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RULES OF RACING
DIVISION 110
DEFINITIONS

462-110-0010
Racing Definitions
The following
definitions and interpretations shall apply in these rules unless otherwise indicated
or text otherwise requires (Words of the masculine gender include the feminine and
neuter. Words in the singular include the plural and vice versa.):
(1) "Added
Money": Cash, exclusive of trophy or other award, added by the race meet licensee
to stake fees paid by subscribers to form the total purse for a stakes race.
(2) "Age":
The age of a horse is calculated as beginning on the first of January in the year
in which the horse is foaled.
(3) "Allowance":
Weights and other conditions of a race.
(4) "Allowance
Race": A race where there are both allowances and penalties, according to the conditions
of the race, on monies or races won.
(5) "Appropriate
Horse Registry": For Thoroughbreds, the registry office of the Jockey Club (Lexington,
Kentucky); for Quarter Horses, the American Quarter Horse Association (Amarillo,
Texas); for Appaloosa horses, the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc. (Moscow, Idaho); for
Paint horses, the American Paint Horse Association (Fort Worth, Texas); for Arabians,
the Arabian Horse Registry of America (Denver, Colorado); and for mules, the American
Donkey and Mule Society (Lewisville, TX).
(6) "Authorized
User": A person authorized by the Oregon Racing Commission to receive, to decode
and to use for legal purposes the encrypted signal of racing events in Oregon.
(7) "Bleeder":
Any horse known to have externally bled from its respiratory tract during a workout
or race, and so designated by the commission veterinarian or any horse that has
internal bleeding that is observed or verified by the commission veterinarian through
endoscopic examination.
(8) "Bleeder
List": A tabulation of bleeders to be maintained by the commission.
(9) "Blocked":
Where there is no feeling in an injured area.
(10) "Breakage":
The odd cents by which the amount payable on each dollar wagered in a pari-mutuel
pool exceeds a multiple to ten cents or to five cents in accordance with ORS 462.140.
(11) "Breeder":
The owner of the dam of a horse at the time the horse was foaled. A horse is "bred"
at the place of its foaling.
(12) "Carded":
Scheduled and placed on the daily racing program.
(13) "Claim
Certificate" (Open Claim Certificate): A written document issued by the commission
which permits a person to enter a claim for a horse without having a foal certificate
in the race office. (14) "Claiming Race": A race in which all horses may be claimed
and purchased for the amount specified in the conditions for that race by any person
meeting the requirements of OAR 462-150-0030(2).
(15) "Combined
Pari-Mutuel Pools", "Combined Pools": The pari-mutuel wagers at one or more off-track
wagering facilities being contributed into the pari-mutuel pools of an Oregon host
race meet licensee.
(16) "Commission":
Oregon Racing Commission. Commissioner is a member of the commission.
(17) "Complaint":
A written allegation of a violation of these rules or ORS Chapter 462.
(18) "Day"
"Race Day" and "Simulcast Day": Any 24 hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending
at midnight. "Racing Day" is a day on which live races are conducted at a race track
in Oregon. "Calendar Days" are those consecutive days counted irrespective of number
of racing days. "Simulcast Day" is a day that races from an out-of-state track are
being simulcast into a track in Oregon on a day that there are no live races being
run at the Oregon track. Simulcast days may only occur on days that fall within
the period of time for which a race meet license has been granted by the commission.
Unless otherwise specified, use of the word "day" shall mean a calendar day. In
calculating the average daily handle for race meets, any race day in which some
of the day's races are canceled due to natural occurrences, as determined by the
commission, will be counted as a partial race day in the same proportion as the
number of races actually run by the number of races carded to be run in the day's
racing program.
(19) "Decoder":
A device and/or means to convert encrypted audiovisual signals and/or data into
a form recognizable as the original content of the signals.
(20) "Derby":
A race exclusively for 3-year-olds, except for Arabians which is for 4-year-olds.
(21) "Designated
Races": Stake and handicap races so designated by the stewards prior to the first
day of the race meet.
(22) "Disqualification":
An order of the stewards or commission revising the order of finish of a race.
(23) "Divided
Race": A race in which there are so many entries that it is made into two separate
races. A race becomes a divided race when it is announced by the racing secretary
that he/she is dividing the race.
(24) "Drug":
As defined in ORS 462.010(5).
(25) "Eligible":
A horse which meets the conditions of the race.
