New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter I - Division of Horse Racing and Pari-Mutuel Wagering › Subchapter B - Harness Racing › Part 4118 - Purses And Conditions › Section 4118.2 - Deductions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) At a licensed
					 track where there is no provision relating to purse deductions for drivers in
					 an agreement between such track and such track's horsemen's representative,
					 each driver shall be entitled to five percent of the purse earned by any horse
					 such driver drives at such track, which amount shall be deducted from such
					 purse otherwise payable to the horse's owner (which term shall include lessee,
					 nominator and breeder) and shall be payable directly to said driver by such
					 track at such time as such purse payment is authorized. In the event a purse is
					 thereafter declared forfeit or ordered redistributed, such action shall in like
					 manner affect such five percent allocation, and if previously paid, the driver
					 recipient shall promptly repay such sum to such track. Any private agreement
					 with a driver relating to driver compensation shall not affect the track's
					 responsibility herein to pay said driver's five percent allocation. At a
					 licensed track where there is any provision relating to purse deductions for
					 drivers in an agreement between such track and such track's horsemen's
					 representative, this rule shall not apply.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (a) of
					 this section, all purses contested for shall be distributed according to the
					 conditions of the race and no deduction, voluntary or involuntary, may be made
					 from any purse or stake or futurity other than for payments to be made to
					 owners, nominators or breeders of money-winning horses and organization or
					 promotion expenses stipulated for stakes and futurities.
(c) At a licensed track where there is no
					 provision relating to purse deductions for trainers, in an agreement between
					 such track and such track's horsemen's representative, each trainer shall be
					 entitled to five percent of the purse earned by any horse such trainer trains
					 at such track, which amount shall be deducted from such purse otherwise payable
					 to the horse's owner (which term shall include lessee, nominator and breeder)
					 and shall be payable directly to said trainer by such track at such time as
					 such purse payment is authorized. In the event a purse is thereafter declared
					 forfeit or ordered redistributed, such action shall in like manner affect such
					 five-percent allocation, and if previously paid, the trainer recipient shall
					 promptly repay such sum to such track. Any private agreement with a trainer
					 relating to trainer compensation shall not affect the track's responsibility
					 herein to pay said trainer's five percent allocation. At a licensed track where
					 there is any provision relating to purse deductions for trainers in an
					 agreement between such track and such track's horsemen's representative, this
					 rule shall not apply.