Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part V - Harness Racing Commission › Chapter 181 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 181.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this part, have
				  the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Act
-The Race Horse Industry Reform Act
				  (4 P.
				  S. §§
										325.101-325.402).
Added money early closing event
-An event
				  closing in the same year in which it is to be contested in which entrance,
				  sustaining and declaration fees received are added to the purse.
Age, how reckoned
-The age of a horse shall
				  be reckoned from the first day of January of the year of foaling, except that
				  for foals born in November and December of any year, in which case the age
				  shall be reckoned from January of the succeeding year effective November 1,
				  1970, and thereafter.
Appeal
-A request made to the Commission
				  asking for a review of a decision or ruling of judges or officials. Also a
				  proceeding before the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in accordance with
				  2
				  Pa. C.S. §§
										501-508 and
				  701-704 (relating to
				  practice and procedure of Commonwealth agencies and judicial review of
				  Commonwealth agency action), or other appellate courts.
Association
-A corporation licensed by the
				  Commission to conduct harness racing with parimutuel wagering within this
				  Commonwealth.
Claiming race
-One where a horse which
				  starts may be claimed for a designated amount in conformance with §§
									183.151 and 183.152 (relating to
				  claiming races).
Commission
-The State Harness Racing
				  Commission.
Conditioned race
-An overnight event to
				  which eligibility is determined according to specified qualifications in
				  conformance with §§
									183.121-183.143 (relating to eligibility
				  and classification).
Coupled entry
-Two or more horses starting in
				  a race when owned or trained by the same person or trained in the same stable
				  or by the same management.
Dash
-A race decided in a single trial. The
				  number of premiums awarded may not exceed the number of starters in the dash.
Declaration
-The naming of a particular horse
				  to a particular race.
Disqualification
-It shall be construed to
				  mean that the person disqualified is barred from acting as an official or from
				  starting or driving a horse in a race. In the case of a disqualified horse, it
				  may not be allowed to start.
Early closing race
-A race for a definite
				  amount to which entries close at least 6 weeks preceding the race. The entrance
				  fee may be on the installment plan or otherwise, and payments shall be
				  forfeits. No payment on 2-year-olds in early closing events shall be
				  permissible prior to February 15th of the year in which the horse is a
				  2-year-old.
Eligibility certificate
-An official written
				  record of a horse. See the definition of "registration" in this section.
Elimination heats
-Heats of a race split
				  according to §§
									183.182 and
				  183.183 (relating to elimination
				  heats or two divisions; and elimination plans) to qualify the contestants for a
				  final heat.
Exotic wagers
-Those in which the bettor
				  selects more than two horses in one or more races in a single wager.
Expulsion
-The unconditional exclusion and
				  disqualification from a participation, either directly or indirectly, in the
				  privileges and uses of the course and grounds of the association of a licensee
				  or patron.
Futurity
-A stake in which the dam of the
				  competing animal is nominated either when in foal or during the year of
				  foaling.
Guaranteed stake
-A stake with a guarantee by
				  the party sponsoring it that the sum may not be less than the amount named.
Handicap
-A race in which performance, sex or
				  distance allowance is made. Post positions for a handicap may be assigned by
				  the Racing Secretary.
Heat
-A single trial in a race of two or
				  more trials.
In harness
-The horses participating shall be
				  attached to a dual shaft sulky. Sulkies used in a race shall be equipped with
				  unicolored or colorless wheel discs of a type approved by the Commission and
				  placed on the inside and outside of the wheel. A change in the basic design of
				  a sulky or major equipment shall require Commission approval. Rules,
				  regulations, standards, guidelines affecting the use of any new sulky or
				  equipment shall be approved by the Commission before their adoption.
Inquiry
-When the judges suspect that a foul
				  or another misconduct occurred during a heat or dash.
Interference
-An act, which by design or
				  otherwise, hampers or obstructs a competing horse or horses.
Invitation race
-A race to which only those
				  horses named by the Race Secretary and listed by him with the Presiding Judge
				  shall be eligible.
Late closing race
-A race for a fixed amount
				  for which nominations or declarations close less than 6 weeks and more than 3
				  days before the race is to be contested.
Law
or
laws
-Shall mean the
				  State Harness Racing Law, act of December 22, 1959 (P. L. 1978, No. 728)
				  (15
				  P. S. §§
										2601-2675) (Repealed) and
				  other related statutory acts.
Length of race and number of heats or dashes
-Races or dashes shall be given at a stated distance in units not shorter than 
				  1 /16 of a
				  mile. The length of a race and number of heats shall be stated in the
				  conditions. If no distance or number of heats or dashes are specified races
				  shall be a single-mile dash or heat. No 2-year-old shall be permitted to start
				  in a dash or heat exceeding 1 mile in distance.
Maiden
-A stallion, mare or gelding that has
				  never won a heat or race at the gait at which it is entered to start and for
				  which a purse is offered.
