R 431.3205 Claiming; reentry; additional restrictions.

Rule 3205. (1) A claimed horse is not eligible to race in any other jurisdiction other than Michigan for a period of 60 days from the date of claim or until after the close of the live race meeting at which it was claimed. (2) A claimed horse shall not be sold or transferred, wholly or in part, to anyone within 30 days after the day it was claimed, except in another claiming race. (3) A claimed horse shall not remain in the same stable or under the care or management of the owner or trainer from whom the horse was claimed. (4) When a horse is claimed, its engagements are included. (5) A person who enters or who allows to be entered, in a claiming race, a horse against which claim is held by mortgage, bill of sale, or lien of any kind is subject to disciplinary action, unless, when or before entering the horse, the written consent of the holder of the mortgage, bill of sale, or lien is filed with the racing secretary. (6) A person shall not enter a horse in a claiming race without disclosing the horse's true ownership. (7) A person shall not enter into or offer to enter into an agreement not to claim, or attempt to prevent another person from claiming, any horse in a claiming race. A person shall not attempt, by intimidation or otherwise, to prevent anyone from running a horse in any claiming race. An owner, trainer, or authorized agent shall not make an agreement with another owner, trainer, or authorized agent for the protection of each other's horses in a claiming race. (8) If a stable registered at a meeting is eliminated by sale or removal from the grounds, the right to claim is void. When a stable has been eliminated by claiming, the owner so affected is entitled to claim during the next 30 racing days at any live race meeting in this state. Stables eliminated by fire and other hazards may also be permitted by the stewards to claim under this rule.