New Hampshire Administrative Code

"Lock-out kennel" means a secure facility within the paddock used to temporarily house entered greyhounds prior to their participation in a race performance. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.28 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Lure" means a mechanical device designed to entice a greyhound around the course. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.29 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Maiden" means a greyhound that has never won a purse race on any racing premises regulated by the commission or recognized by the National Greyhound Association. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.30 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Muzzle" means a piece of equipment covering the nose of a greyhound. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.31 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"National Greyhound Association (NGA)" means a national organization registering purebred greyhounds, issuing certificates of registration, regulating the activities of its membership, and promoting greyhound racing. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.32 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (former…

"Nomination" means the initial request of a kennel operator, owner or trainer that a specific greyhound be entered in a stakes race. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.33 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"No race" means a race, whether completed or not, voided by the board. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.34 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Numbered blanket" means the covering for a greyhound on which the greyhound's post position number is displayed. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.35 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Objection" means a grievance relating to a race claimed by a kennel operator or a trainer. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.36 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Occupational licensee" means an individual licensed by the commission pursuant to RSA 284:18-a. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.37 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Official schooling race" means a trial race run in the presence of racing officials and on which pari-mutuel wagering is prohibited. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.38 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Owner" means an individual or entity possessing all or part of the legal title to a greyhound. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.39 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Paddock" means the building and associated enclosure where the greyhounds entered in a race are held before the beginning of the race. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.40 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Pari-mutuel wagering" means a form of betting on the outcome of a race in which all bets are pooled and held by a licensee for distribution of the total sum of the bets, less any deductions authorized by law, to holders of winning tickets. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.41 #7…

"Past performance line" means a description of the performance of a greyhound in a single race. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.42 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Photo finish device" means a camera which takes still images of the finish of races on videotape, computer disc or film. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.43 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Photo image" means the image produced by a photo finish device. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.44 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Post position" means the position assigned to a greyhound for the start of the race. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.45 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Purse" means the cash amount for which a race is contested. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.46 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Purse race" means a race run in the presence of racing officials and on which there is pari-mutuel wagering. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.47 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Qualify" means meet the conditions for entry of greyhounds into purse races set by a licensee pursuant to Pari 802.02(a). Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.48 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Race" means a single running contest among greyhounds. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.49 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Race performance" means a group of races run consecutively and published in a single official program described in Pari 503.20. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.50 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Racing meet" means the total of all races conducted by a licensee during the period of validity of the license issued by the commission to the licensee. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.51 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Racing premises" means all real property utilized by a licensee in the conduct of its racing meet, including the course, grandstand, concession stands, offices, areas for the housing and management of animals, employee housing facilities, if any, and parking lots. Notes N.H. Adm…

"Racing official" means an employee of a licensee as set forth in Pari 803.01. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.53 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Random testing" means testing for foreign substances in greyhounds: (a) Without a belief that an individual greyhound has them in its body; and (b) Carried out in a manner to insure that all greyhounds on the racing premises have an equal probability of being selected for testin…

"Reasonable suspicion testing" means the testing of a greyhound for foreign substances on the basis of: (a) Discovery of foreign substances in greyhounds of the same kennel; or (b) A report that someone has had the opportunity to administer or apply a foreign substance to the gre…

"Restricted area" means that part of the racing premises to which access is limited in accordance with these rules. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.56 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Scratch" means the act of removing an entered greyhound from a race after the drawing for the post positions in that race has been completed. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.57 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Stakes race" means a race specifically designated as an added money race. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.58 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Start" means the leaving of a greyhound from the starting box at the beginning of a race. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.59 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Starting box" means an enclosure which confines greyhounds until the opening of its door permits the greyhounds to begin running the course. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.60 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Test area" means the location on the racing premises in which the testing of greyhounds for foreign substances takes place. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.61 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Totalisator" means a computer which records and tallies bets and computes odds and payoffs. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.62 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Totalisator company" means a company which, under contract with a licensee, rents to the licensee a totalisator and operates it. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.63 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Trainer of record" means the chief trainer employed by a kennel operator employing more than one trainer, the sole trainer employed by a kennel operator employing only one trainer, or a person so designated by the owner of the greyhound. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.64 #782…

"Veterinarian's list" means a list maintained by the commission veterinarian of greyhounds scratched by the board or withdrawn by the trainer of record for reasons of unfitness to race. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.65 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Weigh-in" means use of a scale to determine the weight of a greyhound immediately prior to placement in the lock-out kennel. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.66 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Weigh-out" means use of a scale to determine the weight of a greyhound immediately prior to post time. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.67 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

"Withdrawal" means the removal of an entered greyhound from a race before the drawing for the post positions in that race has been completed. Notes N.H. Admin. Code § Pari 801.68 #7820, eff 1-11-03 (formerly Chapter Pari 500)

Licensees shall: (a) Comply with Pari 503; (b) Submit to the commission the names of all racing officials at the time of their employment but no later than 60 days prior to the first day of the racing meet; (c) Take such measures as are needed to maintain the security of the grey…

(a) Licensees shall set the conditions for qualifying greyhounds for entry into purse races. (b) The qualifying conditions shall be a set of requirements that the greyhounds: (1) Run a course of a specified distance in a specified time period; or (2) Complete the race in a specif…

(a) The official racing program shall:(1) Be produced each day on which racing takes place; (2) Contain the information required by Pari 502.20(b); (3) Contain the following information for each race:a. The grade of the race assigned by the racing secretary; b. The distance of th…

(a) Licensees shall provide and maintain the facilities required by Pari 500. (b) In addition, licensees shall provide and maintain in good working order: (1) The lure used on the course; (2) An accurate scale for the weighing of greyhounds; and (3) Starting boxes. (c) Licensees …

Upon the recommendation of the board or on its own initiative the commission shall, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, eject and exclude from the racing premises any individual licensed by the commission who: (a) Is subject to pari-mutuel racing regulation in a foreign o…

The officials of a greyhound racing meet shall be: (a) The director of racing; (b) The judges; (c) The racing secretary; (d) The lure operator; (e) The chart writer; (f) The announcer; (g) The clerk of scales; (h) The paddock judge; (i) The patrol judge; (j) The race starter and …