NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 144

30 SEPTEMBER 2009

RUNNING RACES

634 A horse shall not run in a Race unless it is eligible for the Race, and has been entered for the Race in accordance with these Rules. If a horse starts in a Race for which it is ineligible it shall be, in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed, disqualified.

635 (1) If a horse:

(a) is being trained by a person who is not a Trainer; or

(b) is to be ridden by a person who is not a Rider qualified to ride in that Race,

then that horse shall not be started in that Race.

(2) If the horse has been trained by a person referred to in sub-Rule (1)(a) above:

(a) it may be, in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed, disqualified for the Race and/or for such further period as the Judicial Committee thinks fit; and

(b) the person who has trained the horse and the Owner or lessee (as the case may be) or any other person who has employed or permitted such person to train the horse knowing that he was not qualified to do so shall be liable.

(3) If the horse referred to in sub-Rule (1) above is to be ridden, or was ridden in that Race by a person referred to in sub-Rule (1)(b):

(a) it may be, in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed, disqualified for the Race and/or for such further period as the Judicial Committee thinks fit; and

(b) the person who was to ride or has ridden the horse and the Owner or lessee (as the case may be) or any other person who has employed or permitted the person to ride the horse knowing or who reasonably ought to have known that he was not qualified to do so shall be liable.

(4) A Trainer must ensure that the Rider whose name was declared to NZTR as the Rider of a horse at a Race Meeting rides that horse if it starts in the Race unless a Stipendiary Steward in his discretion permits the horse to be ridden by another Rider.

636 (1) A person:

(a) shall not run a horse, or cause or permit a horse to be run, other than on its merits;

(b) being the Rider of a horse in a Race, must take all reasonable and permissible measures throughout the Race to ensure that his horse is given full opportunity to win the Race or to obtain the best possible finishing place;

(c) being the Rider of a horse in a Race, must ride his horse out to the end of the Race if there is a reasonable chance of it running into a position for which there is prize money to be awarded or a dividend to be declared;

(d) being the Rider of a horse in a Race must not rely on the chance of a protest, objection, information or proceeding;

(e) shall not ride a horse in a Race without holding a current Rider’s Licence; and

(f) being the Rider of a horse, must appear in the racing colours registered in connection with that horse, and wear the requisite riding gear of the type and nature set out in the approved gear list determined and published by NZTR in accordance with Rule 609.

(2) Where a person acts in contravention of sub-Rule (1) above, the Judicial Committee may disqualify the horse for the Race and for such period as it thinks fit.

637 (1) A horse may be, in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed, disqualified for a Race if:

(a) it runs on the wrong side of any post, flag, drum or other boundary mark and does not turn back and run the proper course from such post, flag, drum or other boundary mark;

(b) such horse, or any horse belonging to the same Owner or lessee (as the case may be), or in which the same Owner or lessee (as the case may be) has any registerable interest and which is running in the same Race, causes interference to another horse.