NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 144

30 SEPTEMBER 2009

PART IV

REGISTRATION OF HORSES FOR RACING AND BREEDING;

AND OWNERS AND LESSEES

DETERMINATION OF AGE FOR HORSES

401 The age of each horse shall be determined as follows:

(a) in the event that the mare was first covered before 1 September in a calendar year, then the produce of that mare which is born in the following calendar year (regardless of its date of birth) will be deemed to have commenced its second year of life on 1 August of the calendar year in which it is born (i.e. it will become a yearling on that day); or

(b) in the event that the mare was first covered on or after 1 September in a calendar year, then the produce of that mare which is born in the following calendar year (regardless of its date of birth) will be deemed to have commenced its first year of life on 1 August of the calendar year in which it is born, provided that date of birth is consistent with such covering.

APPROVAL OF NAME OF HORSES

402 (1) The Owner of a horse must propose the name under which the horse is to be registered at the time he or she applies for registration of the horse pursuant to Rule 406 and may only use that name for the horse once NZTR has approved that name for registration in accordance with sub-Rule (2) below.

(2) NZTR may approve a name for registration, or require a change to a registered name, provided that NZTR shall, subject to sub-Rule (3) of this Rule, not approve for registration any name:

(a) under which any other horse was previously registered under these Rules until a period of 15 years has elapsed from the date on which such other horse was foaled;

(b) which has previously been registered for a mare whose name has appeared in the New Zealand Stud Book until a period of 12 years has elapsed from the year in which NZTR is notified that the mare has died or has ceased breeding;

(c) which has previously been registered for a stallion whose name has appeared in the list of stallions at stud in the New Zealand Stud Book until a period of 15 years has elapsed from the last year in which such stallion’s name appeared in such list; or

(d) which is recorded in a list of names designated from time to time by NZTR as names which cannot be used or repeated.

(3) If a Foreign Horse is imported into New Zealand with a name that is not able to be approved under Rule 402(2), NZTR may nevertheless approve the name of that foreign horse unconditionally or on the condition that it is registered with a numeral, in which case the name with the relevant numeral shall be the name of the Foreign Horse in New Zealand.

NOTIFICATION OF GELDING

403 The Owner, lessee, or Racing Manager of a horse which has been registered under these Rules must notify NZTR as soon as practicable, but in any event before the Withdrawal Deadline for its next Race or before there is any change in the ownership or any lease is granted in respect of that horse, if such horse is gelded.

HORSE IDENTITY

404 (1) Once the name of a horse is registered in accordance with Rule 402, the name used for that horse in any Race or trial (including a jump-out or test for certification purposes) or otherwise in connection with racing in New Zealand or elsewhere must be its registered name.

(2) A person shall not enter, accept, start or intend to start a horse in a Race or trial (including a jump-out or test for certification purposes) under a name other than its registered name or its recorded breeding details in the case of an unnamed horse that is entered for or starts in a trial.