C-72.1, r. 5 - Rules respecting Standardbred horse races held at an amateur race track

Section 195 Disposition versions

2021-08-26

195. A driver, trainer or groom may not make excessive use of a whip at a race track.

He or she may also not use a whip in any of the following ways:

(1)  by touching the horse with the butt end of the whip;

(2)  by placing the whip under the arch of the sulky;

(3)  by placing the whip between the legs of the horse.

He or she may use a whip to stimulate the horse only by making a wrist movement. In addition, the movement of the whip may be made only between the shafts of the sulky.

Decision 96-07-24, s. 195; Decision 2021-07-29, s. 2.

2012-09-01

195. A driver, trainer or groom may not make excessive use of a whip at a race track.

He or she may not strike a horse in any of the following ways:

(1)  with the butt end of the whip;

(2)  by placing the whip under the arch of the sulky;

(3)  by placing the whip between the legs of the horse.

Decision 96-07-24, s. 195.