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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.6 - Racing and track rules; driving procedures

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Although a
				leading horse is entitled to any part of the track except after selecting his
				position in the home stretch, neither the driver or the first horse nor any
				other driver in the race shall:
1. Change
				either to the right or left during any part of the race when another horse is
				so near him that in altering his positions he compels the horse behind him to
				shorten his stride, or causes the driver of such other horse to pull him out of
				his stride;
2. Jostle, strike, hook
				wheels or interfere with another horse or driver;
3. Cross sharply in front of a horse or cross
				over in front of a field of horses in a reckless manner, endangering other
				drivers;
4. Swerve in and out or
				pull up quickly;
5. Crowd a horse
				or driver by "putting a wheel under him";
6. "Carry a horse out" or "sit down in front
				of him", take up abruptly in front of other horses so as to cause confusion or
				interference among the trailing horses;
7. Let a horse pass inside needlessly, or do
				any other act which constitutes what is popularly known as helping;
8. Commit any act which impedes the progress
				of another horse or causes him to "break";
9. Change course after selecting a position
				in the home stretch and swerve in or out, or bear in or out, in such manner as
				to interfere with another horse or cause him to change course or take
				back;
10. To drive in a careless or
				reckless manner;
11. Laying off a
				normal pace and leaving a hole when it is well within the horse's capacity to
				keep the hole closed;
12. Drivers
				must set and maintain a pace comparable to the class in which they are racing.
				Failure to do so by going an excessively slow quarter or any other distance
				that changes the normal pattern, overall timing, or general outcome of the
				race, or allowing his horse to go on an unrestrained break will be considered a
				violation of this section and the judges may impose a penalty which can be a
				fine, suspension or both.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.7 - Complaints by drivers; judge's stand

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All complaints by drivers of any foul driving or other
				  misconduct during the race or heat shall be made at the termination of the race
				  or heat unless the driver is prevented from doing so by an accident or injury.
				  At the conclusion of each race or heat, any driver desiring to enter a claim of
				  foul or other complaint of violation of the rules must, before dismounting,
				  indicate to the patrol judge his desire to enter such claim or complaint
				  immediately after the race and, upon dismounting, shall proceed to the nearest
				  telephone and advise the judges of the complaint or foul involved. The judges
				  shall not cause the official sign to be displayed until such complaint shall
				  have been entered and considered. All drivers must return to the paddock and
				  remain there until the race is made official. The judges will not consider any
				  claim of foul instituted after the race has been made official.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.8 - Violations involving entries or horses with common owner(s) or trainer interests, penalties

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If any of the violations in this subchapter are committed by
				  a person driving a horse coupled as an entry in the betting or driving a horse
				  that has a common owner(s) or common trainer with another horse in the race,
				  the judges may set those horses sharing a common owner(s) or trainer back, if,
				  in their opinion, the violation may have affected the finish of the race.
				  Otherwise, penalties may be applied individually to the drivers of any entry or
				  horse sharing common interests.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.9 - Placing offending horse

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In case of interference, collision or violation of any of
				  the rules, the offending horse may be placed behind all the unoffending horses
				  in that heat or dash, and in the event such collision or interference prevents
				  any horse from finishing the heat or dash, the offending horse may be
				  disqualified from receiving any winnings and the driver may be
				  penalized.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.10 - Fraudulent or unsatisfactory driving

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Every heat
				in a race must be contested by every horse in the race and every horse must be
				driven to the finish. If the judges believe that a horse is being driven, or
				had been driven, with design to prevent his winning a heat or dash which he was
				evidently able to win, or is being raced in an inconsistent manner, or to
				perpetrate or to aid a fraud, they shall consider it a violation and the
				driver, and anyone in concert with him to so affect the outcome of the race or
				races, may be penalized. The judges may in such cases substitute a driver. The
				substitute driver shall be paid at the discretion of the judges and the fee
				retained from the purse money due the horse, if any.
(b) In the event a drive is unsatisfactory
				due to lack of effort, carelessness, misjudgment, or demonstrated lack of
				judgment in performance, and the judges believe that there is no fraud, gross
				carelessness, or a deliberate inconsistent drive, they may impose a penalty
				similarly under this subsection.
(c) The length of suspension of a driver may
				be increased by the judges, stewards or Racing Commission if said driver is
				guilty of the same infractions of the rules of racing two times or more during
				any calendar year.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.11 - Removal and substitution of unfit or incompetent drivers

