Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION
Article 8 - RULES OF RACING
Section 112-8-10 - Rules of the race

(a) Each greyhound shall wear a racing muzzle and blanket approved by the racing judges while racing.

(b) Before the greyhounds leave for the post, each racing muzzle and blanket shall be carefully examined in the paddock by the paddock judge subject to the supervision of the chief racing judge or the chief racing judge's designee. Each muzzle and blanket shall be examined once more at the judges' stand in the presence of the racing judges and the public.

(c) Each greyhound shall be exhibited in the show paddock before post time for the race in which it is entered.

(d) A race starts when the lid to the starting box opens completely.

(e) All greyhounds shall be removed from the starting box in the event of a false start. After the malfunction in the equipment is corrected, the racing judges shall determine whether the race will be canceled or run.

(f) If a greyhound remains in the box when the lid of the starting box opens, there shall be no refund of wagers.

(g) If a greyhound bolts the course, runs in the opposite direction or does not run the entire prescribed distance for the race, the greyhound shall forfeit all rights in the race. The greyhound shall be considered a starter, but the finish of the race shall be declared the same as if it were not a contender.

(h) If a greyhound bolts the course or runs in the opposite direction during the course of the race and, in the opinion of the racing judges, interferes with any other greyhound in the race, the race shall be declared a "no race" by the racing judges, and all moneys wagered shall be refunded, except when the interference did not affect the outcome of the race in the opinion of the racing judges.

(i) If a greyhound fails to leave the box for any reason, refuses to race or falls and it appears that the greyhound may interfere with the running of the race, any person under the supervision of the racing judges stationed around the track, may remove the greyhound from the track. However, the greyhound shall be considered a starter.

(j) No race shall be called official unless the lure is in advance of the greyhounds at all times during the race. If any greyhound or greyhounds catch or pass the lure during the race, the race shall be declared a "no race" by the racing judges, and all moneys shall be refunded.

(k) The racing judges shall closely observe the operation of the lure and hold the lure operator to strict accountability for any inconsistency in its operation.

(l) If any race is marred by jams, spills or racing circumstances other than accident to the machinery while the race is being run, and three or more greyhounds finish, the race shall be declared finished by the racing judges. However, if fewer than three greyhounds finish, the race shall be declared "no race" by the racing judges, and all moneys shall be refunded.

(m) The winner of a race shall be the greyhound whose racing muzzle first reaches the finish line, unless the greyhound is disqualified by the racing judges for ineligibility or other good cause. In the event a greyhound loses its muzzle or finishes with a hanging muzzle, the tip of the greyhound's nose shall determine its order of finish.

(n) If two greyhounds run a dead heat for first place, all prizes and moneys to which the first and second greyhounds would have been entitled shall be divided equally between them. This regulation applies to any division of prizes and moneys, whatever the number of greyhounds running a dead heat and whatever places for which the dead heat is run.