Minn. R. agency 178, ch. 7884, pt. 7884.0130

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 24, December 9, 2024

Part 7884.0130 - PREFERENCE SYSTEM

Subpart 1.Association to establish preference system.

Each association shall establish a preference system giving preference dates to horses in all overnight events in accordance with the date of the horse's last previous start in a purse race during the current year as its preference date with the following exceptions:

A. The preference date on a horse that has drawn to race and has been scratched is the date of the race from which scratched.

B. When a horse is racing for the first time in the current year, the date of the first declaration into a purse race shall be considered its preference race.

C. Wherever horses have equal preference in a race, the actual preference of the horses in relation to one another shall be determined from the most recent previous starts which do not result in equal preference.

D. When an overnight race has been reopened because it did not fill, all eligible horses declared into the race prior to the reopening shall receive preference over other horses subsequently declared, irrespective of the actual preference dates.

Subp. 2. [Repealed, 11 SR 543]

Subp. 3. [Repealed, 11 SR 543]

Minn. R. agency 178, ch. 7884, pt. 7884.0130

9 SR 2527; 11 SR 543

Statutory Authority: MS s 240.23; 240.29