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If in the opinion of the judges a driver is for any reason
				  unfit or incompetent to drive or refuses to comply with the directions of the
				  judges, or is reckless in his conduct and endangers the safety of horses or
				  other drivers in the race, he may be removed and another driver substituted at
				  any time after the positions have been assigned in a race, in which case, the
				  offending driver may be penalized. The substitute driver shall be properly
				  compensated.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.12 - Failure to finish

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If for any cause other than being interfered with, broken
				  equipment or unavoidable accident, a horse fails to finish after starting a
				  heat, that horse shall be ruled out.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.14 - Whips

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Drivers will be allowed whips not to exceed four feet plus a
				  snapper not longer than six inches. No leather or unusual materials may be
				  used. The conventional snapper shall not be knotted or altered in any way and
				  tape is permitted only on the handle of the whip. All other modifications of
				  the whip are prohibited.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.15 - Restricted use of whip and prohibition of goading devices

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No
				person shall possess or use a goading device, chain, or mechanical devices or
				appliances, other than the ordinary whip, as permitted at
				N.J.A.C.
				13:71-20.14, upon any horse while in a race,
				training, or at any other time on property subject to the Commission's
				jurisdiction. The brutal use of a whip or blunt spur, kicking a horse with a
				foot, striking a horse with the whip under the seat of the sulky, or
				indiscriminate use of a whip shall be considered a violation.
(b) The whip cannot be used on a horse in an
				excessive, indiscriminate, brutal, or unnecessary manner, as determined in the
				discretion of the judges, including, without limitation, that the driver shall
				not:
1. Cause an injury, visible or not, to
				the horse with the whip;
2. Use the
				whip more than three times in succession without giving the horse time to
				respond to the whip;
3.
				Repetitively use the whip when a horse is not responding;
4. Continue to use the whip when a horse is
				not advancing its position in the race;
5. Use the whip on a horse that is out of
				contention; or
6. Use the whip
				after the finish of a race.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.16 - Hobbles, head pole

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No horse shall wear hobbles in a race unless he starts in
				  the same in the first heat or dash, and having so started he shall continue to
				  wear them to the finish of the race. Any person found guilty of removing or
				  altering a horse's hobbles during a race, or between races for the purpose of
				  fraud, shall be penalized. Any horse habitually wearing hobbles shall not be
				  permitted to start in a race without them except by the permission of the
				  judges. No horse shall be permitted to wear a head pole protruding more than 10
				  inches beyond its nose.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.17 - Breaking

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(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.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.18 - Fraudulent breaking

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If a driver allows his horse to break for the purpose of
				  fraudulently losing a heat or dash, he shall be liable to the penalties
				  provided for in
				  13:71-2.3.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.19 - Calling and noting breaks

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
To assist in determining the matters relating to accurate
				  charting of races, it shall be the duty of one of the judges to call out every
				  break made and the clerk shall at once note the break made and character of it
				  in writing.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.20 - Time between heats or dashes

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The time between heats or dashes for any distance up to and
				  including a mile shall not be less than 15 minutes; for any distance between
				  one and two miles, 20 minutes.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.21 - Right of the course

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Horses called for a race shall have the exclusive right of
				  the course and all other horses shall vacate the track at once unless permitted
				  to remain by the judges.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.22 - Accidents

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In the case of accidents, only so much time shall be allowed
				  before continuing as the judges may deem necessary and proper.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.23 - Registration of nerved horses

