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Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ELECTRONIC ELIGIBILITY › Section 205.211 - Electronic eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
No horse will be permitted to race at a licensed
						racetrack facility under the jurisdiction of the Commission unless a current
						USTA electronic eligibility certificate at the proper gait has been obtained
						and approved by the Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ELECTRONIC ELIGIBILITY › Section 205.212 - Issuance of electronic eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Electronic eligibility shall be issued for the life of
						the horse.
(a) Each registered owner
					 of a horse must be a member in good standing with the USTA prior to the
					 issuance of an electronic eligibility. If the horse is registered in the
					 ownership of a registered racing, farm, corporation, or stable, all "beneficial
					 owners" of those entities must be members in good standing with the USTA prior
					 to the issuance of an electronic eligibility.
(b) Each application for the issuance of
					 electronic eligibility shall list the names of all owners including beneficial
					 owners of the horse.
(c) The names
					 of all owners, including beneficial owners, shall be listed on the electronic
					 eligibility. The electronic eligibility shall not be issued in the names of
					 more than four persons. In the event five or more names are reported to the
					 USTA, the electronic eligibility shall be issued only in four or fewer
					 including racing, farm, corporate or stable names, which names must be
					 registered in accordance with Rule 8.02 of the USTA.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ELECTRONIC ELIGIBILITY › Section 205.213 - Leased horses

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Any horse on a racing lease must race in the name of the
						lessee and must provide evidence to the Commission of the lease as filed with
						the, USTA.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ELECTRONIC ELIGIBILITY › Section 205.214 - Corrections on electronic eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Corrections on an electronic eligibility may be made only
						by the Commission, the Presiding Judge or a designee of the
						Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ELECTRONIC ELIGIBILITY › Section 205.215 - Conditioned races

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
For purposes of eligibility, a racing season or racing
						year shall be the calendar year. Conditions shall not be written in a way that
						any horse is deprived of an opportunity to race in a normal preference cycle.
						Where the word "preferred" is used in a condition it shall not supersede date
						preference.
(1) Conditions shall be
					 limited to the money earnings of the horses in a specified period of time or
					 number of starts.
(2) Primary
					 conditions shall be nonwinners or winners of more than a stated amount of
					 money.
(3) Not more than two also
					 eligible conditions shall be used in writing the condition of any overnight
					 event.
(4) Age and sex allowances
					 shall apply to the primary condition and shall not be considered an also
					 eligible condition.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ELECTRONIC ELIGIBILITY › Section 205.216 - Date eligibility determined

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Horses must be eligible to the event when entries close.
						Winnings earned on the closing date of eligibility shall not be
						considered.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ELECTRONIC ELIGIBILITY › Section 205.217 - Age of horses

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
No horse that is 15 years of age or older is eligible to
						perform in any race except in matinees, fair races, or races exclusively for
						amateur drivers as designated by the Commission and no electronic eligibility
						shall be issued for a horse except for a performance in those
						races.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ELECTRONIC ELIGIBILITY › Section 205.218 - Prohibitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) No electronic
					 eligibility will be issued on any horse under 2 years of age.
(b) No electronic eligibility shall be issued
					 for a horse from which a positive Coggins test has been reported.
(c) No electronic eligibility will be issued
					 on any horse not properly registered with the USTA.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › TYPES OF RACES OFFERED › Section 205.221 - Standards for overnight events

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The race secretary should prescribe standards to
						determine whether a horse is qualified to race in overnight events at a
						meeting. Where time standards are established at a meeting for both trotters
						and pacers, trotters shall be given a minimum of 2 seconds allowance in
						relation to pacers.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › TYPES OF RACES OFFERED › Section 205.222 - Types of races to be offered

