Utah Admin. Code 52-7-2

Current through Bulletin 2024-23, December 1, 2024

Section R52-7-2 - Definitions

The following definitions shall apply in these rules unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Act" means the Utah Horse Regulation Act.

2. "Added money" means monies added to the fees paid by the horsemen into the purse for a race.

3. "Age" of a horse is reckoned as beginning on the first day of January in the year in which the horse is foaled.

4. "Also Eligible" pertains to:

A. a number of eligible horses, properly entered, that were not drawn for inclusion in a race, but that become eligible according to preference or lot if an entry is scratched before scratch time deadline; or

B. the next preferred non-qualifier for the finals or consolation from a set of elimination trials that will become eligible in the event a finalist is scratched by the stewards for a rule violation or is otherwise eligible if written race conditions permit.

5. "Arrears" means money past due for entrance fees, jockey fees, or nomination or supplemental fees in nomination races, and therefore in default incidental to this rule or the conditions of a race.

6. "Authorized Agent" means a person appointed by a written instrument, signed and acknowledged before a notary public by the owner in whose behalf the agent will act. The instrument shall be on file with the Commission and its authorized representatives.

7. "Bleeder" means a horse which during or following exercise or the race is observed to be shedding blood from one or both nostrils, or the mouth, or hemorrhaging in the lumen of the respiratory tract.

8. "Breeder" of a horse is the owner or lessee of its dam at the time of breeding.

9. "Closing" means the time published by the organization after which nominations or entries will not be accepted for a race.

10. "Commission" means the Utah Horse Racing Commission.

11. "Commissioner" means a member of the Commission.

12. "Conditions of a race" are the qualifications that determine a horse's eligibility to enter.

13. "Day" is a period of 24 hours beginning at midnight.

14. "Race day" is a day during which horse races are conducted.

15. "Declaration" means the act of withdrawing an entered horse from a race before the closing of overnight entries.

16. "Drug or Medication" means a substance foreign to the normal physiology of the horse.

17. "Enclosure" means areas of the property of an organization licensee to which admission can be obtained only by payment of an admission fee or upon presentation of proper credentials and parking areas designed to serve the facility are owned or leased by the organization licensee.

18. "Entry" means a horse made eligible to run in a race.

19. "Family" means a husband, wife, and any dependent children.

20. "Field" means horses competing in a race.

21. "Financial Interest" means an interest that could result in directly or indirectly receiving a pecuniary gain or sustaining a pecuniary loss as a result of ownership or interest in a business entity, or as a result of salary, gratuity, or other compensation or remuneration from any person.

22. "Foreign Substances" are any substances, except those that exist naturally in the untreated horse at normal physiological concentration, and shall include narcotics, stimulants, or depressants.

23. "Foul" means an action by any horse or jockey that hinders or interferes with another horse or jockey during the running of a race.

24. "Horse" means an equine of any breed and includes a stallion, gelding, mare, colt, filly, spayed mare or ridgeling.

25. "Horse Racing" means any type of horse racing, including Arabian, Appaloosa, Paint, Pinto, Quarter Horse, and Thoroughbred horse racing.

26. Horse Racing Types:

A. "Appaloosa Horse Racing" means the form of horse racing in which each participating horse is an Appaloosa horse registered with the Appaloosa Horse Club or any successor organization and mounted by a jockey.

B. "Arabian Horse Racing" means the form of horse racing in which each participating horse is an Arabian horse registered with the Arabian Horse Club Registry of America and approved by the Arabian Horse Racing Association of America or any successor organization, mounted by a jockey, and engaged in races on the flat over a distance of not less than one-quarter mile or more than four miles.

C. "Paint Horse Racing" means the form of horse racing in which each participating horse is a Paint horse registered with the American Paint Horse Association or any successor organization and mounted by a jockey.

D. "Pinto Horse Racing" means the form of horse racing in which each participating horse is a Pinto horse registered with the Pinto Horse Association of America, Inc., or any successor organization and mounted by a jockey.

E. "Quarter Horse Racing" means the form of horse racing in which each participating horse is a Quarter Horse registered with the American Quarter Horse Association or any successor organization, mounted by a jockey, and engaged in a race over a distance of less than one-half mile.

F. "Thoroughbred Horse Racing" means the form of horse racing in which each participating horse is a Thoroughbred horse registered with the Jockey Club or any successor organization, mounted by a Jockey, and engaged in races on the flat.

