3416 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 144 30 SEPTEMBER 2009

(3) A Rider shall not, at any time between when the horses leave the birdcage for the running of a Hurdle Race or Steeplechase Race and when any such Race is started, permit his horse to jump a hurdle, fence or other obstacle.

JUDGING OF THE RACE

641 (1) The Judge shall place all horses in a Race according to the order in which their noses have reached the winning post.

(2) In a Race for which photo finish apparatus is operational, the Judge shall, after the last of the placed horses has passed the winning post, call for and inspect the photograph or photographs of the finish of such Race with a view to arriving at or checking his decision.

(3) Immediately after the Race or as soon as possible when use is made of the photograph of the finish the Judge must place and name all horses finishing in a stake bearing place and the placing immediately following the stake-bearing placings, or such further number as a Stipendiary Steward may require, and record the distances between such placed horses. The Judge shall sign the report specifying the stake bearing placings and the placing immediately following the stake-bearing placings, or such other placings in accordance with this sub-Rule (3) and shall have it promptly delivered to the Clerk of Scales. The signing of such report by the Judge shall deem it to be the Judge’s Report.

(4) As soon as possible after signing the Judge’s Report, the Judge must prepare a complete placing report for all horses in a Race, specifying the place and name of all horses finishing, their times and the distances between such horses. Once completed, this report is to be promptly delivered to NZTR.

(5) The decision of the Judge of the order in which the horses have reached the winning post shall be final and shall not be subject to appeal. The Judge, himself, may correct a mistake, provided that a correction made after the declaration of the Official Result of Placings shall not in any way affect the Official Result of Placings.

642 (1) If a placed horse or its Rider causes interference within the meaning of this Rule 642 to another placed horse, and the Judicial Committee is of the opinion that the horse so interfered with would have finished ahead of the first mentioned horse had such interference not occurred, they may place the first mentioned horse immediately after the horse interfered with.

(2) For the purposes of Rules 637 and 642:

(a) "placed horse" shall be a horse placed by the Judge in accordance with Rule 641(3); and

(b) "interference" is defined as:

(i) a horse crossing another horse without being at least its own length and one other clear length in front of such other horse at the time of crossing;

(ii) a horse jostling with another horse, unless it is proved that such jostling was caused by the fault of some other horse or Rider or that the horse or Rider jostled with was partly at fault; or

(iii) a horse itself, or its Rider, in any way interfering with another horse or the Rider of another horse in a Race, unless it is proved that such interference was caused by the fault of some other horse or Rider or that the horse or Rider interfered with was partly at fault.

643 (1) If a Race is run by all the horses at wrong weights or if the Judge or his substitute or assistant or a Stipendiary Steward is not in the Judge’s box when the placed horses or any of them pass the winning post, or all of the placed horses are disqualified, the Race may be declared void by the Judicial Committee who may direct the Race to be run again as soon as practicable.

(2) The decision of the Judicial Committee on any of the matters mentioned in the last preceding sub-Rule shall be final and shall not be subject to any appeal.

644 A Jumping Race shall not exceed twenty minutes in duration. After the expiration of twenty minutes from the start of the Jumping Race, the Judge shall leave his box, and declare the relevant placings, and a horse which subsequently passes the winning post shall not be placed.