South Dakota Administrative Code

Rule 20:04:24:71 Right of racing secretary to split overnight race. 20:04:24:71. Right of racing secretary to split overnight race. If a race is declared off because of insufficient entries, the racing secretary may split an overnight race. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1…

Rule 20:04:24:72 Entry in a sweepstakes. 20:04:24:72. Entry in a sweepstakes. An entry of a horse in a sweepstakes is a subscription to the sweepstakes. An entry or subscription may, before the time of closing, be altered or withdrawn. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; …

Rule 20:04:24:73 Requirement of payment of fees before a horse becomes a starter. 20:04:24:73. Requirement of payment of fees before a horse becomes a starter. A horse shall not become a starter for a race unless all stakes or entrance money payable for that race has been paid. S…

Rule 20:04:24:74 Refund of money for a horse prevented from racing. 20:04:24:74. Refund of money for a horse prevented from racing. If a horse is locked in the gate and if the conditions of that race include fees of any kind nominating or starting, such fees shall be returned to …

Rule 20:04:24:75 Liability of nominator for stakes. 20:04:24:75. Liability of nominator for stakes. The nominator is liable for the entrance money or stake, and the death of a horse or a mistake in its entry when eligible does not release the subscriber or transferee from liabili…

Rule 20:04:24:76 Closing of entries. 20:04:24:76. Closing of entries. Entries shall be closed at an advertised time, and no entry accepted thereafter. The racing secretary, however, may postpone closing of overnight races. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred f…

Rule 20:04:24:77 Closing of entries for sweepstakes. 20:04:24:77. Closing of entries for sweepstakes. In the absence of notice to the contrary, entrance and declarations for sweepstakes, which close during or on the eve of a race meeting, close at the office of the racing secreta…

Rule 20:04:24:78 Assignment of positions. 20:04:24:78. Assignment of positions. The stewards or licensed officials appointed by them shall draw all entries and assign post positions for all races. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:07:34.03, 9 SD…

Rule 20:04:24:79 Closing of entries after designated or undesignated hour. 20:04:24:79. Closing of entries after designated or undesignated hour. When an hour for closing is designated, entries and declarations for sweepstakes shall not be received afterwards. If an hour is not d…

Rule 20:04:24:80 Proof of miscarriage of entry required. 20:04:24:80. Proof of miscarriage of entry required. If a miscarriage of an entry or declaration in a stake is alleged satisfactory, proof that it was mailed or telegraphed shall be presented to the board of stewards by clo…

Rule 20:04:24:81 Racing secretary to compile entries. 20:04:24:81. Racing secretary to compile entries. Entries which have closed shall be compiled without delay by the racing secretary and conspicuously posted. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04…

Rule 20:04:24:82 Determining starters and post positions. 20:04:24:82. Determining starters and post positions. If the number of entries to an overnight race is in excess of the number of horses that may, because of track limitations, be permitted to start, the starters for the r…

Rule 20:04:24:83 Limit on the number of competing horses. 20:04:24:83. Limit on the number of competing horses. In stakes races, the number of horses to compete shall be limited to the horses nominated but not more than the number of stalls in the starting gate. No more than eigh…

Rule 20:04:24:84 Scratching a horse from an overnight event. 20:04:24:84. Scratching a horse from an overnight event. A trainer who has entered a horse in an overnight event may scratch his entry from the race at scratch time until there remain in the race only eight interests. I…

Rule 20:04:24:85 A horse sold with engagements. 20:04:24:85. A horse sold with engagements. When a horse is sold with its engagements or any part of them, the seller may not declare it out of any of the engagements. If the horse is sold by private treaty, both parties shall ackno…

Rule 20:04:24:86 Repealed. 20:04:24:86. A horse sold without engagements.Repealed. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:07:55.02, 9 SDR 122, effective March 31, 1983; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; repealed, 23 SDR 126, effective F…

Rule 20:04:24:87 Eligibility requirements of a transferred horse. 20:04:24:87. Eligibility requirements of a transferred horse. If a horse is transferred with its engagements, the horse is not eligible to start in a race unless the transfer of the horse and its engagements are pr…

Rule 20:04:24:88 Penalty for transferring a horse to avoid disqualification. 20:04:24:88. Penalty for transferring a horse to avoid disqualification. If a transfer of a horse or its engagements is made for the purpose of avoiding disqualification, the person making or receiving t…

Rule 20:04:24:89 Naming an entry for a produce race. 20:04:24:89. Naming an entry for a produce race. In naming an entry for a produce race, the produce is entered by specifying the dam and sire or sires. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:08:26,…

Rule 20:04:24:90 Entry of a certain mare void. 20:04:24:90. Entry of a certain mare void. If a mare entered in a produce race drops her foal before January first, if she has a dead foal or more than one foal, or if she is barren, the entry of the mare is void. Source: 5 SDR 87, e…

Rule 20:04:24:91 Return of entrance money. 20:04:24:91. Return of entrance money. Entrance money in a produce race shall be returned if the nominator or transferee notifies the association of proper grounds for voiding an entry in advance of the date specified for notice in the c…

Rule 20:04:24:92 Time for claiming weight allowances. 20:04:24:92. Time for claiming weight allowances. All weight allowance must be claimed at the time of entry. A weight allowance may be waived at the time of entry by the trainer or trainer's designee with the permission of the…

Rule 20:04:24:93 Effect of failure to register a foal. 20:04:24:93. Effect of failure to register a foal. Failure to register a foal shall not exempt the nominator from any liability he may incur under this article. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 2…