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The racing secretary shall exclusively use the following
						types of races:
(1) Stakes and
					 futurities.
(2) Early closing and
					 late closing events.
(3)
Conditioned races
. These qualifications may be based upon,
					 among other things:
(i) Horse's money winnings
					 in a specified number of previous races or during a specified previous
					 time.
(ii) A horse's finishing
					 position in a specified number of previous races or during a specified period
					 of time.
(iii) Age.
(iv) Sex.
(v) Number of starts during a specified
					 period of time.
(vi) Or any one or
					 more combinations of the qualifications herein listed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › TYPES OF RACES OFFERED › Section 205.223 - Selection or drawing of horses

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
For all overnight events, Starters and "also eligible"
						shall be drawn by lot from those properly entered, except that a race secretary
						must establish a preference system for races as provided for in Rule 14.10 of
						the USTA.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › TYPES OF RACES OFFERED › Section 205.224 - Splitting of conditioned races

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
When it is necessary to fill a card, not more than one
						conditioned race per day may be divided into not more than two divisions after
						preference has been applied and the divisions may be selected by the racing
						secretary. For all other overnight races that are divided, the division must be
						by lot unless the conditions provide for a division based on performance,
						earnings or sex.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › TYPES OF RACES OFFERED › Section 205.225 - Substitute and divided races

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Substitute races may be provided for each day's program
						and shall be so designated. Entries in races not filling shall be posted. A
						substitute race or an event divided into two races shall be used only if
						regularly scheduled races fail to fill. If a regular race fills it shall be
						raced on the day it was offered. Overnight events and substitutes shall not be
						carried to the next racing day.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › TYPES OF RACES OFFERED › Section 205.226 - Heats

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A heat, if conducted, shall be considered as a separate
						race for the purposes of conditioned racing.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › TYPES OF RACES OFFERED › Section 205.227 - Prohibitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A horse
					 qualifying in a qualifying race for which no purse is offered shall not be
					 deprived by reason of the performance of the right to start in any conditioned
					 race.
(b) No time records or bars
					 shall be used as an element of a horse's eligibility for any event.
(c) The racing secretary may reject the
					 declaration on any horse whose past performance indicates that he would be
					 below the competitive level of other horses declared, provided the rejection
					 does not result in a race being cancelled.
(d) Declarations shall not be accepted for
					 any horse to any race unless the declarer has furnished the race secretary with
					 a negative Coggins test written certificate for that horse, as required by
					 subsection (a).
(e) Performance in
					 a matinee race shall not be considered an official start.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › TYPES OF RACES OFFERED › Section 205.228 - Bonus earnings

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
In the case of a bonus, the present value of the bonus
						shall be credited to the horse as earnings for the race or series of races for
						which it received the bonus. It shall be the responsibility of the organization
						offering the bonus to report the present value of the bonus to USTA in a timely
						manner.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › TYPES OF RACES OFFERED › Section 205.229 - Supplemental purse payments

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Supplemental purse payments made by a licensed racing
						entity after the end of a meeting will be charged and credited to the winnings
						of any horse at the end of the racing year in which they are distributed. The
						distribution shall not affect the current eligibility until officially credited
						to the horse.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › TYPES OF RACES OFFERED › Section 205.230 - Classified races

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Classified races are permitted only when authorized by
						the Commission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › TYPES OF RACES OFFERED › Section 205.231 - Exhibition races

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
When non-betting promotional races are conducted by
						licensed racing entities, these races shall be regarded as exhibitions and the
						horses' performances in those races shall not be noted on electronic
						eligibility or otherwise officially credited to either horses or drivers. Any
						money awarded or paid on these races shall not be credited to the horses or
						drivers as official earnings and shall not affect the eligibility of
						participating horses to any subsequent event.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › CLAIMING RACES › Section 205.252 - Equine Infectious Anemia testing

