Section R19-2-302. Definitions

The definitions in A.R.S. § 5-101 apply to this Chapter. Addition- ally, in this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1.        “Added money” means the money a permittee adds to the nominating and starting fees in a race.

2.        “Adequate feed” means the quantity of foodstuffs that a greyhound of a specific age and weight requires daily to maintain a reasonable level of nutrition.

3.        “Age” means the age of a greyhound computed from the day the greyhound is whelped.

4.        “Authorized agent” means a person appointed under R19- 2-306(G).

5.        “Breeder” means the owner or lessee of a greyhound’s dam at the time the greyhound is whelped.

6.        “Breeding farm” means a facility at which greyhounds are bred and raised.

7.        “Breeding place” means the place at which a greyhound is whelped.

8.        “Business day” means a day on which live racing is con- ducted or a day on which entries are taken.

9.        “Complaint” means a written allegation of a violation of this A.R.S. Title 5, Chapter 1 or this Chapter.

10.     “Contest” means a competitive racing event on which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted.

11.     “Declaration” means the act of withdrawing an entered greyhound from a race.

12.     “Entrance fee” means a fee set by a permittee that must be paid to make a greyhound eligible for a stakes race.

13.     “Entry” means a greyhound eligible and entered in a race.

14.      “Equipment” means muzzles and number blankets.

15.     “Exercise areas” means fenced locations where grey- hounds are released to exercise for a short period of time before being returned to the greyhounds’ kennel housing crates or run housing.

16.     “Field” means the entire group of greyhounds in a race.

17.     “Foreign substance” means any drug, medicine, metabo- lite, or other substance that does not exist naturally in an untreated greyhound’s body and that may have a pharma- cological effect on the racing performance of a grey- hound or may affect sampling or testing procedures. Foreign substances include but are not limited to, stimu- lants, depressants, local anesthetics, narcotics, and anal- gesics.

18.     “Grounds” means the entire area used by a permittee to conduct race meets including, but not limited to, the track, grandstand, kennels, concession areas, and parking facilities.

19.     “Immediate,” for the purpose of suspension or revocation of a license issued under this Chapter, means the first date that the suspension or revocation does not negatively impact another licensee, as determined by the Depart- ment.

20.     “Inquiry” means an investigation of potential interference in a contest conducted by the stewards before the stew- ards declare the result of the contest official.

21.     “Kennel housing” means a facility where greyhounds are housed indoors.

22.     “Kennel owner” means a person who has a contract or agreement with a permittee to provide dogs to the permit- tee’s facility.

23.     “Lawfully issued prescription” means a prescription-only drug, as defined at A.R.S. § 13-3401, obtained directly from or under a valid prescription order written by a licensed physician acting in the course of professional practice.

24.     “Lessee” or “lessor” means a person who leases a grey- hound for racing or breeding purposes.

25.     “Lure” means a mechanical device consisting of a sta- tionary rail installed around a track and a reasonable decoy that is electrically driven around the track at a uni- form distance ahead of racing greyhounds.

26.     “Maiden” means a greyhound that at the time of starting has never won a race in any country on a recognized track or that was disqualified after finishing first.

27.     “Manager/Agent,” for purposes of R19-2-327, means a person managing a racing kennel, breeding farm, or other operation.

28.     “Match race” means a race between two or more grey- hounds, each of which is the property of a different owner, on terms agreed to by the owners and approved by the Department.

29.     “Matinée” means a schedule of races conducted on a track in daylight hours.

30.     “Minus pool” means there is not enough money, after deductions of state tax and statutory commissions, to pay the legally prescribed minimum on each winning wager.

31.     “Net pool” means the sum of all wagers on a race minus refundable wagers and statutory commissions.

32.     “Night performance” means a schedule of races con- ducted on a track during night hours.

33.     “Nominating fee” means a fee set by a permittee that must be paid to make a greyhound eligible for a stakes race.

34.     “Nomination” means naming a greyhound or the grey- hound’s pup to compete in a specific race or series of races, eligibility for which may require paying a fee at the time of naming.

35.     “Nominator” means the person in whose name a grey- hound is nominated for a stakes or handicap race.

36.     “Off time” means the moment at which, on signal of the starter, the greyhounds break and run.

37.     “Official race program” means a published listing of all contests and contestants for a specific performance.

38.     “Other operation” means a facility where greyhounds are trained or kept.

39.     “Overnight race” means a race for which entries close 96 or fewer hours before the time set for the first race of the day on which the race is to be run.

40.     “Owner” means any person possessing all or part of the legal title to a greyhound, or any person possessing all or part of the legal interest in a racing kennel, breeding farm, or other operation.