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Blocking of
				nerve functions via surgical neurectomy, cryogenic techniques, or any other
				desensitizing means, whether permanent or temporary, is defined as
				"nerving".
(b) Only posterior
				digital "nerving" will be permitted on horses to be raced. The procedure must
				be performed posterior to the first phalanx at a level below the base of the
				sesamoid bones.
(c) Horses that are
				"nerved" above the area specified in (b) above will not be permitted to race in
				New Jersey.
(d) It shall be the
				responsibility of the owner and/or trainer to report all "nerved" horses to the
				State or Associate State Veterinarian.
(e) A list of all "nerved" horses shall be
				posted on the bulletin board at the entry room by the State
				Veterinarian.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.24 - Equine fatality report; post-mortem necropsy

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Upon
				the death of a horse on any part of the grounds of a New Jersey racetrack or
				off-track training facility, an equine fatality report shall be submitted to
				the New Jersey Racing Commission within 48 hours. It shall be the
				responsibility of the trainer of the deceased animal to file the equine
				fatality report with the State Steward or Chief State Veterinarian.
(b) The equine fatality report shall be on
				forms prescribed and furnished by the Commission and shall be filled out
				entirely, legibly and specifically, and include the following information and
				any other information deemed necessary by the Commission:
1. Name and tattoo number or other
				registration identification of deceased equine;
2. Trainer of record;
3. Owner of record and fiscal records
				regarding purchase of equine;
4.
				Particulars as to time, date and place of death;
5. Disclosure of any post-mortem
				examination;
6. Attending
				veterinarian;
7. Cause of
				death;
8. Particulars as to removal
				of carcass; and
9. Pertinent
				information regarding existing insurance coverage.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.25 - Pylons

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) It shall be a
				violation of this rule if a horse, while on stride, or part of the horse's
				sulky, travels inside the existing pylons when not forced to do so by the
				actions of another driver or horse. The pylons shall constitute the inside
				limits of the racetrack.
(b) When
				an act of interference causes a horse, or part of the horse's sulky, to cross
				inside the pylons and the horse is placed by the Judges, the offending horse
				shall be placed behind the horse with which it interfered. The horse that was
				forced inside the pylons must attempt to return to the racetrack as soon as is
				safely possible. A horse remaining inside the pylons once, in the Judge's
				discretion, it is safe to return to the racetrack, may be penalized in
				accordance with this rule.
(c) For
				purposes of placing, the following shall apply:
1. If a horse while on stride, or any part of
				the horse's sulky, goes inside a pylon and, in the opinion of the Judges, that
				action improved the position of the horse or gave that horse an unfair
				advantage over other horses in the race, the horse may be placed at the
				discretion of the Judges;
2. If a
				horse while on stride, or any part of the horse's sulky, goes inside two
				consecutive pylons and was not forced to do so by the interference of another
				horse or driver, the offending horse shall be placed behind all horses that are
				lapped to the offending horse at the wire;
3. If a horse while on stride, or any part of
				the horse's sulky, goes inside three or more consecutive pylons and was not
				forced to do so by the interference of another horse or driver, the offending
				horse shall be placed last; and
4.
				If a horse while on stride, or any part of the horse's sulky, goes inside a
				single pylon more than one time in a single race and was not forced to do so by
				the interference of another horse or driver, each occurrence will be considered
				an individual violation of this rule.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 21 - PLACING CONDITIONS AND PURSES › Section 13:71-21.1 - Purses, distributed on dash basis, adjustments

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Unless otherwise provided in the conditions, all purses
				  shall be distributed on the dash basis with the money awarded according to a
				  horse's position in each separate dash or heat of the race. Any adjustment in
				  payments to be made by an association shall be made during the week wherein the
				  race giving rise to the adjustment occurred.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 21 - PLACING CONDITIONS AND PURSES › Section 13:71-21.2 - Dashes

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Unless
				otherwise specified in the conditions, the money distribution in dashes shall
				be 50 percent, 25 percent, 12 percent, eight percent and five percent. Where,
				in early closing races, late closing races or added money events, there are
				less than five starters, the remaining premium shall go to the race winner
				unless the conditions call for a different distribution. Where, in overnight
				events, there are less than five starters, the premium for which positions for
				each there are no starters may be retained by the association.
(b) If there be any premium or premiums for
				which horses have started but were unable to finish due to an accident or
				otherwise, all unoffending horses who did not finish will share equally in such
				premium or premiums.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 21 - PLACING CONDITIONS AND PURSES › Section 13:71-21.3 - Every heat a race