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) If claimant indicates on the claiming
					 form that the claimant desires a blood sample to test for Equine Infectious
					 Anemia EIA, a licensed veterinarian shall immediately after the race take a
					 blood sample from the claimed horse. The sample shall be properly marked and
					 identified. The sample shall be forwarded within 24 hours to a laboratory
					 approved by the Commission to be tested for EIA (Coggins test).
(b) Pending the receipt of a negative test
					 for EIA, the moneys paid for the claimed horse shall be held by the licensed
					 racing entity. In the event of a positive test for EIA, the ownership of the
					 claimed horse shall revert to the owner from whom the horse was claimed and the
					 claiming moneys shall be returned to the person or persons who claimed the
					 horse.
(c) The cost of the test
					 shall be paid by the claimant, if the test is negative. The original owner of
					 the horse that was claimed shall pay for test, if test is found positive. Final
					 vesting of title to claimed horse shall not be made pending receipt of the
					 results of the test for EIA.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.271 - Making a nomination

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
All nominations must:
(1) Be made in writing.
(2) Give name and address of the registered
					 owner and lessee.
(3) Give name,
					 color, sex, sire and dam of horse.
(4) Name the event or events in which the
					 horse is to be nominated.
(5) In
					 the event a mare nominated to a futurity fails to have a live foal, the
					 nominator may substitute a foal if the conditions so provide.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.272 - Receipt of nomination and sustaining payments

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) All nomination and sustaining payments
					 not actually received at the hour of closing shall be ineligible except those
					 by letter bearing a postmark not later than the following day (omitting Sunday
					 or a legal Federal holiday, or both) to be actually received at the office at
					 or before the hour of closing. The letter shall include the color, sex, name of
					 horse and the class to be entered, and the name and residence of the owner and
					 the party making the nomination or sustaining payment.
(b) Whenever a nomination or sustaining
					 payment in a stake, futurity, early closing race or late closing race becomes
					 payable on a Sunday or legal holiday that falls on Saturday, this payment is to
					 be due on the following Monday, the envelope must be post marked on or before
					 the following Tuesday.
(c) If a
					 payment falls on a Monday that is a legal holiday, this payment is due on
					 Tuesday and must be post marked on or before the following Wednesday. For
					 purposes of this rule payments made by means of commercial delivery services
					 shall be treated the same as those made by letters bearing a
					 postmark.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.273 - Postage mark

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Where a nomination is received by letter bearing the
						postage meter date without any postmark placed thereon by the post office, this
						postage meter date shall be considered to be a postmark for the purposes of
						this rule, if the letter is actually received within 7 days following the
						closing date of the event. Receipt a nomination by letter after this time shall
						not be a valid nomination or payment to any event. The metered date must
						conform to the postmark date as previously set forth to be
						valid.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.274 - Failure to make payment

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Failure to make any payment required by the conditions
						constitutes an automatic withdrawal from the event.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.275 - Event sponsor membership

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
All stake, futurity, early closing and late closing event
						sponsors or presenters must be members of the USTA.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.276 - Event sponsor requirements

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Event sponsors shall:
(a) If possible, advertise the week and place
					 the stake or futurity will be raced before taking nominations. Otherwise
					 announcement of the week and place shall be made as soon as the stake or
					 futurity is sold or awarded. No change in date, program, events or conditions
					 can be made after the nominations have been taken without the consent of the
					 racing authority having jurisdiction over the race. Before taking any
					 sustaining payments during the year the race is to be contested, the date and
					 place of the race shall be stated.
(b) Set the nominating date and the dates for
					 all sustaining payments except the starting fee on the 15th day of the month in
					 accordance with Rule 12.07 of the USTA.
(c) Send a complete list of nominations
					 mailed to each nominator or electronically posted within 20 days after the
					 closing date and mailed to the USTA and to each nominator.
(d) Mail or post a list of nominations within
					 60 days after the date of closing to the USTA.
(e) Notify all nominators and the USTA within
					 20 days if the stake or futurity does not fill.
(f) Mail or post within 45 days after the
					 closing date a complete list of all horses nominated and shall mail or post
					 within 45 days following all sustaining payment closing dates a complete list
					 of all horses remaining eligible to the USTA. In addition, a list of all
					 eligible horses shall be mailed upon request to all owners or agents of all
					 eligible horses.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.277 - Date of nomination closing and sustaining payments due

