(a) Words and terms defined in the Act shall have the same meaning when used in this part unless otherwise defined below.
(b) The following words and terms, when used in this part, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Act--The Texas Racing Act, Subtitle A-1, Title 13, Texas Occupations Code.
(2) Active license--a racetrack license designated by the commission as active.
(3) Age of a greyhound--determined as beginning on the day the greyhound is whelped.
(4) Age of a horse--determined as beginning on the first day of January in the year in which the horse is foaled.
(5) Application documents--documents submitted by an applicant for a license in support of the application.
(6) Application period--a period designated by the Commission for the submission of application documents for a racetrack license.
(7) Association grounds--all real property approved by the Commission for use by an association in the conduct of a race meeting.
(8) Association veterinarian--A veterinarian employed by the association.
(9) Authorized agent--a person appointed in writing by the owner or trainer of a horse or greyhound to represent the owner or trainer at a racetrack.
(10) Backstretch--the straightaway on the side of a track that is opposite to the finish line.
(11) Booking--a contract between an association and a kennel owner for the kennel owner to provide greyhounds to the association for a race meeting and for the association to provide kennel buildings to house the greyhounds.
(12) Branding--the act of a totalisator system imprinting a mutuel ticket with information that identifies the ticket as canceled or cashed and automatically making the appropriate notation in the system's memories.
(13) Canceled ticket--a mutuel ticket that represents a wager that has been canceled and withdrawn from the pari-mutuel pool.
(14) Cashed ticket--a mutuel ticket that is paid for a winning wager.
(15) Chief veterinarian--the chief veterinarian employed by the Commission.
(16) Common pool--a pool in which the wagers received at a receiving location are combined with the wagers received at a sending racetrack.
(17) Condition of a race--a characteristic element of the race, such as the distance, qualifications of animal to enter, purse or stakes, or other special features.
(18) Coupled entry--two or more horses entered in a race that, because of common ties of ownership, are joined to be a single betting interest in that race.
(19) Cushion--the top level of a dirt racetrack.
(20) Dead heat--a race in which two or more race animals finish at the same time.
(21) Double entry--an entry of two or more greyhounds in the same race that have either common ownership or the same trainer and are separate wagering interests.
(22) Encrypted--scrambled or otherwise manipulated audio-visual signals to mask the original video content of the signal to cause the signals to be indecipherable and unrecognizable to any person receiving the signal.
(23) Entry--a horse, or horses in the case of a coupled entry, made eligible to run in a race.
(24) Established weight--the racing weight for a greyhound established in accordance with the Rules.
(25) Exempt institutional investor--an investor who is:
(26) Exotic pool--a mutuel pool that involves wagers on more than one entered horse or greyhound or on entries in more than one race.
(27) False start--failure of the starting gate or box doors to open simultaneously.
(28) Foul--an action by a horse or jockey that hinders or interferes with another horse or jockey during the running of a race.
(29) Greyhound race--a contest among greyhounds for purse, stakes, premium, or wager for money, run in the presence of the racetrack officials, including the following:
(30) Groom--an individual employed by an owner or trainer of a racehorse to tend to the physical appearance of the horse and to perform chores in and around the stable.
(31) Growing medium--the substance immediately below the grass on a turf track.
(32) Handle--the total amount of money wagered at a racetrack during a particular period.
(33) Horse--an equine of any breed, including a stallion, gelding, mare, colt, filly, or ridgling.
(34) Horse Race--a running contest between horses for entry fees, purse, prize, or other reward, including the following:
(35) In today horse--a horse that is in the body of a race program which is entered into a race on the next consecutive race day.
(36) Inactive license--a racetrack license designated by the commission as inactive.
(37) Kennel area--an area for the boarding or training of greyhounds.
(38) Lead out--an individual who handles a greyhound from the lockout kennel to the starting box.
(39) Locked in the gate--a horse or greyhound that is prevented from leaving the starting gate or box due to the failure of the front door of the gate or box to open simultaneously with the other doors.
(40) Lure--a mechanical apparatus at a greyhound racetrack consisting of a stationary rail installed around the track, a motorized mechanism that travels on the rail, and a pole that is attached to the mechanism and extends over the track, and to which a decoy is attached.
(41) Maiden--a horse or greyhound that has never won a race at a recognized race meeting authorized by the Commission or by another racing jurisdiction.
(42) Minus pool--a pool in which there are insufficient net proceeds to pay the minimum price to holders of the winning tickets.
(43) Mutuel field--a group of horses joined as a single betting interest in a race due to the limited numbering capacity of the totalisator.
(44) No race--a race that is canceled after being run due to a malfunction of the starting gate or box or any other applicable reason as determined by the Rules.
(45) Nominator--the person in whose name a horse or greyhound is entered for a race.
(46) Occupational licensee--an individual to whom the Commission has issued a license to participate in racing with pari-mutuel wagering.
(47) Odds--a number indicating the amount of profit per dollar wagered to be paid to holders of winning pari-mutuel tickets.
(48) Off time--the moment when, on signal from the starter, the horses or greyhounds break from the starting gate or box and run the race.
(49) Paddock--the area in which horses or greyhounds gather immediately before a race.
(50) Paper/Program Trainer--a licensed trainer who solely for the purposes of the official race program is identified as the trainer of a horse that is actually under the control of and trained by another person who may or may not hold a current trainer's license in any jurisdiction.
(51) Patron--an individual present on association grounds during a race meeting who is eligible to wager on the racing.
(52) Pecuniary interest--includes a beneficial ownership interest in an association, but does not include bona fide indebtedness or a debt instrument of an association.
(53) Performance--the schedule of horse or greyhound races run consecutively as one program. A greyhound performance consists of fifteen or fewer races unless approved by the executive secretary.
(54) Photofinish--the system of recording pictures or images of the finish of a race to assist in determining the order of finish.
(55) Place--to finish second in a race.
(56) Post position--the position assigned to a horse or greyhound in the starting gate or box.
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