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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.6 - Nominations and payments

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Set the nominating date and dates for all sustaining
				  payments except the starting fee on the 15th day of the month. No sustaining
				  payment for two-year-old races shall fall prior to January 15 of the year to be
				  raced.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.7 - Date and place of event

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Announce the date and place of any event as soon as racing
				  dates for the year are allocated by this Commission and before taking
				  sustaining payments.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.8 - Forms

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All nominations and entry forms, list of nominators and
				  lists of eligibles shall be on a standard 8 1/2 " x 11" paper. Such lists shall
				  designate the owners alphabetically.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.9 - Estimated purse

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No estimated purse shall be advertised or published which is
				  in excess of the actual purse paid or distributed during the previous year
				  unless increased by guaranteed added money.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.10 - Approval for extended pari-mutuel meetings

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Effective with stakes and futurities opened in 1965 and
				  thereafter, no stake or futurity shall be approved for extended pari-mutuel
				  meetings if the added money is not at least 20 per cent of the purse and for
				  all other meetings at least ten per cent of the purse shall be added.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.11 - Failure to make payments

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Failure to make any payment required by the conditions shall
				  constitute an automatic withdrawal from the event.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.12 - Where stake or futurity does not fill

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All stake and futurity sponsors of presentors shall notify
				  all nominators, the Commission and the United States Trotting Association
				  within 20 days if the stake or futurity does not fill.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.13 - Barren mares

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In the event that a mare nominated to a futurity proves to
				  be barren, the nominator may receive a return of his payment, proving such
				  return is called for in the conditions of the futurity.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.14 - Entries; form of entry

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) All entries
				must:
1. Be made in writing on forms approved
				by the Commission;
2. Be signed by
				the owner or his authorized agent in writing, except as provided in the rules
				of racing;
3. State the name,
				license number and address of both the owner and the agent of the registered
				stable of the lessee;
4. State
				name, color, sex, age, sire and dam of the horse;
5. Name the event or events in which the
				horse is to be entered;
6. Comply
				with the provisions of the rules regarding declaration where entries are in
				overnight events;
7. State the
				name, license number and registered racing colors of the driver;
8. State the name and license number of the
				trainer;
9. State if pacer is
				racing free legged or in hopples.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.15 - Entries and sustaining payments in early closing events, stakes and futurities

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All entries or payments except in overnight events not
				  actually received at the hour of closing shall be ineligible, except entries
				  and payments by letter bearing a postmark not later than the following day
				  (omitting Sunday) or entries notified by telegraph. Where a telegram is used,
				  it must actually be received at the office of sending at or before the hour of
				  closing. Such telegrams must, furthermore, state the color, sex and name of the
				  horse, the class to be entered, name and residence of the owner and the party
				  making the entry. Whenever any entry or payment in a stake, futurity or early
				  closing race becomes payable on a Sunday or a legal holiday that falls on
				  Saturday, such payment is to be due on the following Monday and if made by mail
				  the envelope must be postmarked on or before the following Tuesday. If a
				  payment falls on a Monday that is a legal holiday, such payment is due on
				  Tuesday, and if made by mail must be postmarked on or before the following
				  Wednesday.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.16 - Void entries

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All entries and payments not governed by published
				  conditions shall be void. Proposed deviation from such published conditions is
				  prohibited. No nominator shall be allowed privileges not in accordance with the
				  published conditions of the race or which are in conflict with these
				  rules.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.17 - Nominator's guaranty

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
A nominator is required to guaranty the identity and
				  eligibility of his entries and declarations and if given incorrectly he shall
				  be deemed guilty of a violation of these rules. A person obtaining a purse or
				  money through fraud or error shall surrender or pay the same to the association
				  conducting the meeting and such purse or money shall be awarded to the party
				  justly entitled to the same. Where, however, any horse is ineligible as a
				  result of an error of the race secretary, the association shall reimburse the
				  owner for the resultant loss of winnings.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.18 - Transfer to eligible event

