Illinois Administrative Code

Section 510.10 Definition as used in Part 510, a "claimant" is a person or racing interest meeting one of the three criteria for eligibility specified in Section 510.20. (Source: Amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 2064, effective January 21, 1994)

Section 510.100 Claimed Horse's Certificate The foal certificate or eligibility papers of a claimed horse shall remain in the custody of the racing secretary's staff until the new owner removes the horse from the track.

Section 510.110 Engagements of a Claimed Horse The stakes engagements of a claimed horse pass automatically with the horse to the claimant.

Section 510.120 Protests of a Claim A protest of a claim shall be submitted in writing to the stewards not later than the day after the race was run. The stewards shall investigate the protest. (Source: Amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 2064, effective January 21, 1994)

Section 510.130 Title to a Claimed Horse a) Title to a claimed horse shall be vested in the successful claimant from the time the horse becomes a starter. b) Said claimant shall then become the owner of the horse irrespective of its physical condition during or after the race. (S…

Section 510.140 Distribution of the Purse On the day claimed, a claimed horse shall run in the interest of and for the account of the owner from whom the horse was claimed.

Section 510.150 Delivery of a Claimed Horse After the race, a claimed horse shall be delivered by the original owner to the claimant upon presentation of a written authorization from the racing secretary's office. (Source: Amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 2064, effective January 21, 1994)

Section 510.160 Trainer Responsibility for Post-Race Tests A trainer, whose horse has been claimed and is designated for post-race testing, remains responsible for the claimed horse until after collection of the blood and/or urine specimens at the detention barn where delivery sh…

Section 510.170 Excusing Claimed Horse If a horse is excused by the stewards or is declared a non-starter, any claim for the horse is void. However, in harness racing such a horse, in its next start, must race in a claiming race for the same price or less. This rule shall apply f…

Section 510.180 Stable Eliminated by Fire or Other Hazard If all horses owned by a licensed stable are destroyed by fire or other hazard, such stable shall have claiming privileges under provisions of the claiming authorization as specified under Section 510.240. (Source: Amended…

Section 510.195 Determining Eligibility Dates To determine the date when a claimed horse is eligible to race at a different location pursuant to Section 510.200 of this Part or may be sold or transferred pursuant to Section 510.210 of this Part, the counting of days shall begin o…

Section 510.20 Claiming Eligibility In a claiming race any horse may be claimed for its entered price by: a) a licensed owner or the owner's authorized agent; b) a licensed racing interest or its authorized agent; or c) any person who has established eligibility to claim by filin…

Section 510.200 Claimed Horse Racing Elsewhere a) A standardbred horse claimed out of a claiming race is not eligible to race in any state other than Illinois for a period of 60 days from the date of the claim, or until a date following which there is no standardbred race meet sc…

Section 510.210 Sale of a Claimed Horse a) For harness racing, no horse claimed in a claiming race shall be sold or transferred wholly or in part to anyone within 60 days after the day is was claimed, except in another claiming race. b) For thoroughbred racing, no horse claimed i…

Section 510.220 Illinois Rules Govern Claimed Horse When a horse is claimed at a recognized meeting governed by other rules of racing, Illinois shall recognize title to the horse under the rules of the meeting at which the claim was made. However, while racing in Illinois, such a…

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…