N.J. Admin. Code § 13:71-16.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:71-16.1 - Declaration to start and drawing horses

(a) Declaration - Unless otherwise specified in the conditions, approval of which must be granted by the Commission, the declaration time shall be 9:00 A.M. prevailing times. The management shall provide a locked box with an aperture through which declarations shall be deposited. At the time specified, the presiding judge who shall be in charge thereof, shall unlock the box, assort and list the declarations found therein, immediately draw the post positions in the presence of such owners or their representatives, as may appear. However, in races of a duration of more than one dash or heat, the judges may draw positions from the stand for succeeding dashes or heats. Declarations by mail or telegraph or telephone actually received and evidence of which is deposited in the box before the time specified to declare in, shall be drawn in the same manner as the others. Such drawings shall be final. When an association requires a horse to be declared at a stated time, failure to declare as required shall be considered a withdrawal from the event.

(b) After a declaration to start has been made, no horse shall be withdrawn except by permission of the judges.

(c) Prior to the opening of the declaration box, when futurities, stakes, early closing or late closing events are programmed, the presiding judge shall communicate with the race secretary to ascertain if any declarations by mail, telegraph or otherwise are in his office and not deposited in the box. If there are such declarations, the presiding judge shall see that they are declared and drawn in the proper event. To avoid conflicts and misunderstandings when the time of declaration of any race is stated in day or hours prior to the day of the race, it shall be construed to exclude Sunday.

(d) A separate draw procedure to determine post-positions of horses in a race shall be conducted for each individual race of a race card. The results of a draw procedure shall not be applied to more than one race of a race card, nor shall such results be applied to another race that is part of another race card.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:71-16.1