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

Section 232 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

232. Any of the following situations constitutes a violation for which the racing judges shall order a horse to be scratched:

(1)  a horse is unfit to start in the race because of its state of health or physical condition;

(1.1)  when a horse chockes or suffers from epistaxis during its warm-up;

(2)  a horse is involved in a serious incident before the race;

(3)  the attestation referred to in section 193, the declaration by a veterinarian under the second paragraph of section 13, the certificate and proof referred to in section 196 are not provided to the racing judges within the required time, unless the failure to do so is due to superior force;

(4)  the owner or trainer of a horse declared in a race fails to provide a declaration under oath or a document respecting the ownership of a horse when so requested by the racing judges;

(5)  a horse participating in a race is likely to cause an accident or injure another horse or a driver;

(6)  a horse participating in a race is unmanageable;

(7)  the same horse causes a second recall in a single race, unless it broke its gait because its equipment broke, it was interfered with or it was the victim of an accident;

(8)  a horse declared in a race does not have a specific trainer;

(9)  a drug, a medication or a mixture containing sodium bicarbonate has been administered to a horse within 24 hours preceding the race in which the horse is to start;

(10)  the results of the analysis of the blood sample taken under section 345.3 are positive;

(11)  the trainer of the horse, the trainer’s representative or the owner of the horse refuses to submit the horse to the blood sampling procedure described in section 345.1 or 345.3;

(12)  (paragraph revoked).

The racing judges may order that a horse be scratched where it does not fulfil the conditions for participation in the race in which it is declared.

The racing judges shall ensure that the public is informed that a horse has been scratched by announcing it over the public address system provided by the association.

Decision 90-09-19, s. 232; Decision 96-05-27, s. 33; Decision 97-09-02, s. 7; Decision 2000-11-08, s. 50.