Definitions

PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the definitions applicable to the commission’s rules contained in 12 CSR 50. (1) The United States Trotting Association’s (U.S.T.A.) current rule 4 shall be the commission’s definitions with the additions and exceptions noted in this rule. (2) Arrears. All monies owed by a licensee, including subscriptions, forfeitures and any other payment and default incident to the rules of the commission. (3) Association. An organization holding a Class B or Class D license from the commission to conduct harness racing and parimutuel wagering. (4) Betting interest. An assigned number of the tote on which wagers may be placed. A single betting interest may be one (1) horse or more than one (1) horse. (5) Bleeder. A horse which hemorrhages from within the respiratory tract during a race or within a reasonable time, post-race or during exercise or within a reasonable time of exercise. (6) Bleeder list. A tabulated list of all bleeders. (7) Chemist. An official racing chemist designated by the commission. (8) Contractual concessionaire. Any business or individual dealing in the furnishing, sale or distribution of materials, supplies and/or services to an association or patrons of an association. (9) Day. A twenty-four (24)-hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 12:00 midnight. Also referred to as a racing day. (10) Dead heats. A tie in the finish of any place in a race by two (2) or more horses. (11) Driver. A driver licensed in Missouri to drive in harness races as a driver. (12) Entry. A horse entered for a race. (13) Ejection. The unconditional expulsion and exclusion from any race meeting or premises and disqualification from any participation, either directly or indirectly, in the privileges and uses of the course and grounds of any licensee. (14) Foreign (prohibited) substances. All substances except those which exist naturally at normal physiological concentration in the untreated horse. (15) Forfeit. Money due by a licensee because of an error, fault, neglect of duty, breach of contract or penalty imposed by order of the judges or the commission. (16) Furosemide (known under the trade name Lasix). 4 Chloro-N-(2 furylmethyl)-5sulfamoy-lanthanilic acid. (17) Hypodermic injection. An injection into or under the skin or mucosa including intradermal injection, subcutaneous injection, submucosal injection, intramuscular injection, intravenous injection, intraarterial injection, intraarticular injection, intrabursal injection or intraocular (intraconjunctival) injection. (18) Judges. The duly appointed racing officials or their deputies serving at a licensed harness meeting. Judges shall be considered stewards as that term is used in section 313.500, RSMo (1986). (19) Licensee. Any organization or individual holding any license from the commission. (20) Meeting. A race meet or race meeting. (21) Minor. Any person under the age of eighteen (18). (22) Overnight race. A race for which entries close seventy-two (72) hours or less before the time set for the first race of the day on which the race is to be contested. In the absence of conditions or notice to the contrary, all entries in overnight events must close not later than 12:00 noon the day preceding the race. (23) Owner. (A) A person who holds any title, right or interest, whole or partial in a horse. (B) A lessee of a horse holding an owner’s license. (C) An interest only in the winnings of a horse does not constitute partial ownership. (24) Patron. A member of the public present on the grounds of a pari-mutuel association for the purpose of wagering or to observe racing. (25) Permit. A Class A, Class B or Class D license issued by the commission. (26) Permit holder. An organization holding a Class A, Class B or Class D license. (27) Post position. The position assigned to the horse in the starting gate of the race. (28) Race. A contest between horses for a purse, prize or other reward contested at a licensed association in the presence of the judges of the meeting. Every heat or dash shall be deemed a race for pari-mutuel betting purposes. (29) Racing program. A schedule of races per day authorized by the commission. (30) Rules. Rules promulgated by the commission and/or the United States Trotting Association (U.S.T.A.) to regulate the conduct of harness racing. (31) Security stall. The stall assigned by the commission to a horse on the bleeder list, for occupancy as a prerequisite for receiving bleeder medication. (32) Security area. The area surrounding the security stall delineated and controlled by the commission. (33) Specimen. Any bodily substance including, but not limited to, blood or urine, taken from a horse under the supervision of the commission’s veterinarian and in the manner prescribed by the commission for the purpose of analysis. This term is used interchangeably with test sample. (34) Stable name. A name used by an owner or lessee and registered with the commission. (35) Subscription. Nomination or entry of a horse in a stake race. (36) Test level. The concentration of foreign substance found in the test sample. (37) Test sample. Any bodily substance including, but not limited to, blood or urine taken from a horse under the supervision of the commission veterinarian and in the manner as prescribed by the commission for the purpose of analysis. This term is used interchangeably with specimen. (38) Year. A calendar year. AUTHORITY: section 313.540, RSMo 1986.* This rule originally filed as 12 CSR 5010.010. Emergency rule filed June 20, 1986, effective June 30, 1986, expired Oct. 13, 1986. Original rule filed Oct. 3, 1986, effective Jan. 12, 1987. Moved to 11 CSR 4550.010, effective Aug. 28, 1995. *Original authority: 313.540, RSMo 1986.