Minn. R. agency 178, ch. 7869, pt. 7869.0100
For the purpose of chapters 7869 to 7899, the following terms have the meanings given them unless another intention clearly appears.
"Actual favorite" means a horse that has the lowest win odds as determined by the most amount of money wagered on that horse to win.
"ADA" means the Americans with Disabilities Act, United States Code, title 42, section 12101, et seq., as amended.
"Added money" means the amount an association adds to the nominating and starting fees in a race.
"Administer" or "administration" means the introduction of any substance or medication into the body of a horse by any means.
"Age" means the age of a horse as computed from the first day of January in the year in which the horse is foaled.
"Allowance" means a specified amount of weight that may be subtracted from a horse's starting weight based upon that horse's past performance, money won, sex, or apprentice jockey as they relate to the conditions of a race.
"Also-eligible" means a horse officially entered and appearing on the overnight sheet, but not permitted to start unless the field is reduced by scratches at scratch time below a specified number.
"Alternative facility" means a facility licensed by a state or provincial racing regulatory agency that utilizes a pari-mutuel central processing unit that is electronically linked to a Minnesota class A facility for the purposes of facilitating pari-mutuel wagering.
"Amounts wagered by Minnesota residents," for purposes of determining source market fees required by Minnesota Statutes, section 240.131, subdivisions 3 and 6, and payments to the state required by Minnesota Statutes, section 240.131, subdivision 7, means all pari-mutuel wagers, pooled or community wagers, and contest entry fees.
"Association" means the holder of a Class B or D license.
"Authorized agent" means a person duly appointed by an owner or trainer to act on their behalf in racing matters.
"Beneficial owner" means persons or entities holding at least five percent ownership or voting interest in a vendor, racing or gaming-related vendor, applicant, or license holder.
"Breeder" of a thoroughbred horse means the owner of the dam at the time of foaling.
"Breeding place" means the place of birth of a horse.
"Claim" means the act of attempting to purchase a horse from a claiming race.
"Claiming authorization" means approval granted by the commission to a person that is not licensed as an owner to claim a horse from a claiming race.
"Commission" means the Minnesota Racing Commission.
"Commission veterinarian" means a licensed veterinarian appointed by the commission pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 240.04, subdivision 4.
"Condition book" means the publication issued by the association advertising races for upcoming racing days.
"Coupled" means two or more horses grouped together for wagering purposes.
"Course" means the track over which horses race.
"Day" means 24 hours ending at midnight.
"Dead heat" means two or more horses crossing the finish line at exactly the same time.
"Digital tattoo" or "tattooed digitally" means authentication of horse identity by a Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TRPB) technician through an in-person inspection that includes scanning the thoroughbreds microchip, comparing markings and photos from The Jockey Club database, and uploading updated digital photographs to the breed registry.
"Disqualification" means an order of the stewards or commission which revises the order of finish in a race.
"Entrance fee" means a fee set by the association which must be paid in order to make a horse eligible for a stakes race.
"Entry" means, according to its context, either:
"Equipment," as applied to a horse, means whips, riding crops, blinkers, tongue straps, muzzles, hoods, nasal strips, nose bands, shadow rolls, martingales, breast plates, bandages, boots, plates or toe grabs (shoes), sulkies, head poles, safety reins, cornell collars, and all other paraphernalia that is or might be used on or attached to a horse while racing.
"Field" means the entire group of horses in a race.
"Fine" means the imposition of a monetary penalty upon a license holder by the stewards or commission.
"Foul" means any action by a horse, jockey, or driver which interferes with another horse, jockey, or driver in the running of a race.
"Gait" means any of the ways a horse may move by lifting the feet in different order or rhythm, and specifically in harness racing, trotting or pacing.
"Guest racetrack" means a licensed racetrack which receives broadcasts of races by television from another licensed racetrack.
"Heat" means one of a number of events to determine the ultimate winner of a race.
"Horse" includes filly, mare, colt, horse, gelding, and ridgling. Horse does not mean a cloned horse or offspring of a cloned horse regardless of whether any breed association or registry has registered the horse. A cloned horse is one born as a result of the genetic material of an unfertilized egg or embryo being modified by any means.
"Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act" or "act" means Public Law 116-260, title XII, which created the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
"Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority" or "HISA" is an organization authorized by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act that is responsible for drafting and enforcing uniform safety and integrity rules in Thoroughbred racing in the United States.
"HISA-covered horse" means any Thoroughbred horse or any other horse made subject to the act by election of the applicable state racing commission or the breed-governing organization for a horse under section 3054(l) of the act during the period:
"HISA-covered horse race" means any horse race involving HISA-covered horses that has a substantial relation to interstate commerce, including any Thoroughbred horse race that is the subject of interstate off-track or advance deposit wagers.
"Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit" is a division of HISA established to provide independent antidoping and medication control.
"Host racetrack" means a licensed racetrack which broadcasts its races by television to another licensed racetrack.
"Lapped on" means any part of a trailing horse is at least even with the offending horse's hindquarters at the finish.
"Lapped on break" means a harness horse that is breaking stride at the finish line and is even with an opponent, or the breaking horse's nose is at least opposite its opponent's hind quarters.
"Maiden" means a horse which at the time of starting has never won a race on the flat in any country on a recognized racetrack, or that has been disqualified after finishing first.
"Meeting" means the entire period for which a license to conduct racing has been granted to any association by the commission.
"Mixed meet" means a racing day or series of racing days on which the racing of more than one breed of horse occurs.
