PURPOSE: This rule adopts rules for the conduct of thoroughbred and quarter horse racing and related subjects.

1. (1) A horse is ineligible to start a race when—

   1. (A) The horse is not stabled on the grounds of the licensed association or facilities approved by the association at least seventytwo (72) hours prior to the race;
   2. (B) The horse is not registered by The Jockey Club if a thoroughbred, the American Quarter Horse Association if a quarter horse, the Appaloosa Horse Club if an appaloosa, the Arabian Horse Club Registry of America if an arabian, the American Paint Horse Association if a paint, the Pinto Horse Association of America, Inc. if a pinto and if the registration certificate is not on file with the racing secretary or horse identifier;
   3. (C) The horse is not fully identified by an official tattoo on the inside of the upper lip;
   4. (D) With respect to a horse who is entered for the first time, the nominator has failed to identify the horse by name, color, sex and age and the names of his/her sire and dam as registered;
   5. (E) A horse is brought to the paddock and is not in the care of and saddled by a trainer or assistant trainer;
   6. (F) A horse has been knowingly entered or raced in any jurisdiction under a different name, with an altered registration certificate or altered lip tattoo by a person having lawful custody or control of the horse for the purpose of deceiving any association or regulatory agency;
   7. (G) A horse has been allowed to enter or start by a person having lawful custody or control of the horse who participated in or assisted in the entry of racing of some other horse under the name of the horse in question;
   8. (H) A horse is wholly or partially owned by a disqualified person or a horse is under the direct or indirect management of a disqualified person;
   9. (I) A horse has no current negative Coggins test certificate attached to the registration certificate;
   10. (J) The stakes or entrance money for the horse has not been paid;
   11. (K) A horse appears on the starter’s list, stewards’ list or veterinarian’s list;
   12. (L) A horse is a first-time starter and not approved by the starter;
   13. (M) A horse is owned in whole or in part by an undisclosed person or interest;
   14. (N) A horse which has started in a race within the past calendar year which race has not been reported in a nationally published monthly chartbook unless at least forty-eight

2. (48) hours prior to entry, the owner of the horse provides to the racing secretary under oath performance records which show the place and date of the race, the distance, the weight carried, the amount carried and the horse’s finishing position and time;

   1. (O) In a stakes race, a horse has been transferred with its engagements, unless prior to the start, the fact of transfer of the horse and its engagements has been filed with the racing secretary;
   2. (P) A horse is subject to a lien which has not been approved by the stewards and filed with the horsemen’s accountant;
   3. (Q) A horse is five (5) years of age or older and still a maiden;
   4. (R) A horse is subject to a lease not filed with the stewards;
   5. (S) A horse is not in sound racing condition;
   6. (T) A horse has been nerved by surgical neurectomy, except in the case of heel nerves upon commission veterinarian approval or cryosurgery;
   7. (U) A horse has been trachea-tubed to artificially assist its breathing;
   8. (V) A horse has been blocked with alcohol or otherwise drugged to desensitize the nerves above the ankle; or
   9. (W) A horse has impaired eyesight in both eyes.

3. (2) The association shall provide forms for making entries and declarations. Entries and declarations shall be in writing or by telephone or telegraph subsequently confirmed in writing by the owner, trainer or authorized agent. When any entrant or nominator claims failure or error in the receipt by an association of any entry or declaration, s/he may be required to submit evidence within a reasonable time of the filing of the entry or the declaration.

   1. (A) Coupling.

