A proposed change to the claiming rules in New York could see an increase from 30 to 60 days before a claimed horse is eligible to start out of state, reports the Thoroughbred Daily News. Along with rules designed to make more owners eligible to claim horses, the proposed claiming rule changes were unanimously approved at the New York State Gaming Commission's monthly meeting on Aug. 3.
The new regulations will be published in the state register, then allowed a public commentary period, prior to the NYSGC approving the rules in a final vote.
According to a brief written by NYSGC general counsel Edmund Burns and included in the meeting's informational packet, the extension of the claiming jail rule from 30 to 60 days is designed to “mitigate entry shortages that have been experienced at New York tracks.” The new rule would include an exception for the end of the Finger Lakes race season.
Additionally, owners will be allowed a “greater opportunity to start a horse for the price at which the horse had been claimed.” The rule dictates that for a period of 20 days from the date of the claim, horses cannot start in a claiming race for less than 25 percent more than the amount for which the horse was claimed. For 10 days thereafter, the horse is eligible to start for a claiming price equal to or greater than the price at which it had been claimed. The horse can start for any claiming price on the 31st day.
Another proposed rule adjustment would allow more owners to claim horses, extending the regulations on the time during which a licensed owner had started a horse in New York as well as for the validity of a claiming certificate for newly licensed owners.
Read more at the Thoroughbred Daily News.
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