Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 5 - Eligibility for Racing › Section 5-1 - Horses ineligible

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 1.
(a) A horse
				is ineligible to start in a race when:
(1) it
				is not stabled on the grounds of the association or present by the time
				established by the commission;
(2)
				for a quarter horse, its breed registration certificate is not on file with the
				racing secretary or horse identifier, unless the racing secretary has submitted
				the certificate to the appropriate breed registry for correction, or the
				information contained on the registration certificate is available to the
				racing secretary, or the racing secretary's designee, through the electronic
				registration system, however:
(A) the
				stewards, for good cause, may waive this requirement if the horse is otherwise
				correctly identified to the satisfaction of the stewards and
				identifier;
(B) if the electronic
				registration system fails for any reason, the stewards may require presentation
				of a horse's registration certificate prior to a horse being entered or raced
				in Indiana;
(C) the stewards may at
				any time require presentation of a horse's registration certificate;
				and
(D) a horse may not receive a
				preference date prior to entry unless the horse's registration paper is on file
				with the racing secretary;
(3) it is not fully identified and tattooed
				on the inside of the upper lip or microchipped or identified by any other
				method approved by the appropriate breed registry and the commission;
(4) if a thoroughbred, it is not duly
				registered and named at the registry office of the Jockey Club (New York), or,
				if a quarter horse, it is not duly registered with the American Quarter Horse
				Association;
(5) it has been
				fraudulently entered or raced in any jurisdiction under a different name, with
				an altered registration certificate, or altered lip tattoo or microchip or
				other identification method approved by the appropriate breed registry and the
				commission;
(6) it is wholly or
				partially owned by a disqualified person or a horse is under the direct or
				indirect training or management of a disqualified person;
(7) it is wholly or partially owned by the
				spouse of a disqualified person or a horse is under the direct or indirect
				management of the spouse of a disqualified person, in such cases, it being
				presumed that the disqualified person and spouse constitute a single financial
				entity with respect to the horse, which presumption may be rebutted;
(8) the stakes or entrance money for the
				horse has not been paid, in accordance with the conditions of the
				race;
(9) its name appears on the
				starter's list, stewards' list, or veterinarian's list;
(10) it is a first time starter and has not
				been approved to start by the starter;
(11) it is owned in whole or in part by an
				undisclosed person or interest;
(12) it lacks sufficient official published
				workouts or past race performances;
(13) it has been entered in a stakes race and
				has subsequently been transferred with its engagements unless the racing
				secretary has been notified of such prior to the start;
(14) it is subject to a lien, which has not
				been approved by the stewards and filed with the horsemen's
				bookkeeper;
(15) it is subject to a
				lease not filed with the stewards;
(16) it is not in sound racing
				condition;
(17) it has had a
				posterior digital neurectomy (heel denerving), which has not been approved by
				the official veterinarian;
(18) it
				has been trachea tubed to artificially assist breathing;
(19) it has been blocked with alcohol or
				otherwise drugged or surgically denerved to desensitize the nerves above the
				ankle;
(20) it has impaired
				eyesight in both eyes;
(21) it is
				barred or suspended in any recognized jurisdiction;
(22) it does not meet the eligibility
				conditions of the race;
(23) its
				owner or lessor is in arrears for any stakes fees, except with approval of the
				racing secretary;
(24) its owners,
				lessors, lessees, or trainer have not completed the licensing procedures
				required by the commission;
(25) it
				is by an unknown sire or out of an unknown mare;
(26) there is no negative test certificate
				for equine infectious anemia issued within the preceding twelve (12) months on
				file with the association;
(27) if
				a quarter horse, it has shoes (racing plates) that have toe grabs with a height
				greater than four (4) millimeters (fifteen thousand seven hundred forty-eight
				hundred-thousandths (0.15748) inches), or any other traction device on the
				front hooves while racing or training on all racing surfaces;
(28) if a thoroughbred, it has shoes (racing
				plates) which have full rims with a height greater than two (2) millimeters
				(seven thousand eight hundred seventy-four hundred-thousandths (0.07874)
				inches), bends, jar caulks, stickers, or any other traction device on the front
				hooves while racing or training on any racing surfaces, or if it has shoes
				(racing plates) that have toe grabs with a height greater than four (4)
				millimeters (fifteen thousand seven hundred forty-eight hundred-thousandths
				(0.15748) inches) or any other traction device on the hind limbs while racing
				or training on any racing surface;
(29) it has reached the age of twelve (12)
				years;
(30) it is a maiden that has
				reached the age of six (6) years or older with fewer than six (6)
				starts;
(31) the race date is
				within ten (10) days of having extracorporeal shock wave or radial pulse wave
				therapy; or
(32) it has not made an
				official start in the previous two hundred forty (240) days, or it is a first
				time starter that has reached the age of four (4) years, and it has not
				fulfilled the requirements set forth in
				71 IAC
				7.5-4-1(b).