C.M.R. 01, 017, ch. 7 - RACING

  1. § 017-7-1 - Consecutive Days
  2. § 017-7-2 - Proof of Eligibility and Identity
  3. § 017-7-3 - Permanent Identification
  4. § 017-7-4 - Horses Health Conditions
  5. § 017-7-5 - Racing Standards
  6. § 017-7-6 - Race Meet Standards and Eligibility
  7. § 017-7-7 - Steward's List
  8. § 017-7-8 - Preference
  9. § 017-7-9 - Use of Hopples
  10. § 017-7-10 - Head Pole
  11. § 017-7-11 - Time Between Heats
  12. § 017-7-12 - Minimum Purse
  13. § 017-7-13 - Racing Year
  14. § 017-7-14 - Condition Sheets
  15. § 017-7-15 - Types of Racing
  16. § 017-7-16 - Condition Limitations
  17. § 017-7-17 - Claiming Races
  18. § 017-7-18 - Conditioned Races
  19. § 017-7-18-A - Maine Owned or Bred Races
  20. § 017-7-19 - Futurities Requirements
  21. § 017-7-20 - Early Closing Events and Late Closing Events
  22. § 017-7-21 - Preferred races
  23. § 017-7-22 - Open Stretch Racing
  24. § 017-7-23 - Declaration Requirements
  25. § 017-7-24 - Ineligible Transfer
  26. § 017-7-25 - Limit of Starts
  27. § 017-7-26 - Eligibility Guaranteed
  28. § 017-7-27 - Withheld Purses
  29. § 017-7-28 - Number of Starters
  30. § 017-7-29 - Limit of Starters
  31. § 017-7-30 - Draw
  32. § 017-7-31 - Coupled Entries
  33. § 017-7-32 - Also Eligibles
  34. § 017-7-33 - Post Positions for a Handicap
  35. § 017-7-34 - Driver Changes
  36. § 017-7-35 - Substitution of Drivers
  37. § 017-7-36 - Authority of Starting Judge
  38. § 017-7-37 - Recall
  39. § 017-7-38 - Effect of Scratch of Horse on Post Position
  40. § 017-7-39 - Starting Without a Gate
  41. § 017-7-40 - Bad Acting Horse
  42. § 017-7-41 - Declared Starters
  43. § 017-7-42 - Unmanageable
  44. § 017-7-43 - Failure to Obey
  45. § 017-7-44 - Right to Track
  46. § 017-7-45 - Falling or Unseating Driver
  47. § 017-7-46 - Duties of Trainer
  48. § 017-7-47 - Nerved Horses
  49. § 017-7-48 - Unfit to Participate
  50. § 017-7-49 - Personal Safety Equipment
  51. § 017-7-50 - Driver's Colors
  52. § 017-7-50-A - Protection of Horses
  53. § 017-7-51 - Horses in the Paddock
  54. § 017-7-52 - Admission to the Paddock
  55. § 017-7-53 - Driving Violations
  56. § 017-7-54 - Racing Violations
  57. § 017-7-55 - Racing Objections
  58. § 017-7-56 - Permission to Dismount
  59. § 017-7-57 - Contested Races and Unsatisfactory Drives
  60. § 017-7-58 - Placing Offending Horses
  61. § 017-7-59 - Coupled Entries Violations
  62. § 017-7-60 - Breaking
  63. § 017-7-61 - Intentional Breaks
  64. § 017-7-62 - Improper Conduct
  65. § 017-7-63 - Assaults
  66. § 017-7-64 - Threats Not to Race
  67. § 017-7-65 - Bonus Demands
  68. § 017-7-66 - Wagering of Owner, Trainer, Driver
  69. § 017-7-67 - Reporting Bribes or Attempts
  70. § 017-7-68 - Misconduct or Fraud
  71. § 017-7-69 - False Witness
  72. § 017-7-70 - Illegal Devices
  73. § 017-7-71 - Conspiracy
  74. § 017-7-72 - Purse Distribution
  75. § 017-7-73 - Supplemental Purse Payments
  76. § 017-7-74 - Mounted at Finish
  77. § 017-7-75 - Purse Money
  78. § 017-7-76 - Dashes
  79. § 017-7-77 - Two in Three
  80. § 017-7-78 - Timing of the Lead Horse Only
  81. § 017-7-79 - Time for Dead Heat
  82. § 017-7-80 - Time
  83. § 017-7-81 - Time Trial Performances
  84. § 017-7-82 - Judges at Time Trials
  85. § 017-7-83 - Performance Against Time
  86. § 017-7-84 - Best of Three

SUMMARY: This chapter shall set forth all rules specific to all facets of racing. This shall include the procedures for the assembling and drawing of races, the standards that horses and participants are held to, starting and racing rules, and proper procedures for placing and purse distribution. To facilitate understanding of this chapter it is arranged sequentially in the order in which the various elements of racing should occur. For example, the draw comes before the starting rules, the starting rules before the racing rules, etc.

Notes

C.M.R. 01, 017, ch. 7
REPEALED AND REPLACED:
February 22 1993 - this revision incorporates sections from previous Chapters 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23 & 24
AMENDED:
April 11, 1995
January 27, 1996
March 11, 1996 (EMERGENCY)
March 4, 1997 - sub-c. 1 § 7 sub-§A-1
EFFECTIVE DATE (ELECTRONIC CONVERSION):
May 17, 1997
NON-SUBSTANTIVE CORRECTIONS:
March 2, 2000 - converted to MS Word
REPEALED AND REPLACED:
May 29, 2001
AMENDED:
December 17, 2001 - added Section 17(6)(K)
December 17, 2001 - amended Section 58
June 30, 2002 - Section 6(6) repealed, Sections 6(9) and 6(10) amended, filing 2002-220
June 30, 2002 - Section 30 corrected to remove duplicate language, filing 2002-221
June 30, 2002 - Sections 54(1)(P), 54(1)(Q), 54(1)(R), 54(1)(S) amended, filing 2002-222
June 6, 2004 - Section 37(1)(G), filing 2004-187
August 21, 2006 - Section 18(8), filing 2006-372
August 21, 2006 - Section 18-A, filing 2006-373
November 8, 2006 - Section 76, filing 2006 -461
June 7, 2008 - Sections 6, 8, 17(4)&(7), 53(1)(C)(8), 54(1)(Q), 76
August 18, 2009 - Section 72(3), filing 2009-435
NON-SUBSTANTIVE CORRECTIONS:
August 4, 2010 - headings for Sections 10, 73
AMENDED: November 4, 2010 - Sections 6(8), 7(2), 40, 46(3)(C), 54(O), 54(T), 58 and 68, filing 2010-549
May 15, 2012 - Sections 6, 16 and 17, filing 2012-153
August 4, 2012 - Section 54(1)(S), filing 2012-213
July 22, 2013 - Section 7(6)(9), filing 2013-164
July 22, 2013 - Section 7(7), filing 2013-165
August 19, 2014 - Section 8, filing 2014-190
January 22, 2019 - filing 2019-012
June 1, 2020 - Sections 75 and 76, filing 2020-131 (EMERGENCY)
July 31, 2020 - Sections 75, 76 and 85, filing 2020-172 (EMERGENCY)
August 17, 2020 - Sections 7(G), 75, 76 and 85, filing 2020-184 (EMERGENCY)
July 4, 2021 - many Sections, filing 2021-138
March 11, 2023 - filing 2023-039
6/8/2024 - filing 2024-137

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 8 MRS §§263-A, 268, 275-C, 279-A, 279-B, 281

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