Section R. 285.810.3 - Eligibility of races for supplementsRule 3.
(1) State supplements shall be allocated for the following Michigan-bred horse races: (a) Thoroughbred races approved by the director.(b) The following stake races shall be run each year at one of the thoroughbred tracks operated by a licensed association:(i) Michigan futurity, 2-year-olds.(ii) "Sickles Image" stake, 2-year-old, 2 divisions, (1) colts and geldings, (2) fillies.(iii) "Lansing" stake, 3-year-olds, 2 divisions, (1) colts and geldings, (2) fillies.(iv) "Michigan Breeders" stake, 3-year-olds and up.(v) "Little Ones" stake, 2-year-olds, 2 divisions, (1) colts and geldings, (2) fillies.(vi) "Dowling" stake, 3-year olds, 2 divisions, (1) colts and geldings, (2) fillies. (vii) "Frontier" stake, 3-year-olds and up.(viii) Larkspur - 3-year-old and up - fillies and mares.(ix) Moonbeam - 3-year-old and up - fillies and mares.(x) Regret - 3-year-old fillies.(xi) Michigan oaks - 3-year-old fillies. (2) State supplements shall be paid first for races specified under subrule (1) (b) of this rule. If funds are not available to provide state supplements for all races approved by the director under subrule (1) (a) of this rule, then the director shall prorate available money at his or her discretion among the races so run.(3) At least 1 Michigan-bred race shall be scheduled on each program.(4) Each association licensed to conduct racing in Michigan shall not offer a lesser track purse for a Michigan-bred race than the track purse offered for a non-Michigan-bred race that is comparable in the judgment of the director. The nomination fee for a Michigan-bred stakes race shall be equal to the nomination fee for a comparable purse offered on similar conditions in an open stakes race during a race meet.(5) If the programmed Michigan-bred race does not draw sufficient entries to run, the licensed racing association shall not run a non-Michigan-bred race as a substitute, but shall run an approved substitute Michigan-bred race. Each horse in stake races for 2-and 3-year-old horses described in subrule (1) (b) of this rule shall carry equal scale weight.Mich. Admin. Code R. 285.810.3