Section 285.823.3. Eligibility of races for state supplements.

Rule 3. (1) State supplements shall be allocated for the following races:

(a)   ) Michigan-bred paint horse overnight races.

(b)   The Michigan futurities.

(c)   ) Michigan-bred 2-year-old championships, handicaps, and stakes.

(d)  Michigan-bred 3-year-old handicaps and stakes.

(e)   ) Michigan-bred 4-year-old and older handicaps and stakes.

(2)     State  supplements  shall   be  paid  first    for     races     specified under subdivisions

(b) to (e) of this rule. If funds are not available to provide state supplements for all races approved by the director under subrule (1) of this rule, then the director shall prorate available money at his or her discretion among the races so run, based on the number of

horse entries, conditions, and value of the total purse.

(3)   Not less than 2 races of Michigan-bred horses shall be scheduled on each full paint horse program, with at least 1 race of Michigan-bred horses on any split program.

(4)   An association licensed to conduct paint horse  racing    in    Michigan shall not offer a smaller track purse, excluding the state supplement, for a race of Michigan-bred horses, than it offers  for   a  race  of non-Michigan-bred horses which,  in   the judgment  of the director, is a comparable race.

(5)   If the programmed race of Michigan-bred  horses  does  not  draw sufficient entries to run, the licensed paint horse racing association may substitute a race approved by the director.

History: 2004 AACS.