Canadian Thoroughbred Rules & Regulations

Rules & Information Regarding Canadian Thoroughbred and
Foreign Separate Pool Events


General

All pari-mutuel pools are calculated and distributed in accordance with the regulations and directives as issued by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (“the Regulations”), under the approval and supervision of the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency.

All tickets should be held until the result of the race is declared official and prices are posted.

No person under the age of 18 shall purchase or cash a ticket or voucher.

A claim of receiving an incorrect payment or incorrect change must be made to the Mutuel office of the association within twenty-four hours of buying or cashing a valid ticket or voucher.

No ruling made by the Stewards/Judges or the Ontario Racing Commission with regard to distribution of purse money or the placing of horses in the order of finish, after the race has been declared official, shall have any bearing on the pay-out prices or distribution of pari-mutuel pools.

Change boards and Photo Finish display monitors are located in the Grandstand. In addition, Photo Finish pictures are shown on the closed-circuit television system.

Customers are reminded that mutuel clerks are responsible for all shortages. When making a wager, customers must present sufficient funds at the time of purchase to cover the wagers requested.

Entries and Mutual Fields

“Entry” means two or more horses in the same race which, for the purpose of pari-mutuel betting, are coupled or considered as the same betting interest. The most common reason for the coupling of horses in an Entry is the fact that they are owned by the same person.

“Mutuel Field” means two or more horses in the same race which, for the purpose of pari-mutuel betting, are coupled because the number of horses in the race exceeds the number which can be handled separately by the pari-mutuel system.

Subject to the Regulations, a bet on one horse of an Entry or Mutuel Field shall be considered a bet on all horses in that Entry or Mutuel Field.

Daily Double Betting (Including Late Double)

A Daily Double bet is a betting transaction in which a purchaser of a ticket undertakes to select the official winners of each of the two races specified for the Daily Double. Tickets not selecting the winner of the first half of the Daily Double and all tickets in the second half of the Daily Double not coupled with the declared official winner of the first half of the Daily Double are not winners and are not refunded no matter what circumstances affect the running of the second half of the Daily Double.

Should a horse or horses (not coupled with another starter) be excused from starting in the second race of the Daily Double after the first race of the Daily Double has been declared official, holders of all Daily Double tickets on such horses, coupled with the winner of the first Daily Double race, shall participate in a Consolation Double pool.

Exactor/Triactor/Superfecta

An Exactor, Triactor, Superfecta is a betting transaction in which a purchaser of a ticket undertakes to select the first two, three and four horses respectively, representing different betting interests to finish in the exact official order of finish, in the race on which the pool is operated. The above stated pools on races that have an entry (i.e. 1 & 1A and/or 2 & 2B) will not offer a wager combining both halves of the same betting interest. Example: If the same betting interest finishes first and second in an Exactor wager, the Exactor payout will be on first and third.

Pick 3, Pick 4, and Pick 6 Betting

The Pick 3, Pick 4, and Pick 6 bets are betting transactions in which a purchaser of a ticket undertakes to select the official winners of each of three, four, six or seven successive races specified for the Pick 3, Pick 4, or Pick 6 respectively.

Winning tickets for the Pick 3 and Pick 4 are determined in the following sequence: A) winners of all legs, B) most winners, C) most second place finishers, or D) sequentially thereafter.

The Woodbine Pick 6 will include a major/minor payout following the Pick N directive 6(2) (f) with a 70/30 split. If there are no winners 70% will be carried over to the next race day and 30% will be paid out to the best of 6 that day. If there is a 6 of 6 winner(s), 70% of the current day’s pool and the carryover will be distributed to 6 of 6 winners, and 30% of the current days net pool will be paid to the next best of 6 winners.

Winning tickets for the Australia Pick 4 and Pick 6 are paid out to ticket holders selecting the winners of all legs. If there are no winners selecting each leg, 100% of net pool will be carried forward to the next day during non-mandatory days.

Pick 3, Pick 4, and Pick 6 Scratches

In the event a Pick 3, Pick 4, or Pick 6 ticket designates as a selection a horse which is scratched, excused or determined by the Stewards/Judges to be a non-starter in any of the races comprising the Pick 3, Pick 4, or Pick 6, the favourite, as evidenced by the amount wagered in the win pool at the time of the start of the race in which the scratch occurred, will be substituted for the non-starting selection. In the event that the money bet in the win pool for two or more favourites is identical, the selection with the lowest program number shall be substituted for the non-starting selection.

However, if a scratch occurs in any leg of the Pick 3, Pick 4, or Pick 6 pools before the pool is closed, a ticket including the scratched horse may be cancelled.

Refunds

Subject to the Regulations, all monies in all pools on a race are refunded in the event that the race is cancelled, declared off or declared no contest, and all monies bet on a horse are refunded if the horse is a late scratch or does not receive a fair start.

The Double, Pick 3 and Pick 4 pools are not refunded after the first leg has been declared official.

Where a horse that is part of an Entry is a late scratch or does not receive a fair start and at least one horse of that Entry receives a fair start in the race, all tickets purchased on the Entry remain valid and the purchase price of any such ticket shall not be refunded.

Common Pool Wagering (Intertrack Betting)

In the unlikely event of a communications or computer system failure that prevents pools from merging with the host track’s pools before the end of a race, CPMA regulations require that the site must refund all tickets for that race.

Lost & Old Tickets

WEG issued tickets or vouchers cannot be cashed at a teller after 2 years from date of issue. Please mail tickets, along with your name and address, to Mutuel Manager, P.O. Box 156, Rexdale, Ontario, M9W 5L2, keeping a photocopy for future reference.

For “Lost Tickets” originally sold at an Woodbine Entertainment Group racetrack or teletheatre; please enquire at the Mutuel office at Woodbine, Greenwood Teletheatre, or Mohawk. Policy may be subject to change retroactively in the event regulatory bodies amend existing regulations.

Association Percentage, and Taxation/Levy

The Woodbine Entertainment Group deducts and retains the following percentages from wagers placed at our own licenced sites which are then shared between the horsepeople, host and simulcast associations and the Ontario Racing Commission.

Horsepeople receive a further 2% on all wagers, except triactor wagering where it is 4%. The Ontario Provincial Government retains 0.5% on all bets placed in Ontario. The Canadian Government (through a revolving fund cost recovery basis) retains 0.8% on all wagers placed in Canada for the provision of drug control, photo-finish, video patrol and audit services.

Please Note: While every effort is made to provide accurate information in the program, Woodbine Entertainment Group assumes no liability for errors or omissions.