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
A horse entered in an event to which it is ineligible may be
				  transferred to any event to which it is eligible at the same gait.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.19 - Withholding of purse

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
An association shall be warranted in withholding the premium
				  or purse of any horse without a formal protest if it shall receive information
				  that the entry or declaration of any horse was fraudulent or that the horse was
				  ineligible. Such premium shall be withheld by the association pending a
				  decision of the Commission concerning such fraud or ineligibility.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.20 - Death

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All engagements shall be void upon the deceased or either
				  party or horse, prior to the starting of the race, so far as they shall affect
				  the deceased party or horse, except when assumed by the estate or where the
				  proprietorship is in more than one person, and any survive.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.21 - Early closing events and late closing races

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The sponsor
				shall state the place and date the event will be raced and no change in date,
				program events or conditions can be made after the nominations have been
				taken.
(b) An entry blank shall be
				filed with the Commission and the United States Trotting Association. All
				nominations and payments other than starting fees in early closing events shall
				be advertised to fall on the first and 15th day of the month. A complete list
				of nominations to any late closing race or early closing event shall be
				published within 20 days after the date of closing and mailed to each
				nominator, the Commission and the United States Trotting Association. If the
				event does not fill, each nominator, the Commission and the United States
				Trotting Association shall be notified within ten days and refund of nomination
				fees shall accompany the notice to the nominators.
(c) Unless an association submits its early
				closing conditions to the Commission and to the United States Trotting
				Association at least 30 days prior to the first publication and has such
				conditions approved by the Commission, the following provisions will govern
				transfers in the event of a change of gait.
(d) If conditions published for early closing
				events allow transfer for change of gait, such transfer shall be to the slowest
				class the horse is eligible to at the adopted gait. Eligibility is to be
				determined at time of closing of entries and the race to which transfer may be
				made must be the one nearest the date of the event originally
				entered.
(e) Two-year olds,
				three-year olds or four-year olds entered in classes for their age may only
				transfer to classes for the same age group at the adopted gait to the race
				nearest the date of the event originally entered. Entry fees shall be
				adjusted.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.22 - Withdrawals

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Where subsequent payments are required, a complete list of
				  those withdrawn or declared out shall be made within 15 days after payment was
				  due and the list filed with the Commission and the United States Trotting
				  Association and mailed to every nominator.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.23 - Segregation of fees

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All fees paid in added money events, early closing events,
				  stakes and futurities shall be segregated and held as trust funds until the
				  event is contested. Proof of such segregation by bank letter or bank statement
				  shall be submitted to the Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.24 - Stabling

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Horses nominated and eligible to start in early closing,
				  late closing events, stakes or futurities shall be given stable space on the
				  grounds of the association, the day before, the day of and the day after such
				  race.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.25 - Limitations on conditions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Conditions of early closing or late closing events that will
				  eliminate horses nominated or add horses that have not been nominated by reason
				  of the performance of such horses at an earlier meeting held the same season
				  are invalid. Early closing events and late closing events shall not have more
				  than two also eligible conditions.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.26 - Proportion of entry fees to purse

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
When entry fees exceed 85 per cent of the advertised purse
				  value, such excess entry fees shall be added to the purse. Where the race is
				  split into divisions, each division shall have a purse value of not less than
				  75 per cent of the advertised purse. However, entry fees in excess of the
				  amount prescribed above may be used toward the amount that must be added. In
				  all cases the sponsor shall add at least 15 per cent of the advertised
				  purse.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.27 - Fraudulent transfer of horse

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The transfer of a horse by any person or persons under
				  suspension, unless to a bona fide owner for a valuable consideration
				  accompanied by the transfer of all control over such horse, shall be deemed
				  fraudulent and an effort to circumvent said suspension. All parties thereto
				  shall be subject to the penalties of these rules. No person shall sell a horse
				  as being free and clear when payments are due or will become due in races of
				  any description and to which the horse has been entered.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.28 - Entries and starters required; split races

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Entries to
				be specified in overnight events, when race must be contested, entrance moneys:
1. Associations must specify how many entries
				are required for overnight events and after the condition is fulfilled, the
				event must be contested except when declared off.
2. In early closing events or late closing
				events, if five or more separate interests are declared in to start, the race
				must be contested except when declared off. Stakes and futurities must be raced
				if one or more horses are declared in to start except when declared
				off.
3. In an early closing event,
				if less horses are declared in than are required to start and all declarers are
				immediately so notified, the horse or horses declared in and ready to race
				shall be entitled to all the entrance money and forfeits from each horse
				named.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.29 - Elimination heats or two divisions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) In any
				stake event or futurity where the number of horses declared in to start exceeds
				12 on a half mile track, 14 on a 5/8 mile track or 16 on a mile track, the race
				may at the option of the association be raced in elimination heats or
				divisions. The association exercising such option, however, must do so before
				positions are drawn. In the event a stake or futurity is split into divisions,
				the added money for each division shall be at least 20 percent of all
				nomination, sustaining and starting fees paid into such stake or
				futurity.
(b) Where the race is an
				early closing or a late closing event, the race may be divided by lot and each
				division must race for at least 75 percent of the advertised purse.
(c) In an added money early closing event,
				the race may be divided and raced in divisions and each division raced for an
				equal share of the total purse if the advertised conditions so provide,
				provided, however, extended meetings shall add an additional amount so that
				each division will race for 75 percent of the advertised added money. These
				provisions shall apply to any stake with a value of $ 20,000 or less.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.31 - Overnight events

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No more
				than eight horses shall be allowed to start in overnight events upon which
				there is pari-mutuel wagering except with the approval of the
				Commission.
(b) No horse shall be
				entered in more than one event on the same program except where the conditions
				of the race provide that it shall be contested in two or more heats or dashes.
				"Trailers" may be permitted whenever nine or more horses are allowed to start
				under this section.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 16 - DECLARATION TO START AND DRAWING HORSES › Section 13:71-16.1 - Declaration to start and drawing horses

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(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.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 16 - DECLARATION TO START AND DRAWING HORSES › Section 13:71-16.2 - Entry box and drawing of horses at pari-mutuel meetings

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The entry
				box shall be opened by the presiding judge at the advertised time and the
				presiding judge will be responsible to see that at least one horseman or an
				official representative of the horsemen is present. No owner or agent for a
				horse with a declaration in the entry box shall be denied the privilege of
				being present. Under the supervision of the presiding judge, all entries shall
				be listed, the eligibility verified, preference ascertained, starters selected
				and post positions drawn. If it is necessary to reopen any race, public
				announcement shall be made at least twice and the box reopened to a definite
				time.
(b) Upon receiving a request
				by the race secretary, the presiding judge, at his discretion, may open the
				entry box prior to the time of closing and give the race secretary the
				opportunity to process declarations contained therein. Information as to names
				of horses declared shall not be given by the race secretary or his assistants
				until after the time for declaration has passed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 16 - DECLARATION TO START AND DRAWING HORSES › Section 13:71-16.3 - Error in declaration

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Where a
				horse properly declared is omitted from the race by error of the association,
				or its agent or employee, the horse shall be added to the race but given the
				outside post position provided, however, that the error is discovered prior to
				the printing of the official program or prior to scratch time, whichever is
				sooner.
1. In the event that there is not a
				position on the gate available to add the horse omitted in error, the race
				shall be redrawn. This shall apply only in stakes events, late closers, early
				closers and futurities and shall not apply to overnight events.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 16 - DECLARATION TO START AND DRAWING HORSES › Section 13:71-16.4 - Qualifying races

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a)
				Declarations for overnight events shall be governed by the following:
1. Within two weeks of being declared in, a
				horse that has not raced previously at the gait chosen must go a qualifying
				race under the supervision of the presiding judge or an associate judge and
				acquire at least one charted line by a licensed charter. In order to provide
				complete and accurate chart information on time and beaten lengths, a standard
				photo finish shall be in use.
2. A
				horse that does not show a charted line for the previous season, or a charted
				line within its last six starts must go a qualifying race as set forth in
				paragraph 1 of this subsection. Uncharted races contested in heats or more than
				one dash and consolidated in accordance with paragraph 4 of this subsection
				will be considered one start.
3. A
				horse that has not started at a charted meeting for a period of 30 days must go
				a qualifying race as set forth in paragraph 1 of this subsection. Any horse
				that fails to race within 30 days after having started in a current year shall
				start in a qualifying race and meet the standards of the meeting before being
				allowed to start in a race with pari-mutuel wagering.
4. When a horse has raced at a charted
				meeting during the current season and then goes to meetings where races are not
				charted, the information from the uncharted races may be summarized, including
				each start, and consolidated in favor of charted lines, and the requirements of
				paragraph 2 of this subsection would then not be applicable. The consolidated
				line shall carry date, place, time, driver, finish track conditions and
				distance if race is not at one mile.
5. The judges may require any horse that has
				been on the steward's list to go a qualifying race. If a horse has raced in
				individual time not meeting the qualifying standards for the class of horse, he
				may be required to go a qualifying race.
6. The judges may permit a horse to qualify
				by means of a timed workout consistent with the demonstrated form and ability
				of the horse.
7. To enable a horse
				to qualify, qualifying races should be held at least one full week prior to the
				opening of any meeting that opens before July 1 of a season and shall be
				scheduled at least twice a week. Qualifying races shall also be scheduled twice
				a week during the meeting.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 16 - DECLARATION TO START AND DRAWING HORSES › Section 13:71-16.5 - Entries

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All horses owned wholly, or in part, by the same owner, the
				  spouse of any such owner, or trained by the same trainer, shall not be coupled
				  as an entry but rather shall run as separate wagering interests, except at the
				  discretion of the presiding judge, where the presiding judge believes it is
				  necessary to couple the horses in order to protect the public interest.
				  "Ownership" shall be construed to mean any person required to be licensed as an
				  owner pursuant to this chapter and in the instance of multiple ownerships,
				  persons possessing at least five percent commonality of interest in each of the
				  respective horses. If two or more horses entered in the same race are owned in
				  whole or in part by the same person or persons, spouse of any such person or
				  persons, or are trained by the same trainer, the racing association shall take
				  such actions as are necessary to adequately inform the public, including
				  prominently publishing the name of the owner(s) and trainer in the official
				  program and announcing the common trainer or ownership interests over the
				  public address system.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 16 - DECLARATION TO START AND DRAWING HORSES › Section 13:71-16.6 - Also eligibles

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Not more than two horses may be drawn as also eligibles for
				  a race and their positions shall be drawn along with the starters in the race.
				  Also eligibles shall be drawn from those horses having the least preference. In
				  the event one or more horses are excused by the judges, the also eligible horse
				  or horses shall race and take the post position drawn by the horse it replaces,
				  except in handicap races. In handicap races the also eligible horse shall take
				  the place of the horse that it replaces in the event that the handicap is the
				  same. In the event the handicap is different, the also eligible horse shall
				  take the position on the outside of horses with a similar handicap. No horse
				  may be added to a race as an also eligible unless the horse was drawn as such
				  at the time declarations closed. No horse may be barred from a race to which it
				  is otherwise eligible by reason of its preference due to the fact that it has
				  been drawn as an also eligible. A horse moved into the race from the also
				  eligible list cannot be drawn except by permission of the judges, but the owner
				  or trainer of such a horse shall be notified that the horse is to race and it
				  shall be posted at the race secretary's office. All horses on the also eligible
				  list and not moved into race by 9:00 A.M. on the day of the race shall be
				  released.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 16 - DECLARATION TO START AND DRAWING HORSES › Section 13:71-16.7 - Preference

