Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Agriculture and Rural Development
Executive Division
RegulationNo 819 - Appaloosa Horse Breeders' Awards and State Supplements
Section R. 285.819.4 - Conditions and purses for races; allocation of state supplements

(1) The racing association of the track where races of Michigan-bred horses are to be conducted shall propose conditions and purses for the races of Michigan-bred horses. The conditions of all races of Michigan-bred horses are subject to the approval of the director. These conditions shall be submitted to the director not less than 18 calendar days before the first race is conducted for each race program.

(2) The allocation of state supplements shall be determined by the director with the advice of the racing commissioner, a representative of the licensed Appaloosa horse racing associations, and a representative of the Michigan Appaloosa racing association, inc.

(3) The director shall announce, not later than 4 calendar days before the start of the race program, his allocation of state supplements to purses for each of the approved races of Michigan-bred horses in the race program. If proposed conditions for those races are not submitted to the director, along with a substitute race list, within the time fixed by subrule (1), the director may determine conditions and allocate state supplements for those races at his discretion, but state supplements shall not be allocated later than 96 hours before the first race scheduled in each condition book. A state supplement shall not be allocated to a race of Michigan-bred horses after the race has been run.