R 431.4145 Claiming; price; conditions.

Rule 4145. (1) Subject to the approval of the stewards and compliance with the association’s release of funds policy, the association will pay the claiming price to the owner of the horse that was claimed when the registration certificate or transfer of claim is delivered. (2) Aside from the claiming price, conditions and allowances in claiming races may be based only on age and sex. When possible, claiming races shall be written to separate horses 5 years old and up from young horses and to separate males from females. If sexes are mixed, mares shall be given a price allowance if there is no price allowance given to a spayed mare racing in a claiming race. (3) A horse owner shall not be prohibited from determining the price for which his or her horse shall be entered. (4) If the stewards determine that the declaration of any horse to a claiming race is fraudulent on the part of the declarer, they may void the claim and may, at the option of the claimant, order the horse returned to the person declaring it in. If the stewards determine that any claim of a horse is fraudulent on the part of the person making the claim, they may void the claim and may, at the option of the person declaring it in, return the horse to the person declaring it in. (5) claiming authorization form signed by the registered owner or owners and indicating the minimum amount for which the horse may be entered to be claimed shall be on file at the racing office. To facilitate transfer of claimed horses, a steward may sign the transfer if the steward then sends the registration certificate and claiming authorization to the registrar for transfer.