Business and Professions Code section 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.

Source: Section 19408.3, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=19408.3. (updated Jan. 1, 1980; accessed Dec. 8, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/business_and_professions_code_section_19408.3

Original Source: Section 19408.3, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=19408.3. (last accessed May 12, 2025).