US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  334.  New  York-bred harness horse events.   1. The fund is further
  authorized and directed to conduct each year,  at  the  New  York  state
  exposition,  with  the approval of the director of the exposition, colt,
  stake and overnight events for standardbred horses to  provide  contests
  for  two  year  old and three year old colts and fillies at each gait of
  trotting and pacing. The colt, stake and overnight events  so  conducted
  for  two  year  old and three year old colts and fillies at each gait of
  trotting and pacing hereunder shall be conditioned to admit  only  those
  colts  and fillies dropped from a mare bred in this state and sired by a
  stallion owned or leased and permanently standing  for  service  at  and
  within this state at the time of the said foal's conception.  Such colt,
  stake  and  overnight  events shall be opened for nomination not earlier
  than the first day of January in the year the event is to  be  held  and
  only colts and fillies and horses complying with the following standards
  shall be eligible for such nomination:
    a.  All  foals must be sired by a stallion registered with the fund or
  an agent designated by it.
    b. Prior to December first  of  each  year,  all  persons  standing  a
  stallion at either public or private service shall file with the fund or
  an agent designated by it a list of all mares bred to each stallion.
    c. All persons standing a stallion in New York state must:
    Register each stallion with the fund or an agent designated by it.
    d. Syndicates standing a stallion in this state where the syndicate is
  owned  partly by non-residents of this state, must file a lease with the
  fund or an agent designated by it.
    e. Stallion eligibility: Eligible stallions are those stallions:
    (i) owned by a resident of New York state and standing the entire stud
  season in New York state, or
    (ii) owned by a resident of a state other than New York  but  standing
  the  entire  stud  season in this state and leased by a resident of this
  state for a term of not less than ten years, or
    (iii) owned jointly by a resident of  a  state  other  than  New  York
  together  with  a  resident  of  this state and standing the entire stud
  season in this state and leased by a resident of this state for  a  term
  of not less than ten years.
    (1)  Starting  fees  in  such colt and filly stake events shall not be
  less than two percent of the amount of the purse therefor and  shall  be
  added to purses to be distributed as hereinafter provided.
    (2)  Purses,  stakes  or  prizes shall be paid to the winners, second,
  third, fourth and fifth place horses in the aforesaid colt and filly and
  horse stake events, in amounts determined  by  the  fund.    Purses  and
  prizes  shall  be  paid  to the winners, second, third, fourth and fifth
  place horses in overnight events, in amounts to  be  determined  by  the
  harness track licensees.
    2.  The  fund  is  further  authorized  and  directed in each year, in
  cooperation with each licensee harness track in this state,  to  provide
  for  the  running of stake events conditioned to admit only two year old
  and three year old colts and fillies dropped from a mare  bred  in  this
  state  and  sired by a stallion owned or leased and permanently standing
  for service at and within this state at the  time  of  the  said  foal's
  conception,  at  each  gait  of trotting and pacing, to be known as "New
  York sire stakes" and to contribute to the purses, stakes or  prizes  to
  be  awarded  in such "New York sire stakes", such sums as the fund shall
  deem advisable. The fund may prescribe a  starting  fee  for  such  "New
  York-bred  harness  horse stakes" but in no event shall such fee be less
  than two per centum of the estimated  purse  for  each  entry.  The  fee
  prescribed shall be added to the purses awarded.
    3.  Subsequent to the year nineteen hundred sixty-five a foal shall be
  eligible for the "New York sire stakes" if conceived from a mare bred in
  the state and sired by a stallion owned by a resident of this  state  or
  leased  to  a  resident  of  this state for a period of no less than ten
  years  and  standing  for  service  within  the state at the time of the
  foal's conception.
    4.  The fund shall have the power to prescribe rules  and  regulations
  to  determine the eligibility of entries in "New York-bred harness horse
  races" and to effectuate the purposes and requirements set forth in this
  section.