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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 14A - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:70-14A.9 - Administering medication to respiratory bleeders; standards for the administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) and anti-ulcer medications; environmental contaminants

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The stewards
				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, so as 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 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 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 14A - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:70-14A.10 - Breathalyzer test

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Officials, jockeys, trainers and grooms shall, when directed
				  by the State Steward, 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 stewards 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 stewards may
				  deem appropriate.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 14A - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:70-14A.12 - Anti-recombinant human EPO antibody testing program

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A
				determination by the Racing Commission Equine Testing Laboratory that a
				pre-race or post-race blood sample taken from a horse entered to start in a
				race pursuant to
				13:70-14A.2 is positive for
				elevated titers of anti-recombinant human EPO antibody, as a result of
				post-race testing utilizing the anti-recombinant human EPO antibody test, shall
				result in the following actions by the Racing Commission Board of Stewards:
1. The Racing Commission State Veterinarian
				shall be notified of the name of the horse for placement on the Veterinarian's
				list pursuant to
				13:70-19.36.
2. The Board of Stewards shall authorize a
				search of the premises occupied by the stable involved pursuant to N.J.S.A.
				13:70-14A.5.
3. Unless the Board of
				Stewards determine otherwise as a result of a hearing requested pursuant to
				(a)4 below, the horse shall not be permitted to enter a race or to race until
				such time as the owner or trainer makes the horse available for retesting by
				the Racing Commission pursuant to (b) below, and the testing results are
				determined negative with the anti-recombinant human antibody test. In the event
				retesting determines that the horse is negative with the anti-recombinant human
				EPO antibody test, the Board of Stewards shall cause the horse to be removed
				from the Veterinarian's list and the horse shall be eligible to enter races and
				compete in races.
4. The owner and
				trainer of the horse shall be notified by the Board of Stewards in writing of:
				the initial positive test result for elevated titers of anti-recombinant human
				EPO antibody; that a hearing will be afforded by the Board of Stewards,
				following written request to them, at which hearing the owner and/or trainer of
				the horse can challenge the validity of the positive test results of the Racing
				Commission Equine Testing Laboratory; and that the horse is not permitted to
				race until the terms of (b) below are satisfied, unless the results of any
				requested hearing demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Board of Stewards
				that the horse was negative for elevated titers of anti-recombinant human EPO
				antibody as a result of the initial anti-recombinant human EPO antibody test.
				In the latter case, the Board of Steward's shall remove the horse from the
				Veterinarian's list and the horse shall be permitted to race.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 14A - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:70-14A.15 - Post-race blood gas testing program; pre-race guarded quarantine

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(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 (TCO<2>) set forth in
				13:70-14A.14(a),
				and where the level of TCO<2> has not been determined as physiologically
				normal for the horse in such instance pursuant to
				13:70-14A.14(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 stewards 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, regardless of whether the horse
				is transferred to a new bona fide trainer.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 14A - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:70-14A.16 - Post-race blood gas testing program; punishment for failure to cooperate

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
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
				  13:70-14A.14, or with regard to
				  any procedures set forth in
				  13:70-14A.4(a) and
				  (b), or otherwise set forth in or implemented
				  pursuant to
				  13:70-14A.14 or 14A.15, in
				  addition to ordering the relief set forth in
				  13:70-14A.14, the stewards 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 stewards may consider prior violations of
				  13:70-14A.14, 14A.15, or this
				  section.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 14A - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:70-14A.18 - Shock wave therapy

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) "Shock wave
				therapy" shall mean all extracorporeal shock wave therapy or radial pulse wave
				therapy treatments and any other similar treatments determined to pose similar
				risks by the State Veterinarian.
(b) The use of shock wave therapy shall not
				be permitted, unless the following conditions are satisfied:
1. Only licensed veterinarians are permitted
				to perform shock wave therapy on a horse;
2. Only licensed veterinarians are permitted
				to possess or use any instrument used to administer shock wave therapy on the
				grounds of any property over which the Commission has jurisdiction;
3. All shock wave therapy machines must be
				registered with the Commission. Investigative staff shall be granted access to
				any location housing a registered shock wave therapy machine for the purpose of
				inspecting the machine;
4. Shock
				wave therapy cannot be administered to any horse currently entered in a race.
				If a horse is entered, shock wave therapy cannot be administered upon that
				horse until it is scratched. Should any horse not be scratched at the time
				shock wave therapy is administered, both the trainer and the licensed
				veterinarian shall be liable;
5. No
				horse treated with shock wave therapy shall race for a period of 10 days
				following treatment with day one beginning on the day after therapy was
				administered;
6. No horse treated
				with shock wave therapy shall breeze in any capacity for a period of four days
				with day one beginning on the day after therapy was administered;
7. Prior to administering shock wave therapy,
				a licensed veterinarian must notify the State Veterinarian in writing, via
				e-mail or fax, which writing shall include the horse's name, the reason for
				administration of shock wave therapy, the trainer's name, the registration
				number of the shock wave therapy machine, and the property at which the
				treatment is performed. This condition does not eliminate the need to ensure
				the horse is not entered to race prior to administering shock wave
				therapy;
8. Within 24 hours of
				administering shock wave therapy, the treating veterinarian shall transmit a
				Shock Wave Therapy Treatment Sheet to the State Veterinarian via e-mail or fax;
				and
9. Any horse treated shall be
				placed on the Commission's Shock Wave Therapy List for a period of 10 days from
				the date of the treatment.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 14A - MEDICATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES › Section 13:70-14A.18A - Penalties for violating N.J.A.C. 13:70-14A.18

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Violations of N.J.A.C. 13:70- 14A.18,
				Shock wave therapy, shall result in the following penalties:
1. Any person who performs shock wave therapy
				who is not a licensed veterinarian shall be subject to the following penalties:
i. A first violation shall result in a
				minimum suspension of 60 days and a $ 5,000 fine. The presence of aggravating
				factors may result in the imposition of a suspension up to 180 days and a fine
				up to $ 10,000;
ii. A second
				violation shall result in a minimum suspension of 180 days and a $ 10,000 fine.
				The presence of aggravating factors may result in the imposition of a
				suspension up to one year and a fine up to $ 20,000; and
iii. A third or subsequent violation shall
				result in a minimum two-year suspension and a $ 20,000 fine. The presence of
				aggravating factors may result in permanent license revocation;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 15 - RACING OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-15.1 - List of racing officials

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The racing
				officials shall include:
1. Three stewards,
				appointed by the Racing Commission and paid by the Association;
2. Three placing judges;
3. Clerk of the scales;
4. Three or more patrol judges;
5. Starter;
6. Paddock Judge;
7. Racing secretary, who may also be the
				handicapper;
8. Timer;
9. State Veterinarian and two or more
				Associate State Veterinarians;
10.
				A mutuel manager, general manager and all other managers and persons having
				administrative responsibility;
11.
				Chief State Veterinarian; and
12.
				Horse identifier.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 15 - RACING OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-15.2 - Appointment

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The stewards, a State Veterinarian and Associate State
				  Veterinarians, and a supervisor of mutuels shall be appointed by the Racing
				  Commission. One of the duly appointed State Veterinarians shall also be
				  designated by the Racing Commission as the Chief State Veterinarian and shall
				  so serve at the pleasure of the Racing Commission. All other racing officials
				  listed in 13:70-15.1 shall be appointed by
				  the association, subject to the approval of the Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 15 - RACING OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-15.3 - Submission of names of officials

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
At least 30 days prior to the first day of a race meeting,
				  the association must submit in writing to the Racing Commission the names of
				  those officials listed in section 1 of this subchapter and must furnish a
				  resume of their qualifications. No racing official shall be approved to act
				  until he has been approved by the Racing Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 15 - RACING OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-15.4 - Certificates; vision

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All persons approved in the capacity of steward, placing
				  and/or patrol judge, starter and clerk of the scales must submit annually a
				  certificate from a recognized oculist or optometrist to the effect that their
				  vision in both eyes is 20/20 or corrected to that figure.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 15 - RACING OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-15.5 - Weekly compensation

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The compensation to be paid to those officials appointed by
				  the Racing Commission shall be determined by the commission and shall be paid
				  by the association on a weekly basis.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 15 - RACING OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-15.6 - Horse ownership or interest; officials

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No one interested in the result of a race, either because of
				  ownership of any horse entered or of its sire or dam, or because of bets or
				  otherwise, shall act as a racing official in respect to that race.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 15 - RACING OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-15.7 - Restrictions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No racing
				official or his assistants shall, at the meeting:
1. Wager money or any other chattel of value
				on any race;
2. Accept directly or
				indirectly any gratuity, reward or favor in connection with racing;
3. Sell or buy, for himself or another, any
				thoroughbred horse;
4. Write or
				solicit insurance on any horse;
5.
				Buy or sell any contract upon any jockey or jockey apprentice for himself or
				another.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.1 - Qualifications

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Before being appointed or approved by the Racing Commission
				  to serve in the capacity of steward, an applicant shall have been employed as
				  steward, racing secretary, assistant racing secretary, starter, placing judge,
				  patrol judge, paddock judge or clerk of the scales at a recognized meet or
				  meetings for a period of not less than 60 racing days per year, during at least
				  three of the five preceding calendar years; provided however, that if no
				  applicant possesses the foregoing qualifications, whenever possible, the person
				  or persons appointed or approved as steward should have had prior experience in
				  some other branch of racing, such as owner, trainer, jockey, breeder or such
				  other related experience as the Commissioner may deem sufficient.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.2 - Powers of stewards

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The stewards shall have the power to determine all questions
				  arising with reference to racing; and shall decide, in conformity with fairness
				  and the established usage of the turf, all questions not specifically covered
				  by the rules.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.3 - Steward's orders

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In matters pertaining to racing, the orders of the stewards
				  supersede the orders of the officers and directors of the association.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.4 - Governing conduct

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The stewards shall have the power and it shall be their duty
				  to regulate and govern the conduct of all racing officials and of all owners,
				  trainers, jockeys, grooms and all other persons attendant on horses during,
				  before, and after races, unless the power and the duty is vested in the Racing
				  Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.7 - Punishment for violations

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The stewards shall have the power to punish for violation of
				  the rules any person subject to their control and in their discretion to impose
				  fines or suspensions, or both, for infractions. The stewards may consider the
				  prior record of any licensee for similar violations of the rules of this
				  Commission or other racing commission or turf governing body in determining the
				  extent of punishment to be imposed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.8 - Fines

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The stewards may not impose a fine in excess of $ 5,000. If
				  it is deemed necessary that a larger fine be imposed, the stewards shall so
				  recommend to the Racing Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.10 - Exclusion of certain persons

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The stewards shall have the power to exclude from all
				  premises and enclosures of the association any person who is disqualified for
				  corrupt practices on the turf in any country; or so exclude any other improper
				  or objectionable persons.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.11 - Required proof

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The stewards may demand proof that a horse neither is
				  disqualified in any particular, nor entered or owned, wholly or in part, by a
				  disqualified person. In default of proof satisfactory to them, the stewards may
				  declare the horse disqualified.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.13 - Track conditions; transfers

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The stewards shall determine when track conditions render it
				  necessary to transfer a race scheduled on a turf course to the main track. They
				  shall make such decision as promptly as possible so that the appropriate
				  announcement can be made, but in no case shall a turf race be transferred to
				  the main course after the wagering has opened, except with the consent of the
				  stewards.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.14 - Extent of disqualification; fouls

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The stewards are vested with the power to determine the
				  extent of disqualification in cases of fouls. They may place the offending
				  horse behind such horses as in their judgment it interfered with, or they may
				  place it last.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.15 - Power to examine horses

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The stewards shall have the power to examine or cause to be
				  examined at any time any horse stabled on the association grounds, or in
				  stabling approved by the association.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.16 - Presence of stewards

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The three stewards must be on duty during race time, which
				  shall mean from one hour before post time for the first race of the day until
				  after the last race has been made official.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.17 - Overnight races; time on duty

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
One of the stewards, or his deputy, must be on duty within
				  call of the racing secretary from the time of opening of overnight races until
				  after the drawing of post positions.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.19 - Filling vacancies; stewards

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If there is only one steward present, at race time, said
				  steward shall fill all vacancies occurring in the stewards stand and in his
				  absence the Executive Director or his designee of the New Jersey Racing
				  Commission shall assume this responsibility.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.20 - Acting stewards

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If none of the stewards is present at race time, the Racing
				  Secretary shall appoint three qualified persons, one of whom may be himself, to
				  act as stewards pro tem.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.21 - Filling vacancies; racing officials

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
When a vacancy occurs among racing officials, other than the
				  stewards, the stewards shall fill the vacancy on an emergency basis. The
				  appointment shall be only for the day, unless the association fails to fill the
				  vacancy, and so notifies the stewards.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.22 - Reporting replacements or substitutions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The stewards shall report promptly to the Racing Commission
				  all replacements or substitutions of racing officials.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.26 - Horses, arrival at starting post

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
It shall be the duty of the stewards to see to it that the
				  horses arrive at the starting post as nearly as practical at the advertised
				  post time.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.27 - Accidents or casualties

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In case of accident or casualty to a horse before off-time,
				  the stewards may excuse that horse.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.29 - Reports of infractions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The stewards shall, after the close of each day, file with
				  the Racing Commission a signed report of any and all infractions of the rules
				  coming under their observance that day, and shall file with the Racing
				  Commission any and all rulings on infractions or otherwise, as soon as said
				  rulings are made.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.30 - Procedure; violations

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) When the
				stewards feel that a rule has been violated by any person, the procedure shall
				be as follows:
1. He or she shall be summoned
				to a meeting before the stewards, called for that purpose, at which all or a
				majority of the stewards shall be present;
2. Adequate notice of said meeting shall be
				given the summoned party. The stewards decision as to what is adequate notice
				shall be final;
3. No penalty shall
				be imposed until such hearing;
4.
				Nonappearance of the summoned party after adequate notice shall be construed as
				a waiver of right to hearing before the stewards;
5. No special announcement of the hearing or
				of the alleged infraction of rules shall be made until after said hearing.
				Immediately after a hearing, provided the matter is settled, the stewards shall
				submit their findings in a signed written statement to the Racing Commission
				and to the party in question.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.31 - Access

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In the performance of duty, the stewards shall have
				  reasonable control over and unrestricted access to all stands, weighing rooms
				  and jockey rooms, enclosures and other places in use for the meeting.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.32 - Suspensions; badges; admission

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
During the term of suspension of any jockey, owner, trainer
				  or other person on any race track under the Racing Commission's jurisdiction,
				  it shall be the duty of the stewards to see to it that the offender's badge is
				  taken up and that he is refused admission to any part of the course.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.33 - Changes in equipment

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Except in emergencies, no steward shall grant permission for
				  a change of horses' equipment after scratch time on the day of the race in
				  which the changed equipment is to be carried.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 16 - STEWARDS › Section 13:70-16.34 - State Police; communication

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
When the State Police in the normal performance of their
				  duties at an association meeting observe a violation of the Racing Commission
				  rules and regulations that may adversely affect the integrity of racing, they
				  shall communicate the circumstances of such to the State steward and the
				  Executive Director of the Racing Commission in writing. The State steward shall
				  acknowledge receipt of the information from the State Police and shall respond
				  in writing to the Racing Commission, without undue delay, of the action taken
				  thereon.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTER › Section 13:70-17.3 - Final decision; starts

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The starter's decision as to the validity of a start shall
				  be final; likewise, his decision as to whether or not a horse was locked in the
				  gate shall be final, unless otherwise established by examination of the film or
				  video tape of the race.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTER › Section 13:70-17.5 - Horses; starter's control

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Horses are in the hands of the starter from the moment they
				  enter the track on the way from the paddock to post. They remain in his hands
				  until off-time.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTER › Section 13:70-17.6 - Horses' positions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Horses shall take their positions in numerical order from
				  the inside rail, that order to be determined by post positions. When there are
				  eight or more horses starting in a race, they will be loaded in the gate two at
				  a time, from the inside rail and from the middle post position on out.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTER › Section 13:70-17.8 - Injured horses

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If, after reaching the starting post, a horse is so badly
				  injured as to make it impossible for it to run in the race, the starter may, in
				  the interest of time saving, excuse that horse, but he must notify the stewards
				  before starting the race. A horse so excused shall to all intents and purposes
				  be considered as excused by the stewards.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTER › Section 13:70-17.9 - Starting gate

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All flat races shall be started from a starting gate; but in
				  case of necessity, the starter may start the race without a gate, or with the
				  doors of the gate open.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTER › Section 13:70-17.10 - Excusing horses; notice

