80-002 Code Vt. R. 80-210-002-X - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

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Section I Association Duties and Obligations

1. For the purposes of these rules an association shall mean any person, association, or corporation desiring or formed to conduct, hold, or operate any running or harness race meets at which pari-mutuel pools are sold.

1.1. The Vermont Racing Commission, established under Title 31, Vermont Statutes Annotated, Section 601, 626, is comprised of three members appointed by the Governor for a term of six years, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Commission's headquarters are located in Waterbury, Vermont, with a track office and post race receiving area for testing purposes in operation throughout the racing season at the racetrack. A state calculator, state veterinarian, and state chemist are hired for the racing season on a contractual basis.

The Commission is responsible for the establishment, licensing, regulation, and control of the pari-mutuel system of wagering on horse races for the protection of the public welfare and good order of the people of the State, and to maintain high quality police security at the racetrack. Under the Statutes, the Commission is required in part to:

Make rules and regulations for harness and running horse meets having pari-mutuel pools;

investigate ownership and control in relation to new and/or existing racetracks and agricultural fairs in Vermont before issuing licenses for pari-mutuel horse racing, and only grant licenses when all provisions under the Statutes and Rules and Regulations of the Commission have been complied with;

conduct hearings in regard to the administration of its affairs, investigate all activities under its jurisdiction, issue subpoenas for witnesses, and administer oaths and affirmations;

cause to be fingerprinted, under the direction of the Department of Public Safety, any and all persons working at or in connection with track operation;

employ assistants and employees, and fix their compensation;

encourage and promote the improvement of the breeding of horses in Vermont in cooperation with the University of Vermont.

Inquiries for information should be directed to Vermont Racing Commission, Waterbury, Vermont 05602, or to the Commissioners or Secretary of State.

2. No association shall conduct, hold, or operate any running or harness race or meet at which pari-mutuel pools are sold without a license from the Commission.

3. Applications for licenses to conduct horse race meetings with pari-mutuel wagering shall be made annually to the Commission on forms prescribed by the Commission and to be received not later than January 15. Each application for license shall be accompanied by a license fee of $ 20.00 for each period applied for of six (6) days or fraction thereof.

Amended: October 27, 1980

4. Licenses for racing shall be granted annually by the Commission and the application for racing dates must be filed with the Commission over the signature of an executive officer for each association conducting race meetings. The application for racing dates and the allotment thereof by the Commission shall not commit the Commission to the granting of a license or of licenses to conduct race meetings upon the dates so allotted.

5. Upon receipt of application satisfactory in form and substance to the Commission, the Commission may grant its license for a term of days during the current year during which the applicant may conduct horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering. Such license shall specify the place where and the hours of the day or night during which racing and pari-mutuel wagering shall be held. The term of the license shall end not later than the 31st day of December next succeeding the granting thereof. In issuing a license, the Commission will, among other things, give consideration to the number of licenses granted; the character, experience, and general fitness of the officers, directors, members, stockholders, and persons having a beneficial ownership therein; the corporation, if any, owning stock in or which shares in the profits or participates in the management of the affairs of the applicant, or which leases to such applicant the plant where it shall operate; the financial responsibility of the applicant; plant facilities; location of plant; equipment to be used in the plant; the personnel to be employed by the applicant; policy plans; the public interest, convenience, or necessity, and the best interests of racing generally. The Commission will furthermore give consideration to all of the answers made by the applicant to questions contained in the application, the substance of which is incorporated herein by reference thereto and to all oral interviews conducted with the applicant.

6. No association shall conduct any horse race meet except at the location designated in the license awarded by the Commission, provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to any association whose plant or the usefulness thereof or of any material part thereof be totally destroyed or so substantially damaged as to render it unfit for continued operation; in which case the Commission may, in its discretion, permit the association to conduct its meetings at another suitable location in the same county or in any other county in which a plant may be located pending the rebuilding or restoration of the plant so destroyed or damaged.

7. Each racing association shall furnish to the Commission, upon demand therefor, a map or plan of its racetrack and plant drawn to such reasonable scale as may be required, showing all structures, piping, fire hydrants, and other fixed equipment thereon with dimensions and nature of construction duly noted thereon; and a plan of the racing strip, showing the elevation as filled, drained, and gapped, and giving the composition of the track base and cushion; and, as and when any material changes are made therein, a similar map or plan, showing such changes and drawn to the same scale, shall be forthwith filed with the Commission.

8. The Commission may refuse to grant a license and may suspend or revoke a license of an association if it shall determine that:

(a) The association has failed to abide by or enforce the provisions of the Law or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission or of the Vermont Department of Taxes.

(b) Any officers, director, member, or stockholder of such association or of any corporation which owns stock in or shares in the profits or participates in the management of the affairs of the association, or which leases to such association the track where it shall operate, has

(b-1) been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude;

(b-2) engaged in bookmaking or other forms of illegal gambling;

(b-3) been found guilty of any fraud or misrepresentation in connection with racing or breeding;

(b-4) been guilty of violation or attempt to violate any law, rule, or regulation of any racing jurisdiction, for which suspension from racing might be imposed in such jurisdiction; or

(b-5) violated any rule, regulation, or order of the Commission.

(c) The experience, character, or general fitness of any officer, director, or stockholder of any association is such that the participation of such person in racing or related activity would be inconsistent with the public interest, convenience, or necessity, or with the best interest of racing generally.

(d) The association falsified answers or made misrepresentations to the Commission in its application for license or in any other document required to be filed by the association under the Law or these Rules and Regulations.

(e) The association has failed to maintain properly its track and plant in good condition or has failed to make adequate provisions for rehabilitation and capital improvements to its track and plant.

(f) The association has issued or caused to be issued a false and/or misleading advertisement.

(g) The association or its officers or directors shall knowingly permit on its grounds or within the enclosure of its racetrack lotteries, pool selling, touting, or bookmaking, or any other kind of gambling in violation of Law.

9. No license shall be issued by the Commission under the provisions hereof for holding a race meet in any town unless and until the town, at an annual or special meeting called for the purpose, has, by majority vote of those present and voting, approved the issuance of said license in said town.

10. Pending final determination of any question under Rules 8 and 125, the Commission may issue a temporary license upon such terms and conditions as it may deem necessary, desirable, or proper to effectuate the provisions of the Law.

11. Any association holding or conducting pari-mutuel horse racing meets, or aiding or abetting same, without a license from the Commission shall be fined not more than $ 1,000.00 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Any association violating any Rules and Regulations of the Commission shall be fined not more than $ 500.00 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

12. Every association conducting horse racing or meets under license from the Vermont Racing Commission shall give a bond in a sum not to exceed $ 75,000.00, as shall be determined by the Commission, with good and sufficient surety or sureties, conditioned upon the faithful performance of its duties and obligations to the State of Vermont as prescribed herein.

13. The name of every person who is issued stock by a licensee, or who obtains licensee's stock by transfer, shall immediately upon such issue or transfer be sent directly by the licensee to the Commission Office at Waterbury, Vermont.

14. If the Commission determines that it is inconsistent with the public interest, convenience, or necessity or with the best interest of racing generally for any person to continue to be a stockholder of record or the beneficial owner of any interest in stock standing in the name of another, the Commission shall order each such stockholder or beneficial owner to dispose of his stock or interest therein to the association issuing said stock within a period of time specified by the Commission.

15. Imposed on the secretaries of the different associations conducting racing in Vermont is the duty of informing the Commission of any change in the personnel of the stockholders or in the holdings of any individual stockholders of the association for which he is secretary.

16. All associations must adopt the uniform system of accounts which is furnished to such associations by the Vermont Department of Taxes or the Vermont Racing Commission, or such other relevant state agency.

17. The association must maintain separate general ledgers and books of original entries for each calendar year. The following financial reports must be submitted to the Commission at the close of each association's racing meet and at the close of the association's calendar year:

(a) Statement of Assets and Liabilities and

(b) Statement of Profit and Loss and Surplus.

Interim reports must be submitted to the Commission and must include all operations for the current period up to and including the last day of the meet. These interim reports must be filed with the Commission within 30 days after the close of the meeting.

Annual reports are to include all operations for the association's calendar year and must be filed with the Commission within 50 days after the end of the calendar year.

All reports must be verified under oath by at least two of the association's principal officers, and by persons preparing the reports.

18. Separate records of each bank reconciliation must be maintained by the association in a manner which will clearly indicate all reconciling items between the balance per the bank statement and the balance per the association's books at the date of reconciliation.

19. All associations are required to submit to the Commission the following:

(a) Copies of weekly payrolls of all personnel employed at the track during the race meeting, including the State license number, address, and title of each employee;

(b) Copies of all written contracts and agreements, and a summary of all verbal contracts and agreements;

(d) List of officers and directors and compensation paid to each, or as the Commission may require.

20. Every association, after entering any lease agreement concerning any concession, labor management relation, the hiring of officers, employees, or contractors, specified by the Commission; or any such other contract, agreement, or arrangements as the Commission may from time to time prescribe, shall promptly file with the Commission a true and correct copy or an accurate summary, if oral, thereof.

21. Commissions on the pari-mutuel pools and the percentage for the State of Vermont and the licensee shall be as provided by the Vermont Statutes Annotated. The odd cents of all redistribution to be based on each dollar wagered exceeding a sum equal to the next lowest multiple of ten, known as "breakage" shall be paid, one hundred percent to the licensee.

Amended, Eff. 6-29 -85

22. Payment under Rule 21 shall be made to the State Treasurer at the end of each race day and shall be accompanied by a report, under oath, showing the total of all contributions to the pari-mutuel pools covered by the report, and such other information as the Commission may require.

23. No pari-mutuel meet may operate without the use of such devices as the Commission may designate to be used to determine the respective positions of the first three contestants finishing, which device must be operated by an operator approved by the Commission. The finish of each close race recorded by such device must be posted.

24. On or before the first Monday in December of each year every person, association, or corporation conducting a race or race meet hereunder shall pay to the State Treasurer all moneys collected during the year for pari-mutuel tickets which have not been redeemed. The moneys shall be retained by the State Treasurer and he shall pay the amount due on any ticket to the holder thereof upon an order from the Commission. After the expiration of two years any such moneys still in the custody of the State Treasurer shall become a part of the racing fund of the State.

25. Every association shall carry on its books an account which shows the total amount due on outstanding unredeemed pari-mutuel tickets which represents the winning tickets not presented for payment. A record of all unpaid pari-mutuel tickets shall be prepared and forwarded to the Commission on or before the first Monday in December.

26. Each association running a race meeting shall keep a separate bank account to be known as the "Horsemen's Account" with, at all times, sufficient funds in such account to cover all moneys due horsemen in regard to purses, stakes, claims, and deposits. Withdrawals from this account shall be only for such purposes and said account shall at all times be subject to audit by the Commission.

27. No association shall be licensed to conduct horse racing with pari-mutuel wagering for more than ninety (90) consecutive days in any calendar year. The Commission shall approve the dates and hours during which the association may conduct such racing.

28. At all meets held at night, the post time of the last heat or race shall be not later than 11:45 p.m. At that hour, regardless of the completion of the program, the State Steward and/or presiding Judge shall cause the machines or other devices used for wagering to be locked. Associations shall provide a lock control in the stewards/judges stand for that purpose.

29. Every association shall furnish to the Commission, initially and immediately upon any change with regard thereto, the name, address, and experience of each of the following officials and employees:

(a) General Manager

(b) Pari-Mutuel Manager

(d) Program Director

(e) Clerk of the Course

(f) Track Superintendent

(g) Publicity Director

(h) Race Announcer

(i) Concession Manager

(j) Admission Manager

(k) Parking Superintendent

(l) Stable Superintendent

(m) Chief Security Officer

(n) Horsemen's Bookkeeper

(o) Stewards

(p) Handicapper

(q) Starter

(r) Placing Judges

(s) Timer

(t) Veterinarians

(u) Clocker

(v) Building Superintendent

(w) Horse Identifier

(x) Jockey Room Custodian

30. Each association licensed by the Commission shall submit to the Commission a complete list of officials and a complete list of employees, insofar as this list can be prepared, not fewer than ten (10) days prior to the first race day. These lists must contain, in addition to the names, addresses, and experience of these officials and employees, the position each one is to fill or the duties he is to perform and the compensation he is to receive. All additions made or changes in the lists of officials and employees must be promptly reported to the Commission.

31. The Commission shall require every person employed by each association to submit a sworn statement, on a form prescribed by the Commission, setting forth information regarding citizenship, place or places of residence during the past two years, and answers to any other questions the Commission may prescribe.

32. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties the officials and employees employed by any association as listed in Rule 29 shall be approved in writing by the Commission. This also shall apply to such other persons as the Commission may designate from time to time because of their importance in the actual conduct of racing.

33. At least 85 per cent of the persons, exclusive of racing officials, employed each day by the association in the operation of a track conducting pari-mutuel wagering shall be citizens of the United States of America and residents of the State of Vermont for at least one year immediately prior to the commencement of their employment at the track, and every employee shall be required to execute and submit to the association by which he is employed, a duly verified affidavit setting forth his qualifications pursuant to this section, which the association shall then turn over to the Vermont Racing Commission. The Commission may grant special permission for employment, notwithstanding the above prohibition, but no duly elected member of the Vermont General Assembly, at the time of employment, shall be employed.

34. No person under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be employed in or about the track of any association, except as may be permitted by the applicable laws of the State of Vermont.

35. An association shall not issue free season passes, cards, or badges except to officers and employees of the association; members, officers and employees of the Commission; members of racing commissions of other states and foreign countries; officers and directors of turf organizations of other states and other countries, including the United States Trotting Association and Thoroughbred Racing Association; public officers engaged in the performance of their duties; persons actually employed and accredited by the press to attend such meetings; owners, stable managers, trainers, drivers, concessionaires and other persons whose actual duties require their presence at the track. A list of all persons to whom free passes, cards or badges are issued shall be filed with the Commission. Initial promotional passes and free daily passes may be issued at the discretion of the licensee.

36. All associations are required, with their officers and employees, to be responsible for the conduct of their meetings and to make certain that all officers and employees are thoroughly familiar with the provisions of the pertinent Law and the Rules and Regulations of the Commission and the Vermont Department of Taxes.

37. It shall be the duty of each and every licensee of the Commission and the officers, officials, and employes of said licensee to observe and enforce the Rules of Racing and the Regulations from time to time adopted by said Commission. Any and all of said Rules and Regulations may be amended, altered, repealed or supplemented by new and additional Rules and Regulations in the discretion of the Commission. Every license to hold a race meeting is granted upon the condition that licensee therein named shall accept, observe, and enforce said Rules and Regulations, and any amendments or additions thereto.

37.1. The Commission, recognizing the necessity of an association to comply with the requirements of its license and to fulfill its obligation to the public and the State of Vermont with the best possible uninterrupted services during the licensed period, herein provides that all associations, officials, horsemen, owners, trainers, jockeys, grooms, blacksmiths, and all licensees, who have accepted directly or indirectly, with reasonable advance notice, the conditions under which said association engages and plans to conduct such race meeting, shall be bound thereby, and shall, before they terminate or discontinue their employment, engagements, or activities, give the Commission and the associations with whom they are engaged at least 30 days' notice in writing of their intentions to terminate or discontinue their employment, engagements, or activities under such conditions. The Commission may, upon notice to all parties of interest, conduct a hearing or hearings with respect to any termination or discontinuance of employment.

HARNESS RACING

38. The rules of the United States Trotting Association shall prevail when not in conflict with the Rules of the Vermont Racing Commission or the Laws of the State of Vermont.

39. Every harness driver, as a condition precedent to receiving a license from the Commission, shall be required to take an eye test, said test to be given by a licensed eye physician or optometrist. The report of such examination, duly signed by a licensed eye physician or optometrist, shall be filed promptly with the Commission. If a driver has been so tested within two years and presents evidence of such a test to the Judges, the Judges may waive this rule.

Section II Association: Track Operation

40. Minors shall not be admitted to any track conducting horse or greyhound racing except at such times as may be approved by the Commission. Where such approval is given the minor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Any minor who is an employee thereat shall at all times carry proper identification cards of his or her employment. In no event shall a minor, whether attending a race or employed on or about the fairgrounds or track where horse or greyhound meets are conducted under the license of the Commission, be permitted to participate in any pari-mutuel pools or be admitted to any pari-mutuel enclosure, as herein defined. In every case, the parent or guardian of a minor shall be held accountable for the conduct of such minor.

Amended: June 9, 1977

41. A "pari-mutuel enclosure" is defined as an area approved by the Commission and shall include the place where pari-mutuel bets are taken and a prescribed distance from such place. The management shall place notice forbidding anyone under 18 years of age in such area in such manner as approved by the Commission. Any person under 18 years of age who violates this rule shall be ejected from the racing park.

42. Every licensee shall maintain adequate police protection as may be determined by or as may be assigned to the licensee from the Vermont State Police by the Commissioner of Public Safety of the State of Vermont, within the grounds or pari-mutuel enclosure and public highways adjacent to the location of such track. Expenses for such designated police protection shall be borne by the licensee. The Department of Public Safety shall have authority to expend its own funds for the purpose of paying Vermont State Police to maintain the aforesaid adequate police protection, but any funds expended by the Department of Public Safety for the assignment and use of Vermont State Police to maintain adequate police protection shall be reimbursed to the Department by the licensee.