(26) "Encryption",
"Encrypted", "Encoded": The scrambling or other manipulation of the audiovisual
signals to mask the original video content of the signal and so cause such signals
to be indecipherable and unrecognizable to any person receiving such signal without
using a decoder.
(27) "Engagement":
The obligation of a jockey or horse to participate in a race.
(28) "Equipment":
As applied to a horse, it includes the whip, blinkers, tongue restraint, muzzle,
hood, nose band, bit, shadow role, martingale, breast plate, bandages in excess
of six inches in length, boots, tail tie, plates and other items as approved by
the Oregon Racing Commission.
(29) "Exotic
Wager": Any single wager where three or more separate wagering interests are required
to be selected.
(30) "Foal
Certificate" or "Registration Papers": A document issued by the appropriate horse
registry used for the identification and proof of ownership of the horse.
(31) "Forfeit
Money": Money due by a licensee because of error, fault, neglect of duty, or penalty
imposed by order of the stewards.
(32) "Free
Handicap": A race in which no liability for entrance money is incurred.
(33) "Futurity":
A race for 2-year-olds, except Arabians which is for 3-year-olds, in which nominations
are made a considerable time before the running of the race, often before the entered
horse is born.
(34) "Handicap":
A race in which the weights to be carried by the horses are assigned by the racing
secretary or handicapper for the purpose of equalizing the chances of winning for
all horses entered.
(35) "Horse":
Any horse (including and designated as a mare, filly, stallion, colt, ridgling,
or gelding) registered for racing under the jurisdiction of the commission and which
requires a jockey to race.
(36) "Host",
"Host Association", "Host Track": The race track licensee conducting a licensed
race meet when it is authorized by the Oregon Racing Commission to simulcast racing
programs.
(37) “Hub”:
A multi-jurisdictional simulcasting and interactive wagering totalizator hub is
a business that, through a qualified subscriber based service, conducts pari-mutuel
wagering on the races that it simulcasts and other races that it carries in its
wagering menu.
(38) "Ineligible":
A horse or person not qualified under these rules or the conditions of a race to
participate in a specified racing activity.
(39) "In
Today Horse": Any horse which has an opportunity to run in a race and enters again
on the next day that entries are taken.
(40) "Inquiry":
(a) Action
initiated by the board of stewards involving determination as to whether or not
a foul has occurred during the running of a race.
(b) Investigation
by the board of stewards of a violation or as a result of objection, to determine
if a violation occurred.
(41) "Intrastate
Wagering": Pari-mutuel wagering at an off-track wagering facility on Oregon racing
events being run at an Oregon host race meet licensee.
(42) "Invitational
Handicap": A handicap race for which the racing secretary has selected the contestants
and assigned the weights.
(43) "Licensee":
Any person or entity holding a currently valid Oregon Racing Commission license
to engage in racing or related regulated activities.
(44) "Lessee":
A person who holds a contract for the racing of a horse in the person's (lessee's)
name.
(45) "Lessor":
A person who owns a horse and who leases part or all of it to another person.
(46) "Maiden":
A horse which at the time of starting has never won a race on the flat in any country
on a recognized track. A maiden which has been disqualified after finishing first
is still a maiden.
(47) "Match
Race": A private sweepstakes between two or more horses which are the property of
different owners. If prior to the running of the race any of the horses entered
in the match dies or if any owner dies, the match is void. It remains a match even
if money or another award is added to the stakes.
(48) "Maturity":
A stakes race for four-year-olds, or four years old or older, except Arabians which
is for five-year-olds, or five years old or older.
(49) "Month":
A calendar month.
(50) “Mule”:
The offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Mules shall race under the same
rules as horses, unless otherwise directed by the Board of Stewards.
(51) "Nerve":
To cut or remove a portion of a nerve, usually in a horse's leg, to decrease sensation.
(a) "Digital
Neurectomy (Heel Nerve)": An operation performed on the digital nerve between the
fetlock and the foot.
(b) "Volar
Neurectomy (High Nerved)": An operation performed on the volar nerve that lies between
the bottom of the knee and the fetlock joint.
(52) "Nomination":
The naming of a horse for a stakes race in advance of the race.
(53) "Nominator":
The person or persons who nominate a horse.
(54) "Non-starter":
A horse that was not in the starting gate when the stall doors open when the starter
dispatches the horses, or in the opinion of the stewards, was prevented from receiving
a fair start. The stewards may determine any horse to be a non-starter if in their
opinion to do so would protect the best interest of racing.
