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

Section 91 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

91. The maximum number of horses that may start in a race held at a professional race track is the following according to their place on the following lines:

(1)  in the first line:

(a)  8, on a half-mile racing strip;

(b)  9, on a racing strip longer than half a mile but shorter than seven-eighths of a mile;

(c)  11, on a racing strip not less than seven-eighths of a mile long;

(2)  in the second line:

(a)  3, in a race where the distance to be covered is less than a mile and a half;

(b)  in a race where the distance to be covered is a mile and a half and not more than 2 miles;

i.  4, on a half-mile racing strip;

ii.  5, on a racing strip longer than half a mile;

(c)  in a race where the distance to be covered is more than 2 miles, as many horses as the maximum number of horses that may start in the first line.

Decision 90-09-19, s. 91; Decision 99-05-27, s. 1; Decision 2012-02-15, s. 9.