Connecticut Administrative Code

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A23. Stewards(a) Number, appointment, compensation, license. There shall be three (3) stewards to supervise each race meeting: The commission steward appointed by the commission, who shall be the presiding steward, and two (2) …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A24. Starter(a) Duties.(1) Horses are in the hands of the starter from the moment they enter the track until the start is made. (2) He shall give all orders necessary to secure a fair start.(3) He shall report to the stewards b…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A25. Placing judges(a) Responsibility of association. Each association shall appoint at least three (3) placing judges who shall be licensed by the commission, and whose stations shall be designated by the stewards. (b) Duties.…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A26. Racing secretary, handicapper(a) Racing secretary. A person appointed by the association and licensed by the commission shall be the racing secretary. He also shall be clerk of the course, and unless it is otherwise specif…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A27. Clerk of the scales(a) Duties.(1) The clerk of the scales shall exhibit the number (as allotted on the official card of each horse for which a jockey has been weighed out and shall forthwith furnish the starter with a list…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A28. Paddock judge(a) Duties. The paddock judge shall be in charge of the paddock and inspect all race horses and their equipment prior to each race, and shall observe and report forthwith to any steward any violation observed …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A29. Patrol judges(a) Appointed by the association. Each association shall appoint at least three (3) patrol judges, licensed by the commission, who shall be on duty during the running of each and every race. (b) Duties. The pa…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A3. 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-A30. Timer(a) Duties of timer. There shall be one timer who shall occupy the timer's stand and declare the official time of the race. The association may utilize electronic timers which, however, shall not be official. The offi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A31. 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 he licensed by the …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A32. Horse identifier(a) Duties.(1) Each association shall appoint a horse identifier licensed by the commission who shall be responsible for the implementation and administration of the identification of horses at the associat…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A33. Drugs and medication(a) Action taken by stewards—prohibited medication and drugs.(1) If the stewards shall find that any drug has been administered or attempted to be administered, internally or externally, to a horse befo…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A34. 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-A35. Security(a) Director of security. Every association shall employ a full-time director of security who shall be licensed and who shall pay the fee, if any, required by the act. The duties of the director of security are as …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A36. Jockeys(a) License.(1) Each jockey must obtain a license from the commission.(2) A person who has never ridden in a race before may be allowed to ride in two races before applying for his first jockey or apprentice jockey …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A37. Apprentice jockeys(a) Contracts.(1) Apprentice jockeys shall be bound by all the rules for jockeys, except insofar as said rules may be in conflict with the following specific regulations for apprentices. (2) Apprentice co…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A38. Jockey agent(a) One agent.(1) Every jockey may have one agent and no more. All engagements to ride, other than those for his contract employer, shall be made by his agent. (2) Change of agent. A jockey or apprentice must c…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A39. Valet(a) Association provides valet-attendant. No jockey shall have a valet-attendant other than those provided by the association. (b) Jockey's valet. Any jockey's valet who shall make a bet for himself or place for anoth…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A4. Executive secretary(a) Appointment. The commission shall appoint an executive secretary who shall be a resident of this state at the time of and during the full term of his employment. (b) Powers. The executive secretary sh…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A40. Owners and trainers(a) Registration.(1) Each owner and/or trainer shall register with the racing secretary at each track all of his horses, giving the name, color, sex, age and breeding of each, and present the foal certif…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 12-574-A41. Partnerships(a) Limitation on partnership. A horse may be owned by an individual or by a partnership provided such partnership complies with rule (k) of section 12-574-A9 but no horse shall be entered and run by an owning …

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 …