(55) "Objection":
(a) Action
initiated by the owner, trainer, or jockey of a horse, claiming foul against another
horse or jockey in a race.
(b) Action,
initiated by licensee, to the stewards challenging the eligibility of an entered
horse, or interpretation of a rule or policy.
(56) "Off-Track
Enclosure", "Enclosure-Public": All areas of the off-track wagering facility.
(57) "Off-Track
Wagering": Pari-mutuel wagering conducted on a race at a location other than the
racecourse where the race is actually held.
(58) "Off-Track
Wagering Facility", "Intrastate Wagering Facility", "Extended Wagering Facility":
The physical premises, including parking areas, structures and equipment utilized
by a race meet licensee for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering on racing events
being run elsewhere. (59) "Oregon Bred": A horse which was foaled in Oregon.
(60) “Original
Post Time”: For the purposes of medication administration, the “original”
post time shall be the advertised post time provided to a commission veterinarian
by the association and posted by a commission veterinarian or designee in the race
office.
(61) "Out-of-State
Wagering": Acceptance of wagers by a race meet licensee authorized by ORS 462.062
or 462.067 on a race or races run outside of the State of Oregon.
(62) "Overnight
Race": A race for which entries close 96 hours or less before the time set for the
first race of the day on which the race is to be run, and to which no fees are contributed
by horsemen.
(63) “Paddock”:
The paddock is the confined area where horses are assembled for saddling prior to
a race.
(64) "Penalty":
Depending upon the context:
(a) The
excess of weight a horse must carry in a race because of the race's conditions;
or
(b) The
fining or suspension of a licensee by the stewards or the governing body having
jurisdiction over the race meet.
(65) "Person":
Unless the context clearly shows otherwise, person as used in these rules includes
individuals, partnerships, corporations, political subdivisions and municipal corporations.
(66) "Post":
The starting point of a race.
(67) "Post
Position": The starting position assigned to a horse at the time the race is drawn.
(68) "Prize":
The combined total of any cash, premium, trophy, and object of value awarded to
the owners of horses according to the order of finish in a race.
(69) "Produce
Race": A race made of the progeny of certain nominated stallions.
(70) "Purse":
The gross cash portion of the prize for which a race is run.
(71) "Purse
Race": A race for money or any other prize to which the owners of the horses entered
do not contribute.
(72) "Race":
An official contest among racing animals for purse or other prize at any recognized
race meet and in the presence of the officials of the track as defined by ORS 462.010(10).
(73) "Race
Meet Licensee": A person, partnership, corporation, or any other body conducting
a licensed race meeting in Oregon.
(74) "Racecourse":
The entire area licensed to the race meet licensee, as defined in ORS 462.010(11).
(75) "Racing
Officials":
(a) Commission
officials include the presiding state steward, deputy state steward, commission
veterinarians, photofinish operator, commission chief investigator, commission investigators,
supervisor of licensing and pari-mutuels, commission auditors and any other commission
employee designated by the commission or the executive director.
(b) Race
meet licensee officials include the race meet general manager, assistant general
manager, association steward, director of racing, racing secretary, paddock judge,
patrol judge, jockey room supervisor, placing judges, identifier, starter, clocker,
clerk of scales, stall superintendent, track superintendent, paymaster of purses,
mutuel manager, assistant mutuel manager, odds maker, outriders, plate inspector,
chief of security, TRPB agent and any other person designated by the commission
or the executive director.
(76) "Recognized
Race Meet": Any race meet which is under the jurisdiction of an official racing
commission or other official racing body.
(77) "Recognized
Track": A track on which official results are published in the Daily Racing Form,
Equibase or other racing publication approved by the commission.
(78) "Restricted
Area": Includes, but is not limited to, the office of the racing secretary, stable
area enclosure, paddock area, the room occupied by the stewards, photofinish operator,
video camera and control system, announcer, the pari-mutuel work areas, totalizator
computer room, jockey room and weighing area, test barn area, and any other area
designated as "RESTRICTED" by the commission.
(79) “Revocation”:
The withdrawal of license privileges for all licenses held unless stated otherwise
within the order. Revocations also include denial of access to all areas of the
racecourse and all off-track wagering sites in Oregon and all other areas under
the jurisdiction of the commission unless otherwise stated in the order. An individual
who has had his/her license privileges revoked will remain revoked until such time
the commission takes official action to reinstate the license.