      1. 1. When one (1) trainer or owner enters

more than one (1) horse in the same race the horses shall be coupled as an entry. Horses shall be regarded as having a common owner when an owner of one (1) horse, either as an individual or as a licensed member of a partnership or as a licensed shareholder of a corporation, shall have an ownership interest in another horse, either as an individual or as a licensed member of a partnership or as a licensed shareholder of a corporation;

1. 2. Coupled entries shall not be permit-

ted to race on any program in a race which is part of a daily double or trifecta wager;

1. 3. No more than two (2) horses coupled

by a common ownership or trainer shall be entered in an overnight race. When any licensee shall nominate and enter two (2) horses coupled by common ownership or trainer, the nominator shall express a preference for which horse will start in the event that only one (1) horse can be run by virtue of the rules of eligibility related to trifecta, daily double or other exotic betting;

1. 4. The stewards shall couple as a single

entry any horses which, in the determination of the stewards, are connected by common ownership or by a common trainer or when the stewards determine that coupling is necessary in the interest of the regulation of the pari-mutuel wagering industry or necessary to the public confidence in racing; and

1. 5. A coupled entry shall not be permit-

ted to enter or start if the effect of the entry is to deprive an uncoupled single entry horse from starting.

1. (B) If a race is canceled and declared off for insufficient entries, the association may split the list of entries for any other overnight race to provide an additional race to replace the one canceled. The racing secretary by lot shall divide the entries of the race so split into two (2) different races. 12 CSR 50-70
2. (C) Owners, trainers or any other person duly authorized who enter a horse for a race shall ensure that the entry is correct and accurate as to weight allowances available and claimed under the conditions set for the race. After a horse has been assigned a weight to carry in the race, the assignment of weight shall not be changed except in the case of error.
3. (D) No horse shall be entered for more than one (1) race on the same day on which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted.
4. (E) For the purposes of determining eligibility, weight assignments and/or allowances for horses imported from a foreign nation, the racing secretary shall take into account the Pattern Race Book published jointly by the Irish Turf Club, the Jockey Club of Great Britain and the Societe d’Encouragement.

5. (F) For the purposes of determining eligibility, weight assignments and/or allowances for horses imported from a foreign nation, the racing secretary shall convert metric distances to English measures by reference to the following scale:

   1. 1. 110 yards = 100 meters;
   2. 2. 1 furlong = 200 meters; and
   3. 3. 1 mile = 1600 meters.
6. (G) The name of a horse means the name reflected on the Certificate of Registration or Racing Permit or Temporary Racing Permit issued by The Jockey Club. Imported horses shall have a suffix, enclosed by brackets, added to their registered names showing the country of foaling. This suffix is derived from the International Code of Suffixes and constitutes part of the horse’s registered name. The registered names and suffixes, where applicable, shall be printed in the official program.

1. (3) Sweepstakes Entries.

   1. (A) The entry of a horse in a sweepstakes is a subscription to the sweepstakes. Before the time of closing, any entry or subscription may be altered or withdrawn.
   2. (B) Entrance money shall be paid by the nominator to a race. In the event of the death of the horse or a mistake made in the entry of an otherwise eligible horse, the nominator subscriber shall continue to be obligated for any stakes and the entrance money shall not be returned.

2. (4) Closing of Entries.

   1. (A) Entries for overnight racing shall be closed at 10:00 a.m. by the racing secretary, unless a later closing is established by the racing secretary or approved by the stewards.
   2. (B) If an hour for closing is designated, entries and declarations for sweepstakes cannot be received later. However, if a time for closing is not designated, entries and declarations may be mailed or telegraphed until midnight of the day of closing, if they are received in time to comply with all other conditions of the race. In the absence of notice to the contrary, entries and declarations for sweepstakes which close during or on the day preceding a race meeting shall close at the office of the racing secretary in accordance with any requirements s/he shall make. Closing for sweepstakes not during race meetings shall be at the office of the association.
   3. (C) Nominations for stakes races shall not close nor shall any eligibility payment be due on a day in which the United States Postal Service is not operating.

3. (5) Prohibited Entries.

