§ 205.320. Preference date.

 (a)  Preference dates shall be given to horses in all overnight events conducted at licensed pari-mutuel racetracks in accordance with the following:

   (1)  The date of the horse’s last previous start in a purse race during the current year is the horse’s preference date with the following exceptions:

     (i)   The preference date on a horse that has drawn to race and has been scratched is the date of the race from which scratched.

     (ii)   When a horse is racing for the first time in the current year the date of a successful qualifying attempt shall be considered the horse’s preference date.

     (iii)   Wherever horses have equal preference in a race, the actual preference of the horses in relation to one another shall be determined from the most recent previous starts which do not result in equal preference.

     (iv)   When an overnight race has been reopened because it did not fill all eligible horses declared into the race prior to the reopening shall receive preference over other horses subsequently declared regardless of the actual preference dates.

 (b)  This rule is not applicable at any meeting at which an agricultural fair is in progress.

 (c)  Nothing in this rule shall preclude a licensed racing entity from adopting a racetrack rule limiting an owner or trainer to one Starter in any single overnight event.

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