| (G) Maturity race--a race in which the first condition
of eligibility is to be four years of age or older.
(H) Optional claiming race--a claiming race in which
there is an option to have horses entered to be claimed for a stated
price or not eligible to be claimed.
(I) Progeny race--a race restricted to the offspring
of a specific stallion or stallions.
(J) Purse or overnight race--a race for which owners
of horses entered are not required by its conditions to contribute
money toward its purse.
(K) Stakes race--a race to which nominators of the
entries contribute to a purse.
(L) Starter race--an overnight race under allowance
or handicap conditions, restricted to horses which have previously
started for a designated claiming price or less, as stated in the
conditions of the race.
(M) Walkover race--a stakes race in which only one
horse starts or all the starters are owned by the same interest.
(N) Weight for age race--a race in which weights are
assigned in keeping with the scale of weights in these rules.
(35) In today horse--a horse that is in the body of
a race program which is entered into a race on the next consecutive
race day.
(36) Inactive license--a racetrack license designated
by the commission as inactive.
(37) Kennel area--an area for the boarding or training
of greyhounds.
(38) Lead out--an individual who handles a greyhound
from the lockout kennel to the starting box.
(39) Locked in the gate--a horse or greyhound that
is prevented from leaving the starting gate or box due to the failure
of the front door of the gate or box to open simultaneously with the
other doors.
(40) Lure--a mechanical apparatus at a greyhound racetrack
consisting of a stationary rail installed around the track, a motorized
mechanism that travels on the rail, and a pole that is attached to
the mechanism and extends over the track, and to which a decoy is
attached.
(41) Maiden--a horse or greyhound that has never won
a race at a recognized race meeting authorized by the Commission or
by another racing jurisdiction.
(42) Minus pool--a pool in which there are insufficient
net proceeds to pay the minimum price to holders of the winning tickets.
(43) Mutuel field--a group of horses joined as a single
betting interest in a race due to the limited numbering capacity of
the totalisator.
(44) No race--a race that is canceled after being run
due to a malfunction of the starting gate or box or any other applicable
reason as determined by the Rules.
(45) Nominator--the person in whose name a horse or
greyhound is entered for a race.
(46) Occupational licensee--an individual to whom the
Commission has issued a license to participate in racing with pari-mutuel
wagering.
(47) Odds--a number indicating the amount of profit
per dollar wagered to be paid to holders of winning pari-mutuel tickets.
(48) Off time--the moment when, on signal from the
starter, the horses or greyhounds break from the starting gate or
box and run the race.
(49) Paddock--the area in which horses or greyhounds
gather immediately before a race.
(50) Paper/Program Trainer--a licensed trainer who
solely for the purposes of the official race program is identified
as the trainer of a horse that is actually under the control of and
trained by another person who may or may not hold a current trainer's
license in any jurisdiction.
(51) Patron--an individual present on association grounds
during a race meeting who is eligible to wager on the racing.
(52) Pecuniary interest--includes a beneficial ownership
interest in an association, but does not include bona fide indebtedness
or a debt instrument of an association.
(53) Performance--the schedule of horse or greyhound
races run consecutively as one program. A greyhound performance consists
of fifteen or fewer races unless approved by the executive secretary.
(54) Photofinish--the system of recording pictures
or images of the finish of a race to assist in determining the order
of finish.
(55) Place--to finish second in a race.
(56) Post position--the position assigned to a horse
or greyhound in the starting gate or box.
(57) Post time--the time set for the arrival at the
starting gate or boxes by the horses or greyhounds in a race.
(58) Purse--the cash portion of the prize for a race.
(59) Race date--a date on which an association is authorized
by the Commission to conduct races.
(60) Race day--a day in which a numerical majority
of scheduled races is conducted and is a part of the association's
allocated race days.
(61) Race meeting--the specified period and dates each
year during which an association is authorized to conduct racing and/or
pari-mutuel wagering by approval of the Commission.
(62) Racetrack facility--the buildings, structures
and fixtures located on association grounds used by an association
to conduct horse or greyhound racing.
(63) Racetrack official--an individual appointed by
the commission to officiate at a race meeting.
(64) Racing judge--the executive racing official at
a greyhound track.
(65) Reasonable belief--a belief that would be held
by an ordinary and prudent person in the same circumstances as the
actor.
