Section 185.172. Perfecta (Exacta)

(a) No Perfecta (Exacta) wagering shall be conducted without permission of the Commission and only two Perfectas (Exactas) shall be permitted during a single racing program. The races in which Perfecta (Exacta) type pari-mutuel wagering will be permitted shall only be those designated by the Commission and separate pools shall be established therefor.

(b) To win a Perfecta (Exacta), it is necessary for the purchaser of a Perfecta (Exacta) ticket to select in order the horse declared the winner and the horse declared to have placed in the race in which Perfecta (Exacta) type wagering is permitted. If either of the selections made by the purchaser fails to be declared to have finished in the position designated by the purchaser when purchasing the Perfecta (Exacta) ticket, then the contract is void except as here and after provided.

(c) Should there be a dead heat for win in a Perfecta (Exacta) race, holders of tickets combining those two horses in either order will share in the Perfecta (Exacta) payoff. Should there be a dead heat for place, holders of tickets combining the horse declared the winner with either of the horses declared to have finished in the dead heat for place shall share in the Perfecta (Exacta) payoff. In both of the instances mentioned in subsections (a) and (b), the net pool shall be distributed and calculated in the same manner as a Place Pool.

(d) If no ticket is sold combining in order the horse declared the winner and the horse declared to have placed, the Perfecta (Exacta) Pool shall be apportioned between those having tickets selecting to win the horse declared the winner and those having tickets selecting to place the horse declared to have placed and the net pool shall be distributed and calculated in the same manner as a Place Pool.

(e) In the event any horse or horses in the Perfecta (Exacta) should be excused by the racing officials after the horses shall have left the paddock for the post, or after the betting on the Perfecta (Exacta) has been closed, or should any horse or horses in the Perfecta (Exacta) be prevented from racing because of failure of the arm or arms of the starting gate to open, the money wagered on any horse or horses so excused or prevented from racing shall be deducted from the Perfecta (Exacta) Pool and refunded to the purchaser or purchasers of tickets on the horse or horses so excused or prevented from racing.

(f) In the event only one horse finishes the race and is declared the winner, the net pool shall be distributed to holders of Perfecta (Exacta) tickets designating to win the horse declared the winner.

(g) There shall be no coupled entries or fields in a Perfecta (Exacta) race.