(a) Any association conducting a quarter horse or harness racing meeting shall pay the sums required to be paid by Section 19567 out of the amounts deducted from the parimutuel pool for license fees, commissions, and purses in the same proportion as the distribution of the license fees, commissions, and purses.
Those sums deducted for quarter horse meetings shall be deposited with the official registering agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19617.7 and shall thereafter be distributed in accordance with subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) of Section 19617.7.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any association conducting a fair racing meeting other than a harness meeting or conducting a mixed breed meeting shall deduct an additional 0.34 of 1 percent of the total amount handled in its daily conventional and exotic parimutuel pools for all races for payment of breeder and stallion awards provided for in this chapter. Following the close of the meeting, the respective official registering agency or officially recognized horsemen’s organization shall distribute the amounts so deducted as follows:
(1) With respect to thoroughbred races, the amounts deducted shall be paid as breeder awards, owners’ premiums, and stallion awards as provided in Section 19617.2.
(2) With respect to quarter horse races, the amounts deducted shall be paid as breeder premiums, and owners’ and stallion awards, as provided in Section 19617.7.
(3) With respect to Arabian races, the amounts deducted shall be paid as breeder premiums, and owners’ and stallion awards as provided in Section 19617.8.
(4) With respect to Appaloosa races, the amounts deducted shall be paid as breeder premiums, and owners’ and stallion awards, as provided in Section 19617.9.
(5) With respect to paint horse races, the amounts deducted shall be paid as breeder and owners’ premiums, and stallion awards, as provided in Section 19617.3.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2004.)