   1. (A) An entry made by a disqualified person or the entry of a disqualified horse shall be void. Any money paid for the entry shall be returned if the disqualification is disclosed at least forty-five (45) minutes before post time for the race. Otherwise the entry money shall be paid to the winner.
   2. (B) No alteration shall be made in any entry after the closing of entries but the stewards may permit the correction of an error in an entry.
   3. (C) If the number of entries to any purse or overnight race is in excess of the number of horses that may be accommodated due to the size of the track, the starters for the race and their post positions shall be determined by lot conducted in public by the racing secretary.
   4. (D) In a stake race, the number of horses who may compete shall be limited only by the number of horses nominated and entered. In any case, the association’s lawful race conditions shall govern.
   5. (E) The stewards, after notice to the entrant, subscriber or nominator, may deny entry of any horse to a race if the stewards determine the entry to be in violation of these rules or the laws of this state or to be contrary to the interests of the commission in the regulation of pari-mutuel wagering or to public confidence in racing.

4. (6) Preferences and Eligibles.

   1. (A) A list of not more than eight (8) names may be drawn from entries filed in excess of positions available in the race. These names shall be listed as eligible-to-start as originally entered horses are withdrawn. The order in which these are listed shall become eligibleto-start and their post positions shall be determined by the racing secretary. Any owner, trainer or authorized agent who has entered a horse listed as an eligible-to-start and who does not wish to start shall file a scratch card with the secretary not later than the scratch time designated for that race.
   2. (B) Horses which have been excluded from races shall be given preference in the next race they are entered, providing the next race is one of similar conditions. Horses where names appear in the entries and have an opportunity to start will be given no preference if they are entered for a race to be held on the day following entry and the race overfills.
   3. (C) In making an entry of a horse on the preferred list, a claim of preference must be made at the time of entry and noted on the entry form or the preference will be lost. The preferred list shall be posted in a place readily available to all horsemen.
5. (7) Post positions shall be determined by the racing secretary publicly and by lot. Post positions shall be drawn from also-eligible entries at scratch time. In all races, horses drawn into the race from the also-eligible list shall take the outside post positions.

6. (8) Scratch, Declaring Out.

   1. (A) No horse shall be considered scratched, declared out or withdrawn from a race until the owner, agent or other authorized person has given notice in writing to the racing secretary before the time set by the association as scratch time. All scratches must be approved by the stewards.
   2. (B) Scratching, or the declaration of a horse out of an engagement for a race, is irrevocable.
   3. (C) No horse shall be permitted to be scratched from a race if the horses remaining in the race number less than ten (10), unless the stewards permit a lesser number. Where there are more requests to scratch that, if granted, would leave a field less than ten (10), the stewards shall determine by lot which entrants may be scratched and permitted to withdraw from the race.

   4. (D) Unless otherwise set by the racing secretary, scratch time shall be—

      1. 1. At least forty-five (45) minutes before

post time for stake races; and

1. 2. No later than 7:30 a.m. of the day of

the race for other races.

1. (9) Workouts.

   1. (A) No horse shall be started unless s/he as raced or has an approved timed workout satisfactory to the stewards. The workout must have occurred on the grounds of a licensed pari-mutuel facility or commission-approved training facility within the previous thirty

2. (30) days. A horse which has not started for a period of sixty (60) days or more shall be ineligible to race until it has completed a timed workout satisfactory to the stewards prior to the day of the race in which s/he is entered. No horse shall be taken onto the track for training or a workout except during hours designated by the association.

   1. (B) The timer or the stewards may require any licensee to identify a horse in his/her care being worked. The owner, trainer or jockey may be required to identify the distance the horse is to be worked and the point on the track where the workout will start.

   2. (C) If the stewards approve the timed workout so as to permit the horse to run in a race, they shall require that this information is furnished to the public in advance of the race including, but not limited to, the following means:

      1. 1. Announcement over the track’s public

address system;

1. 2. Transmission on the track’s message

board;

1. 3. Posting in designated conspicuous

places in the racing enclosure; and

1. 4. Exhibit on track TV monitors at cer-

tain intervals if the track has closed circuit TV. If the workout is published prior to the race in either the Daily Racing Form or the track program, then it shall not be necessary to make the announcements set forth previously.

1. (D) No horse shall be taken onto the track for training or a workout except during hours designated by the association.

1. (10) Equipment.

