Illinois Administrative Code

Section 1318.190 Open Stretch Racing a) With approval of the Board, a track may extend the width of its homestretch up to 10 feet inward in relation to the width of the rest of the racetrack. The criteria for Board approval shall include, but not be limited to, the size of the ra…

Section 1318.20 Complaints a) All complaints by drivers of any foul driving or other misconduct during a heat or dash must be made at the termination thereof, unless the driver is prevented from doing so by an accident or injury. At the conclusion of each heat or dash, every driv…

Section 1318.30 Disqualification of Entries a) If two or more horses are coupled in the betting as an entry and one or more of them is guilty of interference or is disqualified for violation of any portion of this Part (11 Ill. Adm. Code 1318), the other horse coupled as an entry…

Section 1318.40 Penalties In the case of interference, collision, or violation of any part of this rule, the offending horse may be placed behind all the unoffending horses in that heat or dash, and in the event such collision or interference prevents any horse from finishing the…

Section 1318.50 Unsatisfactory Driving a) Every heat in a race must be contested by every horse in the race and every horse must be driven to the finish. If the judges believe that a horse is being driven, or has been driven with the design to prevent his winning a heat or dash w…

Section 1318.60 Driver Substitution If in the opinion of the judges, a driver is for any reason unfit or incompetent to drive or refuses to comply with the directions of the judges, or is reckless in his conduct and endangers the safety of horses or other drivers in the race, he …

Section 1318.70 Failure to Finish If for any cause other than being interfered with, or broken equipment, a horse fails to finish after starting in a heat, that horse shall be ruled out.

Section 1318.80 Improper Conduct Loud shouting or other improper conduct is forbidden in a race. After the word "go" is given, both feet must be kept in the stirrups until after the finish of the race. Drivers must have both feet in the stirrups when horses are parading to the po…

Section 1318.90 Use of the Whip a) Drivers will be allowed whips not to exceed 4 feet in total length plus a snapper not longer than 6 inches. All whips are subject to inspection and measurement by the Board. Whips shall not be modified and snappers shall not be knotted. b) Whipp…

Section 1319.10 Placing Unless otherwise provided in the conditions, all purses shall be distributed on the dash basis with the money awarded according to a horse's position in each separate race or heat of a race.

Section 1319.20 Money Distribution a) Unless otherwise specified in the conditions, the money distribution in dashes shall be 50 per cent, 25 per cent, 12 per cent, 8 per cent and 5 per cent. In early closing events, late closing events or added money events, if there are less th…

Section 1320.10 Improper Conduct No owner, trainer, driver, attendant of a horse, or any other person shall use improper language to an official, or be guilty of any improper conduct toward such officers or judges or persons serving under their orders, such improper language or c…

Section 1320.100 Association with Undesirables No owner, driver, trainer, groom, attendant or any other person having charge of or access to any horse shall at any time associate with, consort with or in any manner communicate with any known bookmaker, tout or persons of similar …

Section 1320.110 Bookmaking Anyone guilty of making a handbook on the grounds of any race track operator shall be ejected from the grounds, and denied further admission thereto, and any owner, driver, or other person interested in any horse or horses at said meeting, who shall be…

Section 1320.120 Solicitation of Wagers If any trainer, driver, stable employee or other person solicits bets from the public by correspondence or other methods, to be made on the horses in any stable, or passes information to outsiders for betting purposes, such person or person…

Section 1320.130 Betting By Board Employees Any person appointed or approved by the Board is prohibited from betting or having anyone bet for him. Employees violating this rule shall be removed from their positions.

Section 1320.20 Assault and/or Battery No licensee on organization grounds shall commit an assault or battery. (Source: Amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 17751, effective November 28, 1994)

Section 1320.30 Conspiracy Not to Race If any owner, trainer, or driver of a horse shall threaten or join with others in threatening not to race, or not to declare in, because of the entry of a certain horse or horses, or a particular stable, thereby compelling or trying to compe…

Section 1320.40 Demand Special Rewards No owner, agent or driver who has entered a horse shall thereafter demand of the track a bonus of money or other special award or consideration as a condition for starting the horse.

Section 1320.50 Betting On Starters No owner, trainer, driver, agent, employee or attendant shall bet or cause any other person to bet on his behalf on any other horse in any race in which a horse owned, trained, or driven or in which he in any way represents or handles is a star…

Section 1320.60 Fraudulent Proposals If any person under the jurisdiction or control of the Board is approached with any offer or promise of a bribe, or with a request or a suggestion for a bribe, or for any improper, corrupt or fraudulent act or practice in relation to a race or…

Section 1320.70 Acts Injurious to Racing Any misconduct on the part of a race track operator or participant, fraudulent in its nature or injurious to the character of the turf, although not specified in these rules, is forbidden. Any person or persons who individually or in conce…

Section 1320.80 Conspiracy to Violate Rules If two or more persons shall combine and confederate together in any manner, regardless of where the said persons may be located, for the purpose of violating any of these rules and shall commit some act in furtherance of the said purpo…

Section 1320.90 Sworn Oaths In any case where an oath is administered by judges, or a representative of this Board under the Rules and Regulations, or a Notary Public, or any other person legally authorized to administer oaths, if the party knowingly swears falsely or withholds i…

Section 1322.10 Suspension Until Paid All persons who shall have been fined under these Rules and Regulations shall be suspended until said fine shall have been paid in full.