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Preference
				shall be given in all overnight events according to a horse's last previous
				purse race during the current year. The preference date on a horse that has
				drawn to race and then scratched is the date of the race from which he was
				scratched.
(b) When a horse is
				racing for the first time in the current year, the date of the first
				declaration shall be considered its last race date and preference applied
				accordingly.
(c) Where the word
				"preferred" is used in a condition it shall not supersede date
				preference.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 16 - DECLARATION TO START AND DRAWING HORSES › Section 13:71-16.8 - Steward's list

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A horse may
				be placed on the "Steward's list" if:
1. It
				is dangerous;
2.
				Unmanageable;
3. Sick;
4. Lame;
5. Unable to qualify;
6. Otherwise unfit.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 16 - DECLARATION TO START AND DRAWING HORSES › Section 13:71-16.9 - Driver information

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Declarations shall state who will drive the horse and the
				  driver's colors. Drivers may be changed until 9:00 A.M. of the day preceding
				  the race without permission but the presiding judge must be notified thereof.
				  No driver shall be changed thereafter except by permission of the judges and
				  only then for good cause. When a nominator starts two or more horses, the
				  judges shall approve or disapprove the second and third drivers.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 16 - DECLARATION TO START AND DRAWING HORSES › Section 13:71-16.10 - Postponement-reasons for; rescheduling races

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(a) In case of
				unfavorable weather, or other unavoidable cause, the racing association may
				postpone the races upon notification of the same to the Commission.
(b) When a racing program is postponed, the
				races scheduled shall be rescheduled as follows:
1. Early closing, late closing races, stakes
				and futurities shall be postponed to the next racing day.
2. If there is no time remaining in the
				scheduled race meeting and it cannot be extended to permit the race to be
				programmed, the entrance money and forfeits shall be divided equally among the
				nominators who have horses on the grounds declared in and eligible to
				start.
3. Unless conditions
				prescribe to the contrary, declared stakes and futurities shall not be
				transferred to another meeting without the unanimous consent of the association
				and of all those having horses eligible to the event.
4. Overnight races may be postponed and
				carried over not more than two racing days.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 16 - DECLARATION TO START AND DRAWING HORSES › Section 13:71-16.11 - Rain checks

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In the event of cancellation of any program after the
				  completion of a numerical majority of the races scheduled to be run on such
				  program, no rain checks or other similar forms of deferred admissions shall be
				  issued or if issued on admittance, will be validated. In the event of
				  cancellation of any program before the completion of a numerical majority of
				  the races scheduled to be run on such program, rain checks or other similar
				  forms of deferred free admissions shall be issued but no rain check or other
				  form of deferred free admission shall be valid beyond the close of the meeting
				  at which it is issued.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTING › Section 13:71-17.1 - Starting gate

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The
				starter, under the direction, supervision and control of the presiding judge,
				shall have control of the horses from the formation of the parade until he
				gives the word "GO".
(b) After the
				preliminary warming up scores, the starter shall notify the drivers to come up
				to the starting gate. During or before the parade, the drivers must be informed
				as to the number of scores permitted.
(c) The horses shall be brought to the
				starting gate as near 1/4 of a mile before the start as the track will
				permit.
(d) Allowing sufficient
				time so that the speed of the gate can be increased gradually, the following
				minimum speeds will be maintained:
1. For the
				first 1/8 mile, not less than 11 miles per hour;
2. For the next 1/16 of a mile not less than
				18 miles per hour;
3. From that
				point to the starting point, the speed will be gradually increased to a speed
				in excess of 18 miles per hour to be determined by the starter in the exercise
				of his discretion so as to insure a good and fair starting in all
				races.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTING › Section 13:71-17.2 - Number of scores

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Horses shall be permitted to take one or two scores before
				  going to the post and upon completion of the scores, the horses shall be
				  gathered by the starter and immediately moved into their positions behind the
				  gate. Horses shall not be held in excess of two minutes before post time except
				  when delayed by an emergency.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTING › Section 13:71-17.3 - Vacancy in a tier

