Ariz. Admin. Code § 19-2-114

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 37, September 13, 2024

Section R19-2-114 - Penalties and Allowances

A. After consideration of the reports, records, and statistics published by the Daily Racing Form and other racing statistical publications, the stewards shall determine eligibility, penalties, and allowances. The owner and trainer of a horse shall ensure that the horse is eligible and carries the correct weight.

B.Penalties and allowances are not cumulative unless the racing secretary declares penalties and allowances to be cumulative by the conditions of the race. Penalties and allowances take effect at the time a race starts except that in an overnight event, a horse shall have only the allowance to which it was entitled at the time of entry.

C.Penalties are obligatory. Allowances are optional in whole or in part. In an overnight event, if an allowance is claimed, a horse's owner or trainer shall claim the allowance at the time of entry.

D. The stewards shall not disqualify a horse if the failure of the horse's owner or trainer to claim a weight allowance results from an omission made by the racing secretary on the overnight listing of races. If an owner or trainer claims a weight allowance to which a horse is not entitled, the stewards shall disqualify the horse only if the incorrect weight is carried in the race. The Department shall subject a person who claims a weight allowance to which the person's horse is not entitled to discipline authorized under A.R.S. § 5-108.05.

E. The stewards shall ensure that a horse does not receive a weight allowance or is not relieved from a weight penalty as a result of having lost one or more races. This Section does not prohibit a maiden allowance or an allowance to a horse that has not won a race within a specified period or a race of a specified value.

F. The stewards shall ensure that a horse:

1. Does not incur a weight penalty for placing in a race from which the horse is disqualified;

2. Incurs a weight penalty if the horse places as a result of the disqualification of another horse ; and

3. Is not disqualified for failing to take a weight penalty in a race if the penalty results from the horse placing in a previous race after the race to which the weight penalty would be applicable is run.

G. The stewards shall ensure that when a race is in dispute, both the horse that finished first and any horse claiming to have finished first incur the weight penalty that attaches to the winner of the race until the matter is decided.

H. The stewards shall consider a horse that starts for a claiming price in optional or combination races to have started in a claiming race.

I. When the conditions of a race indicate the race is to be run under "scale weights" or "weights for age," the stewards shall ensure that the race is run under the scale approved by the Department.

J. The stewards shall ensure that in races of intermediate length, all horses carry weights for the shorter distances

K.In all races except handicap races and races in which conditions expressly provide otherwise:

1. Two-year-old fillies are allowed three pounds,

2. Fillies and mares that are 3 years old and older are allowed five pounds from January 1 through August 31 and three pounds from September 1 through December 31; and

3. The provisions of subsections (K)(1) and (2) do not apply to quarter horse fillies and mares.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R19-2-114

Adopted effective August 5, 1983 (Supp. 83-4). Amended effective March 20, 1990 (Supp. 90-1). R19-2-114 recodified from R4-27-114 (Supp. 95-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 717, effective April 3, 2004 (Supp. 04-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 3412, effective November 30, 2013.