A horse may be nominated for a Claiming Race within the price indicated in the race conditions.
Claiming prices indicated for each horse are inclusive of GST.
To be eligible to nominate for a claiming race an Authority to Nominate in a Claiming Race form must be completed stating the name of the horse, minimum claiming price and the authority expiry date for the claim form. ALL owners must sign the form to be valid.
If an owner wishes to reduce the claiming price of a horse a new Claiming Authority Form must be completed and submitted to the Controlling Body.
A horse can be purchased or claimed at the nominated claiming price by fully completing a Claim Form, signed by all owners and lodging with payment to the Controlling Body or Acceptance Office at the race track no later than 15 minutes prior to the running of the claiming race. The name of the person collecting the horse must also be indicated on this form for the claim to be valid.
Payment for any claim must be by bank cheque or direct deposit only. For direct transfers please contact RQL for full details regarding direct deposit payments however it is requested if possible to organize the direct deposit on the day prior to the race so RQL can confirm the transferred money has reached the RQL bank account. Any claim may not be valid if it cannot be proven whether the deposit has reached the RQL bank account.
If multiple claims have been lodged for the same horse the Stewards will request a representative from each party to be present for a random draw.
In or with respect to a claiming race a person shall not claim directly or indirectly a horse owned, trained or driven by that person.
A horse claimed from a claiming race will be scratched from any other claiming race for which nominations have closed or acceptances have been taken, and therefore are ineligible to be claimed.
A horse claimed from a claiming event which is also engaged in an upcoming non claiming event may be permitted to start if the new trainer is happy to do so.
For 30 days after claiming, a horse is ineligible to start in a race for the owner or trainer who had the horse at time of claiming unless it is reclaimed out of another claiming race.
For full details on all rules relating to claiming races please refer to Australian Harness Racing Rules 72 to 77.
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