Connecticut Administrative Code

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A42. Stable names(a) Registration of stable name. An individual may adopt a stable name under which to race horses by registering it with the jockey club of New York and by registering it annually with the commission and paying…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A43. Rules of the race(a) Foul riding penalized.(1) When clear, a horse may be taken to any part of the course, provided that crossing or weaving in front of contender may result in disqualification. (2) A horse may be disquali…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A44. Colors and numbers(a) Registration.(1) Racing colors are required and shall be registered annually with the commission upon issuance of an owner's license, and payment of the fee required by the act, and registered with th…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A45. Starting(a) Qualifications to start. A horse shall not be qualified to start unless the provisions of this rule and any other applicable rules are complied with. (1) His presence on the grounds of the association is report…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A46. Weighing out(a) Time for weighing out. The specified jockeys shall be weighed out for their respective mounts in each race by the clerk of the scales not less than twenty (20) minutes before the time fixed for the race. In…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A47. Weighing in(a) Time, manner of weighing in. Every jockey must immediately, after pulling up, ride his horse to the place of weighing, dismount only after obtaining permission from the official in charge and present himself…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A48. Scale of weights(a) Scale of weights for age. The following weights are carried when they are not stated in the conditions of the race: > (b) Races of intermediate distance. In races of intermediate distances, the weights …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A49. Entries, subscriptions, declarations and acceptances for races(a) Stewards ruling accepted. Every person subscribing to a sweepstake or entering a horse in a race to be run under this section accepts the decision of the st…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A5. Executive director(a) Appointment. The commission shall appoint an executive director of the state racing division who shall be a resident of the state at the time of and during the full term of his employment. (b) Racing d…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A50. Produce races(a) Entry for produce race. In making an entry for a produce race, the produce is entered by specifying the dam and the sire or sires. (b) When entry is void. If the produce of a mare is dropped before the fir…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A51. Claiming races(a) Who may make claim.(1) In claiming races any horse may be claimed for its entered price by any owner licensed for racing at that meeting, who has nominated a starter up to or including the race in which t…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A52. Estimated winnings(a) Estimating the winnings.(1) In estimating the value of a race to the winner, there shall be deducted only the amount of money payable to the owners of the other horses and to other persons out of the …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A53. Dead heats, purses(a) Dead heat not run off. When a race results in a dead heat, the dead heat shall not be run off. (b) Dead heat for first place. When two horses run a dead heat for first place, all prizes to which first…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A54. Penalties and allowances(a) Readjustments, when claimed. Allowances must be claimed at the time of entry and these allowances shall not be abandoned except by the consent of the stewards, who may, before scratch time, make…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A55. Corrupt practices and disqualification of persons(a) Corrupt practices. The following are deemed to be corrupt practices: (1) Giving, offering or promising, directly or indirectly, a bribe in any form to any person license…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A56. Disputes, objections, appeals(a) Penalties attach until dispute decided. When a race is in dispute both the horse that finished first and any horse claiming the race shall be liable to all the penalties attaching to the wi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A6. Application for license to conduct meeting(a) License, form, date. No individual, partnership or corporation shall hold or conduct any meeting within Connecticut at which thoroughbred racing is permitted for any purse, stak…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A7. Requirements of association(a) Purses.(1) As a minimum standard, an association shall allocate the following percentages of the pari-mutuel handle at its track for each day of its meeting for the purpose of purse or prize m…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A8. Equipment and facilities(a) Quarters for participants. An association shall provide suitable and sanitary living quarters on its grounds for male and female stable employees who are participants during the meet. Said quarte…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A9. Occupational licenses(a) Officials and participants must be licensed. Associations conducting thoroughbred meetings shall not permit any official, owner, trainer, jockey, jockey apprentice, stable employee, tarrier, agent, …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B1. General provisions(a) Application. The rules and regulations contained herein shall apply to all associations, as defined herein, conducting a harness horse meeting for any purse, stake or reward, and where pari-mutuel wage…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B10. Telephone and telegraph(a) Commission approval. No telephone, telegraph, teletype, semaphore, signal device, radio, television or other method of electrical, mechanical, manual or visual communication shall be installed wi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B11. Accounting(a) Requirements.(1) Associations shall so keep books and records as to clearly show the total amount of money contributed to every pari-mutuel pool on each race separately and within sixty (60) days after the co…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B12. Uncashed tickets(a) Outsbook. Every association shall carry on its books an account which shows the total amount due on outstanding unredeemed mutuel tickets, which represents the winning tickets not presented for payment.