Rule 20:04:24:94 Repealed. 20:04:24:94. Release of nominator from liability.Repealed. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:08:31, 9 SDR 122, effective March 31, 1983; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; repealed, 23 SDR 126, effective F…

Rule 20:04:24:95 Effect of insufficient entries in South Dakota bred race. 20:04:24:95. Effect of insufficient entries in South Dakota bred race. If a South Dakota bred race fails to attract sufficient separate qualified entries, the race shall be cancelled. Source: 5 SDR 87, eff…

Rule 20:04:24:96 Purse money added from the breeders fund. 20:04:24:96. Purse money added from the breeders fund. Money added to the purse of each race from the breeders fund shall be approved by the commission, along with the dates of running such races. Source: 5 SDR 87, effect…

Rule 20:04:24:97 State stewards approve conditions of races to which money from breeders fund has been added. 20:04:24:97. State stewards approve conditions of races to which money from breeders fund has been added. The state stewards shall approve the distance provisions, eligib…

Rule 20:04:24:98 Qualification of leased horses. 20:04:24:98. Qualification of leased horses. A leased horse may not participate in a race written for South Dakota owned horses unless both the lessee and lessor meet the conditions required in this chapter. Source: 5 SDR 87, effec…

Rule 20:04:24:99 Fees to be paid before a horse may start. 20:04:24:99. Fees to be paid before a horse may start. No horse may start for a race and no jockey may be weighed out for a horse until the following fees have been paid or guaranteed to the association or the horsemen's …

Rule 20:04:25:00 Types of races. 20:04:25:00. Types of races. The following types of horse races are authorized in South Dakota: (1) "Allowance race," a race in which contestants receive weight allowance based on performance or winnings or both, as stipulated in the conditions of…

Rule 20:04:25:01 No runoff for dead heats. 20:04:25:01. No runoff for dead heats. When two or more horses run a dead heat, the dead heat shall not be run off. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:03:96.01, 9 SDR 122, effective March 31, 1983; 12 SD…

Rule 20:04:25:02 Equal division of purse money. 20:04:25:02. Equal division of purse money. The owners of the horses in a dead heat shall divide equally the purse money involved. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:03:96.02, 9 SDR 122, effective M…

Rule 20:04:25:03 Two winners in a dead heat for first place. 20:04:25:03. Two winners in a dead heat for first place. If a dead heat is for first place, each horse shall be considered a winner of the amount received according to § 20:04:25:02. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15…

Rule 20:04:25:04 Dead heat for second place with an objection for first place. 20:04:25:04. Dead heat for second place with an objection for first place. When a dead heat is run for second place and an objection is made to the winner of the race and sustained, the horses which ra…

Rule 20:04:25:05 Division of money -- Drawing of lots for indivisible prizes. 20:04:25:05. Division of money -- Drawing of lots for indivisible prizes. Owners shall divide equally all moneys and other prizes. If no agreement can be reached as to which of them shall receive a cup,…

Rule 20:04:25:06 Inclusions in winnings. 20:04:25:06. Inclusions in winnings. Winnings during the year shall include all prizes from the first of January preceding to the time appointed for the start and shall apply to all races in any country. Winnings shall include dividing, wa…

Rule 20:04:25:07 Winnings in a walkover. 20:04:25:07. Winnings in a walkover. In a walkover, except in claiming races, one-half of the money offered to the winner shall be paid. The remaining one-half shall be retained by the association. If a walkover is the result of arrangemen…

Rule 20:04:25:08 Awarding of money to walkover winner. 20:04:25:08. Awarding of money to walkover winner.Any prize or money which by the conditions of the race is to go to a horse which should have placed second or in any lower place shall be retained by the association if the wi…

Rule 20:04:25:09 Money refunded in void races. 20:04:25:09. Money refunded in void races. If a race is never run or is void, stakes, forfeits, and entrance money shall be returned. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:03:43, 9 SDR 122, effective Ma…

Rule 20:04:25:10 Void race. 20:04:25:10. Void race. A race may be declared void if no qualified horse covers the course according to rule. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:03:44, 9 SDR 122, effective March 31, 1983; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effe…

Rule 20:04:25:11 Duties of licensee exercising a horse. 20:04:25:11. Duties of licensee exercising a horse. Upon request of an official timer, every commission licensee exercising a horse shall correctly state the distance over which the horse is to be worked and the point on the…

Rule 20:04:25:12 Posting results and photographs. 20:04:25:12. Posting results and photographs. If it is considered advisable to consult a picture from the finish camera, the stewards, without waiting for a picture, shall post the placements that are, in their opinion, unquestion…

Rule 20:04:25:13 Determining the finish by the noses of the horses. 20:04:25:13. Determining the finish by the noses of the horses. In determining the places of the horses at the finish of a race, the stewards shall consider only the relative position of the respective noses of t…

Rule 20:04:25:14 Displaying the official sign. 20:04:25:14. Displaying the official sign. After the jockeys riding the first five horses finish, have been weighed in, and found to have carried the correct weight, the clerk of the scales shall notify the stewards, who shall prompt…

Rule 20:04:25:15 Correcting errors on official sign. 20:04:25:15. Correcting errors on official sign. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the stewards from correcting an error before the display of the official sign or from recalling the official sign if it has …

Rule 20:04:25:16 Identification by the official identifier required. 20:04:25:16. Identification by the official identifier required. No horse may start that has not been fully identified by the official identifier. Responsibility for providing identification rests with the train…

Rule 20:04:25:17 Duties of the identifier. 20:04:25:17. Duties of the identifier. The official identifier shall check all contestants for all races and shall have all horses properly identified. He shall keep a record of all identifying marks on solid colored horses and horses st…