30 SEPTEMBER 2009 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 144 3419

(a) be trained, exercised or galloped on any Training Facility or Racecourse for a period of two months from the date of the attack;

(b) start in any Race for a period of three months, and then only after a satisfactory gallop of at least 1,000 metres in the presence of a Stipendiary Steward.

(4) If a horse suffers more than one attack of nasal bleeding such horse shall be ineligible to start in any Race.

652 (1) A mare or filly shall not Race or participate in any trials (including jump-outs or tests for certification purposes), or trackwork after day 120 of its pregnancy.

(2) A Trainer shall, as soon as possible upon becoming aware of the pregnancy of a mare or filly in his charge, notify the Stipendiary Stewards in writing of the pregnancy, and the date of the last service, of such mare or filly.

653 A horse that has been subjected to any form of shock wave therapy shall be ineligible to Race or participate in any trial (including a jump-out or test for certification purposes) in the seven days immediately following such treatment.

654 A horse which has a tracheostomy is ineligible to Race or participate in trials (including jump-outs or tests for certification purposes) or trackwork.

655 (1) A Stipendiary Steward may, without any requirement to seek or receive the consent of the Owner or his Agent or its Racing Manager, order a horse to be destroyed by such person as the Stipendiary Steward considers suitable if that horse is injured on a Racecourse during a Race Meeting and in the opinion of the Stipendiary Steward the destruction of such horse is advisable to save it unnecessary suffering, provided that where a Veterinarian appointed for that Race Meeting is present the Stipendiary Steward first seeks the recommendation of that Veterinarian. For the purpose of this Rule the term "Owner" shall be deemed to include any person who has a legal or beneficial interest in that horse or Legal Ownership Entity that owns such horse.

(2) NZTR, the Club, the Stipendiary Steward and any other officer or employee of NZTR or the Club, the Veterinarian, and any other person ordered or permitted by the Stipendiary Steward to destroy such horse shall have no liability for any loss suffered by any person as a result of or in connection with the destruction of such horse or any such order or recommendation as is referred to in Rule 655(1). The Stipendiary Steward may order that a post-mortem examination be carried out in respect of any horse which dies or is killed on a Racecourse.

DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING

656 (1) A Rider who rides or presents himself to ride a horse at a Racecourse, Training Facility or Trainer’s Premises shall thereby be deemed to have consented to a sample of his blood, breath, urine, saliva or sweat (or more than one thereof), being obtained from him by or under the supervision of a Registered Medical Practitioner or by an Authorised Person if and whenever the Rider is required by a Stipendiary Steward or Investigator to permit such a sample to be so obtained.

(2) A Stipendiary Steward or Investigator may require a Rider to supply a sample of his blood, breath, urine, saliva or sweat (or more than one thereof) at a time and place nominated by the Stipendiary Steward or Investigator. If so, such Rider must comply with such a requirement. Any Rider acting in contravention of this Rule shall be reported to NZTR by the Stipendiary Steward or Investigator dealing with the breach and NZTR shall consider whether, in addition to any penalty which may be imposed by the Judicial Committee, such person’s Licence should be cancelled under Rule 322(1) of these Rules.

(3) A Rider who, having been required by a Stipendiary Steward or Investigator to supply a sample of his blood, breath, urine, saliva or sweat (or more than one thereof) in accordance with this Rule must not have blood, breath, urine, saliva or sweat (whichever is the subject of the applicable sample) which is found upon analysis to contain any controlled drug as defined in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 or other illicit substance or diuretic and/or its metabolites, artifacts or isomers.

(4) A Rider who rides or presents himself to ride a horse at a Racecourse, Training Facility or Trainer’s Premises must not have a breath alcohol level greater than 100 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath.