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

Section 1 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

1. In these Rules:

(1)  “training activity” means any activity designed to prepare a horse to participate in a race where the responsibility for that activity is assumed by a trainer; in particular, a trainer’s assuming responsibility for the care given to a horse, supervising the exercises performed by it, seeing to its feeding, its shoeing and its equipment to ensure that it is properly harnessed constitute a training activity; (activité d’entraînement)

(2)  “agent” means the holder of an agent’s licence issued under section 7 of the Regulation respecting Standardbred horse racing (chapter C-72.1, r. 2); (agent)

(3)  “gait” means trot or pace; (allure)

(4)  “association” means the holder of a racing licence issued under section 58 of the Act respecting racing (chapter C-72.1); (association)

(5)  “purse” means a sum of money awarded to the owners of horses participating in a race; (bourse)

(6)  “advertised purse” means a sum of money offered for a special race; (bourse commanditée)

(7)  “race meeting” means a fixed number of race programs organized by an association, held at a single race track during a calendar year; (calendrier de courses)

(8)  “eligibility certificate” means a document issued by the Standardbred Canada or the United States Trotting Association, giving the characteristics of a horse and the statistics of its previous races; (certificat d’admissibilité)

(9)  “registration certificate” means a document issued by the Standardbred Canada or the United States Trotting Association for the purposes of registering race horses; (certificat d’enregistrement)

(10)  “horse” means a colt, a stallion, a gelding, a filly, a mare or a spayed mare of the Standardbred breed, for which a registration certificate has been issued by the Standardbred Canada or the United States Trotting Association; (cheval)

(11)  “maiden horse” means a horse that, at a given gait, has never won a race with a purse run at that gait; (cheval novice)

(12)  “sponsor” means the holder of a sponsor’s licence issued under section 7 of the Regulation respecting Standardbred horse racing; (commanditaire)

(13)  “driver” means the holder of a driver’s licence issued under section 7 of the Regulation respecting Standardbred horse racing; (conducteur)

(14)  “race” means a competition between horses participating in a contest of speed during which each horse is harnessed to a sulky; (course)

(15)  “conditioned race” means a regular race for which the eligibility of horses is determined in accordance with one or more conditions that, in particular, may be based on:

(a)  the winnings of the horses for a determined number of races or for a determined period of time;

(b)  the position of the horses after a determined number of races or after a determined period of time, except the position obtained in a schooling race without pari-mutuel betting;

(c)  the age of the horses;

(d)  the sex of the horses;

(e)  the number of starts of the horses during a determined period of time;

(f)  special criteria in the case of foreign horses that do not have a sufficient number of starts in Canada or the United States; (course avec conditions)

(16)  “race with elimination heats” means a special race comprising heats, the purpose of which is to allow the best horses in each heat to qualify for a final heat; (course d’épreuves éliminatoires)

(17)  “early closing race” means a special race for which the nomination closing time is more than 6 weeks before the date of the race; (course de mise en nomination hâtive)

(18)  “late closing race” means a special race for which the nomination closing time is less than 6 weeks but more than 5 days before the date of the race; (course de mise en nomination tardive)

(19)  “claiming race” means a regular race in which the participating horses are offered for sale at a determined price to any holder of an owner’s licence wishing to claim them, in accordance with sections 105 to 131; (course à réclamer)

(20)  “time trial race” means a race designed to better the performance of a horse, which race may not exceed a time of 2 minutes 10 seconds over a distance of 1 mile; (course contre la montre)

(21)  “qualifying race” means a race in which a horse must establish its ability to participate in a race program in accordance with the qualifying standards determined under section 175; (course de qualification)

(22)  (paragraph revoked);

(23)  “schooling race” means a race organized by an association in order to permit 2-year-old or 3-year-old horses to acquire better experience in competition; (course école)

(24)  “exceptional race” means a race organized by an association in order to allow participation by horses or drivers who would otherwise be ineligible; (course exceptionnelle)

(25)  “futurity race” means a special race for which horses are nominated in their own name or in their dam’s name, either during the gestation period or during the year in which they were born; (course futurity)

(26)  “match race” means a race organized by the owners of the participating horses who establish among themselves the conditions for participation; (course match)

(27)  “matinee race” means a race with or without declaration fees and without a purse; (course matinée)

(28)  “regular race” means a race for which the declaration closing time is scheduled within a period beginning on the 15th day before the race and ending at the time indicated in the conditions for participation or, failing that, not later than noon on the day preceding the race; (course ordinaire)