43. Each association shall furnish to the Commission the names and addresses of all persons ejected by the association from its grounds, together with the offense or offenses alleged against them, and any other material information relating thereto.

44. Any person ejected from the grounds of an association shall be denied admission to said grounds until written permission for his reentering has been obtained from the licensee association, and written notification of such permission shall be forthwith filed with the Commission.

45. During the term of disqualification of any participant in racing, it shall be the duty of the association to see to it that the privilege of his admission badge is revoked, and that he is kept out of the grounds unless otherwise permitted to enter under certain conditions and at certain times as may be provided for elsewhere in these rules.

46. Each association shall prevent any person required but not holding an occupational license from doing or performing any act or acts at the track maintained by such association, and it shall be the responsibility of the association to exclude any undesirable persons if directed by the Commission.

47. Members of the Commission and its representatives shall have the right to full and complete entry to any and all points of the grounds of the Association licensed to conduct horse racing in Vermont.

48. Any racing association planning the erection of buildings, seat stands or other structures on the grounds of the association, or alteration or removal of same, shall first make request to the Commission for approval thereof. The Commission may require plans and specifications to be submitted.

49. Any racing association conducting racing after dark, under the jurisdiction of the Commission, must have installed at its track emergency lighting facilities, as required by the Commission.

50. This section was repealed on June 18, 1991 Adoptive Rule # 91-23.

51. Associations licensed by the Commission may permit telegraph wires on their grounds during any meeting, but no message shall be sent over such wires after 1:00 p.m. in cipher or code, nor unless the same is in plain and intelligible English. Such wires shall be under the supervision and control of a censor appointed by the Commission and paid by the association for which he acts, and it shall be the duty of such censor to censure all messages sent over said wires and to permit no messages over same which violate this rule. The censor shall be subject to removal at any time by the Commission.

52. No association shall permit on its grounds any betting or other operations in contravention of any law of the State of Vermont or of the United States.

53. No association shall permit bets to be made on the grounds on any race run outside said grounds.

54. Each association conducting racing shall, before publishing, submit to the Commission the conditions for all races it proposes to hold, together with the stake, purse, or reward, all of which shall be subject to the approval of the Commission.

55. Each racing association conducting a race meet under the jurisdiction of this Commission shall provide an official daily program of its races, which program shall be prepared in the manner and form designated by the Commission. The licensee shall, 30 days prior to the start of any race meet, present to the Commission a form or proposed program for approval.

The Commission, shall in all cases, require the following statement on the program: "This race meet is conducted under the jurisdiction and Rules and Regulations of the Vermont Racing Commission." (Insert names of Commissioners).

56. All portions of purse money shall be made available to the winners within a reasonable time following their winning.

57. Each association shall so construct its horse stalls that no provender, edibles, or foreign substance can be admitted or introduced therein except through one door or opening.

58. Each association conducting pari-mutuel horse racing shall install at the finish line at its track, and shall adequately maintain, a photofinish camera to be approved by the Commission, to photograph automatically the finish of races, including the first four horses. The official photographer shall furnish promptly to the commission a print of every photo-finish.

59. Each association shall provide within its grounds an office to be used by and be at the disposal of the Commission and all its officials.

60. Each association shall provide and equip a first-aid room within its enclosure.

61. An association, if legalized to operate pari-mutuel betting, unless permitted to sell manually, shall maintain in good service a satisfactory Totalisator.

Section III Concessionaires

62. Any person, firm, association, or group who holds any concession, right, or privilege to perform any services or sell any article at any association track must submit to the Commission a copy of each report, advice, or other document which that person, firm, association, or group furnishes or is required to furnish to the association in order to substantiate any commission, rentals, service fees, and similar financial or other arrangements between the parties. Any person, firm, association, or group operating a concession, performing any service, or selling any article at more than one association track must submit separate reports of his operations at each track.

63. At the end of each meet such person, firm, association, or group shall prepare and send to the Commission a record of its operations at the track in the form of a Profit and Loss Statement. Such report shall show the gross revenues derived from the meeting, as well as all expenses paid or accrued during the same period. Income and expense items must be shown in detail in such reports and must be verified by at least two of the principal officers of the firm, association, or group, if an association or group; or by one or more owners, or proprietors thereof, if not an association or group. Such report must be filed with the Commission within 30 days after the end of each individual meet.

Within 50 days after the end of its calendar year each such person, firm, association, or group, shall submit to the Commission verified financial statements, including a balance sheet and a statement of Profit and Loss, showing the combined operations for that year and the results of such operations for each specific race meeting at which he, they, or it conducted business during the year.

64. Such person, firm, association, or group, if requested, must submit to the Commission the following:

(a) Copies of weekly payrolls of all personnel employed at the track during its race meeting, including address and title of each employee;

(b) Copy of all written contracts and agreements and a summary of all verbal contracts and agreements;

(d) List of officers and directors and compensation paid to each annually, or as the Commission may require;

(e) Upon the sale or transfer of any stock of any concessionaire at a licensed racing track, evidence of such sale or transfer must be transmitted to the Commission by affidavit verifying such transfer or sale.

65. Each association shall provide that concessionaires vending any liquid refreshments shall not permit the surrender of glass containers to customers.

Section IV Corrupt Practices

66. Handbooking shall be prohibited on the grounds of an association and its operators shall be excluded therefrom.

67. No gambling device, other than permitted by law, shall be permitted on the grounds. Petty games of chance are prohibited.

68. The acceptance by an association of socalled [so-called] "come-back money" or other wager placed outside the enclosure of said association is strictly prohibited. No association shall aid or abet the acceptance of such wagers or make any special provision within or without the enclosure for the acceptance of such wagers or for the encouragement of such method of wagering. An association shall not set up or permit the establishment of any agency within the enclosure for the receipt of wagers made outside the enclosure.

69. No racing official or his assistant, no owner, trainer, jockey, agent, no person having charge of or access to any race horse, nor any other person shall accept or offer to accept on his own behalf, or on behalf of another, any bribe, gift, or gratuity in any form to influence the result of a race or which would tend do do so.

70. No person shall give, offer, or promise directly or indirectly, either in his own behalf or in behalf of another, any bribe, gift, or gratuity in any form, for the purpose of influencing the result of a race, or which would tend to do so, to any of the following:

(a) racing officials or their assistants;

(b) owners, trainers, jockeys, or their agents;

(d) any other person.

71. No such racing official or his assistants shall wager money or any other chattel of value on the result of any race at the meeting.

72. No such racing official or his assistants shall accept directly or indirectly any gratuity, reward, or favor in connection with racing at the meeting.

73. No person shall solicit bets on the grounds of an association.

74. No person shall conspire with any other person for the commission of or connive with any other person in any corrupt or fraudulent practice in relation to racing, nor shall he commit such act on his own account.

75. No person shall make a bet for the account of any jockey except the owner or trainer of the horse the jockey is riding, and then only on said horse.

76. No person shall offer or give a jockey any money or other benefit in relation to a race, unless said person is the owner or trainer of the horse ridden in said race by said jockey.

77. No person shall assume or pay, directly or indirectly, a forfeiture imposed upon a jockey.

78. No jockey's attendant shall make a bet on any race nor shall he place a bet for anyone else.

79. No person, without proper notice to the Stewards, shall be part owner or trainer of any horse in which a jockey has an interest.

80. No minor shall be allowed to wager. No jockey in racing attire and no driver in colors shall enter the betting area.

81. No person or corporation shall directly or indirectly purchase pari-mutuel tickets or participate in the purchase of any part of a pari-mutuel pool for another for hire or for any gratuity and no person shall purchase any part of a pari-mutuel pool through another, wherein he gives or pays directly or indirectly such other person anything of value.

82. Sale of Twin Double tickets other than through pari-mutuel machines or from one individual to another shall be deemed illegal gambling and is prohibited.

83. No person shall wilfully enter, or cause to be entered, or start a horse which he knows or believes to be ineligible or disqualified.

84. No person shall offer or receive money or any other benefit for declaring an entry from a race.

85. No electrical or mechanical device or other expedient designed to increase or decrease the speed of a horse (or that would tend to do so), other than the ordinary whip or spurs, shall be possessed by anyone or applied by anyone to a horse at any time on the grounds of an association, during a meeting whether in a race or otherwise.

86. No person shall tamper or attempt to tamper with any horse in such a way as to affect his speed in a race, nor shall he counsel or in any way aid or abet any such tampering.

Section V Drugs and Stimulants

87. For the purpose of these rules the term "drug" shall mean:

(a) Articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, the official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States or the official National Formulary or any supplement to any of them; and

(b) Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals; and

(c) Articles (other than foods) intended to affect the structure of any function of the body of man or other animals; and

(d) Articles intended for use as a component of any articles specified in clause (a), (b) or (c); but does not include devices or their components, parts or accessories. Nothing in the foregoing definition shall be deemed to include water, heat, or customary liniments or salves, provided the same be applied externally only.

88. Any action or substance, drugs, or otherwise, which may interfere with the testing procedure, is forbidden.

89. Any person who wilfully or maliciously attempts to or does interfere with, tamper with, injure or destroy by the use of drugs or appliances of any kind any horse used for the purpose of racing, whether such horse be the property of such person or another, or who wilfully or maliciously causes, instigates, counsels, or in any way aids or abets such interference, tampering, injury, or destruction shall be, for the first offense punished by being suspended and denied a license for not less than eighteen (18) months, and for a second offense shall be thereafter ruled off and denied a license for life.

90. If the Stewards shall find that any medication or drug has been administered or attempted to be administered, internally or externally, to a horse before a race, which is of such a character as could affect the racing condition of the horse in such a race, such Stewards shall impose such penalty and take such other action as they deem proper under any of the Rules and Regulations against every person found by them to have administered or to have caused to be administered, or to have conspired with another person to administer such medication or drug, and shall immediately refer the matter to the Commission; and such person or persons so offending shall have his or their licenses, if any, suspended or revoked and/or shall be otherwise punished in the discretion of the Commission.

91. Any trainer who injects, gives, uses, or administers any drugs or medicines of any kind whatsoever, or who authorizes, allows, or permits any other person to give, inject, or administer any drugs of any kind whatsoever to a horse prior to the running of a horse in a race, must give notice to the Stewards of the use, injection, or administering of said drugs or medicines prior to the running of said race. Any trainer failing to give such notice may be suspended or his license revoked.

92. The trainer, groom, and any other person having charge, custody, or care of the horse are obligated properly to protect the horse and guard it against such administration or attempted administration, and if they fail to show proper protection and guarding of the horse, they may be punished to such extent as the Commission in its discretion shall determine; and in a case wherein the Stewards shall find a failure properly to protect and guard the horse, they shall impose such penalty and take such other action as they deem proper under any of the Rules and Regulations and shall immediately refer the matter to the Commission.

93. It is provided further that any owner of a race horse engaged in racing within this State that is found to have been stimulated or doped, or any entry of which such horse is a part, shall be denied any part of the purse offered for such race, and the purse shall be distributed as in the case of a disqualification.

94. Should the chemical analysis of any sample taken indicate the presence of a narcotic, stimulant, depressant, or local anesthetic, the owner of such horse or any entry of which the horse is a part shall not participate in the purse or stake distribution of the race, and the purse or stake shall be distributed as in the case of a disqualification. If said stake or purse is paid before the fact is determined then the proper owner or owners of the horse or horses in the race in question may recover from those who wrongly received it.

95. The owner or owners of such horses shall be denied or shall promptly return any portion of the purse or sweepstakes and any trophy in such race, and the same shall be distributed as in the case of a disqualification. If a horse shall be disqualified in a race because of the infraction of Rules 90 and 92, the eligibility of other horses which ran in such race, and which have started in a subsequent race before announcement of such disqualification, shall not be in any way affected.

96. Any owner or trainer once having been suspended for violation of these Rules, and thereafter another analysis of saliva or other excretions or body fluids as above provided, or as provided by any other racing commission or turf governing body, of any horse owned or trained by said owner or trainer shows that a drug has been administered, the same shall be considered a second offense and the said owner or trainer or both shall be ruled off of all tracks in Vermont.

97. Any person found guilty by the Commission of any participation in or knowledge of the fact that any drug has been administered to any horse may be ruled off of all tracks in Vermont, and if any person or persons licensed by the Commission to operate a racetrack, or if any officer or director of any association or corporation licensed by the Commission to operate a racetrack be found guilty by the Commission of any participation in or knowledge of the fact that any drug has been administered to any horse, then in that event the license of said person or persons or of said association shall be revoked.

98. No person other than a veterinarian licensed with the Commission shall have in his possession within the confines of a racetrack or within its stables, buildings, sheds, or grounds where horses are lodged or kept, who are eligible to race over a racetrack of any association holding a race meeting, any drugs, hypodermic syringes, or hypodermic needles or similar instruments which may be used for injection.

99. Any person desiring to have in his possession any medicines containing any drugs, either for external or internal use of horse or man, shall notify the Stewards of such possession and the necessity thereof.

100. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing rules, the said rules apply to stable boys, grooms, and any and every person attendant on the horse in question.

101. In the event that a horse establishes a track record in a race and it later develops that the chemical analysis of any sample taken indicates the presence of a narcotic, stimulant, depressant, or local anesthetic, then such track record shall be null and void.

102. Every association and all officials and employees thereof shall give every possible aid and assistance to any department, bureau, division, officer, agent, or inspector, or any other person connected with the United States Government or with the State of Vermont, who may be investigating or prosecuting any such person they may suspect of being guilty of possessing any drug, medicine, hypodermic syringes, or hypodermic needles, batteries used to stimulate horses or other similar appliances.

Section VI Hearings and Appeals

103. Any person to whom has been issued a license by the Commission may have his license revoked on account of corrupt, fraudulent, or improper practice or conduct on the part of the licensee by a proceeding before the Commission.

103.1. No license may be suspended or penalty or discipline imposed by the Stewards unless prior to such proceedings notice is given to the licensee of facts or conduct which would warrant the intended action, and the licensee was given an opportunity to show compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Vermont Racing Commission. If the Stewards or Commission finds that public health, safety, or welfare imperatively requires emergency action, and incorporates a finding to that effect in its ruling, summary suspension of a license may be ordered pending proceedings for revocation or other action. These proceedings shall be promptly instituted and determinated.

104. Any license issued by the Commission may be revoked on account of corrupt, fraudulent or improper practice or conduct on the part of the licensee, by a proceeding before the Commission.

105. Such hearings shall be held at the office of the Commission in Montpelier, Vermont, or at such other place as may be designated in writing by the Commission.

(a) Citations for hearings must be issued not less than five (5) nor more than thirty (30) days before the date of hearing and such citations shall contain the time, place, legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is to be held, with reference to the particular sections of the Statutes and Rules involved, and full statements of the charges preferred against the licensee or any other person accused of corrupt, fradulent [fraudulent], or improper practice.

(b) No citation shall be issued except upon prima facie showing of a violation of the rules or a showing of corrupt, fradulent [fraudulent], or improper practice on the part of the licensee, or his agent, servant, employee, or owner, or upon the written complaint of some person of such wrongdoing on the part of the licensee, his agent, servant, employee, or owner.

(c) The original of the report of findings of the investigation or complaint by other persons shall be filed with the Commission.

(d) The Commission, under the hand of its chairman, may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses at such hearings. Any member of the Commission may administer oaths and affirmations and may examine witnesses. Disobedience of such subpoenas or false swearing before the Commission shall be attended with the same penalties as if such disobedience or false swearing occurred in an action in the superior court.

(e) The Commission holding the hearing shall immediately take the case under advisement and shall, within ten (10) days after the hearing, make its findings, and should its findings be to the effect that the licensee or any other person subject to the investigation had been guilty of corrupt, fraudulent, or improper conduct or violation of the Rules, the Commission will at once so notify the licensee or any other person subject to such findings and a copy of said findings shall be forwarded, by registered or certified mail, to the last known address of the licensee or the person who was the subject of the investigation.

106. Any person aggrieved by the action or decision of the Stewards of any association licensed by the Commission may appeal to the Commission for a review of such action, proceeding or decision.

107. A final appeal in the case of any person penalized or disciplined by the racing officials of a meeting licensed by the Commission may be taken to the Commission.

(a) Such an appeal must be filed in writing at the office of the Commission within ten days of date of said penalty or imposition of said discipline.

(b) The request shall be signed by the person making it and must set forth his reason for believing he is entitled to a hearing.

108. An applicant for a hearing will be heard in person, or by counsel, or he may submit his case in writing.

109. All complaints and requests to the Commission must be in writing, and all papers filed with the Commission shall be the property of the Commission.

110. An appeal from a decision of a racing official to the Commission shall not affect such decision until the appeal has been acted upon by the Commission unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Section VII Licensing

111. No person shall participate in the affairs of any association as director, officer, agent, or employee of such association without the continued approval of the Commission.

112. No person shall participate in any greyhound race meet unless such person shall have received a license from the Commission. Licenses will be granted only to natural persons.