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If a horse is locked in the gate, and/or if the starter
				  excuses a horse from a race he shall, in either or both cases, immediately
				  notify the stewards who in turn shall immediately notify the manager of the
				  pari-mutuel department.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTER › Section 13:70-17.11 - Flag

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) When a race
				is started without a gate, there shall be no start until and no recall after an
				assistant starter has dropped his flag in answer to that of the
				starter.
(b) When a race is started
				from a closed gate there shall be no recall after the starter has signalled
				that the race is off.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTER › Section 13:70-17.12 - Inability to place horse in starting gate

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If the starter and his assistants are unable, after
				  reasonable effort, to place a horse in the starting gate, the starter may order
				  that horse placed outside of the gate and behind the starting line.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTER › Section 13:70-17.13 - Schooling list

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The starter shall maintain a schooling list, and all unruly
				  horses shall be schooled, if and when required, under the supervision of the
				  starter or his assistants. No horse on the starter's list may enter and start
				  until its name is stricken from the list by the starter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTER › Section 13:70-17.14 - Filing schooling list and horses stricken from list

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The starter shall file a copy of the schooling list with the
				  Racing Secretary and shall report to him when a horse is stricken from the
				  list.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTER › Section 13:70-17.15 - Approval of starter

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No horse which has never started in a race at a recognized
				  meeting shall be entered or start without the approval of the starter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 17 - STARTER › Section 13:70-17.17 - Fines and suspensions by starter

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The starter, may, during the time the horses are in his
				  hands, find or suspend a jockey or pony rider for disobedience of orders or
				  other improper conduct. Said fine is not to exceed $ 250.00, and said
				  suspension shall not exceed five days. All rulings by the starter must be made
				  in writing and reported to the stewards.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 18 - RACING SECRETARY › Section 13:70-18.2 - Official program

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The Racing Secretary shall compile an official program for
				  each racing day, which shall state the time fixed for the first race of the day
				  and give the names of the horses which are to run in each of the races of the
				  day.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 18 - RACING SECRETARY › Section 13:70-18.3 - Contents of program

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The program shall furnish the purse, conditions and distance
				  of each race; the owner, trainer and jockey of each horse; each owner's racing
				  colors; the weight assigned to each horse; and its number and post position,
				  color, sex, age, breeding and claiming price, if entered to be claimed. The
				  program may show other pertinent data.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 18 - RACING SECRETARY › Section 13:70-18.4 - Entries and declarations

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The Racing Secretary shall receive all entries and
				  declarations, and he or any person designated by the association may receive
				  all stakes, forfeits, entrance money, fees (including jockey fees), purchase
				  money in claiming races and all other money that can properly come into his
				  possession as agent for the association for which he is acting.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 18 - RACING SECRETARY › Section 13:70-18.5 - Assign stabling

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
It shall be the duty of the racing secretary to assign to
				  applicants such stabling as he may deem proper to be occupied by horses in
				  preparation for racing, and he shall determine all conflicting claims of stable
				  privilege.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 18 - RACING SECRETARY › Section 13:70-18.6 - Conditions; program

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) In making
				his program, the Racing Secretary shall respect these essential conditions:
1. No two-year-old shall compete in any race
				with older horses prior to October 1 of any year;
2. No racing for two-year-olds prior to April
				1 of any year shall be at a greater distance than 4 1/2 furlongs; and no race
				for two-year-olds after September 15 of any year shall be at a less distance
				than 5 1/2 furlongs;
3. At a track
				with a chute at the six furlong pole, there shall be no race for
				three-year-olds and upward at less than five furlongs.
4. Not more than three overnight events of
				less distance than a mile shall be given on any day for horses three years old
				and upward unless conditions make it impossible to obtain sufficient entries to
				races of a mile or greater distance.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 18 - RACING SECRETARY › Section 13:70-18.7 - Number of entrants; overnight race

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If the number of entrants in an overnight race exceeds the
				  number deemed safe and expedient by the stewards, the Racing Secretary shall
				  reduce the number of starters to be the proper number by lot.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 18 - RACING SECRETARY › Section 13:70-18.8 - List of eliminated horses