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The purse shall be distributed as in dash races with nothing
				  set aside for the race winner.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 21 - PLACING CONDITIONS AND PURSES › Section 13:71-21.4 - Placing system

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If the placing system is specified in the conditions, the
				  purse shall be distributed according to the standing of the horses in the
				  summary. In order to share in the purse distribution, each horse must complete
				  the race and compete in each heat to which he is eligible. A horse must win two
				  heats to be declared the race winner and such horse shall stand first in the
				  summary. In deciding the rank of the horses order than the race winner, a horse
				  that has been placed first in one heat shall be ranked better than any other
				  horse making a dead heat for first or any other horse that has been placed
				  second any number of heats; a horse that has been placed second in one heat
				  shall be ranked better than any other horse that has been placed third any
				  number of heats, and so forth; for example, a horse finishing, 3-6 would be
				  ranked ahead of another horse finishing 4-4. A horse finishing in a dead heat
				  would be ranked below another horse finishing in the same position and not in a
				  dead heat. If there be any premium for which no horse has maintained a
				  position, it shall go to the race winner, but the number of premiums awarded
				  need not exceed the number of horses that started in the race. Unless otherwise
				  specified in the conditions, the money shall be divided 50 percent, 25 percent,
				  15 percent and 10 percent.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 21 - PLACING CONDITIONS AND PURSES › Section 13:71-21.5 - Two in three

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In a two in three race, a horse must win two heats to win
				  the race, and there shall be ten percent set aside for the race winner. The
				  purse shall be divided and awarded according to the finish in each of the first
				  two or three heats, as the case may be. If the race is unfinished at the end of
				  the third heat, all but the heat winners or horses making a dead heat for first
				  shall be ruled out. The fourth heat, when required, shall be raced for the ten
				  percent set aside for the winner. If there be any third or fourth premiums, and
				  so forth for which no horse has maintained a specific place, the premium
				  therefor shall go to the winner of that heat, but the number of premiums
				  distributed need not exceed the number of horses starting in the race. Where,
				  in a two-year-old race, there are two heat winners and they have made a dead
				  heat in the third heat, the race shall be declared finished and the colt
				  standing best in the summary shall be awarded the ten per cent; if the two heat
				  winners made a dead heat and stand the same in the summary, the ten per cent
				  shall be divided equally between them.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 21 - PLACING CONDITIONS AND PURSES › Section 13:71-21.6 - Computation and payment of purses

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Any racing
				association which has an agreement with the horsemen to pay purses of an
				established percentage of the association's share of the revenue obtained from
				the money wagered, shall each post a statement of the previous week's handle,
				the proposed allotment to horsemen and the amount of purses paid. Such posting
				shall be on the bulletin board in the entry room.
(b) Any association sponsoring stakes races
				or early closing events may withhold, during any current meeting, an amount
				sufficient to compensate the association for the cost of such races and events.
				However, in no event shall the money due the horsemen in purses above that
				amount be allowed to exceed $ 20,000.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 21 - PLACING CONDITIONS AND PURSES › Section 13:71-21.7 - Delivering of winnings to owners

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Winnings from horses shall not be delivered to any owner
				  until the owner has first been duly licensed by the Commission for the current
				  season.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 21 - PLACING CONDITIONS AND PURSES › Section 13:71-21.8 - Deductions from winnings