(29)  “preferred race” means a regular race reserved for the fastest horses participating in a race program or a regular race for which the horses are chosen in accordance with their ability or performance, regardless of their eligibility to participate in a race; (course préférentielle)

(30)  (paragraph revoked);

(31)  “special race” means a race reserved for horses nominated and with an advertised purse, to which are added the nomination fees and any sustaining fees, starting fees or amounts paid by the association; (course spéciale)

(32)  “stake race” means a special race that is held during a year subsequent to the year in which the closing of nominations occurs; (course stake)

(33)  “drug” means a substance or a mixture the use of which is prohibited by a rule of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux or a substance, its preparations, metabolites, derivatives, isomers or salts mentioned in the Schedule to the Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations (SOR/91-365), except for the purposes of sections 301 to 308; (drogue)

(34)  “official sample” means a sample of blood, saliva, urine or any other organic fluid taken from a horse, sealed and identified in accordance with the Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations; (échantillon officiel)

(35)  “entry” means several horses declared or participating in a race that are owned by the same owner; (écurie couplée)

(36)  “retention area” means a place at a race track specially equipped for taking official samples from horses; (enclos)

(37)  “trainer” means the holder of a trainer’s licence issued under section 7 of the Regulation respecting Standardbred horse racing; (entraîneur)

(38)  “handicap” means a concession granted in a race on the performance, pedigree, winnings or sex of the horses, on the claiming price or on the distance to be run; (handicap)

(39)  “post time” means the time set for the arrival of the horses at the starting gate; (heure de départ)

(40)  “declaration” means the receipt by the race secretary of a declaration form, duly completed, in order that a horse may participate in a specific race; (inscription)

(41)  “racing judge” means a racing judge appointed under section 48 of the Act and to whom the board has delegated powers under section 49 of the Act; (juge des courses)

(42)  “paddock judge” means a paddock judge appointed under section 48 of the Act and to whom the board has delegated powers under section 50 of the Act; (juge de paddock)

(43)  “finish line” means a line perpendicular to the racing strip, drawn with a theodolite, from a point situated in the middle of the racing judges’ stand to a point situated on the other side of the racing strip; (ligne d’arrivée)

(44)  “starting line” means a real vertical line which is marked on the inside of the racing strip and at which the recording of the duration of a race begins; (ligne de départ)

(44.1)  “safety line” means a real vertical line which is marked on the inside of the racing strip not less than 200 ft from the beginning of the first turn;

(45)  “nomination” means the deposit, in a place specified for that purpose, of a nomination form, duly completed, in order to declare a horse in a special race; (mise en nomination)

(46)  “objection” means a verbal statement by a driver to the racing judges alleging that a violation of these Rules has been committed; (objection)

(47)  “racing official” means a person exercising any of the duties described in Chapter II; (officiel de courses)

(48)  “groom” means the holder of a groom’s licence issued under section 7 of the Regulation respecting Standardbred horse racing; (palefrenier)

(49)  “participant” means an owner, an agent, a trainer, a driver or a groom; (participant)

(50)  “protest” means a statement in writing, sent to the racing judges, alleging that:

(a)  a horse is ineligible for a race;

(b)  the declaration or the nomination of a horse was done incorrectly;

(c)  a violation of these Rules has been committed by a racing official, an association, a participant or a sponsor with the consequence of preventing a horse or a driver from participating in a race or permitting a horse or a driver to do so; (plainte)

(51)  “race program” means the number of races held consecutively on the same occasion; (programme de courses)

(52)  “owner” means the holder of an owner’s licence issued under section 5 of the Regulation respecting Standardbred horse racing; (propriétaire)

(53)  “Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations” means the Regulations made by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food of Canada under section 204 of the Criminal Code (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46); (Règlement sur la surveillance du pari mutuel)

(54)  “official result” means the order of finish assigned to horses at the end of a race and declared official by the racing judges for the purposes of pari-mutuel betting; (résultat officiel)

(55)  “preliminary score” means a brief period of exercise performed by the horses in front of the principal grandstand, after the parade and before the start of a race; (sortie préliminaire)

(56)  “racing strip” means the part of a race track on which the race is held; (tracé)

(57)  “veterinarian” means a veterinarian who holds a veterinarian’s licence issued under section 7 of the Regulation respecting Standardbred horse racing. (vétérinaire)

Decision 90-09-19, s. 1; Decision 96-05-27, s. 1; Decision 2000-11-08, s. 1.