✨ Horse Racing Regulations




30 SEPTEMBER 2009 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 144 3385

(3) A person shall not, in any matter connected with racing, use a name of and/or breeding details in relation to a horse other than its registered name and its breeding details recorded with NZTR. A person who acts in contravention of this sub-Rule (3) commits a Serious Racing Offence.

REGISTRATION OF HORSES

405 A horse may only be entered for, and start in, a Race if it is registered in accordance with these Rules.

406 (a) A person who wishes to register a horse must apply, on the prescribed form, to NZTR. The application form must:

(i) be accompanied by payment of the applicable fee set by NZTR, from time to time;

(ii) state the full name of every Owner of the horse and any other person who has a legal or beneficial interest in the horse;

(iii) be signed by each person named as an Owner of the horse on the application form;

(iv) nominate a Racing Manager for the horse if it is owned by a Legal Ownership Entity or by two or more persons (including, for the avoidance of doubt, natural persons and Legal Ownership Entities); and

(v) specify whether the Owner is registered under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985, and if so specify its Good and Services Tax registration number.

(b) If a Legal Ownership Entity is the Owner or an Owner of (or otherwise has a legal or beneficial interest in) a horse, then the application for registration of that horse must be accompanied by the full name of every person who:

(i) has a legal or beneficial interest (directly or indirectly, whether as a shareholder or otherwise) in that Legal Ownership Entity; and

(ii) is a member of the board of directors or other governing body of that Legal Ownership Entity.

(c) If a lease has been entered into in respect of a horse for which an application for registration is being made, then the application for registration of that horse must also be accompanied by a notice of lease completed in accordance with Rule 422 and payment of the applicable fee for registration of a lease of a horse.

(d) NZTR may require an application for registration of a horse to be verified by way of statutory declaration by the Owner(s), Horse Breeder(s) or Trainer of the horse and/or for such other particulars or information concerning:

(i) the horse;

(ii) the Owner(s) of the horse or any other person with a legal or beneficial interest in the horse;

(iii) any Legal Ownership Entity which has an Ownership interest, or otherwise has a legal or beneficial interest, in the horse, and, in the case of any such Legal Ownership Entity, the persons referred to in sub-Rule (b) of this Rule; and

(iv) the nominated Racing Manager (if one is required under these Rules),

to be disclosed to it as NZTR may require in its absolute discretion.

407 In order to be eligible for registration, a horse must:

(a) be micro-chipped, freeze branded, DNA-typed or identified in such other manner as is permitted or required by NZTR;

(b) have been accepted for inclusion:

(i) in the New Zealand Stud Book or in the stud book of Another Racing Authority; or

(ii) in the Register of Non Stud Book Mares as the produce of a sire and dam each registered under these Rules; and

(c) be the product of a natural service, which is the physical mounting of a mare by a stallion with intromission of the penis and ejaculation of semen into the reproductive



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Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2009, No 144





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