(Amended Eff. 7-29-84)

112.1. When the person named on a substitute license is found to be false and when at the end of the regulatory ten-day period for a substitute license the proper licensing procedure has not been complied with, the applicant/depositor is subject to disciplinary action by the Board of Stewards.

113. Each occupational license shall expire on December 31 of the year in which the same shall be issued; provided, however, that the Commission may, pending final determination of any question, issue a temporary license upon such terms and conditions it may deem necessary and desirable.

114. The fee shall accompany each application for license or registration. Licenses and registrations expire December 31 of the year of issue except registrations for life.

115. An aplication [application] for an occupational license shall be made upon a form supplied by the Commission and shall be executed in the manner prescribed by the Commission. The Commission may issue written instructions as to the preparation and execution of applications for occupational licenses, which instructions may be a part of or separate from the application form. Failure to comply with any such instructions shall be grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of an occupational license.

116. All applications for licenses and registrations to participate in racing shall be made to the Commission on forms supplied by the Commission and shall be approved by the Stewards.

117. In considering each application for a license the Stewards may require the applicant, as well as his endorsers, to appear before them and show that said applicant is qualified in every respect to receive the license requested. Ability as well as integrity must be clearly shown by the applicant in order to receive the Steward's recommendation for the granting of the license.

118. Before approving any application for a license it shall be the duty of the Stewards, individually and collectively, to ascertain if the applicant is qualified as to ability, integrity, and right to the license applied for.

119. No application for a license or registration shall be approved by the Stewards and no license or registration will be issued by the Commission unless satisfactory evidence first is presented to the Stewards or the Vermont Racing Commission that the person so applying will participate in the current meeting.

120. No application for a license will be considered for or granted to a person under sixteen (16) years of age except as may be permitted by the applicable laws of the State of Vermont, relating to the employment of minors.

121. Any and all persons working at or in connection with the operation of horse races or meets, including grooms, jockeys and drivers, shall be fingerprinted under the direction of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Vermont.

122. The following applicable licenses and registrations shall be required by the Commission from all persons participating in racing on the grounds of an association:

Owner, Greyhound	$ 20.00
Trainer, Greyhound	20.00
Ass't. Trainer, Greyhound	20.00
Kennel Name, Greyhound	25.00
Authorized Agent, Greyhound	20.00
Partnership, Greyhound	20.00
Veterinarian, Greyhound	20.00
Kennel Helper, Greyhound	5.00
Officials, Greyhound	20.00
Including Judges
Paddock Judge
Patrol Judge
Racing Secretary
Director of Racing
Clerk of Scales
Chart Writer
Kennel Master
Timer
Starter
Operator of Mechanical Lure
Officials -- Association (Administrative,
Supervisory, and Security); Concessionaire;
Racing; Specialized Services
and Staff	20.00
Employees, Pari-Mutuel	10.00
Employees, Association-Concession	5.00
Duplicate License	5.00

The fee shall be paid at the time of filing of the application. No application for an occupational license shall be accepted unless accompanied by such necessary fee. An amateur is required to take out a certificate.

(Amended 7-29-84)

123. Each nominator must obtain a license from the Commission.

124. Any person, group of persons, corporation, or association that intends to represent any group of individuals at a racetrack licensed by the Vermont Racing Commission, including jockeys, owners, trainers, jockey agents, authorized agents, labor unions, or any other group not specifically mentioned herein, must register with the Commission four days before the opening of any race meeting under the supervision of the Commission. Any new organization formed during the course of any meeting must forthwith register with the Racing Commission.

As a part of the registering of any such group a statement must be signed by an authorized officer of the group that the group agrees to abide by the Laws and Constitution of the State of Vermont and the Rules and Regulations of the Vermont Racing Commission.

125. The Commission may refuse to grant a license; may suspend or revoke a license of any occupational licensee if it shall determine that:

(a) the experience and/or general character or fitness of the applicant or licensee are such that the participation of such person in horse race meets will be inconsistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity, and with the best interest of racing generally;

(Amended, Eff. 8-15-79)

(b) the applicant or licensee has

(b-1) been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude;

(b-2) engaged in bookmaking or other form of illegal gambling;

(b-3) been found guilty of any fraud in connection with racing or breeding;

(b-4) been guilty of any violation or attempt to violate any law, rule or regulation of any racing jurisdiction for which suspension from racing might be imposed in such jurisdiction; or

(b-5) violated any rule, regulation or order of the Commission.

(b-6) been denied employment by the licensed association based on responsible and reasonable judgement.

(Amended, Eff. 8-15-79)

126. The Commission may refuse to license any applicant who has been refused a license by any other state racing commission or turf governing body.

127. The Commission may refuse to license any applicant whose previous conduct in Vermont or elsewhere in connection with horse racing is considered by the Commission to have been objectionable, obnoxious, or detrimental to the best interest of racing.

128. The Commission may also revoke any license if the holder of the same has violated any Rule or Regulation of the Commission governing his conduct in connection with horse racing, or where such conduct is objectionable, obnoxious, or detrimental to the best interest of racing.

129. Applicants for owner or trainer licenses must submit satisfactory evidence of their financial stability and ability to care for and maintain the horses owned and/or trained by them. Failure to establish such financial responsibility shall be grounds for denial of license and failure to pay bills shall be grounds for revocation of license.

130. Any owner or trainer who employs any unlicensed person in any capacity may be suspended by the Stewards at a running horse race meeting or by the Judges at a harness horse race meeting. Suspension of any owner or trainer who employs any such unlicensed person knowing him to be unlicensed shall be mandatory.

Section VIII Licensing Colors

131. All racing colors carried in races shall be registered annually or for life with the Commission.

132. The annual fee is $ 1.00.

133. The life fee is $ 25.00 for the year in which the registration is made, and $ 1.00 for each year registered thereafter.

134. Colors registered for life in Vermont or elsewhere will be subject to the annual fee.

135. Colors registered for life with any state racing commission or with the Jockey Club of New York shall be respected in Vermont and only the registrant shall be permitted to use them.

136. No person shall start a horse in racing colors other than those registered in his own or stable name, but a temporary change from the recorded racing colors may be approved by the Stewards.

137. Any dispute between claimants to the right of particular racing colors shall be decided by the Stewards.

138. The Commission will not permit the use of colors which in their opinion are not neat and clean and proper in all other respects.

Section IX Pari-Mutuel

139. The Manager of the Pari-Mutuel Department shall be properly and timely advised by the Racing Secretary, prior to the beginning of wagering on each race, of the horses that will compete in the race.

140. Before the wagering starts on each race, the morning line showing "Odds" on each horse may be posted on the public board. Entries shall be listed as one horse and likewise the field shall be listed as one horse. After wagering has begun on each race and immediately after there is $ 1,000.00 (more or less, depending on circumstances) in the Straight Pool, the "Approximate Odds" on each horse must be computed at each cycle of the Tote and promptly posted on the Tote Board. Said "Approximate Odds" shall agree with the amount wagered on each horse in the Straight Pool. There shall be a minimum of four sets (and more under proper circumstances) of "Approximate Odds" posted during the wagering on each race. These "Odds," however, are approximate and not the exact figures used in the payoff.

141. If an error is made in posting the payoff figures on the public board, it shall be corrected promptly and only the correct amounts shall be used in the payoff, irrespective of the error on the public board. If because of mechanical failure, it is impossible to promptly correct the posted payoff, a statement shall be made over the public address system stating the facts and corrections.

142. Wagering shall cease not later than off-time. In no case shall the pari-mutuel machines be unlocked until after the declaration that the result of the race is "Official."

143. When the result is "Official," that word shall be flashed on the result board and shall signify that the placing of the horses at that time by the Judges is final insofar as the payoff is concerned. If any change be made in the order of finish of a race after the result is so declared "Official," it shall not affect the payoff. The posting on the result board of the order of winning, place and show horses or the prices to be paid shall not be deemed to signify that such result and prices are official until the "Official" signal has been shown on the result board or announced by the public address system.

144. Any ruling of the Stewards with regard to the award of purse money made after the sign "Official" has been purposely displayed by the Placing Judges shall have no bearing on the mutuel payoff.

145. Daily double windows will close two (2) minutes before the official post time of the first race where pari-mutuel machines are used; otherwise, fifteen (15) minutes.

146. Any claim by a person that a wrong ticket has been delivered to him must be made before leaving the mutuel ticket window.

147. The Commission may also require instructions to patrons on the operations of pari-mutuel betting and such other information as may be deemed necessary for the protection of the public.

148. Should any emergency arise in connection with the operation of the Pari-Mutuel Department not covered by these rules and an immediate decision is necessary, the Manager of the Pari-Mutuel Department shall make the decision, and shall make an explanation in detail in a written report to the Commission representative in the Pari-Mutuel Department, and said report shall be forthwith forwarded to the Commission.

149. In the event of an irreparable breakdown of the Totalisator or the ticket issuing machines, or both, during the wagering on a race, the wagering for that race shall be declared closed. The payoff for that race shall be computed on the sums wagered in each pool up to the time of the breakdown. Wagering on the remaining races for that day shall be declared closed or until the next race after the defective machinery has been put in order.

150. The association, if operating a pari-mutuel system without the Totalisator system, shall, in taking off total of mutuel ticket sales, prepare two (2) additional carbon copies thereof at the time of making, and furnish the same to the Commission Calculator before the calculations for mutuel prices to be paid shall have been made.

151. Whenever there is a difference in any pool or pools; i.e., a difference between the sum total of the wagers on the individual horses as compared with the grand total as shown by the Tote Board, the larger amount shall be used as the basis for computing the payoff. The said larger amount shall be used as the base on which the commissions are computed and paid to the association and to the State, respectively.

(a) Each licensee shall pay to the Commission on the day following each day of a horse racing meeting all moneys accruing from under-payments to the public in the mutuels whether caused by an error of any official by a refund ordered by the officials contrary to the Rules and Regulations as adopted by the Commission; by an error made by a calculator or the calculators; by an error made by any employee of the association, or by reason of errors or mechanical mishaps of Totalisator machines.

152. The Manager of the Pari-Mutuel Department shall furnish a copy of all calculating sheets to the Commission calculator.

153. Complete and detailed records of each race, containing each change of readings of the odds and the actual possible payoff on each horse, shall be filed with the Commission at the end of each racing day.

154. The commission deducted by the association for pari-mutuel pools shall be made in accordance with the laws of the State of Vermont. (See Vermont Statutes Annotated.)

155. All associations licensed by the Commission to conduct racing under the pari-mutuel or certificate system of wagering must in all cases of a minus pool pay off $ 1.10 on each dollar wager.

156. If a horse wins and there is no money wagered on him to win, the Straight Pool shall be apportioned among the holders of the place tickets on that horse, if any; otherwise among holders of the show tickets.

157. If no money has been wagered to place on a horse which is placed first or second in a race, the Place Pool for that race shall be apportioned among the holders of the place tickets on the other horse which was placed first or second.

158. If no money has been wagered to show on a horse which is placed first, second, or third in a race, the Show Pool in that race shall be apportioned among the holders of show tickets on the other horses which are placed first, second, or third in that race.

159. If only one horse finishes in a race, the Place and Show Pools shall be apportioned among the holders of place and show tickets on that horse.

160. If only two horses finish in a race, the Show Pool shall be apportioned among the holders of show tickets on those two horses.

161. When two or more horses are entered or run in a race owned by the same owner or trained by the same trainer, they are called an "Entry" and a wager on one of them shall be a wager on all of them.

162. When the individual horses competing in a race exceed the numbering capacity of the Tote, the highest numbered horse within the capacity of the Tote and all horses of a higher number shall be grouped together and called the "Field" and a wager on one of them shall be a wager on all of them.

163. In the event of a foul being claimed, notice shall be flashed on the result and mutuel board and announcement thereof made on the public address system.

164. In all cases when a horse has been excused by the Stewards after wagering has started but before it becomes a starter, all money wagered on the horse so excused shall be deducted from the pool and be refunded. This rule shall be printed on the official daily program.

165. If a horse is left at the post at off-time, there shall be no refund, but if one horse or more is prevented from leaving the post at off-time because of being locked in the gate, the money wagered on said horse or horses so locked in the gate shall be deducted from the pool and be refunded.

166. If no horse finishes in a race, all money wagered on that race shall be refunded.

167. If two or more horses in a race are coupled on the same mutuel tickets, there shall be no refunds unless all of the horses so coupled are excused before the start, or all of the horses so coupled are locked in the gate; provided, however, that in the event that one of the horses coupled on the same mutuel ticket is excused or is locked in the gate, the Stewards may, in their discretion, excuse the remaining horse or horses so coupled on the same mutuel ticket and in such case shall order a refund on such ticket.

168. In the case of a race postponed beyond the day originally scheduled, all money wagered on said race shall be refunded.

169. If a race is declared off by the Stewards after wagering begins on that race, all money wagered on that race shall be refunded.

170. Daily Double. Not more than two Daily Doubles or one Daily Double and a Twin Double shall be permitted during any single race day, unless otherwise authorized by the Commission. In the event that scratches force the cancellation of a wagering pool in any race, the track, with the permission of the Presiding Judge, may substitute a daily double pool on that race and the following race. The first Daily Double shall be on the first and second races. The second Daily Double may be such races as the association, with the approval of the Commission, may designate. If the Second Daily Double is to be run on any other two races, than the first and second race, it shall be known as "Second Daily Double."

(a) Before post time of the second half of the Daily Double, there shall be posted on the public board, readable from the stands, the payoff of each combination coupled with the winner of the first half of the Daily Double.

(b) In the event of a Dead Heat for the Straight Pool in the first half of the Daily Double, it shall not be deemed necessary to compute and post the actual payoff prices on all the various combinations of the Daily Double before the running of the second half of the Double. An effort should be made, however, to compute the Double prices and to announce them to the public over the loudspeaker system prior to the running of the second half of the Double.

(d) The Daily Double is not a Parlay. All tickets on the Daily Double will be calculated in an entirely separate pool.

(e) The principle of a Daily Double is, in effect, a contract by the purchaser of a Daily Double ticket to pick (select) the winners of each of the two races specified for the Daily Double.

(f) If the purchaser of a Daily Double ticket fails to pick the winner of the first half of the Daily Double, his contract is void, no matter what circumstances might affect the programmed running of the second half of the Daily Double. Irrespective of what happens to the horse the purchaser picked in the second half of the Daily Double, he has failed in fulfilling his first half of the contract which was to pick the winner of the first half of the Daily Double and there is no refund.

(g) If a horse in the first half of the Daily Double is excused by the Stewards before it becomes a starter, all money wagered on any horse or horses so excused shall be deducted from the Daily Double Pool and be refunded to the purchaser or purchasers of tickets on the horse or horses so excused.

(h) If a horse is scratched from the second half of the Daily Double before it becomes a starter in the second half, but after the first half of the Daily Double has been run, all Daily Double tickets combining the scratched horse in the second race of the Daily Double with the actual winner of the first race of the Daily Double shall be paid a price equivalent to that fraction of the net pool derived by dividing the net pool by the total purchase price of all tickets combining the winner of the first race of the Daily Double with all horses in the second race of the Daily Double. The total payoff on all tickets combining the winner of the first race of the Daily Double with the scratched horse in the second race of the Daily Double as determined by the method set forth in this rule shall be deducted from the net Daily Double pool.

(i) After the start of the race there shall be no refund in either of the above cases provided for in (g) and (h).

(j) For the purpose of figuring the Daily Double, when horses are locked in the gate, they shall be considered as having been excused by the Stewards, and (g) and (h) shall be enforced.

(k) If for any reason the first race of a Daily Double is cancelled and declared off, full and complete refund will be made of the Daily Double Pool.

(l) If for any reason the second race of a Daily Double is cancelled or declared off, the whole of the Daily Double Pool shall be distributed as Win Pool to the holders of Daily Double tickets upon the winner of the first half of the Daily Double. If no Daily Double ticket has been sold upon the winner of the first half of such Daily Double, the total pool shall be distributed as a Win Pool to the holders of the Daily Double tickets upon the horse finishing second in the first half of such Daily Double.

(m) Except for the Contingencies stated below, the Daily Double is calculated in the same general manner as the Straight Pool.

(n) If no ticket is sold combining the winners of the Daily Double, the net pool shall then be apportioned between those having tickets including the winner of the first race of the Daily Double and those having tickets including the winner of the last race of the Daily Double and shall be calculated and distributed as a Place Pool.

(o) If no ticket is sold including the winner of the first race of the Daily Double, then the entire net pool will be paid to the holders of tickets which include the winner of the last race of the Daily Double.

(p) If no ticket is sold including the winner of the last race of the Daily Double, the entire net pool shall be paid to the holders of tickets which include the winner of the first race of the Daily Double.

(q) If no ticket is sold including a winner of either race of the Daily Double, then the entire net pool shall be paid to the holders of tickets, which include the horses finishing second in the two races of the Daily Double.

