R 431.1010 Definitions; G to N.

Rule 1010. As used in these rules: (a) “Grounds” means the entire premises under the control of an association, including appurtenant parking areas and spectator areas. (b) “Horse” means an equine belonging to a breed eligible to race under these rules and, when used in this part, designates any equine irrespective of these rules and irrespective of age or sex. (c) “In harness” means a race in which performances shall be to a sulky. (d) “Inquiry” means an investigation into the conduct of a race which is initiated and conducted by the stewards before making a race official. (e) “Intended to be entered” means a horse that has its name put into the draw for a specific race. (f) “Jockey” means a person licensed by the executive director to ride thoroughbred horses, quarter horses, Appaloosa horses, American paint, or Arabian horses in races. (g) “Legal entity” means a lawful or legally standing association, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, trust, or individual. (h) “Lessee” means a legal entity who is licensed by the executive director as a horse owner and whose interest in a horse is a leasehold. (i) “Licensee” means a legal entity holding a currently valid license to participate in or conduct horse racing in this state. (j) “Michigan-bred preferred race” means a race where Michigan-bred horses have priority for entry and horses that are not Michigan-bred are allowed to enter only if the race does not fill with Michigan-bred horses. (k) “Michigan gaming control board” or “MGCB” means the Michigan gaming control board that was created under section 4 of the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432.204, and that operates under the direction of the executive director of the Michigan gaming control board, to which Executive Reorganization Order No. 2009-31, MCL 324.99919, transferred all of the authority, powers, duties, functions, records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds of the office of racing commissioner that previously existed under the act and that was abolished by that executive reorganization order. (l) “Month” means a calendar month. (m) “Mutuel entry” means 2 or more horses entered in a race which are coupled as a single betting interest because the horses are owned wholly or in part by the same owners or are trained by the same trainer. (n) “No contest” means a race that was cancelled by the stewards in the best interest of racing due to an unforeseen event. (o) “Nomination” means the naming of a horse or, in the event of a futurity, the naming of a foal in utero to a certain race or series of races, eligibility of which is conditioned on the payment of a fee at the time of naming and the payment of subsequent sustaining fees or starting fees. (p) “Nominator” means the person in whose name a horse is nominated for a sweepstakes, futurity, or produce race.