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In the event there are two tiers of horses, the withdrawing
				  of a horse that has drawn or earned a position in the front tier shall not
				  affect the position of the horses that have drawn or earned positions in the
				  second tier. Whenever a horse is withdrawn from any tier horses in their tier
				  move in to fill up the vacancy. Should the second tier consist of one horse,
				  that horse may start from any position in the second tier. Should the second
				  tier consist of two or more horses, each horse must start from his drawn post
				  position.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTING › Section 13:71-17.4 - When race starts, drivers mounted at finish

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The horses shall be deemed to have started when the word
				  "GO" is given by the starter and all the horses must go the course except in
				  the event of an accident, in which case the judges may deem it impossible to go
				  the course. Drivers must be mounted at the finish of the race or the horse
				  shall be placed as not finishing.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTING › Section 13:71-17.5 - Unmanageable horses, scratches, refunds

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) If the
				opinion of the judges or the starter a horse is unmanageable or liable to cause
				accidents or injury to any other horse or to any driver, such horse may be sent
				to the barn in which case the declaration fees on the horse shall be refunded
				and deducted from the purse in added money events. When this action is taken,
				the starter shall notify the judges who shall in turn notify the
				public.
(b) Placing bad acting
				horses on outside positions. The starter may place a bad acting horse on the
				outside at his discretion but such action may be taken only where there is
				sufficient time for the starter to notify the judges. When so notified, the
				judges shall, prior to the sale of tickets on such horse, notify the public. If
				tickets have been sold, the bad acting horse must be scratched in accordance
				with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTING › Section 13:71-17.6 - Starting gate arms, screens or shields

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The arms of all starting gates shall be provided with a
				  screen or a shield in front of the position for each horse and such arms shall
				  be perpendicular to the rail.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTING › Section 13:71-17.7 - Starting gate and automatic timing device required

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Every association shall utilize a mobile starting gate of a
				  type and quality approved by the Commission. Every association shall further
				  more maintain a stand-by mobile starting gate similarly approved. Every
				  association shall utilize an automatic timing device of a type and quality
				  approved by the Commission.
As amended, R.1979 d.157, eff. April 23, 1979.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTING › Section 13:71-17.8 - Operation of starting gate

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The association may employ additional persons to assist the
				  starter in the performance of his duties and such personnel shall be licensed
				  and approved by the Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTING › Section 13:71-17.9 - Positions in winning heat

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The horse winning a heat shall take the pole (or inside
				  position) the succeeding heat, and all others shall take their positions in the
				  order they were placed the last heat. When two or more horses shall have made a
				  dead heat, their position shall be settled by lot.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 18 - BREATHALYZER TEST › Section 13:71-18.1 - Breathalyzer test

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Officials, drivers, trainers and grooms shall, when directed
				  by the presiding judge, submit to a breathalyzer test and if the results
				  thereof show a reading of more than .05 percent of alcohol in the blood, such
				  person shall not be permitted to continue his duties. The Judges may fine or
				  suspend any participant who records a blood alcohol reading of .05 percent or
				  more. Any participant who records a reading above the prescribed level on more
				  than one occasion shall be subject to expulsion, or such penalty as the Judges
				  may deem appropriate.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 19 - COLORS AND DRIVERS ATTIRE › Section 13:71-19.1 - Wearing distinguishing colors

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Drivers
				must wear distinguishing colors. No driver shall be permitted to start in a
				race or other public performance unless in the opinion of the judges he is
				properly dressed.
(b) When drivers
				are participating in races during inclement weather, they shall wear rain suits
				of their registered colors, or suits made of a transparent material through
				which their colors may be distinguished.
(c) Those drivers not complying with (a) and
				(b) above must race in their regular colors.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 19 - COLORS AND DRIVERS ATTIRE › Section 13:71-19.2 - Wearing colors at betting window, grandstand, clubhouse or bar

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No driver wearing colors shall appear at a betting window,
				  grandstand or clubhouse, or at a bar or in a restaurant dispensing alcoholic
				  beverages.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 19 - COLORS AND DRIVERS ATTIRE › Section 13:71-19.3 - Registered colors