(r) If either race of the Daily Double results in a Dead Heat, the payoff will be figured the same as a Place Pool; that is; first, the regulation commission is deducted, then the total amount wagered on the winning combination is deducted, leaving the profit which is divided equally between holders of the winning combinations. (Amended 6/91) EFF. June 18, 1991

171. Twin Double. Associations licensed by the Commission to conduct running horse racing meetings may, with the approval of the Commission, conduct a so-called Twin Double, subject to the following rules:

(a) The Twin Double is a part of the pari-mutuel system of wagering. It is a contract by each participant to pick (select) the winner of each of four races as may be designated by a licensee, with the approval of the Commission. For the purpose of this rule, such races will be referred to as the "Twin Double" races. The first two races so designated shall be referred to as the first half of the Twin Double. The third and fourth races so designated shall be referred to as the second half of the Twin Double. All sums deposited in the Twin Double shall be held in a single pool entirely separate from all other pools, and the award or dividend to each winning participant shall be calculated, subject to the provisions of this rule, as in a Straight Pool.

(b) All Twin Double tickets shall be sold at Daily Double windows and shall be clearly and immediately distinguishable from the Daily Double and other tickets sold.

(d) The sale of Twin Double tickets shall not commence until after the completion of the first race of the day. The Twin Double windows shall close and the machines shall be locked not later than the official post time of the first race of the first half of the Twin Double.

(e) Each participant in the Twin Double shall designate his selections as the winners of the first half of the Twin Double races at the time he purchases his Twin Double ticket and each Twin Double ticket shall show the selections so made.

(f) After the completion of the first half of the Twin Double races, each participant holding a ticket or tickets combining the winners of these two races must, during the period while the Twin Double windows are open for this purpose, exchange such ticket or tickets for a Twin Double exchange ticket showing his selections as the winners of the second half of the Twin Double.

(g) No Twin Double exchange ticket shall be issued except upon surrender of a Twin Double ticket showing the winners of the first half of the Twin Double.

(h) Twin Double windows shall be open for the issue only of Twin Double exchange tickets after the races comprising the first half have been completed and declared official, and shall close at official post time of the start of the second half of the races comprising the Twin Double.

(i) Before post time of the second race of the second half of the Twin Double races there shall be posted, or announced over the loudspeaker system, the payoff of each combination coupled with the winners of the first race of the second half of the Twin Double races. All such information shall be posted.

(j) A winning Twin Double ticket not presented for exchange for a Twin Double exchange ticket within the period prescribed in (f) hereof may be presented for refund of the purchase price (or award in the event that no participant selects the winner of the first race of the second half of the Twin Double races) after completion of the first race of the second half of the Twin Double. The aggregate purchase price of all Twin Double tickets so entitled to refund shall be deducted from the gross Twin Double Pool.

(k) Inasmuch as the purpose of the Twin Double is to select the winners of the first half and the second half of the Twin Double races, a participant who selects a horse which runs in but does not win a race is no longer eligible, subject only to the contingency that no other participant has selected the winner of that race.

(l) If a horse is scratched in the first race of the first half of the Twin Double, all tickets on the scratched horse will be refunded and the money so refunded will be deducted from the gross pool.

(m) If a horse is scratched in the second race of the first half of the Twin Double, after the running of the first race of the first half, all Twin Double tickets combining the scratched horse with the actual winner of the first race of the first half of the Twin Double shall be paid a price equivalent to that fraction of the net pool derived by dividing the net pool by the total purchase price of all tickets combining the winner of the first race of the first half of the Twin Double with all horses in the second race of the first half of the Twin Double. The total payoff of all tickets combining the winner of the first race of the first half of the Twin Double with the scratched horse in the second race of the first half of the Twin Double as determined by the method set forth in this rule shall be deducted from the net Twin Double Pool.

(n) If a horse is scratched in the first race of the second half of the Twin Double during or after the exchange of tickets by holders of the first two winners, each ticket including the scratched horse in the first race of the second half of the Twin Double shall be paid a price equivalent to that fraction of the net pool derived by dividing the net pool by the total number of tickets exchanged. The total payoff of all tickets combining the winners of the first half of the Twin Double with the scratched horse in the first race of the second half of the Twin Double as determined by the method set forth in this rule shall be deducted from the net Twin Double Pool.

(o) If a horse is scratched from the second race of the second half of the Twin Double during or after the exchange of tickets by holders of the first two winners, each ticket including the scratched horse in the second race of the second half of the Twin Double combined with the winner of the first race of the second half of the Twin Double shall be paid a price equivalent to that fraction of the net pool derived by dividing the net pool by the number of exchanged tickets including the winner of the first race, second half of the Twin Double. The total payoff of all tickets combining the winners of the first half of the Twin Double and the winner of the first race in the second half of the Twin Double with the scratched horse in the second race of the second half of the Twin Double, as determined by the method set forth in this rule, shall be deducted from the net Twin Double Pool.

(p) If no ticket is sold combining the winner of the first and the winner of the second race of the first half of the Twin Double, the net pool shall then be apportioned between those having tickets including the winner of the first race of the first half of the Twin Double and those having tickets including the winner of the second race of the first half of the Twin Double and shall be calculated and distributed as a Place Pool. If this should happen the pool is closed for the day.

(q) If no ticket is sold including the winner of the first race of the first half of the Twin Double, then the entire net pool will be paid to the holders of tickets which include the winner of the second race of the first half of the Twin Double. If this should happen the pool is closed for the day.

(r) If no ticket is sold including the winner of the second race of the first half of the Twin Double, then the entire net pool will be paid to holders of tickets which include the winner of the first race of the first half of the Twin Double. If this should happen the pool is closed for the day.

(s) If no exchange ticket includes the winner of the first race of the second half of the Twin Double, the entire net pool shall be distributed as a Straight Pool to all holders of exchanged tickets and winning combinations of the first half that had not been exchanged.

(t) If no exchange ticket combines the winners of the first and second races of the second half of the Twin Double, then the entire pool shall be distributed as a Straight Pool to all holders of tickets including the first race of the second half winner.

(u) In the event of a dead heat in the first race of the first half of the Twin Double, all tickets combining both winners of the first race of the first half with the winner of the second race of the first half of the Twin Double shall be eligible for exchange.

(v) In the event of a dead heat in the second race of the first half of the Twin Double, all tickets combining the winner of the first race of the first half of the Twin Double with the winner of the second race of the first half of the Twin Double shall be eligible for exchange.

(w) In the event of a dead heat in the first race of the second half of the Twin Double and there is no ticket combining either winner with the winner of the second race of the second half of the Twin Double, then the payoff shall be distributed to holders of tickets on the first race of the second half winners in the same manner in which a Place Pool is calculated.

(x) In the event of a dead heat in the second race of the second half of the Twin Double, the payoff shall be distributed as a Place Pool to holders of tickets combining the winners of the second race of the second half with the winner of the first race of the second half.

(y) If, for any reason, the first race of the first half of the Twin Double is cancelled or declared "no race," full and complete refund shall be made of the Twin Double Pool.

(z) If, for any reason, the second race of the first half of the Twin Double is cancelled or declared "no race," the net pool shall be calculated as a Straight Pool and shall be distributed to the holders of tickets combining the winner of the first race of the first half of the Twin Double with every horse in the second race of the first half of the Twin Double.

(aa) If, for any reason, the first race of the second half of the Twin Double is cancelled or declared "no race," the net Twin Double Pool shall be distributed as a Straight Pool among the holders of Twin Double exchange tickets and the holders of winning Twin Double tickets not surrendered for exchange for Twin Double exchange tickets.

(ab) If, for any reason, the second race of the second half of the Twin Double is cancelled or declared "no race," the net Twin Double Pool shall be distributed as a Straight Pool among the holders of the Twin Double exchange tickets designating the winner of the first race of the second half of the Twin Double.

(ac) No entries or field horses shall be allowed in any race included in the Twin Double.

172. Perfecta. Whenever a Perfecta type of wagering is approved by the Commission, the following rules shall apply:

(a) The Perfecta pool is a separate pool and is not connected with the Win, Place, Show, or other pools in any manner whatsoever.

(b) No entries or field horses will be allowed in a Perfecta race.

(c) Except as provided in (e), (f), (i), and (j), a winning Perfecta ticket must combine the program number of the horse finishing first as the first selection and the program number of the horse finishing second as the second selection.

(d) If a horse is scratched out of a Perfecta race, all Perfecta tickets combining the scratched horse with any other horse in that race will be refunded.

(e) If no ticket is sold selecting the winner and the second horse to finish one-two in that exact order, the net pool will be distributed as a Place Pool to the holders of tickets selecting the winner to finish first and the holders of tickets selecting the second horse to finish second.

(f) If two horses finish in a dead heat to win, the net pool will be distributed as a Place Pool to the holders of tickets on the two winning combinations; for example, if No. 4 and No. 6 finish in a dead heat to win, holders of tickets on 6 and 4 as well as holders of tickets on 4 and 6 will share in the net pool.

(g) If two horses finish in a dead heat to place, the net pool will be distributed as a Place Pool to the holders of tickets on the two winning combinations; for example, if No. 3 is the winner and Nos. 5 and 7 finish in a dead heat to place, holders of tickets combining 3 and 5, in that exact order, and holders of tickets combining 3 and 7, in that exact order, will share in the net pool.

(h) If there is a dead heat to Win or a dead heat to Place and no ticket has been sold on one of the winning combinations, the net pool will be distributed to the holders of tickets on the other winning combination.

(i) If there is a dead heat to place and no ticket has been sold combining the winner with either one of the two horses finishing in the dead heat, the holders of tickets selecting the winner to finish first and the holders of tickets selecting either one of the dead heat horses to finish second will share in the net pool.

(j) If only one horse finishes the Perfecta race and is declared the official winner, the net pool will be distributed to the holders of tickets selecting that horse to win the race.

(k) Each association shall print in heavy type in a conspicuous place in its official daily program the complete Perfecta rule.

172.1. No Big Perfecta wagering shall be conducted without the permission of Vermont Racing Commission, and the following rules shall apply:

(a) The Big Perfecta is a separate pool.

(b) The Big Perfecta is a form of pari-mutuel wagering in which the bettor selects the two horses that will finish first and second in each of two designated races in the exact order as officially posted.

(c) All Big Perfecta tickets shall be sold only at Perfecta windows by the association and only from automatic double issuing machines.

(d) Each bettor purchasing Big Perfecta tickets shall make his two selections as the first two horses to finish in that order in the first race of the two designated races.

(e) After the official declaration of the first two horses to finish in the first race of the Big Perfecta, each bettor holding a ticket combining the first two horses in the exact order of finish must, prior to the running of the second Big Perfecta race, exchange such winning ticket for a Big Perfecta exchange ticket at the Perfecta windows and at such time shall select the two horses to finish in the second race of the Big Perfecta in the exact order as officially posted. No further money shall be required of the holder of the ticket in order to make the exchange.

(f) No Big Perfecta exchange ticket upon the second race shall be issued except upon the surrender of the Big Perfecta ticket from the first race as described in these rules.

(g) The Big Perfecta pool obtained from the sales of the Big Perfecta tickets upon the first race shall be held subject to these rules and divided among the winning tickets of the Big Perfecta exchange tickets subject to these rules to the contrary. Big Perfecta windows shall be open for the purpose of making the exchange at an appropriate described time after the first race has been declared official and such windows must be closed by off time of the designated second race of the Big Perfecta.

(h) If a winning Big Perfecta ticket from the first race is not presented for exchange within the time provided, the bettor forfeits all rights to any distribution or refund, except in the event the second half of the Big Perfecta is cancelled or declared "No Race," or if no exchange ticket includes either the first or second horse of the second half of the Big Perfecta.

(i) After a horse is scratched, no further tickets may be issued designating such horse in any Big Perfecta race.

(j) If a horse is scratched in the first race of the Big Perfecta races, all Big Perfecta tickets on the scratched horse will be refunded.

(k) If a horse is scratched in the second Big Perfecta race during or after the exchange, all exchange tickets combining the scratched horse shall become consolation tickets and shall be paid a price per dollar denomination as follows: The net Big Perfecta pool (Gross pool less commission) shall be divided by the total purchase price of all tickets combining the winners of the first race of the Big Perfecta. The quotient thus obtained shall be the price to be paid to holders of exchange tickets combining the scratched horse in the second race of the Big Perfecta. The entire consolation pool (number of eligible tickets times the consolation price) shall be deducted from the net Big Perfecta pool.

(l) If no Big Perfecta ticket is sold as a winning combination in the first race of the Big Perfecta, the Big Perfecta pool shall be divided among those having tickets including the horse finishing first or second and such distribution shall be calculated and made as a place pool. In such an instance the Big Perfecta race shall end and the pool be closed for the day.

(m) If no Big Perfecta exchange ticket is sold on the winning combination, the net pool shall then be apportioned equally between those having tickets including the horse finishing first and those having tickets including the horse finishing second in the same manner in which a place pool is calculated and distributed.

(n) If a Big Perfecta exchange ticket combines only one of the two winners and no Big Perfecta exchange ticket combines the other winner, the entire pool shall be distributed as a straight pool to the holders of those tickets.

(o) If no exchange ticket includes either the first or second horse of the second half of the Big Perfecta, the entire net pool shall be distributed as a straight pool to all holders of exchange tickets and winning combination of the first half.

(p) In the event of a dead heat for place in the first race of the Big Perfecta races, all Big Perfecta tickets combining the first horse and either of the place horses shall be eligible for exchange for Big Perfecta exchange tickets.

(q) In the event of a dead heat for place in the second race of the Big Perfecta races, the Big Perfecta pool shall be divided, calculated, and distributed as a place pool to the holders of Big Perfecta exchange tickets combining the first horse and either of the place horses. In the event of the dead heat to place and there are two tickets sold on one combination, then the other combination having the winning horses shall be declared the winner. If no exchange tickets combine the winning horse with either of place horses in the dead heat, the Big Perfecta pool shall be calculated and distributed as a place pool to holders of tickets representing any interest in the net pool.

(r) If for any reason the second of the Big Perfecta races is cancelled or declared "No Race," the pool shall be calculated as a straight pool and shall be distributed among the holders of the tickets combining the first two horses of the first race of the Big Perfecta otherwise eligible for Big Perfecta exchange tickets, and also distributed to holders of the Big Perfecta exchange tickets.

(s) If there is a dead heat for the winning horse in either of the two designated races for the Big Perfecta, holders of tickets combining those horses in either order will be entitled to participate in the Big Perfecta, as prescribed in these rules.

(t) There will be no coupled "entries" or "fields" in the Big Perfecta Races.

(u) Each association shall print in heavy type in a conspicuous place in its Official Daily Program the complete Big Perfecta rule.

RULE 172.6 SUPER 6 WITH JACKPOT (New)

(a) The Super 6 with Jackpot is a form of pari-mutuel wagering in which each person purchasing a Super 6 with Jackpot ticket shall designate a selection for win only in each of six consecutive races during one racing performance designated by the Association as Super 6 with Jackpot races with the approval of the Commission. No Super 6 with Jackpot wagering shall be conducted without permission of the Commission.

(b) The rules of Super 6 with Jackpot shall be noticed to the public as directed by the Commission.

(i) The Super 6 with Jackpot shall be composed of two separate and distinct pari-mutuel pools. One half of the gross amount of all sums wagered on Super 6 with Jackpot tickets during each racing performance shall be paid into a pari-mutuel pool to be known as "The Jackpot." The other half of the gross amount of all sums wagered on Super 6 with Jackpot tickets for that racing performance shall be paid into a pari-mutuel pool to be known as "The Super 6."

(ii) Subject to the provisions pertaining to refunds and consolation awards, and after the deduction of all legal sums therefrom, the net amount in the Jackpot Pool subject to distribution among winning ticket holders shall be distributed only among the holders of Super 6 with Jackpot tickets which correctly designate all six official winners of the six races comprising the Super 6 with Jackpot for that racing performance.

(iii) Subject to the provisions pertaining to refunds and consolation awards, and after deduction of all legal sums therefrom, the net amount in the Super 6 pool subject to distribution among winning ticket holders shall be distributed among holders of Super 6 with Jackpot tickets which correctly designate the most official winners of the six races comprising the Super 6 with Jackpot races for that racing performance.

(iv) In the event there is no Super 6 with Jackpot ticket issued which would entitle the holder to the Jackpot, then and in such event, the entire Jackpot shall be carried over and included in The Jackpot Pool for the next racing performance. The Jackpot shall be supplemented each racing day by the amount added thereto from all previous days' Jackpot pools that have not been won by a holder of a Super 6 with Jackpot ticket which correctly designates all six official winners of the six races comprising the Super 6 with Jackpot for any racing performance.

(d) In the event the accumulated Jackpot has not been distributed on the final racing performance of any racing meet for a licensee then that accumulated Jackpot Pool shall be carried over to the Jackpot Pool for the first racing performance at the next scheduled racing meeting at the same premises whether for the same or succeeding licensee.

(e) In the event a Super 6 with Jackpot ticket designates as the selection to win in any one or more of the six races comprising the Super 6 with Jackpot, a single wagering interest which is scratched or excused by the Judges/Stewards or which is prevented from racing because of the failure of a stall door of the starting gate to open, or which is otherwise determined to be a nonstarter in the race for which selected, one-half of the amount representing the purchase price of the pari-mutuel ticket shall be withdrawn from the gross distributable amount in each of the Super 6 with Jackpot pari-mutuel pools, and the total net value of all such withdrawn tickets shall be distributed as a consolation award among the holders of withdrawn Super 6 with Jackpot tickets which designate at least one official winner of one of the races comprising the Super 6 with Jackpot and a sufficient number of scratched wagering interest to equal or exceed the number of official winners which constitute a winning ticket in the Super 6 pool. The amount representing the purchase price of a pari-mutuel ticket and such ticket which entitled the holder thereof to a winning share of the distribution of the Super 6 pool shall not be withdrawn.

