WSR 14-03-054
PERMANENT RULES
[Filed January 13, 2014, 7:33 a.m., effective February 13, 2014]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: To clarify under what circumstances a trainer may enter more than two horses in an overnight race.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 260-40-065.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW
67.16.020.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 13-23-043 on November 15, 2013.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: January 10, 2014.
Douglas L. Moore
Executive Secretary
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 10-10-017, filed 4/26/10, effective 5/27/10)
WAC 260-40-065 Multiple entries.
A trainer, owner, or authorized agent may not enter and start more than two horses of the same or separate ownership in a purse race or overnight event, except under the following conditions:
(1) Stake races;
(2) Races in which there are fees required to nominate or enter; and
(3) Allowance/optional claiming or maiden special weight races. In these races a trainer may not enter more than three horses. (((4))) The third entry may not exclude a single entry, or be allowed if there are less than seven entries received prior to the entry of the trainer's third horse.
