30 SEPTEMBER 2009 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 144 3405

whether the Owner or lessee (as the case may be) or his Agent or its Racing Manager is authorised to scratch the horse after that time.

(c) A material change in the condition of the track, occurring after the scratching deadline (as specified for the relevant Race Meeting in accordance with Rule 510(d)(v) or as amended by NZTR from time to time) on the relevant Race day, shall be deemed by the Stipendiary Steward and the Judicial Committee to constitute such circumstances.

(3) A Stipendiary Steward may scratch a horse at any time from the Withdrawal Deadline up until the scratching deadline if there are reasonable circumstances which, in the opinion of the Stipendiary Steward, warrants that horse being scratched.

(4) If the Owner or lessee (as the case may be) or his Agent or the Racing Manager of a horse which is scratched pursuant to Rule 534(3) wishes to appeal against that decision, he shall inform the Stipendiary Stewards of that wish and a Stipendiary Steward shall file an information with the Judicial Committee who shall consider the matter de novo.

(5) Scratchings shall be final and a horse which has been scratched by the Owner or lessee (as the case may be) or his Agent or its Racing Manager shall not be reinstated for a Race, unless following an application from the Owner or lessee (as the case may be) or his Agent or its Racing Manager NZTR, in its sole discretion, directs that a horse which has been so scratched be reinstated.

HANDICAPS AND WEIGHTS

535 Every handicap for a Handicap Race shall be framed only by a Handicapper appointed by NZTR and in accordance with the weights and allowance prescriptions and requirements set out in the Racing Policy. A Handicapper shall not, and has no power to, appoint a deputy or assistant.

536 Subject to Rule 542, a horse is to carry, as a minimum, the weight allotted to it by the Handicapper.

DECLARATION OF RIDERS

537 The Owner or lessee or the Agent of the Owner or lessee for a horse accepted or deemed to have been accepted for a Race shall:

(a) declare to NZTR the name of the Rider of that horse by the time and date specified by NZTR for declaration of Riders for that Race;

(b) in the event that the Rider declared under paragraph (a) above is replaced in accordance with Rules 620(3) or 624 with another Rider, declare to a Stipendiary Steward the name of such replacement Rider of that horse immediately following such replacement.

538 (1) Subject to sub-Rule (2), if the conditions of a Race prescribe that only a Rider holding a particular class of Rider’s licence is eligible to ride a horse in that Race then only a Rider holding that class of Rider’s licence may ride a horse in that Race.

(2) If the conditions of a Race prescribe that only a Rider holding a Class B rider’s licence is eligible to ride a horse in that Race, then only a Rider holding a Class B rider’s licence may ride a horse in that Race unless NZTR is satisfied that there is no Rider holding a Class B rider’s licence available to ride a particular horse which is entered in such Race, in which event that horse may be ridden by a Rider holding a Class A rider’s licence provided the horse carries a weight penalty of 3 kg.

PENALTIES

539 A horse shall not, in a Race, carry extra weight (either by way of penalty or re-handicap) for having run in second or in any lower place in any other Race, if the weights for the first mentioned Race have already been determined and issued.

540 A horse shall not carry extra weight (either by way of penalty or re-handicap) in:

(a) a Flat Race for having won a Hurdle Race or Steeplechase Race;

(b) a Hurdle Race for having won a Flat Race or Steeplechase Race;

(c) a Steeplechase Race for having won a Flat Race or Hurdle Race; or

(d) a Handicap Race for having won a Weight-for-Age Race.