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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 09.10.02.08" title_num="09" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="02" heading="Claiming.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The following persons may claim:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An individual that the Commission licenses as an owner;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An entity that has established its qualifications to claim by filing an application for licensure as an owner and has been approved by the judges to claim; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An authorized agent of a qualified owner.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A person seeking to effect a false claim by inducing another to claim a horse for him is subject to the penalties provided by §E of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>In claiming races, any horse is subject to being claimed for its entered price, except by the owner of the horse, and owners having the same trainer are not allowed to claim any horse in that trainer's custody.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C-1.">
    <text>A valid claim shall be:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In writing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Enclosed in a sealed envelope; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Deposited in a locked box provided for this purpose by the clerk of the course at least 10 minutes before the post time for the race in which a horse to be claimed is to participate.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If a horse is claimed:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>It may be entered in a race at a claiming price determined by its new owner;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A right, title, or interest in it may not be sold or transferred except in a claiming race for a period of 30 days following the date of the claim; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>It may not be raced outside of the State until one of the following occurs:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>If the horse was claimed from a race that took place at:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Rosecroft, 60 days expire from the date of the claim,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Ocean Downs, 30 days expire from the date of the claim; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The meet at which the horse was claimed ends.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The judges may void a claim and impose any other penalty authorized by these regulations for a violation of the claiming rules.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Claiming Conditions.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Conditions and allowances in claiming races may be based on any criteria established by the racing secretary.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Maiden claiming races shall be restricted to horses that are younger than 6 years old.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Optional claiming races may be carded for horses of any age.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A claim shall be voided if a horse is a starter and the horse:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Dies on the racetrack; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Suffers an injury which requires the euthanasia of the horse, as determined by a State veterinarian, while the horse is on the racetrack.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>A claim is voidable at the sole discretion of the new owner, for a period of up to 1 hour after the race is made official, for any horse that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is vanned off the track after the race at the discretion of the State Veterinarian; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is sent to the detention barn and observed to be lame by the State Veterinarian.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>