(f) In the event of a deadheat for win between two or more dogs/horses in any Super 6 with Jackpot race, all such dogs/horses in the deadheat for win shall be considered as the winning dog/horse in the race for the purpose of distributing The Jackpot and the Super 6 pools.

(g) In the event one or more of the races comprising the Super 6 with Jackpot is cancelled for any reason, the distribution of the net amount subject to distribution in the Super 6 shall be among the holders of pari-mutuel tickets which correctly designate the most official winners in all of the remaining races comprising the Super 6 with Jackpot on such day; except, that in the event the Judges /Stewards cancel or declare as no contest three or more of the six races comprising the Super 6 with Jackpot, all pari-mutuel tickets on the Super 6 with Jackpot for that day shall be refunded, and the Super 6 with Jackpot shall be cancelled for that day. No person shall win the Jackpot unless that person holds a Super 6 with Jackpot ticket which correctly designates all six official winners of the six races comprising the Super 6 with Jackpot for that racing day. The cancellation of one or more races comprising the Super 6 with Jackpot on any racing day shall not alter the requirement that the Jackpot can only be won by a person correctly designating all six official winners for that day.

(h) No person shall disclose the number of tickets sold in the Super 6 with Jackpot or the number or amount of tickets selecting winners of the Super 6 with Jackpot races prior to the time the Judges/Stewards have determined the last race comprising the Super 6 with Jackpot of each day to be official.

(i) No pari-mutuel ticket for the Super 6 with Jackpot shall be sold, exchanged or cancelled after the time of the close of mutuel windows for wagering in the first of the six races comprising the Super 6 with Jackpot, except for such refunds on Super 6 with Jackpot tickets as are required under this rule. Effective 6-29-85

172.2. No Trifecta wagering shall be conducted without the permission of Vermont Racing Commission, and the following rules shall apply:

(a) The Trifecta is a separate pool.

(b) The Trifecta is a form of pari-mutuel wagering in which the bettor selects, in order, the first, second, and third placed horses in the designated Trifecta race.

(d) If a horse is scratched or declared a nonstarter, no further Trifecta tickets may be issued designating such horse, and all Trifecta tickets previously issued designating such horse shall be refunded and the money deducted from the gross pool. No exchanges will be made.

(e) If there is a failure to select, in order, the first three horses, payoff shall be made in Trifecta tickets selecting the first two horses in order. Failure to select the first two horses, payoff to Trifecta tickets selecting the winner to win. If there is no ticket on any of the above, payoff shall be made on tickets selecting horses in order of finish as follows: second and third, or on third alone.

(f) In the event of a dead heat, or dead heats, all Trifecta tickets selecting the correct order of finish, counting a horse in a dead heat as finishing in either position dead-heated, shall be winning tickets. Also in the event of a dead heat, the Trifecta will be calculated as a place pool.

(g) Coupled entries and fields are prohibited in Trifecta races.

(h) Each association shall print in heavy type in a conspicuous place in its Official Daily Program the complete Trifecta rule, and the races in which Trifecta pools shall be conducted shall be clearly designated in the program. Amended: October 27, 1980 Amended: August 21, 1981

RULE 172.3 SUPERFECTA (Add)

(a) At tracks which have the Superfecta pool, the rules of this section will govern the system used. The Superfecta is a separate pool.

(b) Superfecta wagering shall be permitted only by approval of the Commission.

(c) The rules for Superfecta shall be printed in the daily racing program sold to the public within the premises of the racing association.

(d) The Superfecta is a contract by the purchaser of a ticket combining four (4) horses in a single race, selecting the first four (4) finishers in the exact order of finish as officially posted.

(e) Selections are to be made by program numbers. Large numbers appearing on the tickets are program numbers of the horses.

(f) There positively shall be no exchange of tickets after the purchaser thereof has left the sales window.

(g) The Superfecta is not a "parlav" and has no connection with or relation to any other pool, and is no part of the win, place and show pools, daily double, exacta, quiniela, trifecta, or other wagering pool. All tickets will be calculated in an entirely separate pool.

(h) The Superfecta shall be calculated and distributed as follows: The next pool divided by the amount wagered on the winning combinations determines the payoff per dollar bet, including profit and wager.

(i) If less than three horses finish, pay off shall be made on tickets selecting the actual finishing horses in order, ignoring the balance of the selection.

(j) If there is a failure to select, in order, the first four horses, in order; failure to select the first three horses, payoff to Superfecta tickets selecting the first two horses, in order; failure to select the first two horses, payoff to Superfecta tickets selecting the winner to win; failure to select the winner to win shall cause a refund of all Superfecta tickets.

(k) Should any horse entered in a Superfecta race be scratched or excused by the judges after wagering has commenced, or should any horse be prevented from racing because of the failure of the starting gate to open, all tickets including such horse or horses shall be deducted from the Superfecta pool and money refunded to the purchasers of tickets on the horse or horses so excused or prevented from racing.

(l) In the event of a dead heat or dead heats, all Superfecta tickets selecting the correct order of finish, counting a horse in a dead heat as finishing in either position dead-heated, shall be winning tickets, and, contrary to the usual practice, the aggregate number of winning tickets shall divide the net pool and be paid the same payoff price.

(m) The design of Superfecta tickets shall be clearly and immediately distinguishable from other pari-mutuel tickets.

(n) Superfecta tickets shall be sold only in denominations approved by the Commission and only from machines capable of issuing four numbers.

(o) Tickets should be retained until the results have been declared official.

(p) Sale of Superfecta tickets other than through pari-mutuel machines shall be deemed illegal and is prohibited. (Eff. 8-21-81)

173. Quiniela. Whenever a Quiniela type of wagering is approved by the Commission the following rule shall apply:

(a) The Quiniela is not a parlay and has no connection with or relation to the straight, place or show betting and will be calculated on an entirely separate pool.

(b) In case of a dead heat between two horses for first place, the combination shall be the winner of the Quiniela pool. In case of a dead heat between two horses for second place, the Quiniela pool shall be figured as a Place Pool, the holders of tickets combining the winning horse and the two horses finishing second participating in payoff.

(c) In the event of a dead heat for second place if no ticket is sold on one of the two winning combinations, then entire net pool shall be calculated as a Straight Pool and distributed to those holding tickets of the winning combinations.

(d) If no ticket is sold on the winning combination of a Quiniela pool, the net pool shall then be apportioned equally between those having tickets including the horse finishing first and those having tickets including the horse finishing second in the same manner in which a Place Pool is calculated and distributed.

(e) If no ticket is sold that would require distribution of Quiniela pool to winner as above defined, the association shall make a complete and full refund of the Quiniela pool.

(f) Each association shall print in heavy type in a conspicuous place in its official daily program the complete Quiniela rule and post printed copies of said rule about the track in such places as it may deem advisable.

Section X Post Race Receiving Area

174. The Post Race Receiving Area of each track granted a license by the Commission is under the supervision and control of the Vermont Racing Commission and its representatives.

175. The Commission shall have an official designated "Chief Inspector" and such additional inspectors as the Commission may appoint.

176. When a Post Race Receiving Area is prescribed by the Commission for the securing of saliva, urine, or other samples for chemical analysis of the such samples, the following rules are to govern same:

177. The saliva and urine specimen of the winner of each and every race shall be taken and from such other horses as the Stewards may direct.

178. The winner of each race and any other horse specified by the Stewards shall be taken to the Post Race Receiving Area immediately following the race, except as provided for in Rule 183.

179. The horse shall remain in the area for the taking of saliva, urine, or other samples, as prescribed by the Commission or its representatives, until released by proper authority (person in charge).

180. The horse shall be accompanied by the groom and one helper to perform the duties of cooling out, washing, and so forth. When a body brace is to be used it is to be furnished by the responsible trainer and the State Veterinarian must be notified and be present during its use. No stable equipment other than that necessary to washing off and cooling out of the horse will be permitted in the area.

181. In case the horse is accompanied by a lead pony, permission for pony to enter the area must be obtained from the person in charge, and it must act under his direction at all times while in the enclosure.

182. The owner, the trainer, or his groom or other representative must be present in the testing barn when a saliva, urine, or other specimen is taken from his horse, and must remain until the sample is sealed in his presence. The official sample tag attached to the specimen shall be signed by the owner or trainer, or their representative as witness, if present, to the taking of the specimen. Willful failure to be present at or a refusal to allow the taking of any such specimen, or any act or threat to impede or prevent or otherwise interfere therewith, shall subject the person or persons guilty thereof to immediate suspension by the Stewards of the meeting, and the matter shall be referred to the Commission for such further penalty as in their discretion they may determine.

183. The trainer, owner, or authorized representative from the stable of a horse in the area may enter after making it known to the person in charge for the purpose of inspecting the horse, and in case a veterinarian is required such services must be performed in the presence of the State Veterinarian representing the Commission.

184. In the case of the claimed winner of a race, or any other claimed horse specified for examination, the successful claimant will receive the horse in the Post Race Receiving Area. The former trainer or his representative shall accompany the claimed winner, or any other claimed horse specified for examination, to the Post Race Receiving Area, and be present to observe the procedures and to sign for the saliva, urine, or other sample as it is taken from the horse. The responsibility of the chemical analysis of specimens taken from the claimed horse does not follow the claim for this particular race.

185. If, after a race, a sample of saliva, or other excretions or body fluids is to be taken by the Commission from a horse which has competed in a race, nothing shall be administered or given in any manner whatsoever to the said horse, (except with the permission of and in the presence of the Track Veterinarian) until after the Commission obtains the sample.

186. The trainer or responsible person of any horse that has entered the Post Race Receiving Area for purposes of chemical analysis during the day is required, before leaving the grounds of the association, to report to the person in charge of the Post Race Receiving Area. For failure to do so, he may be finied [fined] not to exceed $ 250. or be suspended.

187. The Commission may employ a Chemist for the purpose of making a chemical or other analysis of saliva or other excretions or body fluids taken from any horse or horses, and the making of said chemical analysis may be witnessed by the owner or by the authorized agent, trainer, or chemist representing the owner or trainer of the horse whose saliva or other excretions or body fluids is being analyzed.

188. Every owner or his authorized agent or trainer of any horse or horses shall immediately, whenever requested by the Commission, submit any horse or horses of which he is the owner or authorized agent or trainer to any Veterinary Surgeon designated by the Commission for such examination or tests as said Veterinarian may deem advisable.

189. Any test or examination made by the Veterinarian designated by the Commission may be witnessed by the Commission or by any of its representatives and by the owner or his authorized agent, or by the trainer of the horse or horses so examined or tested.

190. The designated Veterinarian shall, within twenty-four (24) hours after such test is made, report to the Commission his findings as a result of such examination.

Section XI Racing Officials

191. Officials of a race meeting are as follows: At least three (3) Stewards; three (3) Placing Judges; Patrol Judges; Clerk of the Scales; Starter; Handicapper; Timer; Paddock Judge; the Racing Secretary; Official Track Announcer, and the Clerk of the Course, who shall be the Racing Secretary of the association in a harness race meeting, or a person deputized by the association.

192. There shall be at least three Stewards to supervise each running or harness horse race or meet, conducted under the provisions of these Rules, at which pari-mutuel pools are sold. One of such Stewards shall be the Official Steward of the Vermont Racing Commission, and the remaining Stewards shall be appointed by the person, association, or corporation conducting the race or meet, subject to the approval of the Commission. Said Stewards shall exercise such powers and perform such duties at each race meet as may be prescribed by the Rules and Regulations of the Commission. The Stewards shall be paid by the licensee.

193. One of the Stewards shall be the Official Steward of and shall be appointed by the Commission. The remaining Stewards and the other officials designated in Rule 191 shall be appointed by the association holding the meeting, subject to the approval of the Commission. (Amended, Eff. 8/15/79)

194. Each racing official and his assistants shall report to the Stewards all observed violations of the Rules.

195. No one interested in the result of a race, either because of ownership of any horse entered, or of his sire or dam, or because of bets or otherwise, shall act as a racing official in respect to that race.

196. No such racing official or his assistants shall, at the meeting, directly or indirectly buy or sell any contract upon any jockey or apprentice jockey for himself or another.

197. No such racing official or his assistants shall write or solicit horse insurance at the meeting.

198. At the discretion of the Commission, eye tests shall be given by an optometrist selected by the Commission to all Stewards, Placing and Patrol Judges. The test to include particularly distance and colors, and the original reports thereof shall be kept on file at the Office of the Commission.

199. The Commission may at any time require the removal of any official or employee employed by any licensee.

Section XII Rules Determination

200. These rules may be added to, altered, amended or repealed at any time by the Commission.

200.1. References in these rules to the male gender shall be deemed to include the female gender unless the circumstances preclude such inclusion.

200.2. The Rules of Greyhound Racing shall prevail when not in conflict with the Rules of the Vermont Racing Commission or the Laws of the State of Vermont. Administrative Rules Nos. 1 through 200.2 shall apply to Greyhound Racing, except Rules 131 through 138, thoroughbred colors, and Rules 38 and 39, harness racing.

GREYHOUND RULES OF RACING

1. Definitions

The following definitions and interpretations shall apply in the rules unless text otherwise requires:

801. Added Money. A sum by which the established purse is increased.

802. Age. The age of a greyhound is reckoned as beginning on the day it was whelped.

803. Association. Person or persons, or body corporate, conducting a recognized meeting in Vermont.

804. Authorized Agent. An individual appointed by a written instrument signed by the owner and filed in accordance with the Rules of Greyhound Racing. No individual shall be an Authorized Agent for more than one (1) owner.

805. Breeder of a greyhound is the owner or lessee of his dam at the time of whelping.

806. Breeding Place means the location of whelping.

807. Day means twenty-four (24) hours ending at midnight.

808. Commission means the Vermont Racing Commission.

809. Declaration means the act of withdrawing an entered greyhound from a race at least one-half hour before the time for the drawing of post positions for the race in which said greyhound is entered.

810. Director of Racing shall have general supervision over owners, trainers, grooms, other persons, excepting Judges, attendant in the Racing Department.

(Amended 10/26/77)

811. Equipment as applied to a greyhound means muzzles, number blankets and all other paraphernalia common or otherwise which might be used on or attached to a greyhound while racing.

812. Established Weight means the racing weight established by the owner or trainer as the greyhound's best racing weight.

813. Forfeit shall mean money due but lost because of an error, fault, neglect of duty, breach of contract or a penalty.

814. Greyhound shall mean a greyhound registered either with the National Greyhound Association or the American Kennel Club.

815. Kennel Name shall be any type of name other than the legal name or names of the owners. If a corporation is involved in the identity behind a kennel name, the licensing rules covering corporations must be complied with.

816. Law or Laws shall mean Vermont Statutes Annotated.

817. Lawful Authority shall mean any court of competent jurisdiction.

818. Lead-Out is the attendant that handles the greyhounds from paddock to starting box and their return. (Amended 10/26/77)

819. Lessee. A person who holds a registered lease certificate for the racing of a greyhound in his name.

820. Lease Certificate shall be issued by the organization keeping the stud book in which the greyhound is registered. The lease certificate shall show all of the information on the original registration certificate plus the name of the lessee and the terms and purpose of the lease.

821. Licensee shall mean any person granted an occupational license in connection with greyhound racing issued by the Vermont Racing Commission.

822. Lure shall mean a mechanical apparatus consisting of the following component parts: A stationary rail installed around the track; a motorized mechanism which travels on the rail; a pole which is attached to the mechanism and extends out over the track; and a reasonable facsimile of a rabbit which shall be attached to the pole.

823. Maiden is a greyhound which has never, in any country, won an official race. Conditions referring to a Maiden shall mean Maidens at the time of starting. A Maiden which has been disqualified after finishing first is still to be considered a Maiden.

824. Matinee means a schedule of races conducted upon a race track in daylight hours.

825. Meeting is an entire consecutive period for which license to conduct greyhound racing has been granted by the Commission to any one association.

826. Month means a calendar month.

827. Night Performance means a schedule or races conducted upon a race track during night hours.

828. Owner means the person in whose name the greyhound is registered at the meeting in accordance with the rules and may be the sole owner, part owner or lessee. An interest in the winnings only of a greyhound does not constitute part ownership.

829. Place shall mean First, Second or Third; and in that order is called Win, Place and Show.

830. Post Position means the position assigned to a greyhound for the start of the race.

831. Post Time the time set for the release of the greyhounds in a race from the starting box.

832. Program is a schedule of races of either a matinee or night performance conducted in any racing day.

833. Race Track means the entire area licensed to the Permittee.

834. Race is a contest for purse, stakes or entry fees on any course and in the presence of duly appointed racing officials.

(a) Hurdle Race is a race over a course in which jumps or hurdles are used.

