“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.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 19408.3
General Provisions and Definitions
Known as the Horse Racing Law
The act spans §§ 19400–19668 (334 sections).
Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1043, Sec. 3.2.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.