Coupled entries
Compiled text through Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Sep 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)All horses owned wholly or in part by or under the control of the same person or trained by the same trainer must be coupled and run as an entry.
(b)The judges may require any horses entered in a race to be coupled for betting purposes prior to the commencement of wagering on-track and off-track, if they find it necessary in the public interest.
(c)Not more than two horses trained by the same person shall be drawn into any overnight race, or on the also-eligible list, to the exclusion of another horse.
(d)For the purposes of subdivision (a) of this section, a horse shall be deemed wholly owned or in part by a particular person if that person holds the entire property interest in the horse or if, by lease or ownership, he controls the racing qualities of the horse, or if he holds a proportionate interest of 25 percent or more in a partnership which either holds the property interest in the horse or, by lease or ownership, controls the racing qualities of the horse.