Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 36, September 7, 2024
Section 205.272 - Receipt of nomination and sustaining payments(a) All nomination and sustaining payments not actually received at the hour of closing shall be ineligible except those by letter bearing a postmark not later than the following day (omitting Sunday or a legal Federal holiday, or both) to be actually received at the office at or before the hour of closing. The letter shall include the color, sex, name of horse and the class to be entered, and the name and residence of the owner and the party making the nomination or sustaining payment.(b) Whenever a nomination or sustaining payment in a stake, futurity, early closing race or late closing race becomes payable on a Sunday or legal holiday that falls on Saturday, this payment is to be due on the following Monday, the envelope must be post marked on or before the following Tuesday.(c) If a payment falls on a Monday that is a legal holiday, this payment is due on Tuesday and must be post marked on or before the following Wednesday. For purposes of this rule payments made by means of commercial delivery services shall be treated the same as those made by letters bearing a postmark.