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

Section 201 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

201. Subject to section 98, the racing secretary shall choose the horses starting in a regular race and the horses also eligible to start from among all the horses declared and eligible, giving preference to the horse whose last starting date, in a race with a purse held at the same gait, is the furthest from the date of the race in question, subject to the following considerations:

(1)  where a horse has already been chosen to start in a race that has not yet been held, the date of that race constitutes the preference date for the horse;

(2)  where the declaration period is extended, preference is first given to horses declared at the time of the initial closing of declarations;

(3)  where there is an entry, preference is first given to only 1 horse that is a part of that entry;

(4)  where 2 or more horses are trained by the same trainer, preference is first given to only 1 horse.

Where, to obtain the maximum number of horses that can start in a race according to the conditions for participation, the choice must be made from among horses with an identical preference date, the race secretary shall refer, in making that choice, to their previous preference date. Where those horses have the same previous preference date, the race secretary shall make the choice by a drawing.

For the purposes of this section, a horse that has been chosen to start in a race and was scratched from the race is deemed to have started in the race.

Decision 90-09-19, s. 201; Decision 96-05-27, s. 31.