Title 810 | Chapter 002 | Regulation 001
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Technical Amendment: 7/1/2024
810 KAR 2:001.Definitions for 810 KAR Chapter 2.
Section 1.
Definitions.(1)
"Age" means the number of years since a horse was foaled, reckoned as if the horse was foaled on January 1 of the year in which the horse was foaled.(2)
"Arrears" means sums due by a licensee as reflected by his or her account with the horsemen's bookkeeper, including subscriptions, jockey fees, driver fees, forfeitures, and any default incident to KAR Title 810.(3)
"Association" is defined by KRS 230.210(5).(4)
"Authorized agent" means in flat racing a person currently licensed as an agent for a licensed owner, jockey, or jockey apprentice by virtue of notarized appointment of agency filed with the corporation.(5)
"Claiming race" means a race in which ownership of a horse participating in the race can be transferred in conformity with 810 KAR 4:050 and 810 KAR 5:030.(6)
"Closing" means the time published by the association after which entries for a race are not accepted by the racing secretary.(7)
" Corporation" is defined by 810 KAR 6:001.(8)
"Conditions" means qualifications that determine a horse's eligibility to be entered in a race.(9)
"Dash" means in standardbred racing a race in a single trial or in a series of two (2) or three (3) races governed by one (1) entry fee for the series, in which a horse starts in all dashes with positions drawn for each dash and the number of purse distributions or payouts awarded exceeds the number of starters in the dash.(10)
"Day" means a twenty-four (24) hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at midnight.(11)
"Declaration" means:(a)
In flat racing, the withdrawal of a horse entered in a race prior to time of closing of entries for the race in conformance with 810 KAR Chapter 4; or(b)
In standardbred racing, the naming of a particular horse as a starter in a particular race.(12)
"Disciplinary action" means action taken by the stewards or the corporation for a violation of KRS Chapter 230 or KAR Title 810 and can include:(a)
Refusal to issue or renew a license;(b)
Revocation or suspension of a license;(c)
Imposition of probationary conditions on a license;(d)
Issuance of a written reprimand or admonishment;(e)
Imposition of fines or penalties;(f)
Denial of purse money; or(g)
Forfeiture of purse money.(13)
"Disqualification" means a ruling of the stewards, judges, or the corporation revising the order of finish of a race.(14)
"Draw" means the process of determining post positions by lot.(15)
"Driver" means in standardbred racing a person who is licensed to drive a horse in a race.(16)
"Electronic eligibility" means a computer-generated eligibility certificate that records a horse's racing statistics.(17)
"Entry" means the act of nominating a horse for a race in conformance with KAR Title 810.(18)
"Equipment" means in flat racing accoutrements other than ordinary saddle, girth, pad, saddle cloth, and bridle carried by a horse, and includes riding crop, blinkers, tongue strap, muzzle, hood, noseband, bit, shadow roll, martingale, breast plate, bandages, boots, and racing plates or shoes.(19)
"Extended pari-mutuel meeting" means in standardbred racing a meeting or series of meetings, at which no agriculture fair is in progress, with an annual total of more than six (6) days duration and during which pari-mutuel wagering is permitted.(20)
"Field" or "mutuel field" means a single betting interest involving more than one (1) horse that is not a mutuel entry.(21)
"Foul" means an action by a jockey or driver that tends to hinder another jockey, driver, or a horse in the proper running of the race.(22)
"Handicap" means in standardbred racing a race in which allowances are made according to a horse's:(a)
Age;(b)
Sex;(c)
Claiming price; or(d)
Performance.(23)
"Handicap race" means in flat racing a race in which the weights to be carried by the horses are assigned by the association handicapper with the intent of equalizing the chances of winning for all horses entered in the race.(24)
"Handle" means the aggregate of all pari-mutuel pools, excluding refundable wagers.(25)
"Horse" means an equine irrespective of age or sex designation and registered for racing with the applicable breed registry.(26)
"Ineligible" means a horse or person not qualified under KAR Title 810 or conditions of a race to participate in a specified racing activity.(27)
"Inquiry" means an investigation by the stewards or judges of a contest prior to declaring the result of the contest official.(28)
"Jockey" means a rider currently licensed to ride in races as a jockey, apprentice jockey, amateur jockey, or a provisional jockey permitted by the stewards to ride in three (3) races prior to applying for a license.(29)
"Judge" means a duly appointed racing official with powers and duties established in 810 KAR 2:050 serving at a current meeting in the Commonwealth.(30)
