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tract. A natural gestation must take place and delivery must be from the body of the same mare in which the foal was conceived. For the avoidance of doubt:

(i) this natural service may include the immediate reinforcement of the stallion’s service by using residual semen ejaculated by the stallion whilst it penetrated the mare during that service of the same mare, provided that the reinforcement of service must be immediately after the natural covering and the semen must not be processed or altered in any way before it is used for reinforcement; and

(ii) semen obtained from a stallion by any artificial means may not be used to reinforce a service, and any other form of artificial breeding (including artificial insemination, embryo transfer or transplant, cloning, or any other form of genetic manipulation) may not be used to produce the horse.

408 (1) A horse shall only be registered if the application for registration of that horse is approved by NZTR.

(2) A natural person may have an Ownership interest in a horse for the purposes of racing only if he has attained the age of 18 years.

(3) A person to whom any of sub-Rules 411(b)(i) to (vi) applies may not be:

(a) an Owner of, or otherwise have a legal or beneficial interest in, a horse;

(b) a shareholder of, or otherwise have a legal or beneficial interest (directly or indirectly) in, a Legal Ownership Entity that is an Owner of, or otherwise has a legal or beneficial interest in, a horse; or

(c) a Racing Manager of a horse.

(4) NZTR has complete discretion whether or not to approve an application for registration of and register a horse, and may approve registration of a horse on such terms and conditions as it sees fit in its absolute discretion, including (but not limited to) requiring a guarantee or other security in a form acceptable to it in its absolute discretion, from such person or persons as it may require (including, if applicable, the directors and shareholders of and any other persons with Ownership interests in, any Legal Ownership Entity which owns or is an Owner of a horse).

(5) If NZTR approves a horse for registration, notification of registration of the horse shall be given to the Owner(s) and be published in the Thoroughbred Racing Monthly. NZTR shall also provide the Owner with a certificate of registration in respect of the horse.

409 A horse may not be entered for, or start in, a Race if a person has:

(a) an Ownership interest in, or an interest as lessee of, that horse; or

(b) a legal or beneficial interest (whether as a shareholder or otherwise) in a Legal Ownership Entity which has an Ownership interest in, or an interest as lessee of, that horse,

which has not been notified to NZTR in accordance with these Rules.

REGISTER OF HORSES

410 NZTR shall keep a register in respect of each horse approved for registration under Rule 408 stating:

(a) the registered name of the horse;

(b) the branding, micro-chip or DNA-typing for the horse;

(c) the breeding of the horse;

(d) the name(s) of the Owner(s) of the horse (which shall be a prima facie record of the registered Owner(s) of a horse, but not absolute evidence of Ownership); and

(e) the name(s) of lessee(s) of the horse (which shall be a prima facie record of the registered lessee(s) of a horse, but not absolute evidence of a leasehold interest), if a lease of the horse has been registered by NZTR in accordance with these Rules.