N.J. Admin. Code § 13:71-20.17

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

Section 13:71-20.17 - Breaking

(a) When any horse or horses break from their gait in trotting or pacing, their drivers shall at once, where clearance exists, take such horse to the outside and pull it to its gait.

(b) The following shall be considered violations of this section:

1. Failure to properly attempt to pull the horse to its gait;

2. Failure to take to the outside where clearance exists;

3. Failure to lose ground by the break.

(c) If there has been no failure on the part of the driver in complying with 1, 2 and 3 above, the horse shall not be set back unless a contending horse on his gait is lapped on the hind quarter of the breaking horse at the finish.

(d) The judges may set any horse back one or more places if in their judgment any of the violations of this section have been committed, and the driver may be penalized.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:71-20.17

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See: 40 N.J.R. 2607(a), 40 N.J.R. 3759(a).