3) Bank of America Racing Challenge Championship Preferences
CONDITIONS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP, DERBY, DISTAFF, DISTANCE, JUVENILE AND STARTER ALLOWANCE DIVISION:
a) For purposes of these preference rules, a horse is ineligible to enter a Racing Challenge Championship if, at the time of entry for the Racing Challenge Championship Finals, the horse remains subject to any action that may result in loss of purse or disqualification in the Regional Challenge Final by the racing jurisdiction in which the Regional Challenge Final was conducted (e.g., positive drug test, appeal of stewards’ ruling, etc.).
b) Unless ineligible pursuant to Section 3(a), the winning horse in each Regional Challenge Final ("Winner") will receive an automatic berth in the Racing Challenge Championship Final for that division at the Racing Challenge Championship event.
c) If a Winner is ineligible pursuant to Section 3(a) or declines the opportunity to run, the remaining starting position shall be offered to the second place finishing horse in that Regional Challenge Final.
d) If the second place finishing horse is ineligible pursuant to Section 3(a) or declines the opportunity to run, the remaining starting position shall be offered to the third place finishing horse in that Regional Challenge Final.
e) If the third place finishing horse is ineligible pursuant to Section 3(a) or declines the opportunity to run, the second-place horses in other Regional Challenge Finals will receive preference determined by the most money earned in the current calendar year through midnight of the day of the last regularly scheduled Regional Challenge Final.
f) If second-place horses in other regions are ineligible pursuant to Section 3(a) or decline the opportunity to run, the third place horses in other Regional Challenge Finals will receive preference determined by the most money earned in the current calendar year through midnight of the day of the last regularly scheduled Regional Challenge Final.
g) If third-place horses in other regions are ineligible pursuant to Section 3(a) or decline the opportunity to run, the remaining starting position will be offered to all eligible horses which started in a regional race for that division with preference to horse(s) with the most money earned in the current calendar year through midnight of the day of the last regularly scheduled Regional Challenge Final.
h) If a horse wins two Regional Challenge Finals in the same division (i.e., two derby races):
i) the horse, subject to Section 3(a), will represent the region in which he/she won first; and
ii) the second place horse, subject to Section 3(a), which remains eligible from the other regional win, shall represent that region in the Racing Challenge Championship.
i) In the event of a dead heat, the horse with the most money earned in the current calendar year through midnight of the day of the last regularly scheduled Regional Challenge Final shall be considered the Winner. If such Winner is ineligible pursuant to Section 3(a) or declines the opportunity to run, the remaining starting position shall be offered to the other horse involved in the dead heat in that Regional Challenge Final. If the dead heat horse considered the Winner pursuant to this subsection accepts the opportunity to run, the other dead heat horse shall receive preference over second-place horses in all regions. Thereafter, the order of preference shall follow the preference sequence beginning at subsection 3(d) above.
j) All horses which have started in a Regional Challenge Final will be automatically invited to the corresponding division at the Racing Challenge Championship event. Starters will be determined by the preferences outlined in this Section 3.
$125,000 Merial Distaff Challenge Championship (G1)
$125,000 Red Cell Distance Challenge Championship (G1)