"Morning line" means the projected approximate win odds of each horse printed in the official program prior to wagering.
"Nerved" means any procedure whereby any nerve or nerves of a horse have been removed or desensitized.
"Nominating fee" means an amount set by the association which must be paid in order to make a horse eligible for a stakes race.
"Nomination" means the naming of a horse or its foal in utero to compete in a specific race or series of races, eligibility for which may be conditional upon the payment of a fee at the time of naming.
"Nominator" means the person in whose name a horse is nominated for a stakes race or handicap race.
"Nonrecognized racing equipment" means any article, appliance, or device that the commission veterinarian determines may cause or mask pain in a horse including but not limited to kinesiology tape, rubber bands, nose rings, iron halters, and copper tail or ankle wires.
"Official" means the act of the stewards declaring the results of the race final and authorizing pari-mutuel winnings to be paid out.
"Official timed workout" means a timed workout required and supervised by a commission veterinarian.
"Owner" means any person or entity possessing all or part of the legal title to a horse.
"Pari-mutuel central processing unit" means the computer system by which all pari-mutuel wagers are recorded and the calculation of odds and payoffs is accomplished. The pari-mutuel central processing unit must be located at a licensed racetrack or alternative facility.
"Photo finish" means the equipment and cameras used to aid the placing judges in determining the exact order of finish in a race.
"Place" means either the position in which a horse finishes a race or more specifically, finishing second in a race.
"Pool" means the total amount of money bet in each form of pari-mutuel wagering.
"Post position" means the starting position assigned to a horse for a race.
"Post time" means the time set for the arrival of horses at the starting point in a race.
"Presiding official" means an official of the commission appointed by the director of pari-mutuel racing, presiding over races conducted on approved televised racing days.
"Program" means, according to its context, either:
"Purse" means the amount of money to be paid the participants of a race.
"Pylons" means poles marking the inner surface of the racetrack. The poles are often colored white with the top four inches a darker color.
"Qualifying list" means the tabulation compiled by the stewards of horses that must perform in qualifying races before being eligible to be entered.
"Race" means a contest among horses for purse, stakes, premium, or wager for money, run in the presence of racing officials of the association and the commission. The following are categories of races:
"Racing day" for Thoroughbred horses and Quarter Horses means a day assigned by the commission on which racing is conducted and shall include no fewer than seven live races. "Racing day" for Standard-bred horses means a day assigned by commission on which racing is conducted and shall include no fewer than eight live races. If environmental conditions, a power or technology failure, or a shortage of horses forces the cancellation of races to the extent that fewer than seven races for Thoroughbred horses and Quarter Horses can be held in a single day or fewer than eight races for Standardbred horses can be held in a single day, the day is still considered a racing day as long as the canceled races are added to one or more subsequent racing cards held within 30 days of the cancellation. For purposes of this subpart, "shortage of horses" means that one or more proposed races for the day were unable to generate at least a five-horse field and therefore could not be carded. No more than 14 live races shall be conducted in a single day unless approved by the stewards and the executive director.
"Recall" means the starter declaring that the field be assembled for a restart prior to the word "go" being given.
"Recognized racetrack" means a racetrack where pari-mutuel wagering is authorized by law, or which is recognized by the American Quarter Horse Association, the United States Trotting Association, or the Thoroughbred Racing Association.
"Ruled off" means the act of barring a licensee from the grounds of an association and denying the licensee all racing privileges.
"Scratch" means the act of withdrawing an entered horse from a race.
"Scratch time" means the time set by the association for the closing of applications requesting permission of the stewards to withdraw from a race.
"Ship in" means a horse that is not stabled on the grounds of the racetrack at which it is entered to race.
"Single-breed meet" means a racing day or series of racing days on which the racing of one breed of horse occurs.
"Stable area" means that part of the grounds that contains the barn area, tracks, and paddock.
"Start" means the beginning of an officially recognized race.
"Starter" means, according to its context, either:
"Starter's schooling list" means a tabulation of horses compiled by the starter that are ineligible to be entered until they have demonstrated their ability to the starter that they are capable of performing in a satisfactory manner at the starting gate.
"Starting fee" means an amount, specified by the conditions of the race and set by the association, that must be paid in order to start in a race.
"Stewards' list" means a tabulation compiled by the stewards of horses that are ineligible to race due to poor performance, ownership by a suspended or nonlicensed person, or for other reasons that might affect the integrity or welfare of racing.
"Supplemental fee" means a fee set by the association that may be required to be paid at a prescribed time to make a horse eligible for a stakes race.
"Suspended" means that all privileges granted by the commission are temporarily withdrawn.
"Sustaining fees" mean fees which must be paid periodically, as prescribed by the conditions of the race, in order to keep a horse eligible for that race.
"Televised racing day" means a racing day assigned by the commission on which pari-mutuel betting is conducted on separate pool and/or commingled pool wagering and only on horse races run at racetracks outside of the state which are broadcast by television to a licensed racetrack.
"Totalizator" means the system by which pari-mutuel activity including selling and cashing of tickets, compiling of wagers, and displaying of pari-mutuel information is accomplished. The totalizator must be electronically linked with a pari-mutuel central processing unit.
"Track" means the course over which races take place.
"USTA" means the United States Trotting Association.
"Walkover" means a race in which there are not two or more horses of separate interest sent postward.
Minn. R. agency 178, ch. 7869, pt. 7869.0100
Statutory Authority: MS s 14.389; 240.03; 240.08; 240.13; 240.131; 240.15; 240.16; 240.19; 240.23; 240.24