27. "Inquiry" means the stewards immediate investigation into the running of a race which may result in the disqualification of one or more horses.

28. "Jockey" means the rider licensed to race.

29. "Jockey Agent" means a licensed authorized representative of a jockey.

30. "Lessee" means a licensed owner whose interest in a horse is by virtue of a completed Commission-approved lease form attached to the registration certificate and on file with the Commission.

31. "Lessor" means the owner of the horse that is leased.

32. "Maiden" means a horse that has never won a race recognized by the official race records of the particular horse's breed registry. A maiden which has been disqualified after finishing first is still a maiden.

33. "Minor" means any individual under 18 years of age.

34. "Nominator" means the person who nominated the horse as a possible contender in a race.

35. "Objection" means:

A. a written complaint made to the Stewards concerning a horse entered in a race and filed two hours before the scheduled post time for the first race on the day which the questioned horse is entered; or

B. a verbal claim of foul in a race lodged by the horse's jockey, trainer, owner, or the owners licensed Authorized Agent before the race is declared official.

36. "Occupation License" means a requirement for any person acting in any capacity within the enclosure during the race meeting.

37. "Occupation Licensee" means a person who has obtained an occupation license.

38. "Utah Bred Horse" means a horse that is sired by a stallion standing in Utah.

39. "Organization License" means a requirement of any person desiring to conduct a race meeting within Utah.

40. "Organization Licensee" means any person receiving an organization license.

41. "Owner" means any person who holds, in whole or in part, any rights, title, or interest in a horse, or any lessee of a horse who has been issued a currently valid owner's license as a person responsible for such horse.

42. "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, syndicate, another association or entity.

43. "Post Position" means the position in the starting gate assigned to the horse for the race.

44. "Post Time" means the advertised time for the arrival of the horses at the start of the race.

45. "Protest" means a written complaint, signed by the protester, against any horse which has started in a race and shall be made to the Stewards within 48 hours after the running of the race, except as noted in Subsection R52-7-10(8).

46. "Race Meeting" means the entire period not to exceed 20 calendar days separating any race days for which an organization license has been granted to a person by the Commission to hold horse racing.

47. "Allowance" means a race in which eligibility or the weight to be carried are based upon the horse's past performance over a specified time.

48. "Handicap" means a race in which the weights to be carried by the entered horses are assigned according to the Racing Secretary's evaluation of each horse's potential to equalize their respective chances of winning.

49. "Invitational" means a race in which the competing horses are selected by inviting their owners to enter specific horses.

50. "Match" means a race contest between two horses with earlier consent by the Commission under conditions agreed to by the owners.

51. "Nomination" means a race in which the subscription to a payment schedule nominates and sustains the eligibility of a particular horse. Nominations shall close at least 72 hours before the first post time of the day the race is originally scheduled to be run.

52. "Progeny" means a race restricted to the offspring of a specific stallion or stallions.

53. "Purse Race (Overnight)" means any race in which entries close less than 72 hours before its running.

54. "Schooling Race" means a preparatory race for entry qualification in official races that conform to requirements adopted by the Commission.

55. "Stakes" means a race which is eligible for stakes or "black-type" recognition by the particular breed registry.

56. "Trials" means a set of races in which eligible horses compete to determine the finalists for a purse in a nominated race.

57. "Restricted Area" means any area within the enclosure where access is limited to licensees whose occupation requires access. Those areas which are restricted shall include the barn area, paddock, test barn, Stewards Tower, race course, or any other area designated restricted by the organization licensee or the Commission. Signs giving notice of restricted access shall be prominently displayed at each entry point.

58. "Rules" means the rules herein prescribed and any amendments or additions.

59. "Scratch" means the act of withdrawing an entered horse from a race after the closing of overnight entries.

60. "Scratch Time" means the deadline set by the organization licensee for the withdrawing of entered horses.

61. "Starter" means the horse whose stall door of the starting gate opens in front of such horse when the starter dispatches the horses.

62. "Subscription" means the act of nominating a horse to a nomination race.

63. "Week" means a period of seven days beginning at 12:01 a.m., Monday during which races are conducted.

Utah Admin. Code R52-7-2

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-7, effective 3/6/2017

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2021-09, effective 4/12/2021

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-05, effective 2/23/2022