Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 09 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Subtitle 10 - RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 09.10.01 - Thoroughbred Rules › Section 09.10.01.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Added money" means the amount
				contributed to a purse in a race, other than the fees paid by those who
				nominated, entered, or started in the race.
(1-1) "Age" of a horse is calculated from the first of
				  January in the year in which it is foaled.
(2) "Arrears" includes money due for entrance
				forfeits, fees (including jockey's fees), fines, subscriptions stake, purchase
				money in claiming or selling races, and any default in money incident to these
				rules.
(3) "Association" means a
				person or persons, partnership, corporate body, or any other entity licensed by
				the Commission to conduct a meeting where horse racing is permitted for any
				stake, purse, or reward.
(4)
				"Authorized agent" means an individual appointed by a person licensed as an
				owner to act as the owner's representative.
(5) A horse is "bred" at the place of his
				birth.
(6) The "breeder" of a horse
				is the owner of the horse's dam at the time of foaling.
(7) A "claiming race" is one in which,
				according to the conditions, any of the horses engaged may be
				claimed.
(8) "Commission" means the
				Maryland Racing Commission.
(9) A
				"free handicap" is one in which no liability is incurred for entrance money,
				stake, or forfeit, until acceptance of the weight, either directly or through
				omission to declare out.
(10) A
				"handicap" is a race in which the weights to be carried by the horses are
				adjusted by the handicapper for the purpose of equalizing their chances of
				winning.
(11) A "highweight
				handicap" is one in which the top weight may not be less than 140
				pounds.
(12) "Horse" includes mare,
				gelding, colt, and filly. For racing purposes and programming, horses shall be
				designated as follows:
(a) Male-horse, colt,
				or gelding;
(b) Female-filly or
				mare.
(13) "Maiden"
				means a horse that has never won a race on the flat in a state or country where
				racing is supervised by a legalized racing commission or board, or where the
				races are covered by The Daily Racing Form or other similar authorized
				publications.
(14) A "match" is a
				race between two horses which are the property of two different owners, on
				terms agreed upon by them, and to which no money is added; the agreement shall
				be void if either owner dies.
(15)
				"Recognized meeting" means a meeting held with the sanction of the Commission
				upon a race course in the State operated by a duly licensed association at the
				place where the meeting is licensed to be held.
(16) The "nominator" is the person in whose
				name a horse is originally nominated for a race.
(17) An "optional claiming race" is one in
				which only those horses may be claimed which are entered for a claiming
				price.
(18) "Overnight race" means
				a race, for the purpose of applying the provisions of Business Regulation
				Article, §
										11-518(d),
				Annotated Code of Maryland, which is not a stakes race or a
				sweepstakes.
(19) "Owner" includes
				sole owner, part owner, and lessee of a horse.
(20) "Post time" means the time set for the
				arrival of the horses in a race at the starting point. The post time shall be
				shown a reasonable time before the race on a clock device provided for that
				purpose and shall be prominently displayed and clearly readable from the
				grandstand.
(21) A "private
				sweepstakes" is one to which no money or other prize is added and which, prior
				to closing, has not been advertised, either by publication, by circular, by
				entry blank, or in any other way.
(22) A "produce race" is one to be run for by
				the produce of horses named or described at the time of entry.
(23) A "purse race" is a race for money or
				other prize to which the owners of the horses engaged do not
				contribute.
(24) A "race" includes
				a stake, a purse, a sweepstakes, a private sweepstakes, a match, or an
				overnight event, but does not include a steeplechase or hurdle race.
(25) "Stakes race" means:
(a) For the purpose of applying the
				provisions of Business Regulation Article, §
											11-518(d),
				Annotated Code of Maryland, a race in which the purse consists of not less than
				$50,000 of added money; and
(b) For
				all other purposes, a race for which:
(i)
				Nominations close not later than 72 hours in advance of its running and for
				which a fee is assessed on the ownership of a horse that is either nominated
				to, or entered or started in, the race, or
(ii) Horses are invited by an association to
				run for a guaranteed purse of $50,000 or more without the payment of
				fees.
(26) A
				horse is a "starter" when the stall doors of the starting gate open in front of
				the horse at the time the starter dispatches the field.
(27) "Sweepstakes" means a race:
(a) For which fees or other contributions by
				three or more separate ownerships are distributed according to the conditions
				of the race; and
(b) To which money
				or other prize may be added.
(28) A "walkover" is a race in which only one
				horse starts, or in which all the starters are owned by the same
				interest.
(29) "Weight for age"
				means standard weight according to the scale of weights contained in these
				rules. A weight for age race is one in which all horses carry weight according
				to the scale, without penalties or allowances.