Illinois Administrative Code

Section 510.240 Claiming Authorization a) The board or its appointed representatives shall issue a claiming authorization to any person who makes application therefor on forms prescribed for that purpose and who: 1) meets all requirements for the issuance of an owner's license, e…

Section 510.250 Claiming Price a) For a period of 30 days after the claim of a thoroughbred horse, the horse may race for the same claiming price or higher than the price at which it was claimed. The horse is eligible to run back for a lesser price on the 31st day after the claim…

Section 510.260 Option to Declare Horse Ineligible to be Claimed At the time of entry into a claiming race, the owner, or the trainer acting under authorization from the owner, may opt to declare a horse ineligible to be claimed provided that: a) the horse has not been an officia…

Section 510.270 Voidable Claims-Harness a) A claim shall be voided if a horse is an official starter and the horse: 1) Dies on the racetrack; or 2) Suffers an injury which requires euthanasia of the horse, as determined by a State veterinarian, while the horse is on the racetrack…

Section 510.30 Form and Deposit of Claim a) All claims shall be made in writing on a form provided by the Board. Claims shall be signed and sealed in an envelope having no identification mark except: 1) the name of the track; 2) the number of the race from which the claim is bein…

Section 510.40 Errors which Invalidate Claim a) A claim is invalid if: 1) the claimant named on the claim form does not meet one of the three criteria for eligibility specified in Section 510.20; or 2) the claim form is not deposited 10 minutes or more before the thoroughbred pos…

Section 510.50 Refund of Voided Claim When a claim has been voided by the stewards, the horse claimed shall be returned to the original owner who, in turn, shall refund all claim monies to the unsuccessful claimant.

Section 510.60 Prohibited Action with Respect to Claim No person or racing interest shall: a) claim more than one horse from any one race; b) claim their own horse or cause such horse to be claimed, directly or indirectly, for their own account; c) refuse to deliver the claimed h…

Section 510.70 Horses under Lien No person or persons shall enter, or allow to be entered, any horse against which any claim is held, either by mortgage, or lien of any kind without, prior to entering, having filed the written consent of the holder of the mortgage or lien with th…

Section 510.80 Affadavit May be Required Whenever the stewards have reasonable doubt about the validity of a claim, they shall require a claimant to execute an affidavit stating that the claimant is claiming the horse for the claimant's own account or as an authorized agent, and …

Section 510.90 Claimant's Responsibility Determination of the true age and sex of a claimed horse shall be the sole responsibility of the claimant, and mistakes in that regard printed in the official program or elsewhere shall not be considered a basis for invalidating the claim.

Section 603.10 Pre-Race Saliva Tests a) The stewards may require that any horse entered to race submit to a pre-race saliva test. b) If the pre-race saliva test is positive for a foreign substance, other than those substances authorized for use by Section 603.60 or 603.70, the su…

Section 603.100 Detention Barn Every organization licensee shall provide a detention barn where test samples shall be taken under the supervision of the State Veterinarian. The detention barn shall satisfy standards prescribed by the State Veterinarian and shall be approved by th…

Section 603.110 Test Samples a) The winning horse in every race and any other horse or horses selected at the discretion of the stewards shall have taken from it test samples. b) Any person having the care, custody, and/or control of any horse who shall refuse to submit such hors…

Section 603.120 Referee Samples a) For each horse tested, one portion of the test sample (hereinafter referred to as the "referee sample") shall be preserved by the laboratory. The referee sample shall be available for testing at the request of the owner, trainer or other person …

Section 603.130 Laboratory Findings and Reports a) If the laboratory determines that a foreign substance, or any metabolite thereof, is a constituent in a test sample, the laboratory shall report such determination to the Executive Director of the Board, the stewards and to the S…

Section 603.140 Distribution of Purses a) The Board recognizes that occasionally post-race specimens do not reach the laboratory within 72 hours nor can all samples be thoroughly analyzed within 72 hours. However, as a convenience to horsemen, all purse money shall be distributed…

Section 603.150 Post Mortems a) Every horse which suffers a breakdown on the race track in training or in competition and is destroyed, and every other horse which expires while stabled on the race track under the jurisdiction of the Board, shall undergo post-mortem examination a…

Section 603.160 Penalties a) Any person who administers or conspires to administer any foreign substance to any horse in violation of this Part shall be subject to a fine and/or license suspension or revocation and the purse money won may be redistributed. b) Penalties for violat…

Section 603.170 Veterinarian's Records a) All veterinarians licensed by the Board shall maintain records which accurately reflect: all purchases of medication, name of each horse treated, date of the treatment, method of administration, and prescription of medication and name of …

Section 603.180 Carbon Dioxide Tests a) The Board recognizes that an excess level of total carbon dioxide (TCO2) in the race horse is considered adverse to the best interests of racing and adverse to the best interest of the horse in that such condition alters its normal physiolo…

Section 603.190 Erythropoietin and Darbepoietin Antibody Testing Program A finding by the Illinois Racing Board Equine Testing Laboratory, or other Board-approved laboratory, that a pre-race or post-race sample taken from a horse entered to start in a race has high titers of anti…

Section 603.20 Racing Soundness Exam Every horse entered to race shall be subjected to a racing soundness exam on race day conducted by an official veterinarian. The State veterinarian shall keep or cause to be kept a continuing health and racing soundness record of each horse ex…

Section 603.200 Out of Competition Testing a) Any horse on the grounds of a racetrack under the jurisdiction of the Board, or stabled off-track, while under the care or control of a trainer or owner licensed by the Board, is subject to testing for blood and/or gene doping agents,…

