(2) State supplements shall be paid first for races specified under subdivisions
(b) to (e) of this rule. If funds are not available to provide state supplements for all
races approved by the director under subrule (1) of this rule, then the director shall
prorate available money at his or her discretion among the races so run, based on the
number of
horse entries, conditions, and value of the total purse.
(3) Not less than 2 races of Michigan-bred horses shall be scheduled on each full
paint horse program, with at least 1 race of Michigan-bred horses on any split program.
(4) An association licensed to conduct paint horse racing in Michigan shall not offer
a smaller track purse, excluding the state supplement, for a race of Michigan-bred
horses, than it offers for
a
race of non-Michigan-bred horses which, in the
judgment of the director, is a comparable race.
(5) If the programmed race of Michigan-bred horses does not draw sufficient
entries to run, the licensed paint horse racing association may substitute a race
approved by the director.
History: 2004 AACS.
R 285.823.4 Conditions and purses for races; allocation of state supplements.
Rule 4. (1) The racing association of the track where races of Michigan-bred
horses are to be conducted shall propose conditions and purses for the races of
Michigan-bred horses. The conditions of all races of Michigan-bred horses are subject
to the approval of the director. These conditions shall be submitted to the director not
less than 18 calendar days before the first race is conducted for each race program.
(2) The allocation of state supplements shall be determined by the director or his
or her designee with the advice of the racing commissioner, a representative of
the licensed paint horse racing associations, and a representative of the paint horse
racing association of Michigan.
(3) The director shall announce, no later than 14 calendar days before the start of the
race meet, allocation of state supplements to purses for each of the approved races of
Michigan-bred horses in the race program. If proposed conditions for those races are
not submitted to the director, alone with a substitute race list, within the time fixed by
subrule (1), the director may determine conditions and allocate state supplements for
those races at his or her discretion, but state supplements shall not be allocated later than
96 hours before the first race scheduled in each condition book. A state supplement
shall not be allocated to a race of Michigan-bred horses after the race has been run.
History: 2004 AACS.
R 285.823.5 Breeders' Awards.
Rule 5. (1) The director or his or her designee shall pay a breeders' award, to the
breeder of a Michigan-bred horse for each time the horse runs first, second, or third in a
race, including approved fair races. The combined total award of the gross purse shall
not exceed the percentage allowed under the racing law. If more than 1 winner, place,
or show is declared, each breeder is entitled to a breeders' award.
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