41.     “Payout” means the amount of money payable to winning wagers.

42.     “Performance” means a schedule of races run consecu- tively as one program.

43.     “Place” means a greyhound finishes in one of the first three positions in a race.

44.     “Post position” means the position assigned to a grey- hound for the start of a race.

45.     “Post time” means the time set for greyhounds in a race to arrive at the starting point.

46.  “Prohibited substance” means any substance regulated by

A.R.S. Title 13, Chapter 34.

47.     “Purse” means the total dollar amount for which a race is contested.

48.     “Purse race” means a race for money or other prize to which owners of greyhounds engaged in the race do not contribute an entry fee.

49.     “Race” means a contest among greyhounds for purse, stakes, premium, or wager for money that is run in the presence of racing officials of the track and a Department representative.

50.     “Race meet” means the period for which a permit to con- duct racing is granted to a permittee by the Commission.

51.     “Race on the flat” means a race over a track on which no jumps or other obstacles are placed.

52.     “Racing Regulation Fund” means the fund established under A.R.S. § 5-113.01 and administered by the Depart- ment to receive funding for regulation of racing from var- ious pari-mutuel racing industry sources.

53.     “Racing kennel” means a kennel located off-track and operated under contract, or agreement with a permittee to provide greyhounds to the permittee’s facility.

54.     “Recognized track” means a track where pari-mutuel wagering is authorized by law.

55.     “Restricted area” means an enclosed portion of a racing facility to which access is limited to licensees whose occupation or participation requires access.

56.     “Result” means the part of the official order of finish used to determine the pari-mutuel payout of pools for each contest.

57.     “Ruled off” means the act of:

a.         Barring a licensee from the grounds of a permittee and denying the licensee all racing privileges; or

b.        Preventing a greyhound from being entered because the stewards have determined that preventing the greyhound from racing is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of licensees and the state.

58.     “Run housing” means a fenced area where greyhound puppies and non-racing greyhounds live and are permit- ted to move about freely.

59.     “Scratch” means to withdraw an entered greyhound from a race after post positions in that race have been drawn and the time for making substitutions or replacements in the race has passed.

60.     “Scratch time” means the time set by the permittee for withdrawing entered greyhounds from the races of a par- ticular day.

61.     “Stakes race” means a race for which the owner of an entered greyhound is required to pay a fee to which the track may add money or other prize to make up the total purse and for which nominations close more than 72 hours before the time for the first race of the day on which the stakes race is to be run.

62.     “Starting fee” means the amount of money, specified by the conditions of the race and set by the permittee, which must be paid by a greyhound’s owner for the greyhound to start in a race.

63.     “Starting greyhound” means a greyhound that leaves the paddock for the post, excluding:

a.         A greyhound subsequently excused by the stewards, or

b.        A greyhound for which the starting box door does not open in front of the greyhound at the time the starter dispatches the field.

64.     “Subscription” means the fee paid by the owner to nomi- nate a greyhound for a stakes race.

65.     “Supplemental fee” means a fee set by a permittee that must be paid by a greyhound’s owner at a time prescribed by the permittee to make the greyhound eligible for a stakes race.

66.     “Suspended” means that a privilege granted by the offi- cials of a race meet or by the Commission or Department has been temporarily withdrawn.

67.     “Sustaining fee” means a fee that must be paid periodi- cally, as prescribed by the conditions of a race, to keep a greyhound eligible for the race.

68.     “Tote or totalisator”  means the machines  from which pari-mutuel tickets are sold and the board on which the approximate odds for a race are posted.

69.     “Track” means the course over which races take place.

70.     “Trainer” means a person employed by an owner or les- see to condition greyhounds for racing.

71.     “Turn-out pens” means the enclosed or fenced areas where racing greyhounds are briefly released from their kennel housing crates for the purpose of urinating and defecating.

72.     “Walkover” means a race in which there are not two or more greyhounds of separate interest sent to post.

73.     “Weighing in” means the act of recording the weight of a greyhound taken after a race is completed, in accordance with this Article.

74.     “Weighing out” means the act of recording the weight of a greyhound before post time or time of a race in which the greyhound is entered.

75.     “Whelped” means the birth of a greyhound.

Historical Note

Adopted effective August 5, 1983 (Supp. 83-4).

Amended effective November 30, 1988 (Supp. 88-4).

Amended effective March 20, 1990 (Supp. 90-1).

Amended effective February 28, 1995; R19-2-302 recodi- fied from R4-27-302 (Supp. 95-1). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 1484, effective July 20, 2011 (Supp. 11-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 19 A.A.R.

3412, effective November 30, 2013 (Supp. 13-4).