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) All purses
				contested for shall be distributed according to the conditions of the race.
				Deductions from the purse, either voluntary or involuntary, shall be made only
				as set forth herein. Deductions shall be made for payment to the owners and to
				collect the amount calculated by the New Jersey Horse Racing Injury
				Compensation Board, which shall not exceed three percent of gross overnight
				purses paid to owners, as assessments for the cost of workers' compensation
				insurance coverage pursuant to
				13:71-6.31 and the rules of the
				New Jersey Horse Racing Injury Compensation Board set forth at N.J.A.C. 13:73.
				Deductions from purses may also be made to pay the organization and promotion
				expenses stipulated for stake and futurities.
1. The horsemen's bookkeeper at each
				racetrack in New Jersey shall transmit on a weekly basis all assessments
				collected for the cost of workers' compensation insurance or self-insurance
				coverage to the New Jersey Racing Commission, which shall deposit these monies
				in a separate account for the use of the New Jersey Horse Racing Injury
				Compensation Board.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 21 - PLACING CONDITIONS AND PURSES › Section 13:71-21.9 - Forfeits; drivers' fees

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In the event that a purse is forfeited through a subsequent
				  ruling of the officials and/or Racing Commission after the result has been made
				  official, the drivers shall be allowed such fees as are consistent with section
				  8 of this subchapter and with the revised order of finish.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 22 - RADIOS, RECEIVERS AND TRANSMITTERS › Section 13:71-22.1 - Telephone

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All public telephones at the race track may remain open
				  during the race day, with the approval of the Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 23 - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:71-23.1 - Intent of medication rules; general provisions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) It
				shall be the intent of these rules to protect the integrity of horse racing, to
				guard the health of the horse, and to safeguard the interests of the public and
				racing participants through the prohibition and/or control of all drugs and/or
				substances foreign to the natural horse. For the purpose of these rules, a drug
				and/or substance administered to a horse is foreign to the natural horse
				irrespective of whether the said drug and/or substance is also naturally
				occurring to the horse.
(b) On the
				day of the race, irrespective of the date, time, and method of administration,
				no horse entered to start in or participating in any race shall carry in its
				body any drug and/or substance foreign to the natural horse, excepting external
				rubs and innocuous compounds as defined in this section and as otherwise
				provided for in this chapter. Examples of drugs and/or substances foreign to
				the natural horse, and thus prohibited pursuant to this section are as follows:
1. Articles meeting the definition of drug as
				set forth in
				13:71-4.1;
2. Chemical substances;
3. Stimulants;
4. Depressants;
5. Anesthetics;
6. Tranquilizers;
7. Anti-inflammatories;
8. Erythropietin (epogen, EPO);
9. Pain killers;
10. Sodium bicarbonate (baking
				soda);
11. Confectionery
				sugar;
12. Stamina
				builders;
13. Mixtures, compounds,
				or solutions commonly referred to as "milkshakes," which contain any prohibited
				drug and/or substance; and
14.
				Controlled therapeutic medications equal to or in excess of the threshold
				levels set in the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI)
				Controlled Therapeutic Medication Schedule (Schedule), version 2.1 (Revised
				April 17, 2014), which is incorporated herein by reference, as amended and
				supplemented. The Schedule can be accessed at
http://arcicom.businesscatalyst.com/assets/arci-controlled-therapeutic-medication-schedule---version-2.1.pdf
.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 23 - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:71-23.2 - Testing

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Any horse
				entered to start at any licensed race meeting may be subjected to a pre-race
				and/or post-race blood, and/or urine test, at the direction of the State
				Veterinarian, the Judges and/or State Steward, in the manner prescribed by the
				New Jersey Racing Commission. The costs so incurred shall be borne by the track
				association. The cost to the track association for testing each sample shall be
				established by the New Jersey Racing Commission.
(b) Every owner, or his authorized agent, or
				trainer of any horse entered to race at any licensed racetrack shall
				immediately submit the said horse to any veterinarian designated by the
				Commission, for examination and/or testing whenever so requested by the
				Commission, Stewards, Judges, State Veterinarians, or Associate State
				Veterinarian.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 23 - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:71-23.3 - Pre-race blood testing program

