196. Notwithstanding section 103, a horse may start in a race provided that, 1 hour before post time of the first race of a race program with or without pari-mutuel betting, the racing judges have received the up-to-date eligibility certificate of the horse and proof that the owner, the trainer and the driver of the horse and the owner’s agent are, respectively, holders of an owner’s, a trainer’s, a driver’s and an agent’s licence.
Failure to comply with the first paragraph shall entail the scratching of the horse by the racing judges, except where that violation is due to superior force.
Decision 90-09-19, s. 196.