps and
				stakes.
(e) Michigan-bred
				4-year-old and older handicaps and stakes.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 819 - Appaloosa Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.819.4 - Conditions and purses for races; allocation of state supplements

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 4.
(1) The
				racing association of the track where races of Michigan-bred horses are to be
				conducted shall propose conditions and purses for the races of Michigan-bred
				horses. The conditions of all races of Michigan-bred horses are subject to the
				approval of the director. These conditions shall be submitted to the director
				not less than 18 calendar days before the first race is conducted for each race
				program.
(2) The allocation of
				state supplements shall be determined by the director with the advice of the
				racing commissioner, a representative of the licensed Appaloosa horse racing
				associations, and a representative of the Michigan Appaloosa racing
				association, inc.
(3) The director
				shall announce, not later than 4 calendar days before the start of the race
				program, his allocation of state supplements to purses for each of the approved
				races of Michigan-bred horses in the race program. If proposed conditions for
				those races are not submitted to the director, along with a substitute race
				list, within the time fixed by subrule (1), the director may determine
				conditions and allocate state supplements for those races at his discretion,
				but state supplements shall not be allocated later than 96 hours before the
				first race scheduled in each condition book. A state supplement shall not be
				allocated to a race of Michigan-bred horses after the race has been
				run.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 819 - Appaloosa Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.819.5 - Payment of breeder's award

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Rule 5.
(1) The
				director shall pay a breeder's award to the breeder of a Michigan-bred horse
				for each time the horse wins a race, including approved fair races. The total
				award shall be in the amount of 10% of the gross purse. If more than 1 winner
				is declared, each breeder is entitled to a full breeder's award. Breeders'
				awards shall only be payable for wins after the date the Michigan department of
				agriculture certificate of foal eligibility is issued.
(2) Rights to breeders' awards are not
				assignable. Breeders' awards are not inheritable. And there is no obligation
				upon the director to pay a breeder's award in excess of available funds or
				other than as provided in these rules. A breeder's award shall not be paid for
				a race won after the date of death of the breeder who would otherwise be
				entitled to the award.
(3) If
				monies are not available for full payment of both breeders' awards and state
				supplements, payments shall be made in full for supplements as provided in R
				285.819.3 and remaining monies shall be prorated for breeders'
				awards.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 819 - Appaloosa Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements › Section R. 285.819.6 - Certification of racing results; burden of proof; processing of payment

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Rule 6.
(1) At the
				completion of each condition book or weekly race program, the racing
				commissioner shall certify to the director the results of all races in which a
				Michigan-bred horse placed first, second, or third, and the names of the owner
				and breeder of the horse.
(2) The
				secretary of a fair shall provide the director with a copy of each day's race
				program for the fair's races within 15 days, showing the first 4 places or a
				complete film strip of each race, with placings checked on the program and
				certified by the race secretary.
(3) When the eligibility of a breeder to
				receive a breeder's award is questioned, the burden of proving that a horse is
				a Michigan-bred horse, or is in compliance with these rules, is on the
				breeder.
(4) State supplements may
				be processed for payment to the owners of winning horses once each
				month.
(5) Payment of breeders'
				awards shall be processed not less than once each month.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 820 - Michigan-bred Pari-mutuel Races › Section R. 285.820.1 - Definitions

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Rule 1. As used in these rules:
(a) "Commissioner" means the Michigan state
				racing commissioner.
(b)
				"Department" means the Michigan department of agriculture.
(c) "Director" means the director of the
				department or his or her designee.
(d) "Licensed racing association" means an
				association licensed by the commissioner to conduct standardbred horse races in
				this state.
(e) "M.H.H.A." means
				the Michigan harness horsemen's association.
(f) "Michigan-bred horse" means a horse that
				is from a registered standardbred mare, which is owned exclusively by a
				resident or residents of this state at the time of conception.
(g) "Michigan-sired standardbred horse" means
				a standardbred horse that satisfies any of the following provisions:
(i) The first foal per year, with the
				exception of twins carried to term by the natural mother, which is from a
				Michigan-owned standardbred mare at the time of breeding and which is sired by
				a Michigan-owned or leased stallion, duly registered with the fairs,
				exhibitions and racing division.
(ii) The first foal per year with the
				exception of twins carried to term by the natural mother, from a mare which was
				owned exclusively by a resident or residents of this state at the time of
				conception and which was conceived outside this state by means of transported
				semen from a standardbred stallion that was registered with the
				department.
(iii) The first foal
				per year, with the exception of twins carried to term by the natural mother,
				from a mare which was owned exclusively or in part by a nonresident of this
				state at the time of conception and which was conceived outside the state of
				Michigan by means of semen transported from a standardbred stallion that was
				registered with the department if, by November 1 of the year in which the foal
				is conceived, the transport fee is paid to the department's agent.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 820 - Michigan-bred Pari-mutuel Races › Section R. 285.820.1a - Eligibility

