Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part IV - Horse Racing Commission › Chapter 163 - RULES OF RACING › PENNSYLVANIA BREEDERS' FUND PROGRAM › Section 163.538 - Purses and awards

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A prize
				  awarded under this section shall be in accordance with the standards for purses
				  at each racing meet as approved by order of the Commission. Each prize shall be
				  advanced to the Horsemen's Bookkeeper Account as won or earned at each meet by
				  the racing association conducting the meet. The racing association shall
				  maintain a separate ledger of them and shall transmit a certified copy of
				  allowances, prizes and purses made no later than every 10th day of each month
				  of the meets to the Commission. After the Commission has reviewed and approved
				  them, it shall reimburse the racing association for the advances made which the
				  Commission finds proper.
(b) The
				  Pennsylvania Breeders Association shall compile awards earned by breeders,
				  owners of Pennsylvania sires and owners of Pennsylvania-bred horses and
				  maintain a separate ledger of them. Monthly, a certified report of awards
				  earned shall be forwarded to the Commission. After the Commission has reviewed
				  and approved them it will be forwarded to the Department of Treasury for
				  payment to the awardees. Awards shall be provided for as follows:
(1)
Awards to breeders
. An
				  award of 30% of the purse earned by every registered Pennsylvania-bred
				  thoroughbred horse sired by a registered Pennsylvania sire at the time of
				  conception of the registered Pennsylvania-bred thoroughbred horse, or an award
				  of 20% of the purse earned by every registered Pennsylvania-bred thoroughbred
				  horse sired by a nonregistered sire, which finishes first, second or third in
				  any race conducted by a licensed corporation under the act shall be paid to the
				  breeder of the registered Pennsylvania-bred thoroughbred horse. A single award
				  under this paragraph may not exceed 1% of the total annual Fund
				  money.
(2)
Awards to owners
				  of registered Pennsylvania sires
. An award of 10% of the purse earned
				  by any Pennsylvania-bred thoroughbred horse which finishes first, second or
				  third in any race conducted by a licensed corporation under the act shall be
				  paid to the owner of the registered Pennsylvania sire which regularly stood in
				  Pennsylvania at the time of conception of the Pennsylvania-bred thoroughbred
				  horse. A single award under this paragraph may not exceed .5% of the total
				  annual Fund money.
(3)
Awards to owners of Pennsylvania-bred horses
. An award of 10%
				  of the purse earned by any registered Pennsylvania-bred thoroughbred horse
				  which finishes first in any race conducted by a licensed corporation under the
				  act not restricting entry to registered Pennsylvania-bred thoroughbred horses
				  shall be paid to the licensed owner of the registered Pennsylvania-bred
				  thoroughbred horse at the time of winning. A single award under this paragraph
				  may not exceed .5% of the total annual Fund money.