Mich. Admin. Code R. 431.4160 - Entries and starters required
Rule 4160.
(1) An
association shall specify how many entries are required for overnight races.
After the condition is fulfilled, the race shall be held.
(2) In early closing races or late closing
races, if 5 or more interests are declared in to start, the race shall be held.
Stakes and futurities shall be raced if 1 or more horses are declared in to
start.
(3) In an early closing
race, if less interests are declared in than are required to start, and if all
declarers are immediately so notified, the interests declared in and ready to
race shall be entitled to all the entrance money and any forfeits for each
horse named.
(4) In all racing
events, not more than one trailer shall be permitted, regardless of the size of
the track except with the approval of the executive director. At least 8 feet
per horse must be provided to the starters in the front tier. Trailers are not
permitted where the race course has room to score all horses abreast.
(5) The following apply to added money races:
(a) If more horses are declared to start than
allowed in one field, the race will be conducted in divisions or eliminations,
as specified in the conditions.
(b)
Where a race other than a stake or futurity is divided, each division must race
for not less than 75 percent of the advertised purse.
(c) In added money races conducted in
eliminations, starters shall be divided by lot. Unless conditions provide
otherwise, 60 percent of the total purse must be divided equally among the
elimination heats. The final heat must be contested for 40 percent of the total
purse. Elimination heats and the final heat must not be raced on the same day
except with the approval of the executive director. The winner of the final
heat is the winner of the race.
(d)
Unless the conditions for the added money race provide otherwise, the stewards
shall draw the post positions for the final heat in elimination races by
lot.
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