✨ Racing Rules Amendments
2156 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 76 18 JULY 2014
- Rule 526: Eligibility of Horses for Races
These proposed changes would prevent Trainers entering a horse in a race with the intention of reducing the weight of another horse or other horses in the same race and then withdrawing that horse. Under the current wording Trainers are able to legitimately deny that a horse was entered in a race for the sole purpose of affecting the weight to be allocated to another horse.
526 A person shall not enter, or cause to be entered, a horse in a Race where one of the purposes of entering the horse is to with the sole purpose of affecting the weight to be allocated to any other horse entered in such Race.
- Rule 616: Notifiable Gear
These proposed additions to the Rules allow for devices, which capture data, to be included and ensures NZTR owns the data and has full rights to its use for any purpose and adds offences under Rules 616 (2) and 616 (3) to the Minor Infringement System (Fifth Appendix) with the applicable fine for both offences being, for a first offence in 120 days a $50.00 fine and for a second offence in 120 days a $100.00 fine.
616 (3) A trainer shall not start or attempt to start a horse in a Race unless that horse has a numbered saddle cloth supplied by the Club which may contain a device to permit the capturing of data on that horse’s performance during the Race. Any such data may be used by NZTR for such purposes as it sees fit.
FIFTH APPENDIX
MINOR INFRINGEMENT SYSTEM PENALTY TABLE
| RULE | DESCRIPTION | FINE |
|---|---|---|
| Trainers | ||
| 616 (2) & (3) | Notifiable Gear | 1st Offence: $50 |
- Rule 652: Pregnant Mares
These proposed amendments would require Trainers to report to the Racing Integrity Unit that a filly or mare, under their care, has been served by a stallion. It would also require Trainers to report subsequent positive or negative pregnancy tests, or if the filly or mare slips, within prescribed deadlines. These amendments aim to improve compliance of Rule 652 and increase information to bettors, taking into account a filly’s or mare’s potential change of racing performance (better or worse) when in foal. A standard form, for inclusion in the Trainers’ Service Centre and the forms section of the NZTR website, will be available for Trainers to aid compliance.
HORSE WELFARE
652 (1) A pregnant filly or mare or filly shall not Race or participate in any trials (including jump-outs or tests for certification purposes), or trackwork more than 120 days after day 120 of its pregnancy its last date of service.
(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. A Trainer who has completed a form under Rule 326(1) in respect of a filly or mare which is being served by a stallion in breeding season must notify a Stipendiary Steward as follows:
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Amendments to Rules of Racing under Racing Act 2003
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