(66) Recognized race meeting--a race meeting held under
the sanction of a turf authority.
(67) Refunded ticket--a pari-mutuel ticket that has
been refunded for the value of a wager that is no longer valid.
(68) Rule off--to bar an individual from the enclosure
of an association and to deny all racing privileges to the individual.
(69) Rules--the rules adopted by the Texas Racing Commission
found in Title 16, Part VIII of the Texas Administrative Code.
(70) Schooling race--a practice race conducted under
actual racing conditions but for which wagering is not permitted.
(71) Scratch--to withdraw an entered horse or greyhound
from a race after the closing of entries.
(72) Scratch time--the closing time set by an association
for written requests to withdraw from a race.
(73) Show--to finish third in a race.
(74) Specimen--a bodily substance, such as hair, blood,
urine, saliva, or other bodily tissues taken for analysis from a horse,
greyhound, or individual in a manner prescribed by the Commission.
(75) Stakes payments--the fees paid by subscribers
in the form of nomination, entry, or starting fees to be eligible
to participate.
(76) Stallion owner--a person who is owner of record,
at the time of conception, of the stallion that sired the accredited
Texas-bred horse.
(77) Starter--a horse or greyhound entered in a race
when the doors of the starting gate or box open in front of the horse
or greyhound at the time the official starter dispatches the horses
or greyhounds.
(78) Straight pool--a mutuel pool that involves wagers
on a horse or greyhound to win, place, or show.
(79) Subscription--money paid to nominate, enter, or
start a horse or greyhound in a stakes race.
(80) Tack room--a room in the stable area of a horse
racetrack in which equipment for training and racing the horses is
stored.
(81) Totalisator--a machine or system for registering
and computing the wagering and payoffs in pari-mutuel wagering.
(82) Tote board--a facility at a racetrack that is
easily visible to the public on which odds, payoffs, advertising,
or other pertinent information is posted.
(83) Tote room--the room in which the totalisator equipment
is maintained.
(84) Tout--an individual licensed to furnish selections
on a race in return for a set fee.
(85) Trial--a race designed primarily to determine
qualifiers for finals of a stakes race.
(86) Uplink--an earth station broadcasting facility,
whether mobile or fixed, which is used to transmit audio-visual signals
and/or data emanating from a sending racetrack, and includes the electronic
transfer of received signals from the receiving antenna to TV monitors
within the receiving location.
(87) Weigh in--the process by which a jockey is weighed
after a race or by which a greyhound is weighed before being placed
in the lockout kennel.
(88) Weighing in weight--the weight of a greyhound
on weighing in to the lockout kennel.
(89) Weigh out--the process by which a jockey or greyhound
is weighed before a race.
(90) Weighing out weight--the weight of a greyhound
on weighing out of the lockout kennel immediately before post time
for the race in which the greyhound is entered.
(91) Win--to finish first in a race.
(92) Winner--
(A) for horse racing, the horse whose nose reaches
the finish line first, while carrying the weight of the jockey or
is placed first through disqualification by the stewards; and
(B) for greyhound racing, the greyhound whose muzzle,
or if the muzzle is lost or hanging, whose nose reaches the finish
line first or is placed first through disqualification by the judges.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §301.1 adopted to be effective November 15, 1988, 13 TexReg 5555; amended to be effective November 3, 1989, 14 TexReg 5619; amended to be effective October 11, 1990, 15 TexReg 5680; amended to be effective November 29, 1990, 15 TexReg 6587; amended to be effective September 30, 1991, 16 TexReg 5067; amended to be effective November 22, 1991, 16 TexReg 6444; amended to be effective April 10, 1993, 18 TexReg 1927; amended to be effective July 7, 1993, 18 TexReg 4191; amended to be effective January 1, 1999, 23 TexReg 12911; amended to be effective June 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 3623; amended to be effective November 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 8509; amended to be effective November 6, 2002, 27TexReg 10378; amended to be effective July 16, 2007, 32 TexReg 4386; amended to be effective December 8, 2011, 36 TexReg 8369; amended to be effective September 28, 2014, 39 TexReg 7573; amended to be effective March 13, 2016, 41 TexReg 1683; amended to be effective March 8, 2017, 42 TexReg 1024; amended to be effective April 8, 2019, 44 TexReg 1715; amended to be effective June 29, 2022, 47 TexReg 3681 |