"Licensed premises" is defined by KRS 230.210.(31)
"Licensee" means an individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, trustee, or legal representative that has been duly issued a currently valid license to participate in racing in the Commonwealth.(32)
"Meeting" means the entire period of consecutive days, exclusive of dark days, granted by the corporation to a licensed association for the conduct of live horse racing that:(a)
Begins at 10 a.m. of the first racing day; and(b)
Extends through a period ending one (1) hour after the last scheduled race of the last day.(33)
"Month" means calendar month.(34)
"Nomination" means a subscription or entry of a horse in a stakes or early closing race.(35)
"Nominator" means the person in whose name a horse is entered for a stakes race.(36)
"Objection" means a verbal claim of foul in a race lodged by the horse's jockey, driver, trainer, or owner before the race is declared official.(37)
"Official order of finish" means the order of finish of the horses in a contest as declared official by the stewards or judges.(38)
"Official time" means the elapsed time from the moment the first horse crosses the timing beam until the first horse crosses the finish line.(39)
"Owner" means a person who holds, in whole or in part, any right, title, or interest in a horse, or any lessee of a horse, who has been duly issued a currently valid owner's license as a person responsible for the horse.(40)
"Pari-mutuel wagering", "mutuel wagering", or "pari-mutuel system of wagering" is defined by KRS 230.210.(41)
"Patron" means an individual present at a track, a licensed premises, or a simulcast facility who observes or wagers on a live or historical horse race.(42)
"Post" means the starting point of a race.(43)
"Post position" means the relative place assigned to each horse, numbered from the inner rail across the track at the starting line, from which each horse is to start a race.(44)
"Post time" means the advertised moment scheduled for the arrival of all horses at the starting point for a race.(45)
"Prize" means the combined total of any cash, premium, trophy, and object of value awarded to the owners of horses according to order of finish in a race.(46)
"Protest" means a written objection charging that a horse is ineligible to race, alleging improper entry procedures, or citing any act of an owner, trainer, driver, or official prohibited by rules, which, if true, would exclude that horse or driver from racing.(47)
"Purse" means the gross cash portion of the prize for which a race is run.(48)
"Race" means a running contest between horses, ridden by jockeys or driven by drivers at a recognized meeting, during regular racing hours, for a prize.(49)
"Race day" means a period of twenty-four (24) hours beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at midnight in which live racing is conducted by an association.(50)
"Racing official" means a corporation member, corporation staff as duties require, and all association racing department employees, as duties require.(51)
"Registration certificate" means the document, racing permit, or virtual certificate issued by the appropriate breed registry identifying the horse for racing.(52)
"Result" means the part of the official order of finish in a race used to determine the pari-mutuel payoff of pari-mutuel pools.(53)
"Rulings" means determinations, decisions, or orders of the stewards, judges, or of the corporation duly issued in writing and posted.(54)
"Scratch" means the withdrawal of a horse entered for a race after the time of closing of entries for the race in conformance with KAR Title 810.(55)
"Scratch time" means the time set by the racing secretary as a deadline for horsemen to indicate their desire to scratch out of a race.(56)
"Simulcasting" is defined by KRS 230.210.(57)
"Starter" means:(a)
An official who dispatches the horses from the starting gate; or(b)
A horse in a race when the starting gate doors open in front of it at the moment the starter dispatches the horses for the race.(58)
"Steward" means a duly appointed racing official with powers and duties established in 810 KAR 2:040 serving at a current meeting in the Commonwealth.(59)
"Subscription" means nomination or entry of a horse in a stakes race.(60)
"Suspended" means withdrawal by the steward, judge, or corporation of racing privileges.(61)
"Thoroughbred racing" is defined by KRS 230.210.(62)
"Totalizator" means the system, including hardware, software, communications equipment, and electronic devices that accepts and processes the cashing of wagers, calculates the odds and prices of the wagers, and records, displays, and stores pari-mutuel wagering information.(63)
"Year" means twelve (12) consecutive months beginning with January and ending with December.HISTORY: (45 Ky.R. 1863; 2718; 3076; eff. 5-31-2019; 46 Ky.R. 2741; 47 Ky.R. 67; eff. 7-30-2020; 47 Ky.R. 2125; 48 Ky.R. 353; eff. 8-12-2021; TAm eff. 7-1-2024.)
