ELIGIBILITY:
All two and three-year-old colts and fillies must be Illinois conceived and foaled and registered with the Illinois Department of Agriculture. Two-year-old payment is not necessary to retain eligibility as a three-year-old to these events. 

ENTRIES
Three-day (72 hours) box in effect for all county fairs hosting Colt Association races in 2024. Entries will close at 10 a.m. three days prior to the scheduled date of the race. Payable at the Superintendent of Speed Office of the fair hosting the race. Stall rent may be an additional charge, consult individual Colt Associations/County Fairs.
 
SIX RACE MINIMUM
A county fair racing program must consist of a minimum of 6 races to be eligible for Illinois Standard Breeders Fund monies.  A race is considered each individual heat, dash, or elimination. If a fair has met the 6 race minimum and all other conditions, it may elect to race the feature, as well as the non-feature races, as single dashes. All races except colt stakes are overnight events.  Starters to be named at race office by 10:00 a.m. 72 hours before the race. Overnight entry fee $25,+maintenance fee $20. No additional fees or deductions.  colt races are governed by rules of respective colt associations. All races, two heats, each one-mile.  In the case of ties, the fastest time will prevail. Five to enter, four to start, rights reserved. Declare off any events as conditions warrant, reject any entry, place entries in proper class if entered wrong, change the order of the program. The fair reserves the right to race as many of the canceled events as can be programmed without interfering with previously scheduled entertainment.  Fair reserves the right to race overnights in elimination races.  The current U.S.T.A. card will admit one person. Rules of the U.S.T.A. to govern. Big 10 will race filly/colt separate divisions when possible.