Illinois Administrative Code

Section 1309.100 Conflicting Conditions In the event there are conflicting published conditions, the more favorable to the nominator shall govern.

Section 1309.110 Condition Books Condition books will be prepared by the racing secretary. Such books shall contain at least three days racing programs and be available to horsemen at least 24 hours prior to closing declarations on any race.

Section 1309.120 Races to be Offered In presenting a program of racing, the racing secretary shall use exclusively the following types of races: stakes and futurities, early closing and late closing events, conditioned, claiming and invitational races.

Section 1309.130 Invitational Races a) Invitational races are limited to the fastest horses at the meeting. These may be Free For All races, Junior Free for All, or Invitationals. Horses to be used in such races shall be posted in the racing secretary's office at least 24 hours p…

Section 1309.140 Rejection of Declarations The racing secretary may reject the declaration on any horse whose eligibility certificate was not in his possession on the date the condition book was published. The racing secretary may reject the declaration on any horse whose past pe…

Section 1309.150 Eligibles Posted Names of all horses at the track eligible to race in conditioned races shall be posted by gait in the declaration room, together with all the pertinent information concerning such horse that may be required to determine eligibility of such horse …

Section 1309.160 AGID (Coggins) Test (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 31 Ill. Reg. 16515, effective December 1, 2007)

Section 1309.20 Registration All matters relating to registration of standardbred horses shall be governed by the rules of the United States Trotting Association.

Section 1309.30 Leased Horses Any horse under lease must race in the name of the lessee. No eligibility certificate will be issued to a horse under lease unless a copy of the lease is filed with the United States Trotting Association. Persons violating this rule may be fined, sus…

Section 1309.40 Sale or Lease During Current Year When a horse is sold or leased after an eligibility certificate is issued for the current year, the new owner or lessee may use that certificate if endorsed to him by the United States Trotting Association. If the certificate is n…

Section 1309.50 Tampering With Eligibility Certificate Persons tampering with eligibility certificates may be fined, suspended or expelled and any winnings after such tampering may be ordered forfeited.

Section 1309.60 Corrections on Eligibility Certificates Corrections on eligibility certificates may be made only by a licensed official or a representative of the United States Trotting Association. Persons making corrections shall affix their name and the date to the certificate…

Section 1309.70 Loss or Destruction of Certificate In the event of loss or destruction of an eligibility certificate, a replacement certificate must be secured from the United States Trotting Association.

Section 1309.80 Time Bars Prohibited No time bars or records shall be used as an element of eligibility in the setting of race conditions. The only use may be for the purposes of establishing qualifying standards.

Section 1309.90 Racing Secretary Shall Prescribe Conditions The racing secretary shall prescribe standards to determine whether a horse is qualified to race in overnight events at a meeting.

Section 1311.10 Stakes and Futurities All stake and futurity sponsors shall: a) Annually file a copy of their conditions with this Board and with the USTA. b) Give satisfactory evidence of financial responsibility. A surety bond in the amount of the fund conditioned will be deman…

Section 1311.20 Announcement of Events Sponsors shall announce the week and place of any event as soon as racing dates for the year are allocated by the Board.

Section 1311.30 Failure to Make Payments Failure to make any payment required by the conditions constitutes an automatic withdrawal from the event.

Section 1311.40 Refund of Nomination Fees In the event that a mare nominated to a futurity fails to have a live foal, the nominator shall receive a return on his payment upon notification by December 1st of the year the foaling failed, providing such return is called for in the c…

Section 1312.10 Entries a) All entries shall be made on forms prescribed by the Board, and all information required on such forms shall be supplied. b) Entry forms shall be filled out in ink and shall be signed by the owner or his authorized agent, provided that entries may be ma…

Section 1312.100 Early Closing and Late Closing Events a) The sponsor shall state the place and date of the event to be raced and no change in date, program, events or conditions can be made after the nominations have been taken without the written consent of the steward and owne…

Section 1312.110 Subsequent Payments If subsequent payments are required, a complete list of those making the payment shall be made within 15 days after the payment was due and the list mailed to each nominator, the Board and the United States Trotting Association.

Section 1312.120 Trust Funds All fees paid in added money, early closing events shall be segregated and held as trust funds until the event is contested. If the event is cancelled, all fees and trust fund income shall be refunded.

Section 1312.130 Stable Space Tracks accepting nominations to early closing and late closing races, stakes and futurities will give stable space to any horse nominated and eligible to such event the day before, the day of, and the day after such race.

Section 1312.140 Limitation on Conditions No conditions of early closing or late closing events shall be used to eliminate horses nominated to an event or to add horses that have not been nominated to an event by reason of the performance of such horses at an earlier meeting held…

Section 1312.150 Penalties Any official or track that fails to comply with any provisions of this rule will be fined, suspended or expelled, unless otherwise provided.

