Section 19408.3.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 19408.3.
in effect“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.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026
