Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. The following
persons may claim:
(1) An individual that the
Commission licenses as an owner;
(2) An entity that has established its
qualifications to claim by filing an application for licensure as an owner and
has been approved by the judges to claim; and
(3) An authorized agent of a qualified
owner.
B. A person
seeking to effect a false claim by inducing another to claim a horse for him is
subject to the penalties provided by §E of this regulation.
C. In claiming races, any horse is subject to
being claimed for its entered price, except by the owner of the horse, and
owners having the same trainer are not allowed to claim any horse in that
trainer's custody.
C-1. A valid
claim shall be:
(1) In writing;
(2) Enclosed in a sealed envelope;
and
(3) Deposited in a locked box
provided for this purpose by the clerk of the course at least 10 minutes before
the post time for the race in which a horse to be claimed is to
participate.
D. If a
horse is claimed:
(1) It may be entered in a
race at a claiming price determined by its new owner;
(2) A right, title, or interest in it may not
be sold or transferred except in a claiming race for a period of 30 days
following the date of the claim; and
(3) It may not be raced outside of the State
until one of the following occurs:
(a) If the
horse was claimed from a race that took place at:
(i) Rosecroft, 60 days expire from the date
of the claim,
(ii) Ocean Downs, 30
days expire from the date of the claim; or
(b) The meet at which the horse was claimed
ends.
E. The
judges may void a claim and impose any other penalty authorized by these
regulations for a violation of the claiming rules.
F. Claiming Conditions.
(1) Conditions and allowances in claiming
races may be based on any criteria established by the racing
secretary.
(2) Maiden claiming
races shall be restricted to horses that are younger than 6 years
old.
(3) Optional claiming races
may be carded for horses of any age.
G. A claim shall be voided if a horse is a
starter and the horse:
(1) Dies on the
racetrack; or
(2) Suffers an injury
which requires the euthanasia of the horse, as determined by a State
veterinarian, while the horse is on the racetrack.
H. A claim is voidable at the sole discretion
of the new owner, for a period of up to 1 hour after the race is made official,
for any horse that:
(1) Is vanned off the
track after the race at the discretion of the State Veterinarian; or
(2) Is sent to the detention barn and
observed to be lame by the State Veterinarian.
