California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 8 — Special Business RegulationsChapter 4 — Horse RacingArticle 1 — General Provisions and DefinitionsSection 19408.3
“Stakes race” means a race for which owners of horses entered or engaged for the race contribute to a purse for which money or any other prize may be added, nominations to which close 72 hours or more before starting; or an invitational race or invitational handicap race for which owners do not conribute to the purse, but which is advertised in the regular stakes program.
Notes
Defines stakes race as a race with an owner-contributed purse, potentially supplemented by money or another prize, whose nominations close at least 72 hours before starting. It also includes an advertised invitational or invitational handicap race in the regular stakes program where owners do not contribute to the purse.
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