Match Race
-A race which has been arranged
				  and the conditions thereof agreed upon between or among the contestants.
Meet
-The period for which a license to race
				  has been granted to an association by the Commission.
Multiple form of wagering
-The correct
				  selection of two or more horses in a designated order of finish in one or more
				  races.
Mutuel field
-When the individual horses
				  competing in a race exceed the numbering capacity of the Tote, the highest
				  numbered horse capacity of the Tote and horses of a higher number shall be
				  grouped together and called the mutuel field for betting purposes only.
Nomination
-The naming of a horse or in the
				  event of a futurity the naming of a foal in utero to a certain race or series
				  of races, eligibility of which is conditioned on the payment of a fee at the
				  time of naming and payment of subsequent sustaining fees or declaration fees,
				  or both.
Objection
-A complaint by a driver of a foul
				  driving or other misconduct occurring during a heat or dash.
Overnight event
-A race for which entries
				  close not more than 3 days (omitting Sundays) before the race is to be
				  contested. In the absence of conditions or notice to the contrary, entries in
				  overnight events may close not later than 12 noon the day preceding the race. A
				  parimutuel association may not demand declaration fees from owners or trainers
				  of horses competing in an overnight event.
Owner
-Includes sole owner, part owner or
				  lessee of horse.
Paddock
-An enclosure in which horses
				  scheduled to compete in a race program are confined prior to racing under the
				  supervision of a paddock judge.
Pennsylvania-bred for fair division of sire
				  stakes
-The foal shall have been sired by a standardbred stallion
				  standing in this Commonwealth for his full season of service, or dam was owned
				  by a resident of this Commonwealth at the time of breeding or the foaling
				  occurred in this Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania-bred for parimutuel division of sire
				  stakes
-Horses sired by a stallion registered with the Commission in
				  conformity with §§
									183.1 and
				  183.2 (relating registration; and
				  licensure).
Naming of these horses shall be limited to standardbred
				  horses which were sired by a standardbred stallion standing his full season in
				  this Commonwealth.
Post position
-The position drawn by the
				  horse at the time declarations close.
Programmed
-Shall mean official program.
Protest
-An objection, properly sworn to,
				  charging that a horse is ineligible to race, alleging an improper entry or
				  declaration, or citing an act of an owner, driver or official prohibited by the
				  provisions of this chapter, and which, if true, shall exclude the horse or
				  driver from the race.
Race officials
-The term shall be construed
				  to include the following:
(i)
				Presiding Judge
(ii) Associate
				Judges
(iii) Finish Wire
				Judge
(iv) Patrol Judges
(v) Paddock Judges
(vi) Starters
(vii) Timer
(viii) Clerk of the Course
(ix) Race Secretary
(x) Program Director
(xi) Track Veterinarian
(xii) Equipment Inspector
Record
-The fastest time made by a winning
				  horse in a heat or dash, in compliance with the requisites of racing.
Registration
-A certification of ownership,
				  except where there is a direct conflict with the rules, regulations or laws of
				  the Commission, matters regarding registration and eligibility certificates
				  shall be governed in accordance with the rules and regulations as set forth by
				  the United States Trotting Association.
Rules
-The rules and regulations promulgated
				  by the Commission.
Scoring
-That preliminary practice taken by
				  the horses in a race after the post parade and before they are called by the
				  starter to line up for the start.
Stake
-A race that shall be contested in a
				  year subsequent to its closing in which the money given by the association
				  conducting the same is added to the money contributed by the nominators, which
				  belong to the winner or winners. In an event the money contributed in
				  nominating, sustaining and starting payments shall be paid to the winner.
Starting point
-The point marked on the
				  inside rail where the starter gives the word "Go".
Total calculator
-An electronic calculator,
				  commonly referred to as a Totalizator, the design of which shall be approved by
				  the Commission, installed for the purposes of designating straight, place and
				  show wagering in the manner described by §
									183.11 (relating to liability).
Walk-over
-When only horses of the same
				  interest start, a walk-over results. In a stake race a walk-over is entitled to
				  stake money and forfeits unless otherwise provided in the published conditions.
				  To claim the purse, the entry shall start and go once over the course unless
				  this requirement is waived by the judges.
Winner
-The horse whose nose reaches the wire
				  first. If there is a dead heat for first, both horses shall be considered
				  winners. Where two horses are tied in a summary, the winner of the longer heat
				  shall be entitled to the trophy. Where the heats are of the same distance and
				  the horses are tied in the summary, the winner of the fastest heat shall be
				  entitled to the trophy.
Wire
-A real or imaginary line from the
				  center of the judge's stand to a point immediately across, and at right angles
				  to the track.
The provisions of this §
											181.1 amended under sections 202
					 and 218 of the Race Horse Industry Reform Act (4 P. S. §§
												325.202 and
					 325.218).
This section cited in 58 Pa. Code §
											183.52 (relating to required
					 presence of officials in race).