1. In order for its
offspring to be eligible to the Maine Standardbred Breeders Stakes a stallion
must be registered with the Commission for the current breeding season prior to
January 1 of the year of the breeding season and must stand at stud the full
breeding season in Maine except as provided for in Section 2, subsection 1,
second paragraph. The breeding season is defined as the period beginning
February 15 through July 15 of each calendar year except as provided in the
second paragraph. The registration fee shall be $100.00 per stallion per
breeding season. Registration fees shall be made payable to the Treasurer,
State of Maine and forwarded to the Commission's Office within the Department
and such fees will be added to purses.
Any person standing a stallion who fails to register a
stallion as required aforesaid may register said stallion upon payment of the
registration fee and an additional payment of $500.00 on or before February 15
of the ensuing breeding season. The stallion shall not have been registered nor
stood in any other racing jurisdiction during the current breeding season as
defined in Section 2, subsection
1.
A stallion may be brought into the program at any time after
February 15 to replace a registered stallion which is unable to breed, as
evidenced by a veterinarian or laboratory test indicating it is infertile, or
dies during the breeding season. In this case a $100.00 registration fee is
required but no late fee is required.
A new stallion may be brought into the program after
February 15 with the payment of the registration fee and a late fee of
$750.00.
The stallion is to reside in the State of Maine at a
designated standing farm throughout the entire breeding season as described in
this section, except as provided for a late registration. The stallion may not
be moved from the designated standing farm (except in the case of a medical
emergency) with the following exceptions:
A. A stallion duly registered may, upon
advance written notification to the Executive Director, move from the
designated standing farm provided that the farm to which the stallion is moved
is located in the State of Maine.
B. A stallion duly registered may, upon
advance written approval from the Executive Director, be moved to another state
for non-emergency medical reasons.
C. A stallion duly registered may, upon
advance written approval from the Executive Director, be allowed to race during
the breeding season.
2.
Breeding Report. A copy of the form reporting the breeding of
mares to the United States Trotting Association will be completed and forwarded
to the Commission Office not later than September 1 of the year of breeding.
Mares bred by transported semen shall be so identified on the Mares Bred
Report.
3. Colts and fillies sired
by an eligible Maine stallion shall be eligible to the Maine Standardbred
Breeders Stake races providing that they are named and that name is registered
with the United States Trotting Association and all required documents are
filed and fees paid. This is effective with the foals resulting from the 2003
breeding season and thereafter.
4.
The foal produced from any mare which is inseminated after January 1, 2003 by
semen transported outside of the State of Maine and from a stallion duly
registered with the Commission will be eligible for nomination to any Maine
Standardbred Breeders Stakes programs.