Section 1312.160 Excess Entry Fees When entry fees exceed 85 per cent of the advertised purse value, such excess entry fees shall be added to the advertised purse. Where the race is split into divisions, each division shall have a purse value of not less than 75 per cent of the a…

Section 1312.170 Entries and Starters Required a) Tracks must specify how many entries are required for overnight events and after the condition is fulfilled, the event must be contested except when declared off as provided. b) In early closing or late closing events, if five or …

Section 1312.180 Elimination Heats a) In any race where the number of horses declared in to start exceeds 12 on a half-mile track or 16 on a larger track, the race, at the option of the track conducting same stated before positions are drawn, may be raced in elimination heats. No…

Section 1312.190 Elimination Plans a) Whenever elimination heats are required, or specified in the published conditions such race shall be raced in the following manner unless conducted under another section of this rule. The field shall be divided by lot and the first division s…

Section 1312.20 Penalties The penalty for noncompliance with any of the above requirements is a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $50 for each offense. If the facts are falsely stated for the purpose of deception, the guilty party shall be fined and/or suspended or expelled.

Section 1312.200 Overnight Events Not more than 10 horses shall be allowed to start. No horse shall be entered in more than one event on the same program except where the conditions of the race provide that it shall be contested in two or more heats or dashes. (Source: Amended at…

Section 1312.210 Entry Box and Drawing of Horses a) The entry box shall be opened by the state steward, or his designated representative, at the advertised time. The state steward will be responsible to see that at least one horseman or an official representative of the horsemen …

Section 1312.220 Substitute Races Substitute races may be provided for each day's program and shall be so designated. A substitute race shall be used only if regularly scheduled races fail to fill. Entries in all races shall be posted.

Section 1312.230 Drivers a) Declarations shall state who will drive the horse and give the driver's colors. Drivers must be named at the time prescribed by the presiding judge at a meeting. b) After being named, no driver shall be changed except by permission of the judges. When …

Section 1312.240 Declaration and Withdrawing After declaration to start has been made, no horse shall be drawn except by permission of the judges. A fine not to exceed $500, or suspension, may be imposed for drawing a horse without permission, the penalty to apply to both the hor…

Section 1312.250 Qualifying Races At all extended pari-mutuel meetings, declarations for overnight events shall be governed by the following: a) A horse that has not raced previously at the gait chosen must go a qualifying race under the supervision of a presiding judge or associ…

Section 1312.260 Entry or Coupling (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 39 Ill. Reg. 11844, effective August 10, 2015)

Section 1312.265 Uncoupled Entries Two or more horses owned wholly, or in part, by the same person or persons, shall be uncoupled wagering interests in any race. A wager on one horse in the "entry" shall be a wager on all horses in the "entry". If a race is split in two or more d…

Section 1312.270 Husband-Wife Entries In case of husband and wife, no entry shall be received from husband or wife while either is disqualified. Husband and wife, unless legally separated shall be considered a single entity. Any ruling which applies to one shall apply equally to …

Section 1312.280 Also Eligibles Not more than two horses may be drawn as also eligibles for a race and their positions shall be drawn along with the starters in the race. In the event one or more horses are excused by the judges, the also eligible horse or horses shall race and t…

Section 1312.290 Preference a) Preference shall be given in all overnight events according to a horse's last previous purse race during the current year. The preference date on a horse that has drawn to race and then scratched is the date of the race from which he was scratched. …

Section 1312.30 Sale of Horse With Entrance Due If any person shall sell a horse to be free and clear and it appears thereafter that payments were due or to become due in races of any description and for which suspension has been or is subsequently ordered, such seller shall be h…

Section 1312.300 Stewards' List a) A horse that has been placed on the stewards' list at an extended meeting for the reason that it is a dangerous or unmanageable horse, shall not be thereafter accepted as an entry unless removed from said stewards' list by the presiding judge an…

Section 1312.310 Medical Reasons for Ineligibility A trainer or owner shall not enter or start or cause to be entered or started, a horse which: a) is not in serviceable, sound racing condition, b) is a known bleeder, c) has been trachea tubed, d) has been nerved or had cryosurge…

Section 1312.40 Receipt of Entries a) All entries and payments, except in overnight events, not actually received at the hour of closing shall be ineligible, except 1) entries and payments by letter bearing postmark not later than the following day (omitting Sunday); or 2) entrie…

Section 1312.50 Postage Meter Where an entry is received by letter bearing a postage meter date without any postmark by the Post Office, such postage meter date shall be considered to be a postmark for the purposes of this rule if the letter is actually received within seven days…

Section 1312.55 Limitation on Purse Increases or Reductions a) No purse for any race may be increased or reduced after the purse has been advertised, published or reflected in the conditions without prior approval of the Executive Director of the Board. If approved, the Racing Se…

Section 1312.60 Deviation From Published Conditions All entries and payments not governed by published conditions shall be void and any proposed deviation from such published conditions shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $50 for each offense. Any nominator who is allowed p…

Section 1312.70 When Ineligible Horse Races a) Nominators are required to guarantee the identity and eligibility of their entries and declarations. If given incorrectly, the nominator may be fined, suspended or excluded. When imposing penalties, the stewards shall consider all re…