Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 038 - Wyoming Gaming Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Pari-Mutuel
Chapter 8 - CONDUCT OF RACES
Section 8-12 - Penalties and Allowances

(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 shall 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 any part and in overnight events must be claimed at the time of entry.

(c) Allowances to the produce of untried horses shall be claimed before the expiration of the time for naming, and shall not be lost by winning after that time.

(d) No horse shall receive allowance of weight or be relieved from extra weight for having been beaten in one or more races, but this rule shall not prohibit maiden allowance to horses that have not won a race within a specified period or a race of a specified value.

(e) 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 the incorrect weight is carried in the race. A fine may be imposed upon the person claiming allowance to which his horse is not entitled.

(f) If an underweight is discovered prior to the actual start, a correction must be made and immediately announced to the public. If wagering has already started on the race, a refund will be made if desired prior to the actual start. No less than three (3) minutes must be permitted for refunding even though post time has to be delayed.

(g) Eligibility, penalties and allowances of weight for all races will be determined after considering the reports, records and statistics published by the Daily Racing Form and/or other statistical publications, but responsibility for weight carried and eligibility still remain with the owner and trainer as prescribed by the Rules.

(h) No horse shall incur a weight penalty for placement from which he 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.

(i) When a race is in dispute, both the horse that finished first and any horse claiming the race shall be liable to all penalties attaching to the winner of that race until the matter is decided.

(j) Races written to be run under "Scale of Weight or Weights for Age" shall be run under the weights as provided for in the Scale of Weights Charts in these Rules.

(k) The Racing Secretary may write races either above or below scale as he may see fit.