Section 285.820.1. Definitions.

Rule 1. As used in these rules:

(a)  "Commissioner" means the Michigan state racing commissioner.

(b)   "Department" means the Michigan department of agriculture.

(c)   "Director" means the director of the department or his or her designee.

(d)  "Licensed racing association" means an association  licensed  by the commissioner to conduct standardbred horse races in this state.

(e)   "M.H.H.A." means the Michigan harness horsemen's association.

(f)         "Michigan-bred  horse"  means  a  horse  that   is    from   a registered standardbred mare, which is owned exclusively by a  resident  or residents  of this state at the time of conception.

(g)   "Michigan-sired standardbred horse" means a standardbred horse that satisfies any of the following provisions:

(i)      The first foal per year, with the exception of twins carried to term by the natural mother, which is from a Michigan-owned standardbred mare at the time of breeding and which is sired by a Michigan-owned or  leased stallion, duly registered with the fairs, exhibitions and racing division.

(ii)    The first foal per year with the exception of twins carried to term by the natural mother, from a mare which was owned exclusively by a resident or residents of this state at the  time  of   conception   and    which   was conceived   outside  this  state   by  means of transported semen from a standardbred stallion that was registered with the department.

(iii)   The first foal per year, with the exception of twins carried to term by the natural mother, from a mare which was owned exclusively or in part by a nonresident of this state at the time of conception and which was conceived outside the   state  of Michigan by means of semen transported from a standardbred stallion that  was registered with the department if, by November 1 of the year in which the foal is conceived,  the transport fee is  paid  to the department's agent.

(h)   "Offending horse" means a horse that causes a disruption  or   an accident in a race.

(i)   "Registered stallion" means a stallion  that   was  registered,   on forms provided by the director, with the department, by  January   1   each year  in which the stallion will be standing at service in this state from January 1 to July 31 of the calendar year in which it  is   registered.  A newly  acquired stallion, which has not been in  this  state for breeding purposes before January 1 of a given year and which has  not   serviced any mares after December 31 of the preceding year shall   be      registered       with the

department   before servicing   any  mares  if   its  foals  are   to   be eligible   for Michigan tax-supported races. Transportation of semen from a registered stallion to a location outside this state does not affect the eligibility of a Michigan-sired standardbred foal for purses provided for in this rule.

History: 1979 AC; 1983 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2004 AACS.