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(a) All horses
				entered to start in any race where pari-mutuel wagering is conducted shall be
				subject to a pre-race blood and/or urine test.
(b) Such horses shall be in the paddock at
				least two hours prior to post-time under the custody and care of a duly
				licensed attendant designated by the trainer of the horse.
(c) A licensed veterinarian approved by the
				Commission shall be the only person allowed to draw the blood for testing. A
				quantity of 20 cubic centimeters or such amount as the veterinarian may
				designate shall be extracted from each horse for testing purposes.
(d) Should the forensic analysis of such
				sample be classified as suspicious for any drug or substance foreign to the
				natural horse, except as expressly permitted by these rules and regulations,
				the horse shall be scratched.
(e)
				Should the forensic analysis of such sample be classified as positive for any
				drug or substance foreign to the natural horse, the horse shall be scratched
				and placed on the judge's list for seven days.
(f) The entry of a horse shall constitute
				permission for a veterinarian appointed by the New Jersey Racing Commission to
				obtain biological samples, and consent to the scratching of the horse from the
				race in the event such test is positive or suspicious.
(g) A trainer shall receive a warning for the
				first time a horse in his charge shall show a positive pre-race test. If the
				same horse shall again be positive on a pre-race test, then the trainer may be
				fined, suspended or both.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 23 - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:71-23.3A - Post-race blood gas testing program

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(a) An excess
				level of total carbon dioxide (TCO2) in the race horse is deemed adverse to the
				best interests of harness racing, and adverse to the best interests of the
				horse in that such condition alters its normal physiological state.
				Accordingly, in compliance with the post-race testing program provisions of
				13:71-23.4 and this section, on
				the date of the race and following a minimum one-hour standing at rest period
				for the horse subsequent to the conclusion of the race within which it
				competed, a State Veterinarian representing the Commission may obtain blood
				samples from the horse for the purpose of the testing of said samples by the
				Racing Commission laboratory for TCO2 level on a Clinical Auto Analyzer that
				applies an ion selective electrode method (ISE) for measuring TCO2 in blood.
				Where the TCO2 level, based upon such testing equals or exceeds the following
				levels, the judges shall order the relief authorized pursuant to (b) below:
1. Thirty-seven (37) or more millimoles per
				liter for those horses not competing on furosemide; and
2. Thirty-nine (39) or more millimoles per
				liter for those horses competing on furosemide.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 23 - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:71-23.3B - Post-race blood gas testing program; pre-race guarded quarantine

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(a) Where a
				trainer, during any 12 month period, has had any single horse under his or her
				custody, care and control test equal to or in excess of the total carbon
				dioxide level (TCO2) set forth in
				13:71-23.3A(a),
				and where the level of TCO2 has not been determined as physiologically normal
				for the horse in such instance pursuant to
				13:71-23.3A(c),
				that horse subsequently scheduled to participate in a race under the custody,
				care and control of said trainer shall be placed under pre-race guarded
				quarantine. The track association sponsoring the race shall make such pre-race
				guarded quarantine available, at the sole expense of the trainer, for a length
				of time to be determined by the judges but in no event less than six hours
				prior to the start of the first race of the program.
1. Any pre-race guarded quarantine required
				by this subsection shall continue as to the affected horse for six months
				following the date of the order of quarantine.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 23 - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:71-23.3C - Post-race blood gas testing program; punishment for failure to cooperate

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In the event any owner, trainer, licensed representative of
				  same, or any person subject to the jurisdiction of the Racing Commission, fails
				  to cooperate in connection with the blood gas testing program authorized
				  pursuant to
				  13:71-23.3A, or with regard to any
				  procedures set forth in
				  13:71-23.4, or otherwise set forth
				  in or implemented pursuant to
				  13:71-23.3A or 23.3B, in addition
				  to ordering the relief set forth in
				  13:71-23.3A, the judges may,
				  consistent with this chapter, impose fines or suspensions, or both, on the
				  non-cooperating person. In determining the length of such suspension or amount
				  of the fine, the judges may consider prior violations of
				  13:71-23.3A, 23.3B or this
				  section.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 23 - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:71-23.5 - Procedure following positive chemical analysis

