(a) Except as otherwise provided by the Rules, if the
stewards or racing judges determine that two or more race animals
entered in a race have common ties through ownership, the stewards
or judges may join the animals as a coupled entry.
(b) If the number of race animals competing in a race
exceeds the numbering capacity of the totalisator system, the highest
numbered race animal and any animals grouped with that animal constitute
the mutuel field.
(c) A coupled entry or a mutuel field is a single betting
interest. A wager on one animal in a coupled entry or mutuel field
is a wager on all animals in the coupled entry or mutuel field.
(d) In a race with a coupled entry or a mutuel field,
the racing secretary may assign wagering numbers to entries that are
different from the post position numbers.
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