Each application for a Class C license, or its renewal, shall be accompanied by the payment of an annual fee according to the following schedule:
with the exception of owner/trainer/driver, all applicants to participate at a Class B or D licensed facility where the meet to be conducted is seven or fewer days, $10;
Except as otherwise specially agreed by the parties, the fees to be paid jockeys shall be at least in an amount set forth in the following fee scale:
Purse | Winning Mount | Second Mount | Third Mount | Other Mounts |
$0-12,499 | 10% of win purse | $125 | $100 | $75 |
$12,500-19,999 | 10% of win purse | 5% of place purse | $125 | $75 |
$20,000-49,999 | 10% of win purse | 5% of place purse | 5% of show purse | $75 |
$50,000-99,999 | 10% of win purse | 5% of place purse | 5% of show purse | $85 |
$100,000 and up | 10% of win purse | 5% of place purse | 5% of show purse | $105 |
For the purpose of this subpart, "purse" includes purse supplement money from the Minnesota Breeders' Fund pursuant to parts 7895.0110 and 7895.0300, subpart 6.
In the absence of a contract or special agreement, drivers' fees shall be $20 or five percent of the purse earned, whichever is greater.
For the purpose of this subpart "purse earned" means the amount paid the winning horse less the fees paid by the owner to enter the horse in the race.
The purpose of this subpart is not to set a minimum or a maximum fee, but merely to provide a fee in the event that the parties have not made any other written agreement to the contrary.
A driver's fee shall be considered earned when the horse which the driver has been engaged to drive leaves the paddock for the post; provided, however, that in the event of a substitution of drivers after the fee is considered earned, no additional driver fee or double driver fee need be paid except when so ordered by the stewards.
In the event the parties reach an agreement with respect to the fee to be paid the driver, a contract or agreement in writing signed by the driver (or his or her agent) and the owner (or his or her authorized agent) specifying the agreed upon fee shall be delivered to the horsepersons' bookkeeper prior to the running of the race in question. The horsepersons' bookkeeper shall debit the owner's account in accordance with the contract or written agreement.
If no contract or written agreement is submitted to the horsepersons' bookkeeper prior to the running of the race in question, the horseperson's bookkeeper shall debit the owner's purse account in accordance with the applicable fees found in this subpart.
9 SR 2527; 10 SR 2161; 14 SR 332; 14 SR 2008; 14 SR 2454; 16 SR 2684; 17 SR 1279; 19 SR 2307; 20 SR 2592; 22 SR 1785; 24 SR 1568; 25 SR 1609; 28 SR 699; 33 SR 2095; 40 SR 29; 44 SR 1031; 44 SR 1047; 46 SR 6
July 16, 2021
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes