Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 178 - Racing Commission
Chapter 7883 - HORSE RACES
Part 7883.0130 - PENALTIES AND ALLOWANCES

Universal Citation: MN Rules 7883.0130

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024

Subpart 1. Determining penalties and allowances.

Penalties and allowances shall be determined as follows.

A. Penalties and allowances are not cumulative, unless so declared by the conditions of the race, and shall take effect at the time of starting, except that in overnight events a horse will have only the allowance to which it was entitled at the time of entry.

B. Penalties are obligatory; allowances are optional as to all or part thereof, and in overnight events must be claimed at the time of entry.

C. No horse shall receive allowance of weight nor be relieved from extra weight for having been beaten in one or more races, but this rule shall not prohibit maiden allowance or allowances to horses that have not won a race within a specified period or a race of specified value.

D. Failure to claim a weight allowance by oversight or omission is not cause for disqualification. Claims of weight allowance to which a horse is not entitled shall not disqualify unless such incorrect weight is carried in the race. However, a fine may be imposed upon the person claiming allowance to which his or her horse is not entitled.

E. Eligibility, penalties, and allowances of weight for all races will be determined from the reports, records, and statistics published by the Daily Racing Form, Equibase, or furnished by the Arabian Jockey Club (Colorado), and from information contained on Jockey Club (Lexington) foal certificates, and from certificates issued by the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), and the Arabian Horse Registry of America, Inc. (AHRA). Information contained on these certificates that is not published by the Daily Racing Form, or certified by the AQHA, or certified by the Arabian Jockey Club (AJC), will not be considered. Responsibility for weight carried and eligibility still remains with the owner and trainer as provided in part 7883.0100, subpart 15.

F. No horse shall incur a weight penalty for placement from which it is disqualified, but a horse placed through the disqualification of another horse shall incur the weight penalties of that placement. No such placement shall make a horse ineligible to a race which has already been run.

G. When a race is in dispute, both the first- and second-place finishers are liable to all penalties attached to the winner of that race until the matter is decided.

Subp. 2. Scale of weights or weight for age.

Races written to be run under "scale of weights" or "weight for age" shall be run under the following weights:

Distance Age Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
.5 Mile 2 X X X X X X X 105 108 111 114 114
3 117 117 119 119 121 123 125 126 127 128 129 129
4+ 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130
6F 2 X X X X X X X 102 105 108 111 111
3 115 115 116 116 118 120 121 122 123 124 125 125
4+ 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126
1M 2 X X X X X X X X 96 99 102 102
3 114 114 115 116 117 118 120 121 122 123 124 124
4+ 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126
1.25M 2 X X X X X X X X X X X X
3 113 113 114 115 116 117 119 120 121 122 123 124
4+ 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126
1.5M 2 X X X X X X X X X X X X
3 112 112 112 113 115 116 117 118 120 120 122 124
4+ 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126
2M 3 96 96 102 102 106 109 112 114 117 119 120 120
4 124 124 126 126 126 126 126 125 125 124 124 124
5 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 125 125 124 124 124

Subp. 3. Racing secretary may write alternate weights.

It shall be within the discretion of the racing secretary to write races either above or below the "scale of weights."

Subp. 4. Sex allowance.

In all races against male horses, except handicaps and races where the conditions expressly state to the contrary, fillies two years old are allowed three pounds and fillies and mares three years old and upward are allowed five pounds before September 1 and three pounds thereafter. The sex allowance may not be waived.

Statutory Authority: MS s 240.13; 240.15; 240.19; 240.23; 240.24; 240.29

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