PURPOSE: This rule bans hippodroming. (1) All races shall be bona fide contests with the winner receiving the largest share of the purse and the balance of the purse distribution made according to the finish. No hippodroming or other arrangement for equal distribution of the purse money among the contestants may be permitted by the association.

Auth: section 313.540, RSMo (1986). Emergency rule filed June 20, 1986, effective June 30, 1986, expired Oct. 13, 1986. Original rule filed Oct. 3, 1986, effective Jan. 12,1987.