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The date for
					 closing of nominations of yearlings to stakes shall be May 15th and the date
					 for closing of the nominations to futurities shall be July 15th. There shall be
					 no payments on yearlings except a nomination payment and the nomination payment
					 shall be due not later than August 15th, except for state bred races for which
					 the payment shall be due not later than October 15th.
(b) No more than one sustaining payment on
					 2-year-olds in stakes and futurities that do not have a 2-year-old division
					 will be permitted.
(c) There shall
					 be no conditions that call for payments in stakes or futurities to fall due
					 after August 15th and before February 15th of the following year. No stake or
					 futurity payment on 2-year-olds shall become due prior to March 15th and for
					 all other ages not prior to February 15th of any year.
(d) In early closing events no payment on
					 2-year-olds shall become due prior to March 15th excluding fairs and sires
					 stakes.
(e) No more than two
					 sustaining payments on any horse of any age in any calendar year with the
					 exception of the starting fee will be approved.
(f) All nominations and payments other than
					 starting fees in early closing events shall be advertised to fall on the 15th
					 day of the month.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.278 - Estimated purse

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
No estimated purse shall be advertised or published in
						excess of the actual purse paid or distributed during the previous year unless
						increased by guaranteed added money. No stake or futurity shall be raced for
						less than 75% of the estimated purse.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.279 - Excess entry fees

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
In early closing events, late closing events and
						overnight events requiring entry fees all moneys paid in by the nominators in
						excess of 85% of the advertised purse shall be added to the advertised purse
						and the total shall then be considered to be the minimum purse. If the race is
						split and raced in divisions, the provisions of Rule
						12.17(b) of the
						USTA shall apply. Where overnight events are split and raced in eliminations
						rather than divisions all entrance/starting fees payable under the provisions
						of Rule 14.5 of the USTA shall be added to
						the advertised purse.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.280 - Sponsor's contribution

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
No stake or futurity shall be approved for extended
						pari-mutuel meetings if the sponsor's contribution of added money is not at
						least 30% of the purse and for all other meetings at least 10% of the purse
						shall be added.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.281 - Nominators' or breeders' awards

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
No sponsor shall pay monetary awards to nominators or
						breeders out of stake or futurity funds. All of the money contributed in
						nominating, sustaining and starting payments must be paid to the winner or
						winners.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.282 - Deductions prohibited

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
No deduction, voluntary or involuntary, may be made from
						any purse or stake or futurity except that if the conditions specifically so
						provide, reasonable deductions may be made for clerical, printing, postage and
						surety bond expenses specifically related to the purse, stake or
						futurity.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.283 - Fees held in escrow

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
All fees paid in early closing events shall be segregated
						and held in escrow by the sponsor until the event is
						contested.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.284 - Deviation from published conditions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
All nominations and payments not governed by published
						conditions shall be void and any proposed deviation from the published
						conditions shall be punished by a fine for each offense, and any nominator who
						is allowed privileges not in accordance with the published conditions of the
						race, or which are in conflict with these rules, shall be debarred from winning
						any portion of the purse, and the said nominator and other persons who allowed
						these privileges shall be deemed to have been parties to a
						fraud.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.285 - Newly created stakes and futurities

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
No conditions for newly created stakes and futurities
						shall be written so as:
(1) To permit
					 a horse to race in more than two heats or dashes in a single day.
(2) To provide for a filly division of a race
					 with less added money than the colt division of a race, unless said conditions
					 allow for a filly properly nominated and sustained in the filly division to
					 start in the colt division upon proper declaration and the payment of the
					 starting fee required for the colt division and the difference between any
					 lower nominating or sustaining fees, or both, for the filly division and the
					 higher nominating or sustaining fees, or both, for the colt division.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.286 - Sponsor's contribution by non-track sponsors