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No driver or trainer shall be allowed to drive in any race
				  or public performance, or to otherwise appear on the race track during the
				  racing program unless wearing his own or his owner's registered colors. No
				  driver may appear in colors registered in the name of another, without the
				  special permission of the presiding judge.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 19 - COLORS AND DRIVERS ATTIRE › Section 13:71-19.4 - Safety helmets

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No individual will be permitted to drive on a racetrack
				  unless wearing a protective safety helmet of a type satisfactory to the
				  Commission with chin strap in place. For purposes of this rule "satisfactory"
				  shall be deemed to require that any helmet to be used be manufactured in
				  compliance with the 1984 Snell Harness Racing Standard or in compliance with
				  any other safety standard as approved from time to time by the
				  Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 19 - COLORS AND DRIVERS ATTIRE › Section 13:71-19.5 - Attire

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Every driver in a race shall be attired in white pants. A
				  violation of this rule will subject a driver to a fine or suspension.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 19 - COLORS AND DRIVERS ATTIRE › Section 13:71-19.6 - Safety vests

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All individuals, at all times, on horseback or in a sulky or
				  jogging cart affixed to a horse, on a racetrack or licensed off-track stabling
				  facility, shall wear a safety vest designed to provide shock absorbing
				  protection of at least a rating of five, as defined by the British Equestrian
				  Trade Association (BETA).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 19 - COLORS AND DRIVERS ATTIRE › Section 13:71-19.7 - Requirements concerning the wearing of advertisement material

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A
				permitholder may impose restrictions on advertising on driver apparel provided
				the permitholder submits any such restrictions by way of application to the New
				Jersey Racing Commission for approval. The restrictions must be implemented for
				one of the following purposes:
1. To preserve
				the traditions of the turf. Traditions of the turf means those traditions which
				preserve a genteel, pristine appearance and atmosphere at the racetracks and
				that do not lend themselves to over commercialization; or
2. To promote the safety of race
				participants.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.1 - Limitations on use of hand holders

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Drivers shall not put their hands or wrists through the
				  hand-holders while competing in races.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.2 - Driver's meeting

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Before the
				first heat or race at any meeting is contested the racing officials and the
				drivers shall meet at a time and place to be designated by the presiding judge.
				Notice of the time and place of such meeting shall be published on the bulletin
				board in the office of the race secretary at least 48 hours prior to the
				meeting, and shall be announced over the public address system one hour prior
				to the meeting.
(b) The officials
				will announce any special rules affecting the race meeting and shall construe
				such of the rules of racing as shall be requested. At the conclusion of such
				meeting, all drivers shall be presumed to be familiar with the rules of
				racing.
(c) Any driver failing to
				attend this meeting after being duly notified, may be fined a sum not to exceed
				$ 100.00.
(d) No driver will be
				permitted to drive unless he shall have attended such meeting or has met with
				the officials.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.3 - Substitutions of driver

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If the judges believe a driver is unreliable, unfit or
				  incompetent to drive, or if he refuses to comply with the direction of the
				  judges, or is reckless or unmannerly in his conduct, he may be removed and
				  another driver substituted any time after the positions have been drawn in a
				  race. Compensation of such substitute driver may be fixed in the discretion of
				  the judges. No driver shall, without sufficient reason, decline to be
				  substituted by the judge.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.4 - Trainers' duty regarding racing of horses

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
A trainer is responsible for the timely attendance of his
				  horse or horses when they are being raced, and he shall attend his horse in the
				  paddock to supervise the preparation of such horse when it is racing.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 20 - RULES OF RACING › Section 13:71-20.5 - Absence of trainer-notice-substitute trainer

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If any licensed trainer is to be absent from the track where
				  employed, the presiding judge shall be immediately notified in writing and at
				  that time a licensed substitute trainer, acceptable to the presiding judge,
				  shall be appointed to assume responsibility for the horse or horses racing
				  during the absence of the regular trainer. The name of the substitute trainer
				  shall appear on the program if possible. The presiding judge shall be advised
				  immediately when the regular trainer is present and resumes his duties.