La. Admin. Code tit. 35 § I-101
AccreditedLouisianaBred-a thoroughbred, quarter horse, Paint horse, or Appaloosa horse foaled in Louisiana in conformity with the respective breed or breeders association and recognized by the commission.
Added Money- cash, exclusive of trophy or other award, added by the association to stakes fees paid by subscribers to form the total purse for a stakes race.
Age- the number of years since a horse was foaled, reckoned as if such horse were foaled on January 1 of the year in which such horse was foaled.
Arrears- all sums due by a licensee or a permittee as reflected by his account with the horseman's bookkeeper, including subscriptions, jockeys' fees, forfeitures and any default incident to these rules.
Association- any person, or persons, or legal entity, required to be licensed under the Louisiana State Racing Commission to conduct a race meeting, and when used herein, the association conducting a race meeting where such rules are applicable.
Authorized Agent- any person currently licensed as an agent for a licensed owner by virtue of notarized appointment of agency lodged with the commission.
Betting Interest- a single horse, or more than one horse joined in the mutuel field , on which a single pari-mutuel wager may be placed.
Bleeder- any horse known to have bled from its nostrils during a workout or race.
Breeder- rules as set forth by the Jockey Club of New York, American Quarter Horse Association or Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc.
Claiming Race- any race in which every horse running therein may be transferred in conformity with these rules.
Closing- time published by the association after which entries or nominations for a race will not be accepted.
Commission- the Louisiana State Racing Commission. Commissioner is a member of the commission.
Day- any 24 hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at midnight. Racing day is a day on which races are conducted. Calendar days are those consecutive days counted irrespective of number of racing days. Any delay for taking action pursuant to the Rules of Racing shall include the counting of holidays, Saturdays and Sundays as any other day of the week.
Declaration- withdrawal of a horse entered in a race prior to time of closing of entries therefor in conformance with these rules.
Disciplinary Action- action taken by the stewards or the commission for a rule violation which can include suspension, revocation, voidance of a license or ejection or exclusion from association grounds, or assessment of a forfeiture, or reprimand, or any combination thereof.
Disqualification- an order of the stewards or commission revising the order of finish of a race.
Entry- the act of nominating a horse for a race in conformance with these rules. See mutuel entry.
Equipment- accouterments other than ordinary saddle, girth, pad, saddle cloth and bridle carried by a horse, and includes whip, blinkers, tongue strap, muzzle, hood, nose band, bit, shadow roll, martingale, breast plate, bandages, boots and racing plates or shoes.
Exhibition Race- a race between horses of diverse ownership for which a purse is offered by the association, but on which no pari-mutuel wagering is permitted.
Field or Mutuel Field- a single betting interest involving more than one horse formed when the number of horses starting in a race exceeds the numbering capacity of the totalizator. The highest numbered horse within the numbering capacity of the totalizator and all horses of a higher number are grouped in the mutuel field .
Forfeit- money due by a licensee or permittee because of an error, fault, neglect of duty, breach of contract or alternative order of the stewards or commission.
Handbook or Foreign Book- bets taken illegally outside the pari-mutuel system.
Handicap Race- a race in which the weights to be carried by the horses therein are assigned by the association handicapper with the intent of equalizing the chances of winning for all horses entered. A free handicap is a handicap for which no nominating fee is required to be weighted, but an entrance or starting fee may be required for starting therein.
Horse- any thoroughbred, quarter horse or Appaloosa horse registered as such and when used in these rules to designate any thoroughbred, quarter horse or Appaloosa irrespective of age or sex designation.
Ineligible- a horse or person not qualified under these rules or conditions of a race to participate in a specified racing activity.
Jockey- a rider currently licensed to ride in races as a jockey, or apprentice jockey, or a provisional jockey permitted by the stewards to ride in two races prior to being issued a license.
Lessee- a licensed owner whose interest in a horse is by virtue of a written lease.
Lessor- owner of a horse that is leased.
Licensee- any person, partnership, corporation or business entity receiving a license, permit or privilege from the commission to conduct a race meeting or meetings.
Maiden- a horse which has never won a race on the flat at a recognized meeting in any country. A maiden which was disqualified after finishing first remains a maiden. Race conditions referring to maidens shall be interpreted as meaning maidens at the time of starting.
Match Race- a race between two horses, for which no other horses are eligible.
Meeting (Race Meeting)- the entire period of consecutive days granted by the commission to a licensed association for the conduct of racing.
Month- a calendar month.
Mutuel Entry- a single betting interest involving two or more horses entered in the same race and joined for pari-mutuel purposes because of common ties as to ownership or training so that a wager on one horse joined in a mutuel entry is a wager on all horses joined in the same mutuel entry .
Mutuel Field-see field.
Nominator- the person in whose name a horse is entered for a race.
Optional Claiming Race- a race that is restricted to horses entered to be claimed for a stated price and to those which have started previously for that claiming price or less. In the case of horses entered to be claimed in such a race, the race shall be considered, for the purpose of these rules, a claiming race. In the case of horses not entered to be claimed, the race shall be considered an allowance race.
Overnight Race- a race for which entries close 72 hours or less before the time set for the first race of the day on which such race is to be run.
Owner- any person who has, in whole or in part, any right, title or interest in a horse, or any lessee of a horse, who has been duly issued a valid owner's license for a horse.
Permittee- any person, partnership, corporation or business entity which receives a license, permit or privilege from the commission to engage in a business, occupation or profession on the grounds of an association licensed to conduct a race meeting in Louisiana.