(80) "Ruled
Off": The act of barring a person or horse from the grounds of a race meet licensee
and denying all racing and other privileges.
(81) "Rundown":
A bandage on a horse's leg not exceeding six inches in height.
(82) "Runner":
As used in many places; designates a horse.
(83) "Scratch":
The act of withdrawing an entered horse from a race.
(84) "Scratch
Time": The time established and posted by the racing secretary after which no horses
may be scratched, except by the stewards, or, when authorized, by the commission
veterinarian or the starter.
(85) "Sending
Track": The race track from which a simulcast emanates for interstate wagering.
(86) "Simulcast",
"Simulcasting":
(a) Live
audiovisual electronic signals emanating from a licensed race meeting and transmitted
simultaneously with the running of the racing events at that meeting, and includes
the transmission of pari-mutuel wagering odds, amounts wagered and payoff on such
events, and other racing programming relating to the race animals or participants,
or
(b) Such
other form of electronic signals of animal racing as is approved by the commission.
(87) "Simulcast
Operator": A person with a contract with the host race meet licensee, and authorized
by the Oregon Racing Commission to operate a simulcast wagering system.
(88) "Simulcast
Service Supplier": A person engaged in providing service, supplies or equipment
necessary to the operation of intrastate or out-of-state simulcast wagering for
use by the host race meet licensee, authorized user, including pari-mutuel wagering
terminals, television receivers and related equipment.
(89) "Stable":
A place to house horses.
(a) "Trainer
Stable": One or more stalls assigned to a trainer.
(b) "Stable
Name": An assumed name licensed to one or more owners.
(c) "Trainers
Stable Name": Used for trainers advertising.
(90) "Stakes
Race": A race to which nominators of the entries contribute to a purse, to which
money or any other award may be added. No overnight race shall be deemed a stakes
race.
(91) "Starter":
A horse which is in the starting gate when the stall doors open in front of it at
the time the starter dispatches the horses. The stewards may, in their discretion,
determine a horse to be a nonstarter.
(92) "Starter
Allowance Race": An allowance race that includes the condition that a horse must
have previously started for a specified claiming price. If a horse has been claimed,
it is not eligible to enter a starter allowance race for the price at which it was
claimed until it has started in a claiming race in which the claiming price does
not exceed the price at which it was claimed.
(93) "Starter
Race": A race based upon a horse having previously started for a specified claiming
price.
(94) "Stewards":
The persons employed or approved by the commission who are responsible for the proper
conduct of a race meet. The terms stewards and board of stewards are used interchangeably.
(95) "Subscription":
The act of nominating a horse to a stakes race.
(96) "Substitute
Race": A race which replaces a race already carded, but abandoned because of insufficient
entries or too many scratches.
(97) "Suspension":
The withdrawal of license privileges for a period of time. Suspensions also include
denial of access to all areas of the racecourse and all off-track wagering sites
in Oregon and all other areas under the jurisdiction of the commission unless otherwise
stated in the order.
(98) "Sweepstakes": Same as "stakes race".
(99) "Unauthorized
Area": Includes the stewards' stand, test barn, jockeys' room, scale room, and mutuel
work areas.
(100)
“Wagering Interest”: A single horse, or more than one horse joined as
a “mutuel entry” or joined in the “mutuel field”, on which
a single pari-mutuel wager may be placed.
(101)
"Weigh In": The presentation of a jockey to the clerk of scales for weighing after
a race.
(102)
"Weigh Out": The presentation of a jockey to the clerk of scales for weighing prior
to a race.
(103)
"Workout": A training exercise of a horse where the horse is asked for speed over
a specific distance.
Stat. Auth.:
ORS 462.270(3)

Stats.
Implemented: ORS 462.270

Hist.:
RC 3-2000, f. 3-27-00, cert. ef. 5-1-00; RC 5-2002, f. 12-6-02, cert. ef. 1-1-03;
RC 2-2003, f. & cert. ef. 4-23-03; RC 2-2008, f. & cert. ef. 9-30-08; RC
2-2009, f. 8-24-09, cert. ef. 10-1-09; RC 1-2010, f. 9-23-10, cert. ef. 10-1-10;
RC 2-2011, f. 9-23-11, cert. ef. 10-1-11

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