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The sum contributed by a non-track
					 sponsor shall be considered forfeit and is to be included in the sum
					 distributed in the event the stake or futurity is not raced, provided, however,
					 that for the provisions of this paragraph the term "sum contributed" shall not
					 include added money to be paid by a track member or other responsible party
					 where the track member or other responsible party is someone other than the
					 stake sponsor. In this case the stake sponsor shall not be held liable for the
					 payment of the added money.
(b) If
					 an event is not raced due to circumstances beyond the control of a non-track
					 sponsor then the stake sponsor is not required to contribute a sum as added
					 money but need only refund the nominating, sustaining and starting fees as it
					 has collected toward the canceled event.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › NOMINATIONS AND ADDED MONEY EVENTS › Section 205.287 - Events raced in divisions

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(a) In
					 the event a stake or futurity is split into divisions, the added money for each
					 division shall be at least 20% of all nomination, sustaining and starting fees
					 paid into the stake or futurity, except that in the case of a stake with a
					 value of $20,000 or less, and conducted at a non-extended meeting, the stake
					 may be divided and each division raced for an equal share of the total purse if
					 the advertised conditions so provide.
(b) Where a race other than a stake or
					 futurity is divided, each division must race for at least 75% of the advertised
					 purse. For splitting of stakes and futurities the USTA Rule
					 12.10 applies. Provided however
					 that at non-extended meetings in the case of other added money early closing
					 events, and early closers and late closers with a value of $20,000 or less the
					 race may be divided and raced in divisions and each division raced for an equal
					 share of the total purse if the advertised conditions so provide.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRIES AND STARTERS REQUIRED › Section 205.301 - Entries required for overnight events

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A licensed racing entity must specify how many entries
						are required for overnight events and after the condition is fulfilled the
						event must be contested except when declared off by the Commission in
						accordance with these regulations.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRIES AND STARTERS REQUIRED › Section 205.302 - Entries required for early and late closing events

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In either early closing events or late closing events, if
						five or more horses are entered in to start, the race must be contested, except
						when declared off as provided in the Commission's regulations. At pari-mutuel
						race meetings, licensed racing entities may require five separate betting
						interests to start. Stakes and futurities must be raced if one or more horses
						are entered to start except when declared off as provided in the Commission's
						regulations.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRIES AND STARTERS REQUIRED › Section 205.303 - Early closing events with fewer horses entered than required

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In an early closing event, if fewer horses are entered
						than are required to start and all entrants are immediately notified, the horse
						or horses declared in and ready to race shall be entitled to all the entrance
						money and any forfeits from each horse named.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRIES AND STARTERS REQUIRED › Section 205.304 - Number of Starters

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(a) In any
					 race where the number of horses declared in to start exceeds 11 on a 1/2-mile
					 track, 12 on a 5/8-mile track, or 14 on a larger track, unless lesser numbers
					 are specified in the conditions of the race, the race at the option of the
					 track member conducting same stated before positions are drawn may be raced in
					 elimination heats.
(b) In the
					 absence of conditions providing for a lesser number of Starters no more than 2
					 tiers of horses, allowing 8 feet per horse will be allowed to start in any race
					 and in no event shall there be allowed more than 11 Starters on a 1/2-mile
					 racetrack, 12 Starters on a 5/8-mile racetrack or 14 Starters on a larger
					 racetrack. At a county fair or other non-extended meetings where no pari-mutuel
					 wagering is permitted there shall not be more than ten Starters on a 1/2-mile
					 racetrack.
(c) In overnight events
					 at extended pari-mutuel meetings and other meetings not more than eight horses
					 shall be allowed to start on a 1/2-mile racetrack and not more than ten horses
					 on larger tracks. Trailers are not permitted where the racetrack has room to
					 score all horses abreast allowing 8 feet per horse, unless otherwise agreed
					 upon by the track member and representative horsemen's association. Presiding
					 Judges at county fairs, in their discretion, and prior to the draw, shall have
					 the authority to limit the number of Starters in a race to a number less than
					 ten, if in their judgment starting ten horses would be unsafe, taking into
					 account the condition of the racetrack, the width of the racetrack and the
					 class of horses participating.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRIES AND STARTERS REQUIRED › Section 205.305 - Purse money distribution

