Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Agriculture and Rural Development
Executive Division
RegulationNo 814 - Michigan Futurity Races
Section R. 285.814.1 - Definitions

Universal Citation: MI Admin Code R. 285.814.1

Current through Vol. 24-16, September 15, 2024

Rule 1. As used in these rules:

(a) "Commission" means the commission of agriculture.

(b) "Department" means the department of agriculture.

(c) "Director" means the director of the department or his or her designee.

(d) "Domicile" means the fixed, permanent, and principal home to which a person intends to return.

(e) "Fair" means a county, district, community, or 4-H fair and any other state fair in this state that has been approved by the director to conduct harness horse races during the fair.

(f) "Fairs, exhibitions and racing division" means the fairs, exhibition and racing division of the department.

(g) All of the following are futurity races:

(i) "Charles coon memorial futurity race" means a futurity for 4-year-old standardbred harness horses which were nominated by July 15 of the foaling year or supplemental payment in the yearling year and which meet the conditions as published for the race.

(ii) "Fedele Fauri futurity race" means a futurity for 2- and 3-year-old standardbred harness horses which were nominated by July 15 of the foaling year or supplemental payment in the yearling year as provided for in the race conditions.

(iii) "Michigan Breeders Futurity" means a futurity for 2- and 3-year-old standardbred harness horses which were nominated by July 15 in the foaling year or supplemental payment in the yearling year and which meet the published conditions.

(iv) "Michigan futurity race" means a futurity for 2- and 3-year-old standardbred harness horses which were nominated by July 15 of the foaling year or supplemental payment in the yearling year and which meet the published conditions.

(v) "Michigan sire stakes" mean a futurity for 2 and 3-year standardbred horses which were nominated by July 15 of the foaling year or supplemental payment in the yearling year and which meet the published conditions.

(vi) "Spartan futurity" means a futurity for 2- and 3-year old standardbred harness horses which were nominated by July 15 of the foaling year and which meet the published conditions.

(vii) "Wolverine futurity" means a futurity for 2- and 3-year old standardbred horses which were nominated by July 15 of the foaling year or supplemental payment in the yearling year and which meet the published conditions.

(h) "Lessee" means a person who is domiciled in this state and who leases a stallion that has been registered with the USTA.

(i) "Owner" means a person or persons who are domiciled in this state and who are recorded in the USTA sires and dams register.

(j) "Race" means a race event for a definite purse to which the entries close at a prescribed time preceding the race.

(k) "USTA" means the United States trotting association.

(l) "Michigan-sired standardbred horse" means a standardbred horse that satisfies any of the following provisions:

(i) The first foal per year, with the exception of twins carried to term by the natural mother, which is from a Michigan owned standardbred mare at the time of breeding and which is sired by a Michigan-owned or leased stallion, duly registered with the fairs, exhibitions and racing division.

(ii) The first foal per year, with the exception of twins carried to term by the natural mother, from a mare which is owned exclusively by a resident or residents of this state at the time of conception and which is conceived outside of this state by means of transported semen from a standardbred stallion that is registered with the department.

(iii) The first foal per year, with the exception of twins carried to term by the natural mother, from a mare which is owned exclusively or in part by a nonresident of this state at the time of conception and which is conceived outside of this state by means of semen transported from a standardbred stallion registered with the department, if the transport fee is paid to the department's agent by November 1 of the year in which the foal is conceived.

(m) "Offending horse" means a horse that causes a disruption or an accident in a race.

(n) "Racing program" means a series of not less than 8 standardbred horse races held at a county fair within a specified block of time.

(o) "Registered stallion" means a stallion that was registered, on forms provided by the director, with the department, by January 1 each year in which the stallion will be standing at service in this state from January 1 to July 31 of the calendar year in which it is registered. A newly acquired stallion, which has not been in this state for breeding purposes before January 1 of a given year and has not serviced any mares after December 31 of the preceding year, is registered with the department before servicing any mares if its foals are to be eligible for Michigan tax-supported races. Transportation of semen from a registered stallion to a location out of this state does not affect the eligibility of a Michigan-sired standardbred foal for purses provided for in this rule.

(p) "Transport fee" means a fee paid for a foal from a mare, which is owned exclusively or in part by a nonresident of this state at the time of conception and which is conceived outside this state by means of transported semen from a standardbred stallion that was registered with the department.

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