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Rule 1a. A horse shall be a Michigan-bred or a Michigan-sired
				  standardbred horse and meet the established conditions of the race, in order to
				  be eligible to race in any Michigan-bred pari-mutuel race, which is
				  supplemented with state funds.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 820 - Michigan-bred Pari-mutuel Races › Section R. 285.820.2 - Michigan-bred foals eligible for nomination to Michigan-bred races; racing divisions

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Rule 2.
(1) The
				first Michigan-bred foals eligible to be nominated for these Michigan-bred
				pari-mutuel races shall be Michigan-bred foals born in the official 1975 United
				States trotting association foaling year.
(2) In 1979 and thereafter, the foals in
				subrule (1) of this rule shall be raced as Michigan-bred 4-year-olds as
				follows:
(a) Michigan-bred 4-year-old horse,
				gelding trot.
(b) Michigan-bred
				4-year-old mare trot.
(c)
				Michigan-bred 4-year-old horse, gelding pace.
(d) Michigan-bred 4-year-old mare
				pace.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 820 - Michigan-bred Pari-mutuel Races › Section R. 285.820.3 - Fees and nominations

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Rule 3.
(1) The
				M.H.H.A. shall be the holding agent for all fees collected.
(2) The host licensed racing association
				shall disburse purse money pertaining to the Michigan-bred pari-mutuel
				races.
(3) To assist the director
				to determine the fees and conditions of the races to be run, an advisory panel
				is established and shall consist of the following 6 persons:
(a) The president, or his or her designee, of
				the Michigan harness horsemen's association.
(b) The president, or his or her designee, of
				the Michigan standardbred horse breeders association.
(c) The Michigan racing commissioner, or his
				or her designee.
(d) The president,
				or his or her designee, of the northern fairs and racing association.
(e) A representative of the pari-mutuel
				harness race meet licensees.
(f) A
				member of the department who is designated by the director shall act as chair
				of the committee.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 820 - Michigan-bred Pari-mutuel Races › Section R. 285.820.4 - Application and designation of host tracks

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Rule 4
(1) A
				licensed racing association requesting state funds for payment of Michigan-bred
				pari-mutuel race purses shall submit a properly completed application to the
				racing commissioner.
(2) The racing
				commissioner shall designate annually at which pari-mutuel track the pace and
				trot shall be held.
(3) If because
				of unfavorable weather or other unavoidable circumstances the Michigan-bred
				pari-mutuel races are postponed, then the races may be rescheduled at the
				discretion of the director of agriculture or the racing commissioner.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 820 - Michigan-bred Pari-mutuel Races › Section R. 285.820.5 - Elimination plans for Michigan-bred pari-mutuel races

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Rule 5. Elimination heats shall be raced pursuant to the
				  United States trotting association rules unless published in the conditions of
				  the race and approved by the director.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 820 - Michigan-bred Pari-mutuel Races › Section R. 285.820.6 - Purse distribution

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Rule 6.
(1) Each
				purse in the Michigan-bred pari-mutuel races that have 5 or more starters shall
				be divided as follows: 50%-25%-12%-8%-5%. If there are fewer than 5 starters,
				then all uncontested money shall be paid to the winner. If there is a premium
				or premiums for which a horse has started, but was unable to finish due to an
				accident, all unoffending horses that did not finish will share equally in the
				premiums. However, if there are fewer unoffending horses failing to finish than
				there are premiums for which horses have started but have not finished, then
				the number of premiums in excess of the number of unoffending horses not
				finishing shall go to the winner.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 820 - Michigan-bred Pari-mutuel Races › Section R. 285.820.7 - Ineligibility of person or entity to participate in future Michigan-bred pari-mutuel race programs

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Rule 7. A person or entity wilfully falsifying any documents
				  required by these rules or wilfully accepting and retaining any purse monies
				  contrary to these rules shall be ineligible to participate in any future
				  Michigan-bred pari-mutuel race programs under the provisions of these
				  rules.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 821 - Thoroughbred Sire Stake Races and Awards Program › Section R. 285.821.1 - Definitions

