North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69.5 - Racing Commission, North Dakota › Article 69.5-02 - North Dakota Harness Racing Rules › Chapter 69.5-02-01 - Definitions › Section 69.5-02-01-10 - Qualifying races

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Declarations at
				an extended race meeting must be governed by the following:
a. A horse that has not raced previously at
				the gait chosen shall perform in a qualifying race under the supervision of a
				judge, but no horse may be permitted to race at an extended race meeting if it
				does not have at least one satisfactory charted line at the gait chosen and in
				order to provide complete and accurate chart information on time and beaten
				lengths, a standard photofinish must be in use.
b. A horse that does not show a charted line
				within the last six starts shall perform in a qualifying race, and for that
				purpose an uncharted race contested in heats of more than one dash and
				consolidated must be considered to be a start.
c. A horse that has not raced within thirty
				days before or during an extended race meeting shall perform in a qualifying
				race, except that a horse that raced in North Dakota during the current
				calendar year may start during the first thirty days of the next season without
				qualifying, and a horse entered and in to go in a race that is programmed and
				postponed but after postponement is reinstated and subsequently raced must be
				considered to be eligible.
d. If a
				horse has raced at meetings at which races are not charted, the information
				from the uncharted races must be summarized, including each start, and
				consolidated in favor of charted lines that must carry date, place, time,
				driver, finish, track conditions, and, if the race is not at one mile [1.61
				kilometers], distance.
e. A horse
				that is on a qualifying list must be required to perform in a satisfactory
				qualifying race or races before being removed from that list.
f. A horse that chokes or bleeds during a
				warmup or a race must be required to perform in a satisfactory qualifying race
				before it can be declared to an overnight event.
g. The judges may permit a preferred or
				invitational horse to qualify by means of a timed workout consistent with the
				time of the races in which it will compete.
h. The judges may institute standards or
				guidelines relating to an individual horse's performance to establish if the
				horse will qualify.
i. A horse:
(1) Habitually wearing hopples in a race
				other than a qualifying race may qualify without them.
(2) Habitually racing without hopples may
				qualify with them.
(3) That is not
				on a qualifying list and is habitually wearing hopples, or habitually not
				wearing hopples, and may make one start in a qualifying race with or without
				hopples, and its performance at that race shall not affect its eligibility to
				race with or without hopples in a subsequent event to which it is
				declared.
j. If a race
				is conducted for the purpose of qualifying drivers and not horses, the race
				need not be charted, timed, or recorded, but this clause does not apply to
				races qualifying both horses and drivers.
k. A horse that has made breaks in two
				immediately preceding consecutive races entered on fast tracks shall perform a
				qualifying race.
l. A horse
				distanced once on a fast track may be required to perform in a qualifying
				race.
m. The placing of a horse on
				a "qualifying list" may not be recorded on its eligibility
				certificate.
n. No horse may be
				permitted to obtain a win race record in a qualifying race unless an approved
				urine or blood test has been taken in respect to it either immediately before
				or after the race.