C-72.1, r. 4 - Rules respecting Standardbred horse races held at a professional race track

Section 269 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

269. During a race, a driver shall not interfere with another driver or horse.

A driver interferes where he drives in such a way as to:

(1)  compel a horse to change its stride;

(2)  compel a horse to break its gait;

(3)  compel another driver to pull his horse out of position;

(4)  compel another driver to hold his horse back;

(5)  compel another driver to break his horse’s gait;

(6)  compel another driver to change his horse’s stride;

(7)  push another horse toward the outside of the racing strip;

(8)  push another horse toward the inside of a racing strip that does not have a continuous hub rail so that a wheel of that horse’s sulky leaves the strip or comes in contact with a post in that rail;

(9)  cross over recklessly in front of another horse or the field;

(10)  cause confusion among the horses trailing him.

Decision 90-09-19, s. 269.