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Rule 1. As used in these rules:
(a) "Department" means the Michigan
				department of agriculture.
(b)
				"Director" means the director of the department or his or her
				designee.
(c) "Domicile" means the
				fixed, permanent, and principal home to which a person intends to
				return.
(d) AEarned purse@ means
				the portion of a purse distribution that is awarded for the order of finish up
				to 3 placings, the term includes any state purse supplement, but does not
				include any other award funds.
(e)
				AGross purse@ means the total money offered for a purse.
(f) "H.B.P.A." means the horsemen's
				benevolent and protective association, Michigan division.
(g) @Host track@ means the licensed racing
				association designated by the director to conduct thoroughbred sire stake
				races.
(h) "Jockey club" means the
				jockey club, incorporated.
(i)
				"Lessee" means a person who is domiciled in Michigan, who leases a stallion,
				and whose name has been recorded with the jockey club register as the
				registered lessee of a horse. A copy of the lease shall be filed with the
				department.
(j) "Michigan stallion"
				means a registered stallion which was leased or owned exclusively by a resident
				of this state and which did not serve a mare at a location outside of this
				state during the calendar year in which the service occurred. A stallion shall
				be registered with the director, on forms provided by the department, by
				January 1 of each year in which the stallion will be standing at service in
				this state. A newly acquired stallion purchased after January 1 of the breeding
				year shall be eligible for mares bred after the stallion is registered with the
				director if the stallion has not served any mares outside of this state during
				the calendar year.
(k)
				AMichigan-sired horse@ means a horse sired by a registered stallion and duly
				nominated under R 285.821.4.
(l)
				"M.T.O.B.A.@ means the Michigan thoroughbred owners and breeders
				association.
(m) "Stallion owner"
				or Aowner of a Michigan stallion@ means an individual, partnership,
				association, or corporation that owns a stallion at the time of
				registration.
(n) AOwner of a
				Michigan-sired horse@ means a person who is licensed under section 16 of Act
				No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1995, being '431.316 of the Michigan Compiled
				Laws, and who owns a registered Michigan-sired horse.
(o) "Person" means an individual,
				partnership, association, or corporation that owns a stallion at the time of
				service.
(p) "Sire stake" means a
				race condition for 2-year-old, 3-year-old, and 4-year-old and up Michigan-sired
				thoroughbred horses.
(q)
				"Thoroughbred racing association" means an association that is licensed by the
				Michigan racing commissioner to conduct thoroughbred horse races in Michigan at
				a host track approved by the director.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 821 - Thoroughbred Sire Stake Races and Awards Program › Section R. 285.821.2 - Determination of domicile

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Rule 2. Factors to be considered in determining domicile are
				  as follows:
(a) Voting registration or
				alien registration showing a Michigan address.
(b) Federal income tax return showing a
				Michigan address.
(c) State income
				tax return showing a Michigan address.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 821 - Thoroughbred Sire Stake Races and Awards Program › Section R. 285.821.3 - Foals eligible for nomination; racing divisions

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Rule 3. The Michigan sire stakes races shall be raced in not
				  less than 6 separate divisions as follows:
(a) Two-year-old colts and
				geldings.
(b) Two-year-old
				fillies.
(c) Three-year-old colts
				and geldings.
(d) Three-year-old
				fillies.
(e) Four-year-old and up
				colts and geldings.
(f)
				Four-year-old and up fillies and mares.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 821 - Thoroughbred Sire Stake Races and Awards Program › Section R. 285.821.4 - Fees; nominations; award percentages

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Rule 4.
(1) The
				payment schedule shall be as follows:
(a) Year
				of foaling - nomination shall be made by December thirty-first at no fee and
				shall be recorded with the department.
(b) All fees shall be determined by a
				committee of 1 member each from the thoroughbred racing association, the
				H.B.P.A., and the M.T.O.B.A., shall be payable to the racing association
				commencing 30 days before racing of the finals, and shall be added to the
				respective divisions.
(c) The
				department is responsible for providing applications and accepting
				nominations.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 821 - Thoroughbred Sire Stake Races and Awards Program › Section R. 285.821.5 - Designation of host tracks; race dates; postponement and rescheduling of races

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Rule 5.
(1) The
				director shall designate annually which pari-mutuel track or tracks shall host
				the Michigan sire stake races. To assist the director in designating the track
				and to help determine the time and conditions of the races to be run, an
				advisory panel is established consisting of the following persons:
(a) Any thoroughbred breeders and owners
				selected by the director.
(b) The
				Michigan racing commissioner or his or her designee.
(c) A representative of the pari-mutuel
				thoroughbred race meet licensees.
(d) A member of the Michigan department of
				agriculture, designated by the director, who shall act as chairman.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 821 - Thoroughbred Sire Stake Races and Awards Program › Section R. 285.821.6 - Determination of field; applicable rules

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Rule 6.
(1) If the
				field, after the nomination and entry fees are paid, contains more than the
				track's maximum available field, then the field shall be determined by the
				lifetime money earnings of the top entries to fill the track's maximum
				field.
(2) Racing of sire stake
				races, where not specifically covered by these rules, shall be raced under the
				rules of the Michigan racing commissioner, being R 431.1 to
				R
				431.4290.
(3) The racing commissioner shall certify, to
				the director, at the completion of racing, in each condition book, the results
				of all races won by a Michigan-sired horse and also the results of all races in
				which a Michigan-sired horse finished first, second, or third in a race that
				was not restricted to Michigan-sired horses.
Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Agriculture and Rural Development › Executive Division › RegulationNo 821 - Thoroughbred Sire Stake Races and Awards Program › Section R. 285.821.7 - Purse distribution

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Rule 7. Each purse in the Michigan sire stake races shall be
				  divided among the winners of each final race in the following manner:
(a) Five or more starters
				.......................... 60%, 20%, 11%, 6%, 3%.
(b) Four starters
				.................................. 60%, 20%, 12%, 8%.
(c) Three starters
				................................. 60%, 25%, 15%.
(d) Two starters
				................................... 60%, 40%.
(e) One starter
				.................................... 100%.