Section 603.210 Androgenic-Anabolic Steroids (AAS) a) No AAS shall be permitted in test samples collected from racing horses except for endogenous concentrations of the naturally occurring substances nandrolone, boldenone and testosterone at concentrations less than the threshold…

Section 603.30 Foreign Substances and Pharmaceutical Aids Banned a) Except as provided in Sections 603.60 and 603.70, no horse participating in a race, or entered to participate in a race and not scratched by the day of the race, shall carry in its body any foreign substance. b) …

Section 603.40 Twenty-four Hour Ban Except as provided in Section 603.70: a) No substance shall be administered to a horse entered to race by hypodermic injection within 24 hours prior to the scheduled post time for the race in which the horse is entered. b) No foreign substance …

Section 603.50 Trainer Responsibility a) Each trainer has the duty to guard or cause to be guarded each horse trained by him/her in such a manner as to prevent any person, including his/her veterinarian, from administering to such horse any foreign substance in violation of this …

Section 603.55 Prima Facie Evidence A determination by the laboratory of the presence of a foreign substance in a test sample shall constitute prima facie evidence that the trainer has violated Section 603.30(c) or has failed in the duties specified in this Part. (Source: Added a…

Section 603.60 Permitted Use of Foreign Substances and Threshold Levels a) Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatories (NSAID): Threshold Levels 1) Only one non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) may be present in a horse's body while it is participating in a race. The presence of mo…

Section 603.70 Furosemide a) The Board recognizes that Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage (EIPH) is almost universal in performance horses. The Board also recognizes that the diuretic furosemide is helpful in the management of the EIPH syndrome, this includes horses that alrea…

Section 603.75 Environmental Contaminants The following drugs are recognized as substances that unavoidably become part of the food supply or environment of the horse, or are recognized as substances of human use and addiction and that could be found in the horse due to its close…

Section 603.80 Needles, Syringes and Injectables a) No person, except a veterinarian, shall have in his possession, within any race track enclosure, any hypodermic syringe, needle or any other instrument capable of being used for the injection of any chemical substance into any h…

Section 603.90 Drugs, Chemicals and Prescription Items a) No veterinarian or any other person shall have in his or her possession or administer to any horse within any race track enclosure any chemical substance that: 1) has not been approved for use on equines by the Food and Dr…

Section 605.10 State Veterinarian and Veterinarian's List a) The State Veterinarian shall report to the Stewards all examinations and inspections of any horse or premises under the jurisdiction of the Board. b) The State Veterinarian shall establish procedures, relative to this P…

Section 605.100 Pest Control and Clean Equipment a) The race track operator shall maintain systematic, effective control against flies, mosquitoes, other insects and rats at all times during a meeting. Horses must be stabled in individual box stalls with appropriate feeding and w…

Section 605.20 Report Deceased and Sick Horses a) The attending veterinarian and the trainer shall report immediately to the State Veterinerian: 1) Castrations, neurectomies, and all major surgical procedures. 2) Contagious and "exotic" appearing diseases. 3) Deceased horses. 4) …

Section 605.30 Observe Sanitary, Safety, Humane Rules A trainer shall see to it that the stables and immediate surrounding area assigned to him or her are sanitary at all times and that the humane laws of the State of Illinois are observed, and that the fire prevention rules (esp…

Section 605.40 Valid Health Certificate A certificate of veterinary inspection and entry permit are not required for Illinois equine. Illinois equine traveling out of the State, for 30 consecutive days or less, on an Illinois certificate of veterinary inspection are not required …

Section 605.50 Coggins Test Horses racing in Illinois must have a negative ELISA test (Coggins test) for equine infectious anemia (EIA) done at least once every 12 months. A current negative test certificate from a laboratory, approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, must …

Section 605.60 Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) All horses, including ponies, entering or stabling on the grounds of any pari-mutuel racetrack in Illinois shall have documented proof of EHV-1 vaccination administered within the prior 180 days. No entries shall be accepted by the Racing…

Section 605.70 Sterile Equipment and Disposable Needles a) Veterinarians practicing on a race track where a race meet is in progress or imminent shall use one time disposable needles and shall dispose of them in an approved manner. All types of instruments used on horses, includi…

Section 605.80 Bandages The paddock judge or paddock veterinarian shall inspect bandages just prior to the participation in a race of the horse on which they are used. The judge or veterinarian may order removal and replacement of bandages if they see fit to do so. Any circumstan…

Section 605.90 Humane Treatment of Horses No licensee or other person under the jurisdiction of the Board shall alone, or in collaboration with another person: a) subject or permit any animal under his/her control, custody or supervision to be subjected to or to incur any form of…

Section 719.10 Optional Claiming Races (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 24 Ill. Reg. 12728, effective August 1, 2000)

Section 719.20 Starter Allowance Races A starter allowance race is a race based upon a horse having previously started for a specified claiming price. The Racing Secretary may establish other conditions, such as a qualifying date, for a starter allowance race.

Section 720.10 Definitions "Off-track stabling" means any farm, any Illinois race track not licensed by the Board in the current calendar year, or any other location designated and approved for the purpose of stabling horses to be raced at a race track under the jurisdiction of t…

Section 720.100 Participation in Races No horse shall be permitted to enter any pari-mutuel event unless stabled at a Board licensed facility. (Source: Added at 15 Ill. Reg. 5755, effective April 4, 1991)

Section 720.20 Filing for Permission to Operate Permission to operate an off-track stabling facility shall be obtained by first filing at the Board's central office an application in a form prescribed by the Board.

Section 720.30 Time Limitation Approval of off-track stabling shall be applicable for one calendar year and must be renewed each year.