Section 71IAC6-1-2. Prohibitions on claims

   (a) A person shall not:

(1) claim, directly or indirectly, his or her own horse or a horse trained or driven by him or her; or

(2) cause such horse to be claimed directly or indirectly for his or her own account.

  (b) A person shall not directly or indirectly:

(1) offer to claim or not to claim;

(2) enter into an agreement to claim or not to claim;

(3) attempt to prevent another person from claiming; any horse in a claiming race;

(4) claim a horse for an unlicensed and/or ineligible person; or

(5) claim a horse with funds loaned by an individual without prior approval of the judges.

  (c) A person shall not have more than one (1) claim on any one (1) horse in any claiming race. However, owners utilizing the same trainer may claim different horses from the same race.

  (d) A person shall not directly or indirectly conspire to protect a horse from being claimed by arranging another person to lodge claims, a procedure known as protection claims. (Indiana Horse Racing Commission; 71 IAC 6-1-2; emergency rule filed Feb 10, 1994, 9:20 a.m.: 17 IR 1149; emergency rule filed Feb 13, 1998, 10:00 a.m.: 21 IR 2400; readopted filed Oct 30, 2001, 11:50 a.m.: 25 IR 899; emergency rule filed Mar 27, 2002, 10:25 a.m.: 25 IR 2536; emergency rule filed Mar 12, 2008, 1:53 p.m.: 20080326-IR-071080191ERA, eff Mar 11, 2008 [IC 4-22-2-37.1 establishes the effectiveness of an emergency rule upon filing with the Publisher. LSA Document #08-191(E) was filed with the Publisher March 12, 2008.]; readopted filed Mar 20, 2008, 2:32 p.m.: 20080416-IR-071080063RFA; emergency rule filed Mar 19, 2009, 11:07 a.m.: 20090401-IR-071090195ERA, eff Mar 12, 2009 [IC 4-22-2-37.1 establishes the effectiveness of an emergency rule upon filing with the Publisher. LSA Document #09-195(E) was filed with the Publisher March 19, 2009.]; readopted filed Nov 24, 2015, 1:30 p.m.: 20151223-IR-071150081RFA)