Section R. 431.3140 - Also-eligible listRule 3140.
(1) If the number of entries for a purse race exceeds the number of horses permitted to start in a race as provided by R 431.3125, then the names of as many as 4 horses entered but not drawn into a race as starters shall be posted on the entry sheet as "also-eligible" to start.(2) If any horse is scratched from a race for which an also-eligible list was created, a replacement horse shall be drawn from the also-eligible list into the race in order of preference. If none is preferred, a horse shall be drawn into the race from the also-eligible list by public lot.(3) A horse that draws into a straightaway race from the also-eligible list shall start from the post position vacated by the scratched horse.(4) A horse that draws into a non-straightaway race from the also-eligible list shall start from the outermost post position.(5) The owner or trainer of a horse on the also-eligible list who does not wish to start the horse in the race shall so notify the racing secretary before scratch time for such race.(6) A horse that is on an also-eligible list and that also has been drawn into a race as a starter for the succeeding day shall not be given an opportunity to be drawn into the earlier race for which the horse had been listed as also-eligible.Mich. Admin. Code R. 431.3140
1985 AACS; 2021 MR 6, Eff. 3/26/2021