Section 1322.20 Fines and Penalties Recorded All fines and other penalties imposed by the judges or starter on any person or horse on the grounds of a track shall be recorded in the judges' book. Written or printed notice thereof shall be delivered to the person penalized; notice…

Section 1322.30 Definition of Suspension Whenever the penalty of suspension is prescribed in these rules, it shall be construed to mean an unconditional exclusion and disqualification from the time of receipt of written notice of suspension from privileges and uses of the course …

Section 1322.40 No Right to Compete No horse shall have the right to compete while owned or controlled wholly or in part by a suspended, expelled, disqualified or excluded person. An entry made by or for a person or of a horse suspended, expelled or disqualified, shall be held li…

Section 1322.50 Fraudulent Transfer The fraudulent transfer of a horse by any person or persons under suspension in order to circumvent said suspension, shall constitute a violation.

Section 1322.60 Track Enforcement of Penalties Any track wilfully allowing a suspended, disqualified or excluded person to drive in a race, or a suspended or disqualified horse to start in a race or a performance against time, after notice, shall be, together with its officers, s…

Section 1322.70 Use of Track Grounds Any track wilfully allowing the use of its grounds by an expelled or unconditionally suspended person or horse shall be, together with its officers, subject to a fine not exceeding $500 for each offense or suspension of license.

Section 1322.80 Exclusion Whenever a person is excluded from a pari-mutuel track by the track, this Board and the United States Trotting Association shall be notified.

Section 1322.90 Track Officers An expelled, suspended, disqualified or excluded person cannot act as an officer of a track. A track shall not, after notice from the Board, employ or retain in its employ an expelled, suspended, disqualified or excluded person. Any track found viol…

Section 1323.10 Protests Protests may be made only by an owner, manager, trainer or driver of one of the contending horses, at any time before the winnings are paid over, and shall be reduced to writing and sworn to, and shall contain at least one specific charge which, if true, …

Section 1323.100 Suspension of Judge Any judge may be suspended for refusal to accept a protest or appeal or for refusing to act as witness for a person seeking to swear to a protest or appeal.

Section 1323.20 Testify Under Oath The judges shall in every case of protest demand that the driver and the owner or owners, if present, shall immediately testify under oath. In case of their refusal to do so, the horse shall not be allowed to start or continue in the race, but s…

Section 1323.30 Race Under Protest Unless the stewards find satisfactory evidence to warrant excluding the horse, they shall allow it to start or continue in the race under protest and the purse, if any is won by that horse, shall be held by order of the Stewards to allow the par…

Section 1323.40 Frivolous Claim Any person found guilty of protesting a horse falsely and without cause or merely with intent to embarrass a race, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $100 or by suspension or expulsion.

Section 1323.60 Change in Penalties The Board may vacate, modify or increase any penalty imposed by the judges. In the event an appellant fails to appear at the hearing on his appeal without good cause, he may be fined not to exceed $100 or a suspension not to exceed 30 days to b…

Section 1323.70 Distribution of Pools Nothing herein contained shall affect the distribution of the pari-mutuel pools when such distribution is made upon the official placing at the conclusion of the heat or race.

Section 1323.90 Purse Held In case of an appeal or protest, the purse money affected will be ordered held pending the decision of the appeal or protest. (Source: Amended at 5 Ill. Reg. 1498, February 13, 1981, effective February 2, 1981)

Section 1325.10 Stable Enclosures Fenced All stable enclosures must be properly fenced and all race track operators shall control entries and departures to said area. A watchman shall grant entry only to those persons properly identified. A record shall be kept of all visitors la…

Section 1325.110 Credential and Ticket Specimens a) The operator shall require each printer or other supplier to file with the Board certified copies of all manifests, showing serial number and the various types of admission tickets and credentials, including tax exempt and taxab…

Section 1325.120 Tax Exempt Credentials a) The racing secretary shall issue tax exempt credentials of admissions only to those persons showing a current license or receipt therefore, and such others as may be authorized by the secretary of the Board. b) Designated employees and o…

Section 1325.140 Track Responsible for Credentials a) The operator and his duly appointed issuing agents and/or employees issuing tax exempt credentials in behalf of the Board shall be held accountable for all tax exempt tickets and credentials received, issued, voided and on han…

Section 1325.150 Board Access to Records a) Representatives of the Board shall have access to all payrolls and other supporting evidence to verify the eligibility of all holders of tax exempt tickets and/or credentials. b) The operator shall be subject to the payment of 40 cents …

Section 1325.160 Turnstiles and Electronic Scanning Devices All gates for the admission of patrons shall have turnstiles equipped with meters or electronic scanning devices, and the turnstiles or electronic scanning devices must be numbered consecutively or have other means of in…