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(a) On
				receiving written notice from the official chemist that a specimen has been
				found "positive" for any drug or substance foreign to the natural horse, the
				steward shall proceed as follows:
1. He or she
				shall notify the State Police and authorize a search of the premises occupied
				by the stable involved.
2. He or
				she shall, as quickly as possible, notify the owner and trainer of the horse
				involved.
3. He or she shall, with
				the assistance of the State Police, conduct a thorough investigation,
				interviewing the trainer, assistant trainer and any other persons who may have
				pertinent knowledge of the circumstances involved.
4. During the progress of such investigation,
				the stable involved shall be permitted to race; save that the particular horse
				(or horses) involved shall not be entered or start until allowed to do so by
				the judges. In no event shall such a prohibition extend beyond seven days
				unless the stable has failed to provide all due cooperation to the Judges in
				the course of such investigation.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 23 - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:71-23.6 - Trainers

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(a) A trainer
				shall be the absolute insurer of and is responsible for the condition of a
				horse within his care and custody.
(b) A trainer shall not enter or start a
				horse that has in its body any drug or substance foreign to the natural horse
				except as otherwise provided for in these rules and regulations.
(c) A trainer has the duty to be familiar
				with the medication rules of this Commission and with any drug or substances
				foreign to the natural horse administered to said horse at his direction or
				while in his care and custody.
(d)
				The trainer, owner, veterinarian, groom or other person charged with the
				custody, care and responsibility of a horse are all obligated to protect and
				guard the horse against administration of any drug or substances foreign to the
				natural horse, except as otherwise provided for in these rules and regulations
				by any unauthorized individual, and the administration of any unauthorized drug
				or substance foreign to the natural horse by any person.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 23 - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:71-23.7 - Penalties

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(a) Should the judges determine that any
				person or persons have violated any section of this subchapter, they may punish
				the offending party consistent with the penalties provided for in these rules
				and regulations.
(b) In addition
				thereto, the judges may penalize the owner of any horse, or any entry of which
				said horse is a part, that has started in any race with any drug or substance
				foreign to the natural horse in its body by disqualification and denial of any
				part of the purse with redistribution of purse moneys as in the case of a
				disqualification.
(c) Any
				individual suspended or disciplined in any fashion for multiple violations of
				this subchapter or any comparable rule of any other racing commission or turf
				governing body shall be deemed a repeat offender and shall be subject to
				enhanced penalties pursuant to RCI Model Rule ARCI-025-020B(13), Multiple
				Medication Violations (MMV) (version 5.7, Approved April 9, 2014), which is
				incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented, or as otherwise
				ordered by the Commission or its Board of Judges (see N.J.A.C. 13:71-8 ). RCI
				Model Rule ARCI-025-020B(13), Multiple Medication Violations (MMV) may be
				accessed at
http://ua-rtip.org/sites/ua-rtip.org/files/Harness%20Racing%20Chapters%20(19-25).pdf
.
				  The Commission may, at its discretion, consider evidence of compliance with the
				  guidelines set forth in the "Dosing Specifications" and "Withdrawal Guideline"
				  columns of the Schedule as mitigating factors, when appropriate, in determining
				  the penalty to be imposed for a violation of the levels listed in the
				  "Threshold" column.
(d)
				Horses owned wholly or in part by persons suspended for violations of this
				subchapter or any comparable rule of any other racing commission or turf
				governing body are ineligible to start during the period of such suspension or
				as ordered by the Commission or its judges, unless sold to a bona fide
				purchaser (see N.J.A.C. 13:71-8 ). Horses trained by a person suspended for
				such violations, wherein the trainer does not have an ownership interest, are
				automatically eligible to start when placed in the hands of a licensed trainer
				approved by the judges. (See N.J.A.C. 13:71-3 for rules concerning
				appeals.)
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 23 - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:71-23.8 - Administering medication to respiratory bleeders; standards for the administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) and anti-ulcer medications; environmental contaminants