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(a)
					 Unless otherwise provided in the conditions, all purses shall be distributed on
					 the heat basis with the money awarded according to a horse's position in each
					 separate heat of the race.
(b)
					 Purse placing in overnight events shall be limited to five places.
(c) Unless otherwise specified in the
					 conditions, the purse money distribution shall be: five or more Starters:
					 50-25-12-8-5%; four Starters only: 55-25-12-8%; three Starters only: 60-28-12%;
					 two Starters only: 65-35%.
(d) In
					 early closing events, late closing events or added money events if there are
					 less than five Starters the remaining premium shall go to the race winner
					 unless the conditions call for a different distribution.
(e) In overnight events if there are fewer
					 than five Starters the premium for the positions for which there are no
					 Starters may be retained by the track.
(f) If there be any premium or premiums for
					 which horses have started but were unable to finish due to an accident, all
					 unoffending horses who did not finish will share equally in the premium or
					 premiums, but where there are fewer unoffending horses failing to finish than
					 there are premiums for which horses have started but have not finished, the
					 number of premiums in excess of the number of unoffending horses not finishing
					 shall go to the winner.
(g) If
					 there be any premium or premiums for which horses have started but were unable
					 to finish and the situation is not covered by the preceding the premium shall
					 be paid to the winner.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRY, DRAWING OF POST POSITIONS, POST DRAW › Section 205.311 - Agreement to race under the rules

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Every horse entry shall constitute an agreement by the
						person making the entry including, the owner, lessee, manager, agent,
						nominator, driver or other person having control of the horse to abide by and
						be subject to the rules and regulations of the Commission. Entries shall not be
						accepted for any horse to any race unless the declarer has furnished the race
						secretary with a negative Coggins test written certificate for that horse as
						required in Rule 20.12 of the USTA.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRY, DRAWING OF POST POSITIONS, POST DRAW › Section 205.312 - Horses not starting more than one race per day

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No horse shall be permitted to start in more than one
						pari-mutuel race or fair race on any one racing day.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRY, DRAWING OF POST POSITIONS, POST DRAW › Section 205.313 - Length of race and number of heats

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(a) Races or heats shall be given at a stated
					 distance in units not shorter than a sixteenth of a mile.
(b) The length of a race and the number of
					 heats shall be stated in the conditions for the race. If no distance or number
					 of heats are specified all races shall be at a single mile.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRY, DRAWING OF POST POSITIONS, POST DRAW › Section 205.314 - Entry time

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Unless otherwise specified in the conditions by the race
						secretary, the entry time shall be 9 a.m.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRY, DRAWING OF POST POSITIONS, POST DRAW › Section 205.315 - Payment of entrance and starting fee

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The entrance or starting fee shall be due at time of
						declaration and payable not later than 1 hour prior to post time of the race to
						be contested, unless otherwise specified in the conditions for the race. The
						entrance or starting fee will not be refunded if the horse fails to start
						unless the horse dies between time of declaration to start and start of race.
						The entrance or starting fee shall be defined as the payment due with
						declaration to start.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRY, DRAWING OF POST POSITIONS, POST DRAW › Section 205.316 - Entry box

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The licensed racing entity shall provide a locked box
						with an aperture through which entries shall be deposited. The Presiding Judge
						shall be in charge of the entry box.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRY, DRAWING OF POST POSITIONS, POST DRAW › Section 205.317 - Taking of entries

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Entries may be taken by the racing office in person, by
						telephone or any other acceptable means approved by the licensed racing entity.
						Evidence of all entries must be deposited in the entry box before the time
						specified to enter. An entry must state the name of the horse, name of the
						trainer, and name of the driver and the event in which the horse is to be
						entered to race. When requested by the race secretary the entry must also state
						the date and place of the horse's last start.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRY, DRAWING OF POST POSITIONS, POST DRAW › Section 205.318 - Search for entries by Presiding Judge

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Just prior to opening of the box the Presiding Judge
						shall check with the race secretary to ascertain if any declarations are in the
						office and not deposited in the entry box and the race secretary shall ensure
						that they are declared and drawn in the proper event.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRY, DRAWING OF POST POSITIONS, POST DRAW › Section 205.319 - Opening of entry box and drawing of horses