…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B13. Remittance of monies accrued from underpayment in the mutuels, and collection of fines(a) All monies accruing from underpayment to the public in the mutuels, by reason of error or mechanical mishaps to tote machines, from …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B14. Pari-mutuel operations(a) Mutuel manager. The association shall appoint a mutuel manager who shall be licensed by the commission. The mutual manager is held responsible for the correctness of all payoff prices posted on th…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B15. Daily double(a) Rules governing. At tracks which have daily double pool, the rules of this section will govern the system used. (b) Permitted. Daily double wagering is permitted during any single racing program. An associa…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B16. Application for quinella, exacta, trifecta, superfecta wageringAny association desiring to implement quinella and/or exacta and/or trifecta and/or superfecta wagering shall request permission from the commission in writing…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B17. Quinella(a) Rules governing. At tracks which have the quinella pool, the rules of this section will govern the system used. (b) Permitted. Quinella wagering shall be permitted only in accordance with section 12-574-B16 of …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B18. Exacta(a) Rules governing. At tracks which have the exacta pool, the rules of this section will govern the system used. (b) Permitted. Exacta wagering shall be permitted only in accordance with section 12-574-B16 of these …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B19. Trifecta(a) Rules governing. At tracks which have the trifecta pool, the rules of this section will govern the system used. (b) Permitted. Trifecta wagering shall be permitted only in accordance with section 12-574-B16 of …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B2. Definitions, constructions, interpretations(a) In applying the rules and regulations as contained herein, including all amendments thereto, the following definitions, interpretations shall apply: (1) Act. Public Act 865 of …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B20. Superfecta(a) Rules governing. At tracks which have the superfecta pool, the rules of this section will govern the system used. (b) Permitted. Superfecta wagering shall be permitted only in accordance with section 12-574-B…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B21. Violations of rules and regulations(a) Liability. Any person or association licensed by the commission violating any of these rules and regulations shall be liable to the penalties herein provided, unless otherwise limited…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B22. Race officials(a) Designation of officials. The officials of a harness race meeting shall include the following: (1) Presiding judge, also known as the commission judge.(2) Two associate judges.(3) Patrol judges, not less …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B23. Tracks(a) Display of license. During the course of its race meetings, each association shall display the license issued by the commission for the current year. (b) Judges' stand. The judges' stand shall be so located and c…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B24. Veterinarians(a) License. All veterinarians referred to in this section shall be licensed to practice in the state of Connecticut by the state board of veterinary registration and examination, and shall be licensed by the …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B25. Identification of horses(a) Records. No horse will be permitted to race at an association track without an eligibility certificate, issued for the current year by the United States trotting association and approved by the …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B26. Drugs and medication(a) Action taken by judges—prohibited medication and drugs.(1) If the judges find that any drug has been administered or attempted to be administered, internally or externally, to a horse before a race,…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B27. Testing(a) Admittance to enclosure for making tests. No person other than those authorized by rule (f) of this section shall be admitted at any time to the building or part thereof utilized by the commission for making med…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B28. Owners, drivers, trainers and grooms(a) Application for driver's license. Every driver at a race meeting shall be required to obtain a license from the commission. Such license shall be presented to the clerk of the course…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B29. Eligibility and classification(a) Registration of ownership. All horses shall be registered in current ownership either as standard or non-standard with the United States trotting association and the owner or owners shall …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B3. Commission on special revenue(a) Composition. The act established a commission on special revenue which appoints an executive secretary and an executive director for each of three separate divisions. The commission consists…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B30. Claiming races(a) Claiming procedures are as follows:(1) Who may claim. An owner who has declared a horse programmed to start in a purse race at that meeting. An authorized agent may claim for a qualified owner provided su…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B31. Stakes and futurities(a) Stake and futurity sponsors. All stake and futurity sponsors shall: (1) Filing conditions. Annually file a copy of their conditions for approval with the commission, and with the United States trot…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B32. Entries(a) Form of entry. All entries must: (1) Be made in writing on forms approved by the commission.(2) Be signed by the owner or his authorized agent in writing, except as provided in rule (a) of section 12-574-B34, of…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-B33. Entries and starters required, split races(a) Entries to be specified in overnight events. An association must specify how many entries are required for overnight events and after the condition is fulfilled, the event must…