   1. (A) Unless permitted by the stewards, no whip or substitute for whip shall exceed one pound (1 lb.) or thirty inches (30") and no bridle shall exceed two pounds (2 lbs.).
   2. (B) No licensee may change the equipment used on a horse from that used in the horse’s last race, unless with permission of the paddock judge. No licensee may add blinkers to the horse’s equipment or discontinue their use without the prior approval of the starter, the paddock judge and the stewards. In the paddock prior to a race, a horse’s tongue may be tied down with clean bandages, clean gauze or with a tongue strap.

2. (11) Racing Numbers.

   1. (A) Each horse in a race shall carry a conspicuous saddle cloth number corresponding to the official number given that horse on the official program.
   2. (B) In the case of a coupled or other entry that includes more than one (1) horse, each horse in the entry shall carry the same number, with a different distinguishing letter following the number. As an example, two (2) horses in the same entry shall be entered as 1 and 1-A.
   3. (C) In a combined field of horses, each horse in the field shall carry a separate number.
3. (12) The amount of purse money earned is credited in United States currency and there shall be no appeal for any loss on the exchange rate at the time of transfer from the United States currency to that of another country.

4. (13) Dead Heats.

   1. (A) In the event of a dead heat, the prize money will be distributed in equal shares to the owners of the horses so finishing. In a dead heat finish for first place, each horse shall be considered a winner of the amount of the purse or prize.
   2. (B) If a prize includes a cup, plate or other indivisible prize, owners shall draw lots for the prize in the presence of at least two (2) stewards.
   3. (C) In the event of a dead heat finish for second place and thereafter, an objection to the winner of the race is sustained, the horses in the dead heat shall be considered to have run a dead heat for first place.
5. (14) The fact that purse money has been distributed prior to the issuance of a laboratory report shall not be deemed a finding that no chemical substance has been administered, in violation of these rules, to the horse earning the purse money.
6. (15) No horse shall be allowed to enter, start or be stabled on the grounds of the racing establishment unless a valid negative Coggins Test Certificate is presented. In the event of claims, sales or transfers, it shall be the responsibility of the new trainer to ascertain the validity of the certificate for the horse within twenty-four (24) hours. If the certificate is either unavailable or invalid, the previous trainer shall be responsible for any reasonable cost associated with obtaining a Coggins certificate. Whenever any owner or trainer is furnished a Coggins test positive result that his/her horse has Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA), the horse shall be removed by the owner or trainer from association premises or approved facility within twenty-four
7. (24) hours of actual notice of the infection to the owner or trainer.

8. (16) Race Procedures.

   1. (A) Each horse shall carry the full weight assigned for that race from the paddock to the starting point and shall parade past the stewards’ stand, unless excused by the stewards.
   2. (B) After the horses enter the track, no jockey may dismount nor entrust his/her horse to the care of an attendant, unless an accident occurs to the jockey, the horse or the equipment and then only with the prior consent of the starter. During any delay in which a jockey is permitted to dismount, all other jockeys may dismount and their horses may be attended by others. After the horses enter the track, only the hands of the jockey or the assistant starter or an outrider on a lead pony may touch the horse before the start of the race.
   3. (C) If a jockey is seriously injured on the way to the post, his/her horse shall be returned to the paddock and a replacement jockey obtained. In such an event, both the injured jockey and the replacement jockey will be paid by the owner.
   4. (D) After entering the track, all horses shall proceed to the starting post in not more than twelve (12) minutes unless approved by the stewards. After passing the stewards’ stand in parade, the horses may break formation and proceed to the post in any manner. Once at the post, the horses shall be started without unnecessary delay.
   5. (E) In assisting the start of a race, no person other than the jockey, the starter, the assistant starter or the veterinarian shall strike a horse or use any other means to assist the start.
   6. (F) Horses shall take their position in the starting gate in post position order (the order in which their names have been drawn, beginning from the inside rail).
   7. (G) No person shall obstruct or delay the movement of a horse to the starting post.

AUTHORITY: section 313.540, RSMo 1986.* Original rule filed Oct. 16, 1986, effective Feb. 12, 1987.

*Original authority: 313.540, RSMo 1986.