New Zealand Gazette – 2003 – No. 113

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✨ Trifecta Betting Rules



25 AUGUST NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3051

11.8 Trifecta Betting

11.8.1 Interpretation

In Rule 11.8, unless the context otherwise requires: –

“Trifecta” is a bet type whereby the Investor endeavours to select the first three placings in the correct order in a Race as designated by the Board.

“First Three Placings” means the Race Entrants placed as the “First Entrant”, “Second Entrant” and “Third Entrant” respectively in accordance with the Rules of Racing, provided that:

(a) if the judge, stewards or judicial committee make an error regarding the placing of Race Entrants and subsequently correct their error in accordance with the Rules of Racing, the First Three Placings shall be the Race Entrants which the judge, stewards or judicial committee, after correcting their error, determine to be the first three Entrants;

(b) the disqualification of any Race Entrants that have been placed among the first three Entrants shall not affect the determination of the First Three Placings for the purposes of Trifecta betting if the disqualification resulted from a protest lodged after the expiration of the period allowed by the Rules of Racing for the lodging of such protests;

(c) where a dead heat occurs, the First Three Placings shall be the first three Entrants across the finishing line in the order in which they are placed by the judge, stewards or judicial committee, except that –

(i) a dead heat between two or more Race Entrants may cause the number of Race Entrants eligible to fill the First Three placings to be more than three; and



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