Md. Code Regs. 09.10.01.31 - Penalties and Allowances
A.
Weight penalties are obligatory.
B.
Weight allowance is obligatory except by permission of a steward. This
permission shall be obtained at the time of entry.
C. Weight allowance shall be claimed at the
time of overnight entry and shall be the responsibility of the
trainer.
D. An apprentice allowance
may be claimed at scratch time if the named rider is unable to fulfill their
engagement.
E. An apprentice
allowance may not be claimed at scratch time if no rider was named at the time
of overnight entry.
F. Weight
allowance may not be abandoned after the posting of entries except by consent
of the stewards.
G. Penalties and
allowance of weight are not cumulative, unless so declared by the conditions of
a race.
H. A horse shall start with
only the allowance of weight to which he is entitled at the time of
starting.
I. Horses incurring
weight penalties for a race are not entitled to any of the weight allowances
for that race.
J. Horses not
entitled to the first weight allowance in a race are not entitled to the
second, and so on.
K. Omitting to
claim a weight allowance is not cause for disqualification.
L. A horse may not incur a weight penalty or
be barred from any race for having been placed second or lower in any
race.
M. A horse may not be given a
weight allowance for failure to finish second or in any lower place in any
race.
N. Penalties incurred in
steeplechase or hurdle races do not apply to races on the flat or vice
versa.
O. Allowance due in
steeplechase or hurdle races do not apply to races on the flat or vice
versa.
P. Penalties may not be
invoked, or allowances made, in arriving at the weight to be carried in
matches, or in private sweepstakes.
Q. A horse may not receive allowance of
weight, or be relieved of extra weight, for having been beaten in one or more
races. However, this rule does not prohibit maiden allowance or allowances to
horses which have not won within a specified period, or which have not won a
race of specified value.
R. A horse
may not incur a weight penalty for a placement from which he is disqualified,
but a horse placed through the disqualification of another horse shall incur
the weight penalties of that placement.
S. A horse involved in a dead heat for first
place shall be liable to weight penalty for the amount received.
T. In reckoning weight penalties or
allowances, any race whose conditions preclude the claim of any of the starters
may not be considered a claiming race, even if won by a horse liable to claim
under those conditions.
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