(b) Overnight Race means a race for which entries close seventy-two (72) hours, or less, before the time set for the first race of the day on which such race is to be run.

(c) Purse Race is a race for money or other prizes for which the entrance money, if any, must be paid and every other condition complied with at the time of closing entries.

(d) Race on the Flat is a race over a course in which no jumps or other obstacles are placed.

(e) Sweepstakes or Stakes is a race publicly declared open to all complying with its conditions to be fulfilled wholly or in part subsequent to its closing and in which required fees are to be paid for each greyhound engaged. No overnight event, whatever may be its conditions, shall be considered a sweepstakes within the meaning of this rule.

835. Recognized Meeting. Any racing meeting given by an Association in good standing within the enclosure of any race track licensed and conducted under the sanction of law and the rules and regulations of the duly appointed Commission.

836. Rule Off shall mean the act of barring from the grounds of an Association and denying all racing privileges.

837. Rules shall mean the Rules and Regulations herein prescribed and any amendments or additions thereto.

838. Scratch shall mean the act of withdrawing an entered greyhound from a race after the drawing for the post positions in that race has been completed.

839. Starter. A greyhound is a starter for the race when the doors of the starting box open.

840. Subscription means the act of nominating to a stake race.

841. Suspended shall mean that any privilege granted by the officials of a racing meeting or by the Commission to a person licensed by the Commission has been withdrawn.

842. Tote and Tote Board shall mean the totalizator system.

843. Trainer. A person employed by an owner to condition greyhounds for racing.

844. Weighing In. The Weight of the greyhound taken at first weighing in, in acordance [accordance] with the rules.

845. Weighing Out. The weight of the greyhound previous to post time or time of the race in which it is entered.

846. Weight Loser means a greyhound recognized by the officials known to be a consistent weight loser while in the lockout kennel.

847. Whelped. A greyhound is whelped at the time of its birth.

848. Year means a calendar year.

2. General Rules

849. The Judges may suspend for no greater period than ten (10) days beyond the close of the meeting anyone whom they have authority to supervise, or they may impose a fine not exceeding $ 200.00. They may also suspend any person declared guilty of any corrupt or fraudulent practices by greyhound racing authorities of any other State or Judges of any recognized meeting. All such suspension and fines must be reported to the Commission. If the punishment so imposed is not, in the opinion of the Judges, sufficient, they shall so report to the Commission.

850. No racing official other than the Judges shall have the right to impose a fine or suspension.

851. A fine or suspension may not be rescinded by the Judges, except with the approval of the Commission.

852. All fines and suspensions imposed by the Judges shall be promptly reported to the Racing Secretary and Racing Commission in writing

853. Repealed June 18, 1991, Adoptive Rule # 91-23

854. Fines must be paid within 48 hours. Delinquents may be suspended. All monies imposed as fines, except such fines as may be imposed on Associations, shall be collected by the Commission's Chief Inspector and shall be paid over directly by him to the Commission, together with a report covering the same. (Amended 10/26/77)

855. When an owner, trainer, greyhound or kennel of greyhounds is suspended by the Judges at one track, such suspension shall immediately become effective on all other greyhound tracks under the jurisdiction of the Commission until such time as the case in question is decided by the Commission.

856. The Commission shall have the power to alter, amend or modify the suspension or fines imposed by the Judges, or to rule off the offenders from all greyhound tracks under its supervision. The Commission shall also have the power to reinstate without fine or suspension.

857. A greyhound or kennel under suspension by the Racing Commission of any other State or Country or by any recognized association shall not be permitted to race on any Vermont greyhound tracks where these rules are in force during the continuance of such ruling.

857(a). A greyhound who has been suspended or ruled off by the Racing Commission of any other State or Country shall not be permitted to race on any Vermont Greyhound Track. (Amended 10/26/77)

858. The license of anyone ruled off any Vermont track for fraud or fraudulent practices shall thereby be revoked.

859. The license of anyone ruled off of any Vermont track for violation of any of the rules of racing may be revoked.

860. When a licensee is ruled off for any fraudulent practice in relation to a particular greyhound wholly or partly belonging to him, he shall return all money or prizes which such greyhound has fraudulently won.

861. Every licensee ruled off at a recognized meeting is ruled off wherever these rules have force.

862. When an owner is ruled off a track or suspended, every greyhound owned in whole or in part by him shall be ineligible to be entered or to start in any race until said greyhound has been made eligible either by the rescinding of his owner's penalty or his transfer through bona fide sale to an ownership acceptable to the Judges.

863. When a trainer is ruled off a track or suspended every greyhound which is under his care, management, training or superintendence shall not be qualified to be entered or to start in any race until said greyhound has been made eligible by the rescinding of said trainer's penalty or by the placement of the greyhounds in the hands of a licensed trainer with the approval of the transfer by the Judges.

864. When a person is ruled off a track or suspended, he shall not be qualified, whether acting as agent or otherwise to subscribe for or to enter or run any greyhound in any race either in his own name or in that of any other person until the rescinding of that person's penalty.

3. Racing Officials

865. The Racing Officials of a greyhound racing meeting are: Judges (3), one (1) Senior Association and one (1) Associate Judge and one (1) Presiding Judge, representing the State of Vermont; Racing Secretary; Paddock Judge; Timer (Photo Finish Operator); Director of Racing; Clerk of Scales, Chart Writer; Starter and Veterinarian. (Amended 10/26/77)

866. All Racing Officials herein designated shall be appointed by the Association holding the meeting; such appointments being subject to the approval of the Commission which reserves the right to demand a change of personnel for what it deems good and sufficient reason, the successor to officials so replaced to be subject to the approval of the Commission.

867. The following positions at a greyhound racing meeting shall be designated as key personnel: Judges (3) one (1) Senior Association, and one (1) Associate Judge and one (1) Presiding Judge, representing the State of Vermont, Patrol Judge, Kennel Master, Operator of Mechanical Lure, Mutuel Manager and Announcer. All of the above designated key personnel shall be appointed by the Association subject to the approval of the Commission under the same conditions as set forth in Rule 866 above. (Amended 10/26/77)

868. Associations shall submit to the Commission the names of all Racing Officials and all designated key personnel not less than thirty (30) days prior to the first day of the meeting.

869. No one interested in the result of a race, either because of ownership of any greyhound entered, or of its sire or dam, or because of bets or otherwise, shall act as Racing Official or designated key personnel therein.

870. If any owner, trainer, attendant or any other person licensed by the Commission uses profane or indecent language to a Racing Official or otherwise disturb the peace of any track enclosure, he shall be liable for a fine, suspension or both, or may be ruled off, and such action shall be immediately reported to the Commission.

871. The Racing Officials have power to call on any person in whose name a greyhound is entered to produce proof that the greyhound entered is not the property, either wholly or in part, of any person who is disqualified; or to produce proof of the extent of his interest or property in the greyhound; and in default of such proof being given to their satisfaction, the Judges shall declare the greyhound out of the race.

872. No Racing Official or designated key personnel of an Association shall accept, directly or indirectly, any gratuity, reward or favor in connection with racing at the meeting.

873. No Racing Official may buy mutuel tickets at the meeting at which he is employed. Penalty for such violation shall be immediate dismissal.

874. Racing Officials shall report to the Judges all observed violation of the rules.

Chart Writer Duties

875. The Chart Writer shall compile the information necessary for a program which shall be printed for each racing day and shall contain the names of the greyhounds that are to run in each of the races for that day. These names shall appear in the order of their post positions; the said post positions to be designated by numerals placed at the left and in lines with the names of the greyhounds in each race, which numerals shall also be prominently displayed on each greyhound.

Purposed Rule 876.

Program or form sheet must carry at least two past performance lines of said greyhound at the track where it is to race unless one of the following conditions apply:

(a) said greyhound has raced within ten (10) days at a track under the jurisdiction of the Commission

(b) said greyhound schools once to the judges' satisfaction and is accompanied by three (3) or more past lines, the most recent dated within thirty (30) calendar days of said schooling race.

Only past performance lines from ARCI, Inc. are acceptable. Failure to produce or the deletion of past performance lines for fraudulent practices shall result in a fine or suspension of license.

877. All past performances as shown in the program shall be in order of the races or official schoolings held; the last performance appearing on the first line, etc.

878. Program or form sheet must also contain name, color, sex, date of whelping, breeding, established racing weight, number of starts in official races and number of times finishing first, second and third, name of owner and/or lessee, name of trainer, distance of race, track record and such other information as will enable the public to properly judge the greyhound's ability.

879. In case the name of a greyhound is changed, the new name, together with the former name, shall be published in the official entries and program until after the greyhound has started six (6) times.

Clerk of Scales--Duties

880. The Clerk of Scales shall weigh greyhounds in and out on a scale sealed by the duly authorized Sealer of Weights and Measures and shall exhibit the accurate weight of each greyhound on the weight board. The established racing weight, weigh-in and weighing-out weight shall be promptly posted on the weight board for the information of the public.

881. The Clerk of Scales shall record as soon as the weights are exhibited, any overweight or variation from the weight appearing on the weight sheet.

882. The Clerk of Scales shall deliver to the Commission Judge a copy of the weight sheet before each day's race.

883. All greyhounds must be weighed in and weighed out in a uniform manner.

884. The Clerk of Scales shall promptly report to the Judges any infraction of the rules as to weight of weighing.

Judges -- Authority and Duties

885. There shall be three Judges, namely: one Senior Association and one Associate Judge and one Presiding Judge, representing the State of Vermont and will in addition to his duties as a Judge, make out a report of any action of the Judges when a report is required under these rules and he shall transmit said reports to the Commission. All such reports submitted, other than daily reports shall be signed by a majority of Judges. (Amended 10/26/77)

886. The laws of Vermont and the Rules of Racing supersede the conditions of a race and the regulations of a race meeting, and, in matters pertaining to racing, the orders of the Judges supersede the orders of the officers of the Association.

887. The Judges shall have the power to interpret the rules and to decide all questions not specifically covered by them.

888. Should any case occur which may not be covered by the Rules of Racing here outlined, it shall be determined by the Judges in conformity with justice and in the best interest of racing.

889. All questions pertaining to which their authority extends shall be determined by a majority of the Judges.

890. The Judges shall have general supervision over owners, trainers, grooms and other persons attendent [attendant] on greyhounds and also over all the other officials and licensed personnel of the meeting.

891. The Judges shall have control over and free access to all stands, weighing rooms, enclosures and all other places in use for the purpose of racing.

892. All entries and declarations are under the supervision of the Judges and they may, without notice, refuse the entries of any person or the transfer of any entries.

893. The Judges shall have the power to determine all questions arising with reference to entries and racing.

894. Persons entering greyhounds to run on licensed Vermont tracks agree in so doing to accept the decision of the Judges on any questions relating to a race or racing.

895. The Judges shall have the power to punish for violation of the rules any person subject to their control and in their discretion to impose fines or suspensions or both for infractions.

896. The Judges may suspend for no greater period than ten (10) days beyond the close of the meeting anyone whom they have authority to supervise, or they may impose a fine not exceeding $ 200.00. They may also suspend any person declared guilty of any corrupt or fraudulent practice by greyhound racing authorities of any other State or Judges of any recognized meeting. All such suspensions and fines must be reported to the Commission. If the punishment so imposed is not, in the opinion of the Judges, sufficient, they shall so report to the Commission.

897. The Judges may suspend a person or disqualify a greyhound.

898. The Judges shall have the power to order the exclusion or ejection from all premises and enclosures of the Association any person who is disqualified for corrupt practices on a racing course in any country.

899. The Judges shall have the power to call for proof that a greyhound is neither itself disqualified in any respect, nor nominated by, nor the property, wholly or in part, of a disqualified person, and in default of such proof being given to their satisfaction, they may declare the greyhound disqualified.

900. The Judges shall have the power at any time, to order an examination by such person or persons, as they think fit, of any greyhound entered for a race or which has run in a race.

901. The Judges shall take notice of any questionable conduct with or without complaint thereof.

902. The Judges shall investigate promptly and render a decision on every objection and on every complaint made to them.

903. The Judges shall report all objections and complaints to the Commission as soon as received by them and shall make prompt report of their investigation and decision to said Commission.

904. Complaints against an official or officials shall be made to the Judges in writing, signed by the complainants. All such complaints shall be reported to the Commission together with action taken on them by the Judges. If the complaint involves the Judges, then it shall be made directly to the Commission.

905. The Judges shall order the exclusion from all places under their control, persons who are warned or ruled off. They may also order the exclusion of any person declared guilty of any corrupt or fraudulent practices by greyhound racing authorities of any other state, or by the Judges of any recognized meeting. The names of all persons ordered excluded shall be promptly reported to the Commission.

906. The Judges shall take notice of corrupt racing and other questionable transactions on the track. Complaint thereof may be made by any person, but in the failure of the complainant, if he be an owner, trainer or authorized agent, to substantiate the charge, he may be liable for a fine, suspension or both.

907. During each racing day a majority of the Judges of the meeting shall be at the office building on the grounds of the Association where the racing meeting is being held, not later than weighing-in time, to exercise the authority and perform the duties imposed on the Judges by the Rules of Racing.

908. If only one Judge is present in the stand, the Association shall name one or more persons to serve with him with the approval of the Vermont Racing Commission. If none of the Judges are present, the Association shall name at least two persons to serve during the absence of the Judges with the approval of the Vermont Racing Commission immediately filing a written report with the Commission.

909. When a vacancy occurs among the racing officials other than the Judges, prior to post time of the first race of the day, or when a vacancy occurs after the racing of the day has started, the Judges shall immediately fill the vacancy. The appointment shall be effective only for the day unless the Association fails to fill the vacancy on the following day and has notified the Judges of its action not less than one (1) hour before post time of the first race of the day. Such appointment shall be reported immediately to the Commission by the Judges.

910. A greyhound, after leaving the Paddock for the post, may be excused by the Judges, but only in cases where they consider such greyhound crippled, disabled or unfit to run. All money wagered on such greyhound shall be refunded.

(a) After a greyhound has been placed in the starting box, no refund shall be made and all wagers stand. (Amended 10/26/77)

(b) The decision of the Starter as to whether a greyhound or greyhounds were prevented from starting by a mechanical failure or by other reasons shall be reported to the Judges for their immediate decision. (Amended 10/26/77)

911. The Judges shall decide which greyhound wins and assign the respective places to as many greyhounds as they think proper. In determining the places of the greyhounds at the finish of the race, the Judges shall consider only the relative position of the respective muzzles of such greyhounds.

(a) In the event that a greyhound loses its muzzle or finishes with a hanging muzzle, the Judges shall then consider only the relative position of the nose of such greyhound and the muzzles of the other greyhounds in the race.

912. The Judges shall promptly display the numbers of the first three greyhounds in each race in order of their finish. If the Judges differ in their placing, the majority shall prevail.

913. On all tracks, a proper camera shall be installed as an aid to the Judges; however, in all cases, the camera is merely an aid and the decision of the Judges shall be final. The type of equipment used is to be approved by the Commission. Each Association shall keep for one (1) year after the close of the meeting, each film of each race for reference or reproduction upon request of the Commission. (Amended 10/26/77)

914. Whenever it is considered advisable to consult a picture from the finish camera, the Judges may post without waiting for a picture, such placements as are in their opinion unquestionable and after consulting the picture, make other placements. However, in no case shall the race be declared official until the Judges have determined the greyhounds finishing first, second and third.

915. Nothing in these rules shall be construed to prevent the Judges from correcting an error before the display of the sign "Official" or from recalling the sign "Official" in case it has been displayed through error.

916. Any greyhound may be placed on the schooling list by the Judges at any time.

917. The Judges shall each day make report in writing to the Commission of all infractions of the rules and of all rulings of the Judges upon matters coming before them during the meeting.

Paddock Judge

918. No greyhound shall be permitted to start in a schooling or purse race that has not been fully identified and checked against the card index system of identification maintained by each Association. The identification cards shall be filled in and completed by the Paddock Judge before greyhounds are entered for schooling or for a purse race.

919. The Paddock Judge shall fully identify and check against the card index system of identification maintained by the Association all greyhounds starting in schooling and purse races. He shall report to the Judges any greyhound or greyhounds who do not conform to the card index identification.

920. Under the supervision of the Paddock Judge, the Kennel Master shall unlock the kennels immediately before weigh-in time to see that the kennels are in perfect repair and that nothing has been deposited in any of the kennels for the greyhounds' consumption. He shall see that the kennels are sprayed, disinfected and kept in proper sanitary condition. He or his assistant must receive the greyhounds from the trainer, one at a time, and see that each greyhound is placed in its kennel; and remain on guard from that time until the greyhounds are removed for the last race.

921. As each greyhound is weighed in there shall be an identification tag attached to its collar indicating the number of the race in which the greyhound is entered and its post position. This tag shall not be removed until the greyhound has been weighed out and blanketed.

922. The Paddock Judge shall not allow anyone to weigh in a greyhound for racing, unless he has in his possession a valid owner's or trainer's license issued by the Commission.

923. After the greyhounds are placed in the lock-out kennels, no person other than the Kennel Master, racing officials, person or persons approved by the Commission or designated representatives of the Commission shall be allowed in or near the lock-out kennels. At no time shall less than two (2) such authorized persons be present in the lock-out kennels.

