01-017-7 Me. Code R. § 57
Drivers are required to compete in each race with the intent of finishing with the best possible placement. Every heat in a race must be given full effort to win by every driver in the race and every horse must be driven to the finish. If the Judges find that a horse was driven, with design to prevent winning a heat or dash which he or she was evidently able to win, or was raced in an inconsistent manner, or to perpetrate or to aid a fraud, they shall consider it a violation and the driver, and anyone found to be in concert with him or her, to so affect the outcome of the race or races, shall be fined or suspended consistent with chapter 17.
In the event a drive is unsatisfactory due to a lack of effort but that the Judges find there is no intentional act to violate this section or to a have a deliberately inconsistent drive, they may impose a penalty consistent with a Level 2 violation in chapter 17.
01-017 C.M.R. ch. 7, § 57