HORSE RACING COMMISSION

[Filed April 21, 2020, 10:12 a.m., effective May 22, 2020]

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Purpose: To amend the time required between races for a horse to be declared ineligible to be claimed.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 260-60-405.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.020.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 20-05-028 on February 10, 2020.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: April 17, 2020.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 09-21-016, filed 10/9/09, effective 11/9/09)

WAC 260-60-405Claiming—Declaring a horse ineligible to be claimed at time of entry.

(1) At the time of entry, the owner, trainer, or if designated, the jockey agent, may opt to declare a horse ineligible to be claimed provided: (((a))) The horse has been laid off and has not started in a race for a minimum of one hundred ((eighty)) days((; and

(b) The horse is entered for a claiming price equal to or greater than the price at which the horse last started.

(2)))and is entered for a claiming price equal to or greater than the price at which the horse last started. For counting purposes the day following the horses last race will count as day one. The horse is eligible to start on day one hundred one.

(2) Failure to declare the horse ineligible to be claimed at the time of entry may not be remedied.

(3) ((The provisions of this rule will only apply to the first start following each layoff.))A horse that enters a claiming race and is declared ineligible to be claimed in such race, cannot consider that race for eligibility in a starter's allowance race.