Ariz. Admin. Code § 19-2-119

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 24, June 14, 2024

Section R19-2-119 - Running the Race and Winnings

A.Generally.

1. The permittee shall conspicuously post all track rules and file a copy of the rules with the Department.

2. The permittee shall ensure that post times are based on the number of races run daily and that all races are off at regular intervals. The permittee shall set the intervals with the approval of the stewards.

3. The permittee shall pay purse monies earned by a horse to only the horse's registered owner or the owner's authorized agents.

4. In a stakes race that is a walkover, unless otherwise specified in the conditions of the race, the entry that appears for the race may walk over the track and be declared the winner. The permittee shall pay the walkover the entire stakes and the winning percentage of the purse.

B.Pre-race activity.

1. The paddock judge shall ensure that the number on the saddle cloth of a horse corresponds with the horse's number on the official race program.

2. When a horse arrives in the paddock, the trainer shall remove all blankets and bandages except bandages the horse will wear during the race.

3. The stewards shall scratch a horse that arrives late in the paddock and is not ready to step onto the track with other horses entered in the same race.

4. Each horse shall parade and carry the horse's weight from the paddock to the starting post.

5. If a horse is led to the post with permission of the paddock judge, the horse shall carry the horse's weight and pass the stewards' stand on the way to the post.

6. After the horses are ordered to the starting post and until the stewards direct the track gates to be reopened, the stewards shall exclude all persons except licensees designated by the stewards from the track.

7. After the horses enter the track, no more than 12 minutes shall elapse during the parade of the horses to the post, except with the approval of the stewards.

8. After passing the stand once, the horses may break formation, canter, warm up, or move in any other manner until the horses are within 100 yards of the post.

C.Races.

1. The Department shall ensure that all races are started by a starting gate approved by the Department.

a. A race may be started without a stall gate or a gate with the doors open may be used if necessary and with the permission of the stewards.

b. If a race is started without a stall gate, the official starter shall insure there is no start until, and no recall after, a starter's assistant drops the starter's flag in response to the order of the official starter.

2. If there is an unavoidable delay in starting a race, the starter shall instruct the riders to dismount and lead their horses.

3. A horse may be excused by the stewards and, if excused, shall not be considered to have started in the race if the horse is:

a. Deemed unfit to start during the post parade, or

b. Injured by an accident in the gate.

4. A horse that misbehaves in the gate and causes an undue delay in the start of a race may be excused by the starter after consultation with the stewards. The horse shall not be considered to have started in the race, but shall be penalized by being put on the schooling list. As specified in R19-2-113(B)(1)(5), a horse on the starter's schooling list is not eligible for entry in races until the starter, with the approval of the stewards, removes the horse from the schooling list.

5. A race shall not be run if conditions do not allow the horses to be plainly seen from the stand by the judges and stewards.

6. Every horse in a race is entitled to racing room. A horse or jockey shall not deliberately pocket another horse. In a straightaway race, each horse shall maintain the position in the lane in which the horse starts as nearly as possible.

7. If a horse is ridden or drifts out of its lane in a manner that interferes with or impedes another horse , a foul is committed. The stewards may disqualify the horse committing the foul if the outcome of the race is affected by the foul. The stewards may place the horse committing the foul behind the horse fouled. The provisions of this subsection apply to fouls caused by the horse or the jockey and fouls caused intentionally or unintentionally.

a. If part of an entry is disqualified, the stewards shall decide whether the disqualification extends to all of the entry. If the disqualification does not extend to all of the entry, the stewards shall specify the part of the entry to which the disqualification extends.

b. The stewards shall not penalize a jockey if the stewards rule that the foul under subsection (C)(7) was caused by the horse, despite obvious efforts of the jockey to maintain the horse in its lane position .

c. If the stewards rule that the foul under subsection (C)(7) was caused by the jockey failing to attempt to prevent the foul or willfully riding the horse out of its lane, the jockey shall be subject to imposition of penalties by the stewards.

d. In a race run around a turn, a horse that is in the clear may be taken to any part of the track. If the stewards determine that weaving back and forth in front of another horse is interference or intimidation, the jockey shall be penalized.

8. A jockey shall not cause the jockey's horse to shorten stride with a view to making a complaint. If the stewards decide that an intentional foul was committed in the riding of a race or that a jockey was instructed or induced to ride in a manner that caused a foul, the stewards shall suspend all persons the stewards determine, following a hearing, are guilty of complicity in the foul .

9. When a horse is disqualified by the stewards under A.R.S. Title 5, Chapter 1 and this Chapter, the stewards shall disqualify and replace every horse in the race that belongs wholly or in part to the same owner or is under the management of the same trainer, if the stewards find there is good cause to disqualify and replace the other horses.

10. A horse shall be ridden across the finish line carrying the horse's assigned weight to participate in the purse distribution of a race unless the nomination blank for the race states otherwise.

11. A whip shall not be carried on a 2-year-old in a race on the straightaway before March 1. After April 30, following satisfactory performance out of the gate with a whip and with approval of the starter, a whip may be carried in a race under this subsection.

12. An owner, trainer, handler, or jockey shall not attempt to prevent a horse from running the horse's best and winning.

D.Dead heats.

1. When a race results in a dead heat, the heat shall not be run off.

2. If a race results in a dead heat, all prizes to which the horses finishing in the dead heat would have been entitled shall be divided equally between them.

3. When a dead heat is run for second place and an objection is made and sustained to the winner of the race, the horses that ran the dead heat shall be deemed to have run a dead heat for first place.

4. If the dividing owners cannot agree which owner is to have a cup or other prize that cannot be divided, the question shall be determined by a drawing conducted by the permittee.

5. Each horse that runs a dead heat for a race or place shall be deemed a winner of that race or place and shall be liable as the winner for any penalty or disability incurred.

E.Winnings or wins.

1. To calculate the total winnings of a horse, include all prizes and wins:

a. Until the time for the start of a race regardless of the country in which the prize or win occurred;

b. Until the time of entry for a county fair race meet that does not have an also-eligible list; and

c. This subsection does not apply to a maiden race at a county fair race meet.

2. Winnings include prizes earned by walking over or receiving forfeit.

3. Winnings do not include second and third place money or the value of any non-monetary prize .

4. Winnings during a year shall be computed from January 1 of the year.

5. If the conditions of a race refer to a winner of a certain sum, the condition means a winner of that sum in a single race unless the conditions specify otherwise.

6. In estimating the net value of a race to the winner, all sums contributed by winner's owner or nominator shall be deducted from the amount won.

7. Winners or losers of steeplechases, hurdle races, thoroughbred races, or mixed quarter horse races shall be considered winners or losers on the flat, and winners or losers on the flat shall be considered winners or losers of steeplechases, hurdle races, thoroughbred races, or mixed quarter horse races.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R19-2-119

Adopted effective August 5, 1983 (Supp. 83-4). Amended effective March 20, 1990 (Supp. 90-1). Section number corrected (Supp. 93-1). R19-2-119 recodified from R4-27-119 (Supp. 95-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 3412, effective November 30, 2013.