Place- when used in the context of a single position in the order of finish in a race, place means second; when used in the context of pari-mutuel wagering, a place wager is one involving a payoff on a betting interest which finished first or second in a race; when used in the context of multiple positions in the order of finish in a race, place or placing means finishing first, second or third. See unplaced.
Post- the starting point of a race.
Post Position- the relative place assigned to each horse, numbered from the inner rail across the track at the starting line, from which each horse is to start a race.
Post Time- the advertised moment scheduled for the arrival of all horses at the starting point for a race.
Prize- the combined total of any cash, premium, trophy, and object of value awarded to the owners of horses according to finish in a race.
Purse- the gross cash portion of the prize for which a race is run.
Purse Race- any race for which entries close less than 72 hours prior to its running, and for which owners of horses entered are not required by its conditions to contribute money toward its purse.
Race- a running contest between thoroughbred, quarter horses or Appaloosa horses, ridden by jockeys, over a prescribed course free of obstacles or jumps, at a recognized meeting, during regular racing hours, for a prize.
Racing Official- the officials of a race meeting are as follows: stewards, placing judges, patrol judges, clerk of scales, starter, handicapper, timer, paddock judge, the racing secretary or any association official; also any person employed by an association who is required to obtain prior approval of employment from the commission, pursuant to the Rules of Racing or law.
Racing Permit- a license granted by the Louisiana State Racing Commission to a qualified person or persons, associations or corporations, to conduct the business of horse racing in the state of Louisiana with pari-mutuel wagering thereon.
Recognized Meeting-any meeting with regularly scheduled races for thoroughbreds, quarter horses, Paint horses, or Appaloosa horses on the flat, licensed by and conducted under rules promulgated by a governmental regulatory body, to include foreign countries which are regulated by a racing authority which has reciprocal relations with the Jockey Club of New York, American Quarter Horse Association, American Paint Horse Association, or the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc., and whose race records can be provided an association by the Jockey Club of New York, the American Quarter Horse Association, the American Paint Horse Association, or the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc.
Registration Certificate-a document issued by the Jockey Club of New York, the American Quarter Horse Association in Amarillo, Texas, the American Paint Horse Association in Fort Worth, Texas, or the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc. in Moscow, Idaho, certifying as to the name, age, color, sex, pedigree, and breeder of a horse registered by number with the Jockey Club of New York, the American Quarter Horse Association, the American Paint Horse Association, or the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc. It shall be deemed to refer also to the document known as a "racing permit" issued by the Jockey Club of New York, the American Quarter Horse Association, the American Paint Horse Association, or the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc. in lieu of a registration certificate when a horse is recognized as a thoroughbred, quarter horse, Paint horse, or Appaloosa for breeding purposes insofar as registering its progeny with the Jockey Club of New York, the American Quarter Horse Association, the American Paint Horse Association, or the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc.
Ruled Off- expulsion, exclusion or banishment from a racing premises.
Rules- when used in the plural, shall be deemed to mean all current rules, promulgated by the commission. When used in the singular, shall be deemed to be confined to the numbered rule, and Subparagraphs thereof, wherein such mention is made.
Rulings- all determinations, decisions or orders of the stewards or of the commission duly issued in writing and posted.
Scratch- withdrawal of a horse entered for a race after time of closing of entries therefor in conformance with these rules.
Scratch Time- time set by the racing secretary as the deadline for a horseman to indicate his intent to scratch out of a race.
Secretary (Racing)- the racing official who writes and publishes the conditions of each race to be run at any race meeting, and also performs such other duties as may be assigned to him in these rules or by the commission.
Specimen- sample of blood, urine, saliva or other excretion of bodily fluids taken or drawn from a horse for chemical testing.
Stable- one or more horses under the jurisdiction of a single trainer.
Stakes- all fees paid by subscribers to an added money or stakes race for nominating, eligibility, entrance or starting, as may be required by the conditions of such race, such fees to be included in the purse.
Stakes Race- a race which closes more than 72 hours in advance of its running and for which subscribers contribute money towards its purse.
Starter- a horse in a race when the starting gate doors open in front of it at the moment the starter dispatches the horses for a race.
State Chemist- the chemical testing laboratory concern or business under contract with the commission to engage in chemical testing for the commission and sometimes referred to as the commission chemist and/or testing laboratory.
Stewards- the stewards of the meeting or their duly appointed deputies.
Subscription- nomination or entry of a horse in a stakes race.
Supplemental Purse- any amount of money above the amount of the purse offered by an association shall be considered supplemental purse money.
Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, Paint Horse, and Appaloosa Horse Racing-the conduct of running contests between horses, each of which is registered with the Jockey Club of New York, the American Quarter Horse Association in Amarillo, Texas, the American Paint Horse Association in Fort Worth, Texas, or the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc. in Moscow, Idaho, and certified as having a thoroughbred, quarter horse, Paint horse, or Appaloosa pedigree, and each of which is ridden by a jockey, such conduct being licensed by a governmental regulatory body.
Trial- a race, or series of races, run in preparation for, preliminary to, or as an elimination for a future stakes, derby or handicap.
Unplaced- not among the first three horses finishing a race.
Walkover- a race in which the only starter, or all starters, represent single ownership.
Weigh In- presentation of a jockey to the clerk of scales for weighing after a race.
Weigh Out- presentation of a jockey to the clerk of scales for weighing prior to a race.
Weight for Age- a standard assignment of pounds to be carried by horses in races at specified distances during specified months of the year, scaled according to age of the horse as set out in R.S. 4:156.
Workout- a training exercise of a horse on the training track or main track of an association during which such horse is timed for speed over a specified distance.
Year- 12 consecutive months beginning with January and ending with December.
La. Admin. Code tit. 35, § I-101