(a)
Placing
and money distribution.
(1) Unless
otherwise provided in the conditions, all purses shall be distributed on the
dash basis with the money awarded according to a horse's position in each
separate dash or heat of the race.
(A) Purse
money distribution in overnight events shall be limited to five
monies.
(2) Dashes.
Unless otherwise specified in the conditions, the money distribution in dashes
shall be 45 percent, 25 percent, 15 percent, 10 percent, and 5 percent. In
early closing races, late closing races or added money events, if there are
less than five (5) starters, the remaining premium shall go to the race winner
unless the conditions call for a different distribution. In overnight events if
there are less than five (5) starters the premium for the positions for which
there are no starters may be retained by the track.
(A) If there be any premium or premiums for
which horses have started but were unable to finish, due to an accident, all
unoffending horses who did not finish will share equally in such premium or
premiums.
(B) If there be any
premium or premiums for which horses have started but were unable to finish and
the situation is not covered by rule (a) (2) (A) of this section, such premium
shall be paid to the winner.
(3) Every heat a race. The purse shall be
distributed as in dash races with nothing set aside for the race
winner.
(4) Placing system. If the
placing system is specified in the conditions, the purse shall be distributed
according to the standing of the horses in the summary. In order to share in
the purse distribution, each horse must complete the race and compete in each
heat to which he is eligible. A horse must win two heats to be declared the
race winner and such horse shall stand first in the summary. In deciding the
rank of the horses other than the race winner, a horse that has been placed
first in one heat shall be ranked better than any other horse that has been
placed second any number of heats; a horse that has been placed second in one
heat shall be ranked better than any other horse that has been placed third in
any number of heats, etc.; e.g., a horse finishing 3-6 would be ranked ahead of
another horse finishing 4-4. A horse finishing in a dead heat would be ranked
below another horse finishing in the same position and not in a dead heat. If
there be any premium for which no horse has maintained a position, it shall go
to the race winner, but the number of premiums awarded need not exceed the
number of horses that started in the race. Unless otherwise specified in the
conditions, the money shall be divided 50 percent, 25 percent, 15 percent, and
10 percent.
(5) Two in three. In a
two in three race, a horse must win two heats to win the race, and there shall
be 10 percent set aside for the race winner. The purse shall be divided and
awarded according to the finish in each of the first two or three heats, as the
case may be. If the race is unfinished at the end of the third heat, all but
the heat winners or horses making a dead heat for first shall be ruled out. The
fourth heat when required, shall be raced for the 10 percent set aside for the
winner. If there be any third or fourth premiums, etc., for which no horse has
maintained a specific place, the premium therefor shall go to the winner of
that heat, but the number of premiums distributed need not exceed the number of
horses starting in the race. In a two-year-old race, if there are two heat
winners and they have made a dead heat in the third heat, the race shall be
declared finished and the colt standing best in the summary shall be awarded
the 10 percent if the two heat winners make a dead heat and stand the same in
the summary, the 10 percent shall be divided equally between them.
(b)
Computation and payment
of purses. Any association which has an agreement with the horsemen to
pay purses of an established percentage of the association's share of the
revenue obtained from the money wagered, shall each week post a statement of
the previous week's handle, the proposed allotment to horsemen and the amount
of purses paid. Such posting shall be on the bulletin board in the entry
room.
(c)
Delivering of
winnings to owners. Winnings from horses shall not be delivered to any
owner until the owner has first been duly licensed by the commission for the
current season.
(d)
Deductions. All purses contested for shall be distributed
according to the conditions of the race. No deduction, voluntary or
involuntary, may be made from any purse or stake or futurity other than for
payments to be made to owners, nominators or breeders of money winning horses
and organization or promotion expense stipulated for stakes and
futurities.
(e)
Special
awards. Except for awards to be made to drivers of horses breaking or
equaling track or world records, or to leading drivers at a race meeting, no
association shall advertise to pay or pay any awards other than to the owners,
nominators or breeders of money winning horses.