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(a) The Board of
				Judges may permit the administration of medication to control respiratory
				bleeding under the following conditions:
1.
				Furosemide may be administered intravenously to a horse which is entered to
				compete in a race to control respiratory bleeding. Administration of furosemide
				shall be permitted only after the State Veterinarian has placed the horse on
				the Furosemide List. In order for a horse to be placed on the Furosemide List
				the following process must be followed:
i.
				After the horse's licensed trainer and a licensed, practicing veterinarian
				determine that it would be in the horse's best interests to race with
				furosemide they shall notify the State Veterinarian or his or her designee,
				using the prescribed form provided by the Racing Commission, that they wish the
				horse to be put on the Furosemide List;
ii. The form must be received by the State
				Veterinarian or his or her designee no later than the time of entry to ensure
				public notification prior to race participation;
iii. A horse placed on the Furosemide List
				must remain on that list unless the licensed trainer and a licensed, practicing
				veterinarian submit a written request to remove the horse from the List. The
				request must be made to the State Veterinarian or his or her designee, on the
				proper form, no later than the time of entry; and
iv. After a horse has been removed from the
				Furosemide List the horse may not be placed back on the List for a period of 60
				calendar days unless it is determined to be detrimental to the welfare of the
				horse, in consultation with the State Veterinarian. If a horse is removed from
				the official Furosemide List a second time in a 365-day period, the horse may
				not be placed back on the list for a period of 90 calendar days;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 23 - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:71-23.9 - Possession of drugs or drug instruments

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(a) No person
				aside from licensed veterinarians shall have in his possession anywhere within
				the grounds of any association conducting a race meeting, or anywhere within
				the confines of a racetrack enclosure, or anywhere within the grounds of any
				licensed off-track stabling facility, any drugs not possessed in accordance
				with the laws of the State of New Jersey, nor any contraband drug or
				unauthorized prescription legend drugs, nor any hypodermic syringes or needles,
				or any other instrument which may be used for injection, unless the injectable
				device is possessed for self-administration, and further provided that the
				individual possessing such device promptly notify the State Steward:
1. That he is in possession of such device;
				and
2. Of the chemical substance to
				be administered.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 23 - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:71-23.10 - Illegal devices

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No electrical, mechanical or other appliance or device other
				  than the ordinary whip shall be applied to a horse at any place on the grounds
				  of any licensed racetrack. Any person so offending shall be suspended by the
				  judges and referred to the Commission for license revocation. Possession of any
				  such device anywhere on the grounds of a licensed racetrack may be punished by
				  fine and/or suspension.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 23 - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:71-23.11 - Narcotics conviction; denial of license

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Any person who has been convicted of possession or use of
				  narcotics by any court in the land shall be denied a license or ruled off or
				  both as the Commission may decide.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 23 - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:71-23.12 - Cooperation with other agencies; violations of law

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Every association, all officials and employees thereof, and
				  all persons licensed in any capacity by the Commission shall give every
				  possible cooperation, aid and assistance to any department, bureau, division,
				  officer, agent or inspector, or any other person connected with the United
				  States Government or with the State of New Jersey, who may be investigating or
				  prosecuting any matter involving a violation of any law, or any rules or
				  regulations of the Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 23 - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:71-23.13 - State Police; responsibilities

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The enforcement of
				  5:5-71 and other criminal laws of
				  the State of New Jersey shall be the responsibility of the State Police.
				  Investigation pursuant to the enforcement of
				  5:5-71 or other criminal laws of
				  the State shall take precedence over any action taken by the association or the
				  Racing Commission concerning an incident arising from an alleged violation of
				  the provisions of this subchapter. Every association and Racing Commission
				  official and employee shall render full cooperation, aid and assistance in any
				  investigation undertaken for a reasonably apparent violation of
				  5:5-71 or other criminal statutes
				  of the State. Further, every association and Racing Commission official and
				  employee, on becoming aware of a reasonably apparent violation of
				  5:5-71 or other criminal laws of
				  the State of New Jersey, shall communicate in writing the circumstances of such
				  immediately to the New Jersey Racing Commission and the State Police who shall
				  evaluate same and take whatever further action is deemed necessary.