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The entry box shall be opened by the Presiding Judge at
						the advertised time who shall be responsible to ensure see that at least one
						horseman or an official representative of the horsemen is present. No owner or
						agent for a horse with an entry in the box shall be denied the privilege of
						being present. Under the supervision of the Presiding Judge all entries shall
						be listed, the eligibility verified, preference ascertained, Starters selected
						and post positions drawn. If it is necessary to reopen any race public
						announcement shall be made at least twice and the box reopened to a definite
						time.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRY, DRAWING OF POST POSITIONS, POST DRAW › Section 205.320 - Preference date

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(a) Preference
					 dates shall be given to horses in all overnight events conducted at licensed
					 pari-mutuel racetracks in accordance with the following:
(1) The date of the horse's last previous
					 start in a purse race during the current year is the horse's preference date
					 with the following exceptions:
(i) The
					 preference date on a horse that has drawn to race and has been scratched is the
					 date of the race from which scratched.
(ii) When a horse is racing for the first
					 time in the current year the date of a successful qualifying attempt shall be
					 considered the horse's preference date.
(iii) Wherever horses have equal preference
					 in a race, the actual preference of the horses in relation to one another shall
					 be determined from the most recent previous starts which do not result in equal
					 preference.
(iv) When an overnight
					 race has been reopened because it did not fill all eligible horses declared
					 into the race prior to the reopening shall receive preference over other horses
					 subsequently declared regardless of the actual preference dates.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRY, DRAWING OF POST POSITIONS, POST DRAW › Section 205.321 - Qualifying races for overnight events

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(a) Within 45 days of being entered, a horse
					 that has not raced previously at the gait chosen must start in a qualifying
					 race under the supervision of the Board of Judges and acquire at least one
					 charted line by a licensed charter. To provide complete and accurate chart
					 information on time and beaten lengths a standard photo-finish shall be in
					 use.
(b) A horse that does not show
					 a charted line for the previous season or a charted line within its last six
					 starts must start in a qualifying race as set forth in subsection
					 (a).
(c) The Judges may require any
					 horse that has been on the Judges' List to start in a qualifying race. If a
					 horse has raced in individual time not meeting the qualifying standards for
					 that class of horse, it may be required to start in a qualifying
					 race.
(d) The Judges may permit a
					 horse to qualify by means of a timed workout consistent with the time of the
					 races in which the horse will compete if adequate competition is not available
					 for a qualifying race.
(e) To
					 enable a horse to qualify for an overnight, qualifying races should be held at
					 least 1 full week prior to the opening of any race meeting that opens before
					 July 1st of a season and shall be scheduled at least twice a week. Qualifying
					 races shall also be scheduled twice a week during the meeting unless otherwise
					 agreed upon by the track member and representative horsemen's
					 association.
(f) Where a race is
					 conducted to solely qualify drivers, the race need not be charted, timed or
					 recorded. This section is not applicable to races qualifying both drivers and
					 horses.
(g) If a horse takes a win
					 race record in a qualifying race or a matinee race the record must be prefaced
					 with the letter "Q" wherever it appears, except in a case where immediately
					 prior to or following the race the horse taking the record has been submitted
					 to an approved urine or blood test.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRY, DRAWING OF POST POSITIONS, POST DRAW › Section 205.322 - Qualifying race for added money events

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Where qualifying races are provided in the conditions of
						an early closing event, stake or futurity the qualifying race must be held not
						more than 5 days prior to contesting the main event (excluding Sunday) and
						omitting the day of the race.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart D - Standardbred Rules of Racing (Harness) › Chapter 205 - RULES OF STANDARDBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › ENTRY, DRAWING OF POST POSITIONS, POST DRAW › Section 205.323 - Withdrawal of horse

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After an entry to start has been made no horse shall be
						excused from the race without permission of the Presiding Judge. The Presiding
						Judge may impose a fine or suspension for violation of this
						provision.