924. The Paddock Judge shall carefully compare the identification card with the greyhound while in the paddock before post time.

925. Before leaving the paddock for the starting box, every greyhound must be equipped with a regulation muzzle and blanket. The muzzles and blankets used shall be approved by the Paddock Judge and shall be carefully examined by him in the paddock before the greyhound leaves for the post.

Racing Secretary -- Duties

926. The Racing Secretary shall discharge all duties whether expressed or required by the Rules of Greyhound Racing, he shall report to the Judges as the case may demand, all violation of these rules or of the regulations of the course coming under his notice; he shall keep a complete record of all races; he shall receive all stakes, entrance money, arrears and pay over all monies so collected by him to such officers or persons as may be entitled to receive the same. (Amended 10/26/77)

927. The Racing Secretary shall receive all entries and declarations.

928. The Racing Secretary shall inspect owner's and trainer's licenses and all papers and documents dealing with trainers and owners, partnership agreements, appointment of authorized agents, adoption of kennel names and may demand production of same in order to satisfy himself as to their validity and authenticity and that the Rules of Greyhound Racing in regard thereto have been complied with, which papers shall be available to the Commission Judge at all times.

929. Conditions of races shall not conflict with the Rules of Greyhound Racing.

930. The Racing Secretary shall view the running of each race from such positions as are designated for this purpose by the Association.

931. The Racing Secretary shall each day, as soon as the entries have closed and have been compiled and the declarations have been made, post in a conspicuous place a list thereof.

Starter -- Duties

932. The Starter shall give such orders and take all such measures, not in conflict with the Rules of Greyhound Racing, as are necessary to secure a fair start.

933. The greyhounds shall be started from the modern one door starting box approved by the Commission and there shall be no official start until the box is opened properly. (Amended 10/26/77)

934. A false start, due to any faulty action of the starting box, break in the machinery or other cause, is void, and the greyhounds may be started again as soon as practicable, or the race may be cancelled at the discretion of the Judges.

935. The Starter shall report causes of delay, if any should occur, to the Judges.

Timer -- Duties

936. The Timer shall be responsible for the timing of each and every race. He shall time each race by hand using a stop watch checked and certified by a competent watchmaker.

937. The Timer shall declare the official time of the race.

938. Time of the race shall be taken from the opening of the doors of the starting box.

939. Each Association shall be required to install an automatic timing device approved by the Commission. The Timer shall use the time shown on the timing device as the official time of the race if he is satisfied that the timing device is functioning properly; otherwise, he shall use the time shown on the stop watch. When the stop watch time is used as the official time of the race, it shall be so announced to the public.

4. Racing Personnel and Registrations

Authorized Agent

940. Each Authorized Agent must obtain a license from the Commission.

941. A written instrument signed by the owner shall accompany the application which shall clearly set forth among the delegated powers whether or not said agent is empowered to collect money from the Association.

942. If the written instrument is a power of attorney, it shall be filed permanently with the Racing Secretary. If, however, the powers are properly delegated by the owner on the application for a license, then said application shall be in duplicate with both copies signed and sworn to before a Notary Public and one copy filed permanently with the Racing Secretary.

943. An Authorized Agent may appoint a sub-agent only when specifically authorized so to do by the written instrument signed by the owner and, to be effective, notice of such appointment must be given immediately in writing to the Commission and the Racing Secretary.

943.1. Any changes in the power delegated by the owner to the Authorized Agent must be in writing, sworn to before a Notary Public and filed with the Commission and the Racing Secretary.

943.2. An owner's revocation of an Authorized Agent's authority must be in writing, sworn to before a Notary Public and filed with the Commission and Racing Secretary.

943.3. The term of the Authorized Agent's license shall be the racing season unless the agent's appointment is revoked by the owner or the license is revoked by the Commission.

Kennel Names

944. A licensed owner wishing to race under a Kennel Name may do so by registering for the racing season with the Commission and by paying the prescribed fee.

945. A trainer, who is also a licensed owner or part owner, may use a Kennel Name as owner or part owner. However, no trainer may be licensed as trainer other than in his legal name.

946. In applying to race under a Kennel Name the applicant must disclose the identity or identities behind a Kennel Name.

947. If a partnership is involved in the identity behind a Kennel Name, each of the partners must be licensed as owner and the rules covering partnerships must be complied with.

948. If a corporation is involved in the identity behind a Kennel Name, the rules covering corporations must be complied with.

949. Changes in identities involved in a Kennel Name must be reported immediately to and approval obtained from the Commission.

950. A licensed owner cannot be a party to more than one Kennel Name at the same time, nor can he use his real name for racing purposes, so long as he has a registered one.

951. A licensed owner who has registered under a Kennel Name may at any time abandon it, after he has given written notice to the Commission.

952. A Kennel Name may be changed at any time by registering a new Kennel Name and by paying the prescribed fee.

953. A licensed owner cannot register as his Kennel Name one which is then registered by any other owner.

954. A licensed owner cannot register as his Kennel Name one which is the real name of any owner of greyhounds racing nor one which is the real or Kennel Name of any prominent person not owning greyhounds.

955. A Kennel Name shall be plainly distinguishable from that of another duly registered Kennel Name.

956. The Commission reserves the right to refuse any corporation the privilege of registering a Kennel Name.

Partnerships -- Registration Of

957. All partnerships must be registered with the Commission and the name and address of every person having any interest in a greyhound, the relative proportions of such interest and the terms of any sales with contingencies or arrangements must be signed by all parties or by their authorized agents and be filed with the Racing Secretary, a copy of which shall be transmitted immediately before the opening of the racing meeting to the office of the Commission. All partners and each of them shall be jointly and severally liable for all stakes and forfeits.

958. All statements of partnerships, of sales with contingencies or arrangements, shall declare to whom winnings are payable, in whose name the greyhound shall run and with whom the power of entry or of declaration of forfeit rests, and a copy of the information shall be transmitted immediately to the Commission.

959. In case of emergency, authority to sign declarations of partnership may be given to the Racing Secretary by a telegram promptly confirmed in writing.

960. The part owner of any greyhound cannot assign his share or any part of it without the written consent of the other partners; the said consent to be filed with the Racing Secretary.

961. Each of the partners must be licensed as an owner and the rules covering partnerships must be complied with.

Owners and Trainers

962. The trainer shall be responsible for and be the absolute insurer of the condition of greyhounds he enters, regardless of the acts of third parties. The trainers are presumed to know the Rules of Greyhound Racing as adopted by the Commission.

963. An owner, when his trainer is to be absent from his kennel and the grounds where his greyhounds are racing, shall notify the Judges of the licensed trainer, licensed assistant or licensed authorized agent who will assume complete responsibility of the greyhounds he is running.

964. All owners must file with the Commission and the Association a roster of his trainer, assistant trainers, authoried [authorized] agent and other employees and if any owner changes trainer, he must notify the Racing Secretary forth with and require the new trainer or any new employees to sign the owner's filed roster.

965. No owner, trainer, assistant trainer, race track employee or other person, or either of them, shall accept directly or indirectly, any bribe, gift or gratuity in any form which intends to or might influence the results of any race.

966. Every owner or trainer who does not have his greyhound at weigh-in room promptly at the time appointed shall have his greyhound scratched and, in addition, said owner or trainer shall be liable for a fine and/or suspension. (Amended 10/26/77)

967. Trainers shall report greyhounds under their care or superintendence that are off racing form or in poor physical condition to the Racing Secretary who shall immediately notify the Judges. Greyhounds so reported shall not be eligible to enter or to start until approved by the Track Veterinarian and schooled to the satisfaction of the Judges. Violators of this rule may be subject to a fine, suspension, or to ruling off.

968. No medicine, antiseptic, fluid or any matter containing any color causing the marring of identification marks shall be used on any part of a greyhound.

969. Any owner, trainer or other person interested in any greyhound or greyhounds at a meeting licensed by the Commission, who shall bet with or through any handbook, shall be ejected from the grounds of the Association and shall be refused admission to the grounds of all other licensed Associators in Vermont. In the case of the owner of any greyhound, the entries of said owner shall be refused for all Vermont tracks.

970. All owners and trainers of greyhounds and their employees are subject to the Laws of the State of Vermont and the rules promulgated by its Commission immediately upon making entry to run on a track in Vermont.

971. Owners, trainers and their employees shall abide by said laws and rules and accept the decision of the Judges on any and all questions to which their authority extends, subject to the right of appeal to the Commission.

Veterinarian -- Duties

972. Each Association licensed by the Commission shall be serviced by at least one graduate veterinary surgeon licensed to practice under the laws of the State of Vermont. Such Veterinarian shall be on the grounds of the Association at weighing-in and during all racing hours.

973. The Veterinarian shall make an examination of the physical condition of each greyhound at weighing-in time.

974. Any greyhound the Veterinarian does not consider in proper physical condition shall be reported through the Paddock Judge to the Judges who shall order said Greyhound scratched out of the race for which it is entered.

975. It shall be the duty of the Veterinarian to make his final examination and inspection of all greyhounds during the time they are in the paddock before they leave for the track; and if he finds any greyhound not in proper physical condition, such greyhound shall be reported through the Paddock Judge to the Judges who shall order such greyhound scratched.

976. Bitches in season are not permitted on the track.

977. Bitches coming in season during the racing meeting must not be accepted for entry within (90) days from the date of coming in season.

978. Bitches in milk are not eligible to school or to race.

979. Bitches in season must be reported to the Judges and the Veterinarian. Owners and trainers failing to report this condition promptly shall be fined, suspended or both.

980. Bitches that have not raced in ten (10) days shall be brought to the paddock at weighing-in time for inspection by the Veterinarian at least once each week. Bitches not brought in upon report of the Veterinarian shall be declared off for the balance of the meeting.

(a) In cases where a bitch has been prevented from racing because of an injury, the Judges, upon certification of such injury by the Veterinarian, may modify or waive the provisions of this rule.

5. Racing Data

Dead Heats

981. When greyhounds run a dead heat for first place, all monies and prizes to which such greyhounds would have been entitled shall be divided equally between them and this applies in dividing prizes whatever the number of greyhounds running a dead heat. Each greyhound shall be deemed a winner.

982. Likewise, when greyhounds run a dead heat for second place, they shall divide the second and third monies.

983. When greyhounds run a dead heat for third place, they shall divide the third and fourth monies.

984. If the dividing owners cannot agree as to which of them is to have a cup or other prize which cannot be divided, the question shall be determined by lot in the presence of one or more of the Judges.

Declarations

985. The declaration of a greyhound out of an engagement is irrevocable.

986. Declarations in sweepstakes shall be made in the same manner as is provided for making entries therein to the Racing Secretary who shall record the day and hour of receipt and give early publicity thereto.

987. Declarations in purse races must be made by the owner, trainer, or Authorized Agent to the Racing Secretary or his assistant at least one-half hour before the time designated for the drawing of post positions on the day previous to the day on which the greyhound is to race, or at such time as the Racing Secretary may appoint.

Entries

988. Every person who enters a greyhound, or in any way participates in any race or racing under these rules thereby obligates himself to accept these rules upon all questions relating thereto.

989. For all races the Racing Secretary is the person authorized to receive entries and declarations.

990. Every entry in a race must be in the name of the registered owner, lessee, or his Kennel Name and must be made in writing or by telephone immediately confirmed in writing. The full name of every person having an ownership in a greyhound or accepting the trainer's percentage, or having any interest in its winnings, must be registered with the Racing Secretary before it starts at any meeting, as must every change in such ownership or interest thereafter made during that meeting and a copy thereof be promptly delivered to the Commission by the Racing Secretary of the track where the greyhound is racing. Any failure to comply with this rule shall be punished by a fine or suspension or both, and if any objection because of such default is duly made and sustained against a greyhound that has run in a race, its winnings in that race shall be forfeited and the purse redistributed by the Judges. Such redistribution shall in no way affect the pari-mutuel pay-off for the race.

991. A greyhound shall not be qualified to run in any race unless it has been and continues duly entered for the same; and unless otherwise specified by the conditions of a race, or disqualified by violation of racing rules, any greyhound eligible at the time of entry shall continue to be qualified, except in an overnight event, in which it must be eligible at the time of the start.

992. The entrance to a race shall be free unless otherwise stipulated in its conditions. If the conditions require an entrance fee, it must accompany the entry.

993. Any person having an interest in a greyhound less than the interest or property of any other person is not entitled to assume any of the rights or duties of an owner as provided by these rules including the right of entry, declaration, etc.

994. Joint subscriptions and entries may be made by any one or more of the owners. However, all partners and each of them shall be jointly and severally liable for all fees and forfeits.

995. The racing officials shall have the right to call on any person in whose name a greyhound is entered to produce proof that the greyhound entered is not the property either wholly or in part of any person who is disqualified, or to produce proof of the extent of his interest or property in the greyhound and failing of such proof shall declare the greyhound out of the race.

996. No greyhound shall be permitted to start that has not been fully identified.

997. Any person who knowingly attempts to establish the identity of a greyhound or his ownership shall be held to account the same as the owner and shall be subject to the same penalty in case of fraud or attempted fraud.

998. No disqualified greyhound shall be allowed to enter or to start in any race.

999. A greyhound shall not be qualified to be entered or to start in any race if owned in whole or in part or is under the control, directly or indirectly, of a disqualified person.

1000. The entries of any person or the transfer of any entry may be refused with or without notice or reason being given therefor.

1001. No greyhound shall be permitted to enter or to start unless he is conditioned by a licensed trainer.

1002. No entry shall be accepted from husband or wife while either is disqualified.

1003. No greyhound on the schooling list or the Veterinarian's list shall be qualified to enter or to start.

1004. Entries which have closed shall be compiled without delay by the Racing Secretary and conspicuously posted.

Purposed Rule 1005.

All race entries shall be considered official upon determining the post positions and filing said results with the Racing Commission office at the track and the posting of said races in the paddock area. The official draw sheet as signed and witnessed shall be filed with the Racing Commission office at the track.

Rule 1006.

In purse races, there shall be at least six (6) greyhounds of completely different ownership. No trainer or owner shall have more than two (2) greyhounds in any race excepting in stakes or sweepstakes, without the permission of the Commission. Double entries will not be used in daily doubles, twin trifecta, or super fecta races. In all other purse races, the following conditions shall apply; no double entries shall be allowed until all single interests are used and double entries shall be uncoupled for wagering purposes.

1007. If an entry from any person or of any greyhound that stands suspended or expelled is received, such entry shall be void and the money, if any, paid for such entry refunded. Any money or prize won under said entry shall be returned.

1008. No greyhound under the age of twelve (12) months shall run in any official race other than races conditioned for greyhounds of the same age.

1009. The Association shall have the right to withdraw or change any unclosed race.

1010. Entries for stake races, the conditions of which have previously been published shall close at the time advertised in such publication, and no entry shall be received after that time, but in case races fail to fill, additional time may be granted.

1011. Every greyhound entered for a purse must be starter unless it be declared or scratched.

1012. In the event the number of entries to any stake race is in excess of the number of greyhounds that may because of track limitations be permitted to start, the starters for the race shall be determined by the Racing Secretary.

1013. An entry in a sweepstakes is a subscription and cannot be withdrawn.

1014. A greyhound shall not become a starter for a stake race unless there has been duly paid any stake or entrance money payable in respect to that race.

1015. Entrance money is not refunded on the death of a greyhound or his failure to start.

1016. The nominator is liable for the entrance money or stake and the death of a greyhound, or a mistake in its entry when eligible, does not release the subscriber or transferee from liability for stakes.

1017. In the absence of notice to the contrary, entrance and declarations for sweepstakes which close during or on the eve of a racing meeting, close at the office of the Racing Secretary who shall make provisions therefor. Closing at all other times for sweepstakes shall be at the office of the Association.

1018. When an hour for closing is designated, entries and declarations for sweepstakes cannot be received afterwards; but if an hour is not designated, they may be mailed or telegraphed up to midnight of the day of closing, provided they are received in time for compliance with every other condition of the race.

1019. Nominations for stake races received and postmarked before midnight of the day of closing shall be valid if received twenty-four (24) hours in advance of closing overnight entries.

1020. If a miscarriage of any entry or declaration in a stake is alleged, satisfactory proof that it was mailed or telegraphed must be presented within a reasonable time or it shall not be received.

1021. A person entering a greyhound thereby becomes liable for the entrance money or stake.

1022. An entry of a greyhound in a sweepstake is a subscription to the sweepstakes and the subscriber is liable for stake and forfeit, but should he transfer the entry he is liable only in case of default to the transferee. Similarly, the seller of a greyhound with engagements is liable for stake or forfeit if the engagement is not kept.

1023. A person making a wrong entry or nomination shall be liable for stake and forfeits under the nomination.

1024. The entrance money, starting and subscription fees, in every race shall go to the winner unless otherwise provided in the conditions of the race, but when, from any cause, a race is not run off, all stakes or entrance money, if any is paid, shall be refunded.

1025. When a person is prevented by these rules from entering or starting a greyhound for any race without pay arrears for which he would not otherwise be liable, he may, by paying the same, enter or start the greyhound and have the arrears placed on the forfeit list as due to himself.