FILED WITH LRC: July 1, 2024
Technical Amendment: 7/1/2024
810 KAR 2:001.Definitions for 810 KAR Chapter 2.
Section 1.
Definitions.(1)
"Age" means the number of years since a horse was foaled, reckoned as if the horse was foaled on January 1 of the year in which the horse was foaled.(2)
"Arrears" means sums due by a licensee as reflected by his or her account with the horsemen's bookkeeper, including subscriptions, jockey fees, driver fees, forfeitures, and any default incident to KAR Title 810.(3)
"Association" is defined by KRS 230.210(5).(4)
"Authorized agent" means in flat racing a person currently licensed as an agent for a licensed owner, jockey, or jockey apprentice by virtue of notarized appointment of agency filed with the corporation(5)
"Claiming race" means a race in which ownership of a horse participating in the race can be transferred in conformity with 810 KAR 4:050 and 810 KAR 5:030.(6)
"Closing" means the time published by the association after which entries for a race are not accepted by the racing secretary.(7)
" Corporation(8)
"Conditions" means qualifications that determine a horse's eligibility to be entered in a race.(9)
"Dash" means in standardbred racing a race in a single trial or in a series of two (2) or three (3) races governed by one (1) entry fee for the series, in which a horse starts in all dashes with positions drawn for each dash and the number of purse distributions or payouts awarded exceeds the number of starters in the dash.(10)
"Day" means a twenty-four (24) hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at midnight.(11)
"Declaration" means:(a)
In flat racing, the withdrawal of a horse entered in a race prior to time of closing of entries for the race in conformance with 810 KAR Chapter 4; or(b)
In standardbred racing, the naming of a particular horse as a starter in a particular race.(12)
"Disciplinary action" means action taken by the stewards or the corporation(a)
Refusal to issue or renew a license;(b)
Revocation or suspension of a license;(c)
Imposition of probationary conditions on a license;(d)
Issuance of a written reprimand or admonishment;(e)
Imposition of fines or penalties;(f)
Denial of purse money; or(g)
Forfeiture of purse money.(13)
"Disqualification" means a ruling of the stewards, judges, or the corporation(14)
"Draw" means the process of determining post positions by lot.(15)
"Driver" means in standardbred racing a person who is licensed to drive a horse in a race.(16)
"Electronic eligibility" means a computer-generated eligibility certificate that records a horse's racing statistics.(17)
"Entry" means the act of nominating a horse for a race in conformance with KAR Title 810.(18)
"Equipment" means in flat racing accoutrements other than ordinary saddle, girth, pad, saddle cloth, and bridle carried by a horse, and includes riding crop, blinkers, tongue strap, muzzle, hood, noseband, bit, shadow roll, martingale, breast plate, bandages, boots, and racing plates or shoes.(19)
"Extended pari-mutuel meeting" means in standardbred racing a meeting or series of meetings, at which no agriculture fair is in progress, with an annual total of more than six (6) days duration and during which pari-mutuel wagering is permitted.(20)
"Field" or "mutuel field" means a single betting interest involving more than one (1) horse that is not a mutuel entry.(21)
"Foul" means an action by a jockey or driver that tends to hinder another jockey, driver, or a horse in the proper running of the race.(22)
"Handicap" means in standardbred racing a race in which allowances are made according to a horse's:(a)
Age;(b)
Sex;(c)
Claiming price; or(d)
Performance.(23)
"Handicap race" means in flat racing a race in which the weights to be carried by the horses are assigned by the association handicapper with the intent of equalizing the chances of winning for all horses entered in the race.(24)
"Handle" means the aggregate of all pari-mutuel pools, excluding refundable wagers.(25)
"Horse" means an equine irrespective of age or sex designation and registered for racing with the applicable breed registry.(26)
"Ineligible" means a horse or person not qualified under KAR Title 810 or conditions of a race to participate in a specified racing activity.(27)
"Inquiry" means an investigation by the stewards or judges of a contest prior to declaring the result of the contest official.(28)
"Jockey" means a rider currently licensed to ride in races as a jockey, apprentice jockey, amateur jockey, or a provisional jockey permitted by the stewards to ride in three (3) races prior to applying for a license.(29)
"Judge" means a duly appointed racing official with powers and duties established in 810 KAR 2:050 serving at a current meeting in the Commonwealth.(30)
