Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 178 - Racing Commission
Chapter 7883 - HORSE RACES
Part 7883.0140 - CLAIMING RACES
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart 1. Who may claim.
In claiming races, any horse is subject to claim for its entered price by any person who is eligible to claim or by an authorized agent. The following persons are eligible to claim:
Subp. 2. Claiming procedure.
Claims shall be made in writing on a form provided by the association and approved by the commission. Claims shall be signed and sealed in an envelope having no identification marks except:
Subp. 3. Examination of claim envelopes.
The claims clerk shall open the claim box, search for, open, and examine the claim envelopes no more than 15 minutes prior to post time for each race.
Subp. 4. Information shall not be divulged.
No information concerning such claims shall be divulged to anyone other than the racing secretary's staff and the horsepersons' bookkeeper until after the race has been run.
Subp. 5. Multiple claims determined by lot.
If more than one claim is filed for the same horse, the successful claimant shall be determined by lot under the supervision of the stewards or the claims clerk.
Subp. 6. Claims are irrevocable.
Once a claim is deposited in the claim box, the claim cannot be withdrawn or revoked.
Subp. 7. Invalid claims.
A claim is invalid if:
Subp. 8. Voided claims.
If a claim is voided by the stewards, the horse claimed shall be returned to the original owner who, in turn, shall refund all claim money to the unsuccessful claimant.
The stewards shall void a claim if:
Subp. 9. Prohibition on claims.
No person or racing interest shall:
Subp. 10. Affidavit may be required.
Whenever the stewards have reasonable doubt about the validity of a claim, they shall require a claimant to execute an affidavit stating that the claimant is claiming the horse for the claimant's own account or as an authorized agent, and not for any other person.
Subp. 11. Claimant responsible for determining true age and sex.
Determination of the true age and sex of a claimed horse shall be the sole responsibility of the claimant, and mistakes in that regard printed in the official program or elsewhere shall not be considered a basis for invalidating the claim.
Subp. 12. Ineligibility of bred mare.
If a filly or mare has been bred and is in foal, she is ineligible to be entered into a claiming race.
Subp. 13. Foal certificates remain in custody of racing secretary.
The foal certificate or eligibility papers of a claimed horse shall remain in the custody of the racing secretary until the new owner removes the horse from the grounds of the association.
Subp. 14. Stakes engagements transfer to claimant.
The stakes engagements of a claimed horse transfer automatically with the horse to the claimant.
Subp. 15. Protest of claim.
Upon receipt of notification from a commission veterinarian of a medication violation involving a claimed horse, the stewards shall immediately notify the successful claimant who shall then have 72 hours to decide whether to keep the horse or request that the claim be voided.
Within 12 hours of a notification of a medication violation from the stewards, the original trainer must provide the new trainer, on a commission form, the name of the specific medication involved. A copy of the completed form must be provided to the stewards within 24 hours.
Subp. 16. Title to claimed horse.
Title to a horse which is claimed shall be vested in the successful claimant at the time the field has been dispatched from the starting gate and the horse becomes a starter, and the successful claimant becomes the owner of the horse whether it is sound or unsound, or injured during the race or after it, except as specified in subpart 8, item A. Only a horse that is officially a starter in the race may be claimed. A subsequent disqualification of the horse by order of the stewards or the commission shall have no effect upon the claim.
Subp. 17. Horse shall run in interest of owner.
On the day claimed, a claimed horse shall run in the interest of and for the account of the owner from whom the horse was claimed.
Subp. 18. [Repealed,]
Subp. 19. Delivery and responsibility for postrace analysis. A trainer whose horse has been claimed is responsible for the horse until after collection of the blood, urine, or hair specimens at the detention barn where delivery shall be made to the successful claimant, trainer, or employee of the claimant or trainer.
Subp. 20. [Repealed, 33 SR 8]
Subp. 21. [Repealed, 20 SR 2592]
Subp. 22. Claimed horse shall race at track claimed.
Subp. 23. Claimed horse shall not be transferred.
No horse claimed in a claiming race shall be sold or transferred wholly or in part to anyone within 30 days after the day it was claimed, except in another claiming race.
Subp. 24. [Repealed, 20 SR 2592]
Subp. 25. [Repealed, 20 SR 2592]
Subp. 26. Claiming authorization.
The commission or its appointed representatives shall issue a claiming authorization to any person who makes application therefor on forms prescribed for that purpose and who:
Subp. 27. Claiming authorization valid for calendar year.
A claiming authorization shall be valid for the calendar year in which it is issued, or until such time as the person to whom the authorization was issued becomes a horse owner either through use of the claiming authorization or through private purchase.
Subp. 28. Claiming authorization fee.
The same fee charged for an owner's license shall be payable to the commission by the applicant prior to issuance of a claiming authorization. The holder of a claiming authorization shall not, by virtue thereof, be entitled to admission to the grandstand, clubhouse, or other spectator facility at prices less than those charged the general public. A holder of a claiming authorization who has not previously been granted an owner's license will be issued an owner's license without payment of any additional fees.
An application for claiming authorization may be denied or revoked for any reason that would justify denial, suspension, or revocation of an owner's license. Any person whose claiming authorization is denied or revoked shall have the same rights to notice and hearing as an owner whose license is denied, suspended, or revoked.
Subp. 29. [Repealed, 33 SR 8]
Subp. 30. [Repealed, 33 SR 8]
Subp. 31. Waiver claiming rule.
At the time of entry into a claiming race, the owner may opt to declare a horse ineligible to be claimed provided:
Failure to declare the horse ineligible at the time of entry may not be remedied and the ineligibility shall apply only to the first start following each such layoff.
Subp. 32. [Repealed, 41 SR 1322; 42 SR 1258]
Statutory Authority: MS s 240.13; 240.15; 240.19; 240.23; 240.24