Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 120 - CLAIMING RACES › Section 11VAC10-120-50 - Claiming procedure

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A claim may be filed on a horse programmed to race by
				  properly completing a claim slip, including the correct spelling of the horse's
				  name, the date and the race number, sealing the claim slip in an envelope, and
				  depositing the envelope in a locked claims box. The following provisions shall
				  apply to the claiming of a horse:
1.
				The licensee shall provide claim slips, claim envelopes, and a locked claim box
				to secure filed claims;
2. The
				claim slip, enclosed in a sealed envelope, must be deposited in a locked claim
				box at least 15 minutes before post time of the race for which the claim is
				filed;
3. The licensee shall
				provide a clock, and before the sealed envelope is deposited in the locked
				claim box, the time of day shall be stamped upon the envelope;
4. No money or its equivalent shall be put in
				the claim box;
5. The person filing
				the claim must have sufficient funds on deposit with the horsemen's bookkeeper
				or licensee in not less than the amount of the designated price and applicable
				sales taxes;
6. The claims clerk
				shall inform the stewards of a claim filed for a horse and of multiple claims
				on a horse;
7. The claims clerk
				shall ascertain that the claim slip and envelope are properly
				complete;
8. The claims clerk shall
				ascertain that the person is eligible to claim a horse and inform the stewards
				immediately of any doubts of the person's eligibility;
9. The claims clerk shall ascertain that
				there are sufficient funds on deposit with the horsemen's bookkeeper or
				licensee of not less than the amount of the claim and applicable sales
				taxes;
10. If more than one valid
				claim is filed for a horse, then title to the horse shall be determined by lot
				under the supervision of the stewards or their representative;
11. A claimed horse shall race in the
				interest of and for the account of the owner from whom the horse was
				claimed;
12. In the event a horse
				dies during a claiming race, is euthanized on the racetrack during a claiming
				race, or suffers an injury that requires euthanasia of the horse performed on
				the racetrack or in an adjacent area as determined by the commission
				veterinarian, any claim on that horse will be declared void;
13. A claim is voidable at the sole
				discretion of the new owner or trainer for a period of one hour after the race
				is made official for any horse that is vanned off the racetrack after the race
				at the direction of the commission veterinarian;
14. Upon a successful claim the stewards
				shall issue a transfer authorization of the horse from the original owner to
				the claimant. Copies of the transfer authorization shall be maintained by the
				stewards and the racing secretary. Upon notification by the stewards the
				horsemen's bookkeeper shall immediately debit the claimant's account for the
				claiming price, along with applicable taxes and transfer fees, and shall
				immediately credit the original owner's account with the claiming
				price;
15. In harness racing, the
				successful claimant of a horse programmed to start may, at his option, acquire
				ownership of a claimed horse even though such claimed horse was scratched and
				did not start in the claiming race from which it was scratched. The successful
				claimant must exercise his option by 9 a.m. of the day following the claiming
				race to which the horse programmed and scratched. No horse may be claimed from
				a claiming race unless the race is contested;
16. A horse that has been claimed shall be
				delivered to the new owner at the conclusion of the race either at the paddock
				or at the detention barn, after the completion of any post-race
				testing;
17. The claimant shall
				present the former owner with written authorization of the claim from the
				racing secretary;
18. A positive
				test result for any prohibited drug is grounds for voiding the claim;
19. The new owner may request that the horse
				be tested for equine infectious anemia, by taking the horse immediately
				following the race to the detention barn where a blood sample will be
				drawn;
20. A positive test result
				for equine infectious anemia is grounds for voiding a claim;
21. The new owner shall be responsible for
				filing the change of ownership with the appropriate breed registry;
22. Despite any designation of sex or age of
				a horse appearing in the daily program or other publication, the person making
				the claim shall be solely responsible for determining the sex or age of the
				horse before filing a claim for the horse;
23. Officials and employees of the licensee
				shall not provide any information as to the filing of the claim until after the
				race has been run, except as necessary for processing of the claim;
				and
24. If a horse is successfully
				claimed by a new owner, the trainer of record at the time of that claiming race
				must provide that horse's complete corticosteroid and intra-articular injection
				records for the last 60 days, which shall include the date of the injection,
				name of the veterinarian performing the injection, articular spaces or
				structures injected, medication or biologicals used to inject each articular
				space, and dose in milligrams of each corticosteroid used. Such records shall
				be completed by the treating veterinarian and be provided to the new trainer
				within 48 hours of the transfer of the horse. In addition, the owner of a horse
				shall order production and transfer of all health and medical records held by
				the individual or veterinarian providing services to the horse owned by them
				within seven days if the horse is sold, claimed, or transferred to a new owner,
				or if requested by the commission veterinarian.
Statutory Authority: §
											59.1-369
					 of the Code of Virginia.