Subpart
1. [Repealed, 46 SR 1210]
Subp.
1a.
Stewards must approve scratching horses.
A. No horse may be scratched from a race
without permission of the stewards.
B. Notwithstanding subpart 2, item B, the
stewards may permit the withdrawal of any horse after the jockey has weighed
out for any reason which the stewards determine to be in the best interests of
racing.
Subp. 1b.
Procedure for scratching horses.
A. Scratches must be made in writing and
signed by the owner or trainer of the horse, the owner's authorized agent, or a
commission veterinarian on a form provided by each association.
B. All scratches, excluding stakes races and
main track only horses, must be made by the scratch time designated by the
association.
C. Horses may be
scratched down to a field of seven without penalty. Any horse that scratches
below a field of seven horses without a reason allowed by this part must be
placed on the stewards' list for a minimum of seven days and may not start
until they are off the list.
D. Any
racing office request for a scratch must not be allowed unless the horse is
coming out of a race to make a race of equal or lesser field
size.
Subp. 1c.
Drawing horses into a race from also-eligible list.
A. If a horse is scratched from a race and
there is a horse on the also-eligible list for that race, the horse drawing
into the race must be assigned a post position according to this
subpart.
B. Horses drawing into the
race from the also-eligible list must start in the outermost post position.
Subp. 1d.
Horse
drawn into two races. A horse drawn into the body of a race that has
drawn into the body of another race to be run within seven days or fewer shall
be scratched from the first race. Main-track-only horses are
excluded.
Subp. 2.
Scratches
from stakes races.
A scratch from an early-closing stakes race shall be made not
less than 45 minutes before post time of the race.
Subp. 3.
Horse must be entered in
stakes race.
In a stakes race, if a horse is not named through the entry box
at the usual time of closing, the horse is automatically out.
Subp. 4.
Nomination may be altered or
withdrawn.
A nomination of a horse to a sweepstakes may be altered or
withdrawn at any time prior to the closing time for
nominations.
Subp. 5. [See
repealer.]
Subp. 5.
Stewards
may permit withdrawal.
Notwithstanding subpart 1, item B, the stewards may permit the
withdrawal of any horse after weighing out for any reason which they determine
to be in the best interests of racing.
Subp. 6.
Horse declared
nonstarter.
The stewards shall have the authority to declare that a horse
is not a starter if they determine that the horse was ineligible to participate
in the race or any occurrence before, or during, the running of a race calls
for such action by them.
Subp.
7. [Repealed, 42 SR 1258]