(a) If the seller of a greyhound with engagements is compelled to pay arrears through the purchaser's default, he may place the amount on the forfeit list as due from the purchaser to him. This rule shall also apply in the transfer of entries when the transferee defaults.

(b) The Racing Secretary, with the approval of the Judges, shall have full authority to waive the obligations incurred by this rule according to the circumstances of the case.

1025.1. Any person not having money to his credit with the Association must before his greyhound can start, pay (in cash, if required) to the Association all entrance money, stakes and arrears then due it or on the greyhound he intends to start.

1026. If a greyhound is sold to a disqualified person, said greyhound's racing engagements shall be void as of the date of sale.

1027. In case of fire or accident, or for other reasons, after due public notice, all races or stakes may be postponed or declared off, and when so declared off, all subscriptions and declaration money paid must be refunded.

Lead-Outs -- Duties

1028. Owners, trainers or attendants will not be allowed to lead their own greyhounds from the paddock to the starting box, except in schooling races. The greyhounds shall be led from the paddock to the starting box by Lead-Outs provided by each Association for that purpose.

1029. Lead-Outs will be required to present a neat appearance and conduct themselves in an orderly manner and must be attired in clean uniforms provided by the Association.

1030. The Lead-Out must put his greyhound in its proper box before the race and then retire to his assigned place.

1031. No Lead-Out will be permitted to have any interest in the greyhounds racing for said Association.

1032. Lead-Outs shall be assigned to Post Position by the Paddock Judge by lot before each race and a record thereof shall be maintained.

1033. Lead-Outs are prohibited from holding any conversation with the public or with one another, either in the paddock, enroute to the starting post or while returning to the paddock.

1034. Smoking while in uniform and on duty is prohibited.

1035. Lead-Outs are prohibited from wagering on the result of any greyhound racing at the track where they are assigned.

Objections

1036. All objections must be made to the Judges in writing, signed by the objector and a copy thereof sent immediately to the Commission.

1037. Permission of the Judges is necessary before an objection can be withdrawn.

1038. Any person or persons lodging an objection must pay all costs and expenses incurred in determining the objection in such proportions as the Judges shall decide, unless relieved from such expense by the Commission.

1039. The Judges may require a cash deposit before considering an objection which may be forfeited if the objection should prove to be frivolous or without foundation.

1040. The Judges must decide every objection pertaining to the race. From every decision an appeal in writing may be made to the Commission within forty-eight (48) hours of the time the objector has been officially informed of said decision.

1041. Objections to a greyhound engaged in a race may be made by the owner or trainer of some other greyhound engaged in the same race or by an official of the meeting to one of the Judges.

1042. Objection to any decision of the Clerk of Scales shall be made before the greyhounds leave the paddock for the start of the race.

1043. Pending a decision on an objection, any prize which the greyhound against which the objection is lodged, may have won or may win in the race shall be withheld until the objection is determined.

1044. Objections shall be filed with the Judges within forty-eight (48) hours (exclusive of Sundays) from the time the race is run in which the greyhound that occasioned the objection participated.

1045. In all cases of fraud or wilful deception, the time limitation shall not apply; provided the Judges are satisfied that the allegations are bona-fide.

1046. If an objection to a greyhound which has won or which has been placed in a race is declared valid, that greyhound is disqualified and the other greyhounds in the race are entitled to place in the order in which they finished.

Post Position

Rule 1047.

The post position of greyhounds in starting shall be assigned by lot or drawing, supervised by the Commission Judge and Racing Secretary, at a time and place properly posted in the paddock, at least one day previous to the running of the race, and in the presence of at least one (1) trainer, assistant trainer, or kennel owner.

Qualifying Time

1048. Each Association licensed by the Commission shall establish qualifying times.

1049. Each Association shall notify the Commission at least three (3) days before the first day of official racing of the qualifying times established, and such time, while in effect, shall be continuously posted on the notice board at the track. Any change in the qualifying time established, during the course of the meeting, shall be made only with the approval of the Commission.

1050. Any greyhound that fails to meet the qualifying times shall not be permitted to start in any race.

The Race

1051. If a greyhound bolts the course, runs in the opposite direction, or does not run the entire prescribed distance for the race, it shall forfeit all rights in the race and, no matter where it finished, the Judges shall declare the finish of the race the same as if said greyhound were not a contender. However, for the purpose of the rule, said greyhound shall be considered a "starter".

1052. If a greyhound bolts the course, or runs in the opposite direction during the running of the race, and in so doing, said greyhound, in the opinion of the Judges, interfered in any manner with any other greyhound in the race, the Judges shall declare it "No Race" and all monies wagered shall be refunded; except when, in the opinion of the Judges, such interference clearly did not interfere with the outcome of the race. (Amended 10/26/77)

1053. If it appears that a greyhound may interfere with the running of the race because of failure to leave the box, because on an accident or for any other reason, any person under the supervision of the Judges stationed around the track, may remove said greyhound from the track. However, for the purpose of the rule, said greyhound shall be considered a "starter".

1054. All greyhounds must wear the regulation association muzzle and blanket while racing. Blinker muzzles must be approved by the Judges.

1055. Muzzles and blankets must be carefully examined in the paddock by the Paddock Judge before the greyhounds leave for the post and again be examined before the Judges at the Judges' Stand or before the Starter at the starting box by the Patrol Judge.

1056. All greyhounds must be exhibited in the show paddock before post time of the race in which they are entered.

1057. After the greyhounds leave the paddock on their way to the starting point, and until the Judges direct the gates to be reopened, all persons except the racing officials and necessary attendants shall be excluded from the track to be run over.

1058. No race shall be called official unless the lure is in advance of the greyhounds at all times during the race and if at any time during the race, any greyhound or greyhounds catch or pass the lure, the Judges shall declare it "No Race" and all monies shall be refunded.

1059. The Judges shall closely observe the operation of the lure and hold the Lure Operator to strict accountability for any inconsistency of operation.

1060. If a greyhound is left in the box when the doors of the starting box open at the start, there shall be no refund. The Judges shall make the sole decision on the question of what greyhound or greyhounds are prevented from starting in a race through failure of the doors of the starting box to open. (Amended 10/26/77)

1061. If a race is marred by jams, spills or racing circumstances other than accident to the machinery while a race is being run, and three (3) or more greyhounds finish, the Judges shall declare the race finished; but if less than three (3) greyhounds finish, the Judges shall declare it "No Race" and all monies shall be refunded.

Registration

1062. The National Greyhound Association of Abilene, Kansas, shall be recognized as the official breeding registry of all greyhounds and the Greyhound Publications Inc. Information System shall be recognized as the official record keeping agency of all greyhound performances and shall maintain the past performance lines on every greyhound raced at an official track licensed by a Racing Jurisdiction. The Vermont Racing Commission may certify any greyhound whose lack of registration with the approved registry is attributable to arbitrary, discriminatory or other unreasonable action or inaction on the part of such agencies.

1063. The registry and record keeping agency shall be self funding, insofar as is practicable, and shall be authorized to charge reasonable fees for their services to attain this objective.

1064. A greyhound shall not be entered for racing or schooling at any official track unless it has been tattooed and registered in the NGA stud book and the last six performance lines, if applicable, and the racing history of the greyhound are made available to the Racing Secretary from the Greyhound Information System.

1065. The NGA breeding registry shall furnish to the Greyhound Information System, when such greyhounds are registered and named, the necessary and proper information. A reasonable fee per start shall be deducted from the weekly purses by the track and paid to the Greyhound Information System. The Vermont Racing Commission shall have access at all times to the NGA Breeding Registry and transfer files and to the Greyhound Publications, Inc. Information System. Every official track shall submit a copy of the official chart of each of its races to the Greyhound Information System.

1066. A certificate of registration or a registered certificate of lease for each greyhound shall be filed with the Racing Secretary at the racetrack where said greyhound is to be schooled, entered or raced. All certificates of registration must be available at all times for inspection by the Commission Judge.

1067. No applicant for greyhound registration shall be denied prompt registration on account of the applicant's non-membership in any association or failure to pay any fee in excess of that necessary to defray the actual cost of registration.

Schooling

1068. Greyhounds must be promptly schooled in the presence of the Judges, and must, in the opinion of the Judges, be sufficiently experienced before they can be entered or started.

1069. All schooling races shall be at a distance not less than the distance nearest to 5/16 mile in use at the track.

1070. Greyhounds which transfer from one track to another under the jurisdiction of the Commission need not school if they have raced within ten (10) racing days.

1071. Each official schooling race must consist of at least six (6) greyhounds. However, if this condition creates a hardship, less than six (6) may be schooled with the permission of the Commission Judge.

1072. No hand schooling will be considered official.

1073. Any greyhound that has not been entered for a period of six (6) racing days and/or has not raced for a period of ten (10) racing days or more shall be schooled at least once at its racing weight before being eligible for entry.

1074. All greyhounds in official schooling races must be raced at their established racing weight and started from the box wearing blankets.

1075. Any owner, trainer or authorized agent, licensed by the Commission, who had greyhounds under his care and management that are booked to race on tracks licensed by the Commission, and who permits said greyhounds to be schooled on any track in Vermont or elsewhere, not approved by the Commission during these bookings, shall be subject to the immediate revocation of his license.

1076. Any greyhound may be ordered on the schooling list by the Judges at any time. Any greyhound ordered on the schooling list by the Judges must be schooled officially and satisfactorily before being allowed to enter a race.

1077. Each Association shall provide a photo-finish camera approved by the Commission, to be in operation at all official schooling races.

Scratches

1078. To scratch a greyhound entered in a race, sufficient cause must be given to satisfy the Judges. All scratches and the cause must be reported immediately to the Commission Judge.

1079. Any scratches that occur that are the result of a violation of a racing rule must carry a penalty and/or suspension of said greyhound for a period of six (6) racing days. Scratches for other causes must be disciplined at the discretion of the Judges.

(a) However, if any owner or trainer fails to have the greyhound entered at the track at the appointed time for weighing-in, and, as a result, said greyhound is scratched, the Judges shall impose a forfeiture and/or suspension on the person responsible.

1080. If three (3) or more greyhounds are withdrawn or scratched in any one race, the Judges may cancel said race.

1081. The Judges may scratch a greyhound entered in a race for sufficient cause.

Weights and Weighing

1082. All greyhounds must be weighed not less than one (1) hour before the time of the first race of the day.

1083. Before a greyhound is allowed to school or race at any track, the owner or trainer must establish its racing weight with the Clerk of Scales.

1083.1. At weighing-in time, should there be a variation of more than one and one-half (1 1/2) pounds either way from its established weight, the Judges shall order said greyhound scratched.

1084. At weigh-out time, if a greyhound loses weight in excess of one and one half (1 1/2) pounds from its weigh-in weight while in the lock-out kennels, the Judges shall order said greyhound scratched. However, upon certificate from the Veterinarian that such loss of weight while in the lock-out kennels does not impair the racing condition of the greyhound, the Judges may allow said greyhound to race. A greyhound who loses over one and one half (1 1/2) pounds twice shall carry a weight losers notation in the racing program. (Amended 10/26/77)

1085. If at weighing-in time, should there be more than two (2) pounds variation between the weight of its present race and the weight at weighing-in time of its last race, the Judges shall order said greyhound scratched.

1086. The weight regulations provided in Rules 1081, 1082, 1083, and 1084 above shall be printed in the daily program.

1087. The established racing weight may be changed from time to time on written request of the owner or trainer and by written consent of the Judges, providing such change is made four (4) calendar days before the greyhound is allowed to race at the new weight.

(a) All greyhounds having an established weight change of more than one (1) pound must be schooled at least once; or more at the discretion of the Judges, at the new established weight before being eligible for starting.

(b) Greyhounds that have not raced or schooled officially for a period of three (3) weeks will be allowed to establish a new racing weight with the written consent of the Judges and may be schooled officially immediately upon receipt of said written consent.

1088. The Judges shall have the privilege of weighing a greyhound entered in a race at any period from the time he is entered in a race until post time.

1089. Immediately after being weighed in, the greyhounds shall be placed in lock-out kennels under the supervision of the Paddock Judge and no owner or other person excepting the Paddock Judge, Veterinarian, Kennel Master, Scales Clerk, Lead-Out, Judges or Commission's representatives shall be allowed in or near the lock-out kennels.

Grading

# 1090.

There will be five (5) grades for experienced greyhounds: A, B, C, D, E and three other grades of races: S, T, and M. Grade A shall be the highest classification and Grade E shall be the lowest classification. Grade T indicates mixed and special races and Grade S indicates stakes and sweepstakes races. Grade S may be of mixed grades. Grade M refers to Maiden classification which indicates greyhounds that have not won an official race.

1091. At any time within a greyhound's first three (3) starts, the Racing Secretary may reclassify the greyhound; but not more than one grade either higher or lower. From this classification the grading system will apply in the established manner.

1092. The winner of any graded race shall advance one (1) grade until reaching Grade A.

Purposed Rule 1093.

Greyhounds which finish farther back than third, three (3) consecutive times while in the same grade, shall be lowered one (1) grade.

(a) Any greyhound racing in Grade E, for four (4) consecutive starts that fails to finish 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th in those four starts, shall be dropped from further racing at that meeting.

(b) The winner of a maiden race shall be advanced no higher than Grade D.

(c) Greyhounds transferring from one track to another during the racing season, shall remain the same grade unless schooled and reclassified in accordance with the provisions of the schooling section.

(d) If a greyhound fails to finish 1st, 2nd or 3rd in three consecutive starts (except in Grade D) or fails to earn more than one 3rd in four consecutive starts in the same grade, that greyhound shall be lowered one grade. In Grade D, a greyhound may fail to finish 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th in four consecutive starts before being lowered.

(e) Under the supervision of the Commission Judge and Racing Secretary and witnessed by at least one (1) trainer, assistant trainer, or kennel owner, the entries for all races except those provided in subsection (f) must be drawn by lot. The Racing Secretary may draw substitute entries for each grade and distance scheduled to race in a performance. The substitute entries shall be drawn immediately after the regular entries are drawn and in the presence of the Commission Judge. The Commission Judge shall have control of the substitute list. Substitute entries may be used as regular entries in case of an emergency, late scratch due to illness, mistake in grading, qualifying, or ownership, provided no change in the regular entries shall be made without permission of the Commission Judge or after the entries are considered official as defined in Rule 1005.

(f) The Racing Secretary may make up only four (4) races each week, with the exception of hurdle races. All races made up by the Racing Secretary shall be designated by the letter T in the program.

(g) A greyhound finishing 2nd, 3rd, or 4th in Maiden events may at the request of the owner or trainer to the Racing Secretary be moved into Grade "D" races and then must abide by all the provisions of the grading system. Maidens shall be designated by the letter "M" on the program after the name of the greyhound.

Uniform Certificate of Lease

1094. The National Greyhound Association of Abilene, Kansas, shall be recognized as the official breeding registry of all greyhounds and the Greyhound Publications Inc. Information System shall be recognized as the official record keeping agency of all greyhound performances and shall maintain the past performance lines on every greyhound raced at an official track licensed by a Racing Jurisdiction. The Vermont Racing Commission may certify any greyhound whose lack of registration with the approved registry is attributable to arbitrary, discriminatory or other unreasonable action or inaction on the part of such agencies.

The registry and record keeping agency shall be self funding, insofar as is practicable, and shall be authorized to charge reasonable fees for their services to attain this objective.

A greyhound shall not be entered for racing or schooling at any official track unless it has been tatooed and registered in the NGA stud book and the last six performance lines, if applicable, and the racing history of the greyhound are made available to the Racing Secretary from the Greyhound Information System.

The NGA breeding registry shall furnish to the Greyhound Information System when such greyhounds are registered and named the necessary and proper information. A reasonable fee per start (80 [cent]) shall be deducted from the weekly purses by the track and paid to the greyhound Information System.

Every official track shall submit a copy of the official chart of each of its races to the Greyhound Information System.

The Vermont Racing Commission shall have access at all times to the NGA Breeding Registry and transfer files and to the Greyhound Publications Inc. Information System. (Added 10/26/77)

Rule No. 1095

(a) Kennel building shall be of concrete block construction with roof constructed of fire resistant materials.

(b) All greyhounds are to be housed in kennel compounds located at the track.

(d) Dry chemical fire extinguishers will be in place at kennel entrances.

(e) Kennels shall be kept clean and reasonably uncluttered at all times. Used paper bedding will be disposed of each day.

(f) Smoking in the kennels is prohibited.

(g) The kennels will be heated, each with its own unit and thermostat control.

(h) There will be a 24-hour security officer on duty during the racing season.

Rule No. 1096

The racing secretary shall provide the judges, within ten days of the end of the race meet, a list of all greyhounds which ran at the race meet.

Rule No. 1097

The kennel operator must provide the board of judges, within ten days of the end of the race meet or the greyhound's removal from racing at the race meet, a written notification of the disposition of each greyhound that raced during the race meet.

Notes

80-002 Code Vt. R. 80-210-002-X

Effective Date: [In effect. First effective date not available.]
AMENDED: November 1977
February 1980 (Secretary of State Rule Log #90-1)

AUTHORITY: 31 V.S.A. §§ 601 and 626

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