Updated March 31, 2008 STAKES CONDITIONS Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario Stakes Program The following conditions shall apply to all trials and finals of stakes races run under the auspices of Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario Inc. (QROOI). All QROOI Stakes Races are conducted at Ajax Downs, in Ajax, Ontario and fall under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Racing Commission. All participants are bound by the rules of the Ontario Racing Commission and the rules of the American Quarter Horse Association. The following Stakes Conditions have been approved by the Ontario Racing Commission. 1. Requirement for QROOI membership The owner of any horse being nominated or entered to the stakes program must be a current Class A or Class B member of the QROOI. 2. Submission of payments Nomination and sustaining payments for stakes races MUST be in the possession of the Stakes Chairman on the due date. Postmark dates will not be accepted. It is suggested that post-dated cheques for all sustaining payments be sent with the nomination. Upon notification to the Stakes Chairman that a horse is being withdrawn, all cheques covering future payments will be returned to the nominee. Cheques MUST have the horse’s name and race entered, shown on it. All payments must be in Canadian Funds. 3. Withdrawal from Program Withdrawal from a Stakes race must be done by midnight of the payment due date; verbally and confirmed in writing to the Stakes Chairman. A stop payment of a cheque used to nominate or enter a horse into the stakes program will not constitute withdrawal from the Stakes Program. 4. Missed payment Late penalties must be paid when the nomination date is missed or a second sustaining payment is missed. If a sustaining payment is missed, the horse will become removed from the race. The horse can be reinstated by paying triple the amount of the missed payment prior to the due date of the next payment. A returned cheque will be treated the same as a missed payment, with the exception if a letter of explanation is supplied from the bank, indicating bank error rather than non-sufficient funds as the reason. Late penalties will be accepted at triple the missed payment up to and including the next payment due. At no time will a horse be allowed to miss two consecutive payments. 5. Entry to Finals The procedure to select the finalists in a stakes race will be on the basis of time, using one-hundredths of a second. Where two or more horses run the same time, the photo strip will be used. Where two or more horses run the same times on different photo strips, placing shall be drawn by lot by the Racing Secretary in the presence of the affected owners or their representatives. If a tie occurs for the final position, the owners or their representative will attend a draw to determine which horse goes to the final. This draw will be made by the Racing Secretary as soon as it is practical. 6. Effect of change in order of finish in a time trial In the event a horse is placed for interference in a time trial, it shall receive the time of the horse it is placed behind plus one one-hundredth of a second, and shall be eligible to qualify for the finals of the race on the basis of the assigned time. 7a. Horse unable to participate in final (time trial stake) In the case of a horse that has qualified for the final of a Stakes Race through trials, but is unable to participate, the horse is automatically eligible for last place money. If more than one horse scratches, the last money positions will be divided equally among them. 7b. Horse unable to participate in final (Non-time trial) In the case of a horse that has qualified for the final of a Stakes Race but is unable to participate the next horse with preference will run. In the case that the race has been carded the scratched horse’s portion of the purse will be redistributed to the remaining field. 8. Trial not required If trials are not required, the final will run as advertised. 9. Required number of sustained and/or nominated horses Should any race have less than eight horses sustained and/or nominated as of the last payment date, the race will be cancelled and all payments will be returned to the owners. An exception to this requirement may be allowed by the Board of Directors of the QROOI, with approval of the Ontario Racing Commission. 10. Horse declared a non-starter In the event that the Stewards declare a horse to be a non-starter due to malfunction of the starting gates during a trial, all sustaining and/or nomination payments will be refunded. If a horse is declared a non-starter in the finals, it shall receive last place money. 11. Jockeys’ fees Jockeys’ fees for Stakes Finals will be deducted from the purse money earned. Except in the circumstance that the jockey does not attend or withdraws themselves from the mount, jockey fees are due and payable for any horse that entered and declared into a final. 12. Purse Distribution Purse distribution for Stakes Races will be as follows: 40 %, 20%, 10%, 8%, 7%, 6%, 5% and 4%. When there are less than 8 horses participating in a Stakes Race, the remaining percentage of purse money will be split proportionately among the participants. Payout of the purses will be made to the Owner (Lessee) of record at the time of the race. 13. Declaring entry Any horse, which has nominated and sustained to a particular stakes race must declare entry with the race secretary to maintain its eligibility. 14. QROOI Stakes Race A QROOI stakes race is defined as any AQHA/APHA recognized stakes race as well as any QROOI race run as part of the QROOI Stakes Program. POINT STRUCTURE: Category 1 Purses of $40,000 or more Category 2 Purses of $15,000 up to $39,999 Category 3 Purses under $15,000 Points will be awarded in these categories as follows: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Category 1 10 7 6 5 Category 2 7 5 4 3 Category 3 5 3 2 1 Under no circumstances will the last place horse receive points. If the jockey has earned a fee, the horse will count as a participant. All horses in a dead heat will receive the points for the position of finish and the subsequent horse or horses will receive points in accordance with the number of horses ahead of them. LATE PENALTIES Late penalties will be accepted at triple the missed payment up to and including the next payment due. At no time will a horse be allowed to miss two consecutive payments. email: QROOI@hotmail.com