Illinois Administrative Code
Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING
Part 1314 - GENERAL RACING AND TRACK RULES
Section 1314.150 - Allocation of Stalls
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 52, December 27, 2024
a) No race track operator shall allocate stalls except pursuant to a written stall application and agreement, the form of which shall have been approved by the Board. The racing secretary shall be responsible for stall allocation unless some other official is substituted by the race track operator to perform that function and the Board notified of the substitution.
b) Notification
c) The racing secretary's view of the best interests of racing and of the meeting in question shall govern his action on stall applications, and he shall be allowed broad discretion in performing this function. Nevertheless:
d) Any owner, trainer or other person believing himself to be aggrieved by a violation of this Section may file a written complaint with the Board, which shall conduct a hearing with respect to the alleged violation. If the Board determines that such a violation has occurred, it may impose a fine upon the race track operator not to exceed $500 for each violation, may order that stalls be allocated to the complainant and may take other action as it deems appropriate. In order to facilitate the conduct of inquiries into alleged violations of this Section, the racing secretary shall cause all stall applications, stall agreements, correspondence and other related material to be retained until the close of the meeting or for a longer period as the Board may direct.
e) In passing upon stall applications that are of substantially equal merit, the racing secretary shall give preference to applications submitted with respect to horses owned by Illinois residents.
f) Acceptance of an application for stall space for any horse shall be conditioned upon proof of a negative Coggins test for equine infectious anemia.