"Licensed premises" is defined by KRS 230.210.(31)
"Licensee" means an individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, trustee, or legal representative that has been duly issued a currently valid license to participate in racing in the Commonwealth.(32)
"Meeting" means the entire period of consecutive days, exclusive of dark days, granted by the corporation(a)
Begins at 10 a.m. of the first racing day; and(b)
Extends through a period ending one (1) hour after the last scheduled race of the last day.(33)
"Month" means calendar month.(34)
"Nomination" means a subscription or entry of a horse in a stakes or early closing race.(35)
"Nominator" means the person in whose name a horse is entered for a stakes race.(36)
"Objection" means a verbal claim of foul in a race lodged by the horse's jockey, driver, trainer, or owner before the race is declared official.(37)
"Official order of finish" means the order of finish of the horses in a contest as declared official by the stewards or judges.(38)
"Official time" means the elapsed time from the moment the first horse crosses the timing beam until the first horse crosses the finish line.(39)
"Owner" means a person who holds, in whole or in part, any right, title, or interest in a horse, or any lessee of a horse, who has been duly issued a currently valid owner's license as a person responsible for the horse.(40)
"Pari-mutuel wagering", "mutuel wagering", or "pari-mutuel system of wagering" is defined by KRS 230.210.(41)
"Patron" means an individual present at a track, a licensed premises, or a simulcast facility who observes or wagers on a live or historical horse race.(42)
"Post" means the starting point of a race.(43)
"Post position" means the relative place assigned to each horse, numbered from the inner rail across the track at the starting line, from which each horse is to start a race.(44)
"Post time" means the advertised moment scheduled for the arrival of all horses at the starting point for a race.(45)
"Prize" means the combined total of any cash, premium, trophy, and object of value awarded to the owners of horses according to order of finish in a race.(46)
"Protest" means a written objection charging that a horse is ineligible to race, alleging improper entry procedures, or citing any act of an owner, trainer, driver, or official prohibited by rules, which, if true, would exclude that horse or driver from racing.(47)
"Purse" means the gross cash portion of the prize for which a race is run.(48)
"Race" means a running contest between horses, ridden by jockeys or driven by drivers at a recognized meeting, during regular racing hours, for a prize.(49)
"Race day" means a period of twenty-four (24) hours beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at midnight in which live racing is conducted by an association.(50)
"Racing official" means a corporation(51)
"Registration certificate" means the document, racing permit, or virtual certificate issued by the appropriate breed registry identifying the horse for racing.(52)
"Result" means the part of the official order of finish in a race used to determine the pari-mutuel payoff of pari-mutuel pools.(53)
"Rulings" means determinations, decisions, or orders of the stewards, judges, or of the corporation(54)
"Scratch" means the withdrawal of a horse entered for a race after the time of closing of entries for the race in conformance with KAR Title 810.(55)
"Scratch time" means the time set by the racing secretary as a deadline for horsemen to indicate their desire to scratch out of a race.(56)
"Simulcasting" is defined by KRS 230.210.(57)
"Starter" means:(a)
An official who dispatches the horses from the starting gate; or(b)
A horse in a race when the starting gate doors open in front of it at the moment the starter dispatches the horses for the race.(58)
"Steward" means a duly appointed racing official with powers and duties established in 810 KAR 2:040 serving at a current meeting in the Commonwealth.(59)
"Subscription" means nomination or entry of a horse in a stakes race.(60)
"Suspended" means withdrawal by the steward, judge, or corporation(61)
"Thoroughbred racing" is defined by KRS 230.210.(62)
"Totalizator" means the system, including hardware, software, communications equipment, and electronic devices that accepts and processes the cashing of wagers, calculates the odds and prices of the wagers, and records, displays, and stores pari-mutuel wagering information.(63)
"Year" means twelve (12) consecutive months beginning with January and ending with December.HISTORY: (45 Ky.R. 1863; 2718; 3076; eff. 5-31-2019; 46 Ky.R. 2741; 47 Ky.R. 67; eff. 7-30-2020; 47 Ky.R. 2125; 48 Ky.R. 353; eff. 8-12-2021; TAm eff. 7-1-2024.)
FILED WITH LRC: July 1, 2024