3458 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 144 30 SEPTEMBER 2009

provided that any such horse is the product of a natural service, which is the physical mounting of a mare by a stallion with intromission of the penis and ejaculation of semen into the reproductive tract. A natural gestation must have taken place and delivery must have be from the body of the same mare in which the foal was conceived. For the avoidance of doubt:

(e) such 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

(f) 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.

(2) The following horses and no others shall be eligible for entry in Register of Non Stud Book Mares, viz:

(a) horses which are for any reason not accepted for entry in the New Zealand Stud Book but have been registered in accordance with the provisions of Rule 404 to 410 of the Rules; and

(b) horses which are for any reason not accepted for entry in the New Zealand Stud Book but which are registered by Another Racing Authority,

provided that any such horse is the product of a natural service, which is the physical mounting of a mare by a stallion with intromission of the penis and ejaculation of semen into the reproductive tract. A natural gestation must have taken place and delivery must have be from the body of the same mare in which the foal was conceived. For the avoidance of doubt:

(c) such 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

(d) 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.

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(1) Notwithstanding that a horse is eligible for entry under the last preceding Regulation, it shall not be entered in the New Zealand Stud Book or the Register of Non Stud Book Mares (as applicable):

(a) until, in the case of a horse being the progeny of an unnamed dam, the dam is named and the name registered; and

(b) until, in any case, the identity and breeding of the horse is established to the satisfaction of NZTR.

(2) Notwithstanding that a horse is eligible for entry under the last preceding Regulation if such horse has been foaled in New Zealand and has not been Microchipped, DNA-typed or freeze branded it shall not be entered in the New Zealand Stud Book and if entered shall be deleted therefrom unless in either case NZTR in its sole discretion decides otherwise.

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(1) NZTR shall, not later than the month of December in each year, forward to every owner or, in the case of a mare which is leased, lessee known to him in New Zealand of a mare or mares eligible for entry, or entered, in the New Zealand Stud Book or Register of Non Stud Book Mares (as applicable) a form (referred to herein as a "foaling return") for returning particulars of their foalings and coverings. Such return shall be in a form prescribed by NZTR or processed through the Breeders Service Centre on line studbook, and shall be furnished to NZTR not later than the 28th February in each year. The relevant fee specified by NZTR is payable in respect of each year’s foaling return in respect of every eligible broodmare accepted with a view