Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 12 - Taxation
574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing
Section 12-574-B25 - Identification of horses
Current through March 14, 2024
(a) Records. No horse will be permitted to race at an association track without an eligibility certificate, issued for the current year by the United States trotting association and approved by the commission. Horses must race in the name of a bona fide owner or lessee.
(b) Program information.
In claiming races, the price for which the horse is entered to be claimed shall be indicated. If claimed, later programs shall indicate it.
Summary of his last year of racing at said gait which shall include his mark for that year, number of starts, number of times finishing first, second and third and money won; such information must be given even though he has competed in a qualifying event and will be continued until he has two starts in the current year.
(c) Examination of horse or records. Any association official, representative of this commission, representative of the United States trotting association, owner or driver, may call for information concerning the identity and eligibility of any horse on the grounds of an association and may demand an opportunity to examine such horse or his eligibility certificate with a view to establishing the horse's identity or eligibility. No owner or party controlling such horse shall refuse to afford such information, or to allow such examination, or fail to give satisfactory identification.
(d) Examination without cause or to embarrass. No person shall demand the identification of a horse without cause or merely with the intent to embarrass a race.
(e) Unlicensed charting. No official, clerk or person shall enter a chart line on an eligibility certificate when the race has not been charted by a licensed charter.
(f) Withholding eligibility certificate. No eligibility certificate shall be withheld from the owner of a horse after proper demand has been made for its return.
(g) Owners' and/or trainers' reports on ownership and control of horses. Within seventy-two (72) hours after arrival at an association track, every owner and/or trainer shall file a list in the race secretary's office, naming all horses under his ownership or control at such racetrack and a copy shall be filed with the presiding judge of such meeting. Upon the change of ownership or control of any horse as listed, the owner or trainer shall file immediately an amended statement with the race secretary, and a copy shall be filed with the presiding judge of such meeting.
(h) Tattoo. No horse shall be permitted to start in an extended pari-mutuel meeting that has not been tattooed, unless the permission of the presiding judge is obtained and arrangements are made to have the horse tattooed.