71 IAC 3-2-9 Judge's List

                Authority:  IC 4-31-3-9

                Affected:  IC 4-31

                Sec. 9.

                (a) The judges shall maintain a judge's list of the horses which are ineligible to be entered in a race because of poor or inconsistent performance or behavior on the racetrack that may endanger the health and safety of the participants and for the protection of the wagering public.  The reasons for a horse to be placed on the judge's list and ordered to qualify shall include, but not be limited to, the following on a fast or good track:

(1)     Making a break in a qualifying race.

(2)     Making a break in a race following a qualifying race, unless finishing 1^st, 2^nd, or 3^rd.  Two-year old non-wagering purse races for three hundred dollars ($300) or less shall be considered a qualifying race.

(3)     Poor performance or failure to go in a qualifying time following a qualifying race.

(4)     Poor performance in a qualifying race, regardless of going in qualifying time.

(5)     Failing to go in qualifying time in two (2) consecutive starts.

(6)   Failure to go in qualifying time previous or subsequent to a break line.

(7)     Making breaks in two (2) consecutive starts, unless finishing 1^st, 2^nd, or 3^rd in one (1) of the two (2).

(8)     Being scratched sick or lame in two (2) consecutive programmings or scratched sick or lame from a race following a qualifying race.

(9)     Scratched sick or lame, having failed to go in qualifying time in a previous or subsequent start to that scratch.

(10)     Scratched sick or lame in a race previous or subsequent to a break line.

(11)  Numerous bad lines in its last six (6) starts, regardless of being consecutive on finishing 1^st, 2^nd, or 3^rd.

(b) (1) A horse showing a satisfactory line in one (1) of its last two (2) starts or its last start at a pari-mutuel track prior to racing at a county fair track, the county fair lines will not be considered towards its eligibility to return to the pari-mutuel track.  Notwithstanding the above satisfactory line, at the pari-mutuel track, must be within its last six (6) programmed lines but within thirty (30) days of the pari-mutuel start. (race date to race date)

(2) A horse having not raced at a pari-mutuel track must show a satisfactory charted line in one (1) of its last two (2) county fair starts within the time standards set.

(c) The judges may place a horse on the judge's list when there exists a question as to the exact identification or ownership of a horse.

(d) A horse may not be released from the judge's list without permission of the judges.