Section 11-534 – Meetings; Compensation
(a) The Advisory Committee shall determine the times and places of its meetings. (b) A member of the Advisory Committee: (1) may not receive compensation; but (2) is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.
Section 11-535 – Administration of Fund
(a) The Commission shall: (1) administer the Fund and the Maryland-Bred Race Program with the help and advice of the Advisory Committee; and (2) order each payment that is to be made from the Fund. (b) The Commission shall: (1) deposit the money allocated to the Fund by each mile thoroughbred racing licensee and the Maryland State Fair and Agricultural […]
Section 11-536 – Running of Fund Races
(a) Each mile thoroughbred racing licensee and the Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society, Inc., shall provide for the running of races known as the Maryland-Bred Fund Races. (b) The Commission may approve the running of a Maryland-Bred Fund Race at a thoroughbred track outside the State.
Section 11-537 – Registration Required for Fund Race
A horse shall be registered with the Maryland Horse Breeders Association, Inc., before the horse may start in a Fund Race.
Section 11-538 – Qualifications to Register
A horse may be registered with the Maryland Horse Breeders Association, Inc., only if the horse was foaled in Maryland as shown by a foal certificate from the Jockey Club and: (1) the breeder of the horse has maintained a place of abode in Maryland for more than 9 months immediately before registration; (2) the breeder of […]
Section 11-539 – Conditions Set by Commission
(a) On recommendation of the Advisory Committee, the Commission shall set: (1) the number of Fund Races; (2) the amount of each purse; (3) the date of each Fund Race; (4) the location of each Fund Race held outside the State; (5) the distance of each Fund Race; (6) each breeder’s award, including awards for races in the State and outside the […]
Section 11-540 – Purses
(a) A licensee who provides for a Fund Race: (1) need not contribute an amount greater than the allocation to the Fund set under § 11-515 or § 11-525 of this subtitle; but (2) may add to any purse in a Fund Race. (b) A purse, authorized under this part and paid in a Fund Race, is specifically excluded […]
Section 11-541 – Cancellation
(a) If there are fewer than 5 separate qualified entries in a Fund Race, the Commission shall cancel the Fund Race. (b) If the Commission cancels a Fund Race, the Commission shall give notice to the licensee in time to allow the licensee to schedule a substitute race.
Section 11-516 – Takeout Allocation if Preakness Is Transferred or Sold
If the Preakness Stakes is transferred otherwise than under § 11-520(b) of this subtitle or if it is sold to a buyer other than the State, the takeout of the mutuel pools on each race held thereafter shall be allocated as follows: (1) to the Maryland-Bred Race Fund, 1% of each mutuel pool; (2) to the Commission, […]
Section 11-518 – Distribution of Open Purses
(a) In this section, “open purse” means any purse, except for one offered in a race funded by the Maryland-Bred Race Fund. (b) The Commission may direct a deduction from open purse money of 0.25% of all mutuel pools to be paid to the Maryland Backstretch Employees Pension Fund. (c) Subject to the approval of the Commission, the […]