Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-7-13 - Declarations and scratches

(a) Each declaration and scratch shall be made in writing and signed by the owner or trainer of the horse or the owner's authorized agent. Each organization licensee shall provide forms on which scratches and declarations shall be made.

(1) No horse shall be scratched without permission of the stewards.

(2) Each scratch shall be made before the scratch time set by the organization licensee, except as provided in subsections (c) through (h) of this regulation.

(3) If a scratch reduces the number of horses in the race, each horse left in the race shall move into the lower numbered post positions before any horse is drawn from the also eligible list.

(b) If a scratch reduces the number of horses in the race below the number designated for the race, the designated number of horses shall be maintained by the drawing of lots from the also eligible list after the scratch has occurred, and each horse drawn by this procedure shall be required to race.

(c) Each scratch from an early-closing stakes race shall be made not less than one hour before post time of the race. Any steward or animal health officer, acting with the approval of the stewards, may scratch a horse at any time before post time of the race.

(d) If a horse is not named through the entry box at the usual time of closing in a stakes race, that horse shall be scratched from the race.

(e) Any nomination of a horse to a stakes race may be altered or withdrawn at any time before the closing time for nominations.

(f) Despite paragraph (a) (2) of this regulation, the stewards may permit the withdrawal of any horse after it has left the paddock for any reason that they determine to be in the best interests of racing.

(g) The stewards may declare a horse a nonstarter for any occurrence before the running of a race.

(h) If any horse is so unruly in the saddling paddock that the identifier cannot read the tattoo number to properly identify the horse, or if any trainer or assistant is uncooperative in the effort to identify the horse, the horse may be scratched by order of the stewards.

(i) Each declaration of a horse out of an engagement shall be irrevocable.

Notes

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-7-13

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 1991 Supp. 74-8804, as amended by L. 1992, Ch. 27, Sec. 3, and L. 1992, Ch. 286, Sec. 2; effective, T-112-2-23-89, Feb. 23, 1989; effective June 19, 1989; amended, T-112-8-13-92, Aug. 13, 1992; amended, T-112-12-10-92, Dec. 10, 1992; amended Feb. 15, 1993.