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The Racing Secretary shall keep a list of horses thus
				  eliminated from races, and they are to have precedence in any race of a similar
				  distance and similar conditions for which they may be entered thereafter, when
				  a horse's name appears in the entries and it is also entered for the following
				  day, such entry will be given no consideration on the preferred list.
				  Preference must be claimed at time of entry, and the signed entry must indicate
				  that preference was claimed. The Racing Secretary will adjust no claims which
				  do not comply with this procedure.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 18 - RACING SECRETARY › Section 13:70-18.9 - The "also-eligible" list

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If the entries in an overnight race exceed the acceptable
				  number, as many as six of those that have not been drawn shall also be listed
				  on the entry sheet as "also eligible" to start. After any horses in the body of
				  the race have been excused at scratch time, a new drawing shall be taken from
				  the horses on the also eligible list, and their order of post position shall be
				  determined by the sequence in which they are drawn. The owner or trainer of any
				  horse on the also-eligible list who does not wish to start shall so notify the
				  Racing Secretary prior to scratch time on the day of the race.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.2 - Recording jockey changes and weights; notice

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The clerk of the scales shall record and publish on the
				  notice board all jockey changes, overweights and corrected weights, and shall
				  promptly supply all racing officials with the pertinent changes.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.3 - Post-race data reports

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The clerk of the scales shall report to the Racing Secretary
				  after each race the weights carried by each horse, together with the name of
				  each horse's jockey and any overweight carried by any jockey. He shall also
				  report the post time, running time and all other data required.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.4 - Infraction of rules; reports

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The clerk of the scales shall report to the stewards any
				  infraction of the rules in respect to weight, weighing or riding
				  equipment.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.5 - Riding engagements for jockeys

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The clerk of the scales may make riding engagements for
				  those jockeys who request him to do so. No fee may be charged for his service
				  in this respect.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.6 - Assistance; jockey room custodian

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The clerk of the scales may be assisted in his duties by the
				  jockey room custodian.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.8 - Conditions of jockey room

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The custodian shall maintain order, decorum and cleanliness
				  in the jockey room; and shall report to the stewards any irregularities that
				  occur in his province.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.9 - Admission to jockey room

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The custodian shall see to it that no person, other than
				  racing officials, representatives of the Racing Commission, and the necessary
				  attendants, is admitted to the jockey room after two hours prior to post time
				  of the first race without consent of the stewards.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.10 - Overseeing jockey attendants

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The custodian shall oversee the jockey attendants and shall
				  see to it that no attendant not approved by the Racing Commission shall be
				  permitted to assist any jockey at any time.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.11 - Colors and jockey attire

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The custodian shall oversee the care and storage of all
				  racing colors, and shall see to it that jockeys are neat in appearance and
				  properly attired whenever they leave the jockey room.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.12 - Duties of paddock judge; generally

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The paddock judge shall be in charge of the paddock and the
				  entire saddling area.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.13 - Identifying horses

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
It shall be the duty of the paddock judge and the horse
				  identifier to check contestants for each and every race and to have all horses
				  properly identified.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.14 - Record of equipment carried by horses

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The paddock judge shall keep a record of all equipment
				  carried by all horses in races under his jurisdiction, permitting no
				  unauthorized change in equipment.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.15 - Shodding of horses

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The paddock judge shall, in each race, require the plater in
				  attendance to see to it all horses are properly shod.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.17 - Patrol judge selections

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Each association shall appoint, subject to the approval of
				  the Racing Commission, at least three patrol judges, whose stations shall be
				  designated by the stewards. The association shall provide adequate direct
				  communication between each station of the patrol judges and the
				  stewards.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.18 - Reports; patrol judges

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The patrol judges shall be subject to the orders of the
				  stewards, and they shall duly report to them all of their pertinent
				  observations in each and every race, and shall report on same in writing if so
				  requested by the stewards.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.19 - Placing judges' duties

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The placing judges shall occupy the placing judges stand at
				  the time the horses pass the winning post, and their duty shall be to place and
				  record six horses and as many more as they think proper in order of their
				  finish in each race.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.20 - Displaying numbers of winning horses

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The placing judges shall properly display the numbers of the
				  first four horses in each race in the order of their finish.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 70 - HORSE RACING › Subchapter 19 - OTHER OFFICIALS › Section 13:70-19.22 - Determining finishing place; noses of horses

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In determining the places of the horses at the finish of a
				  race, the placing judges shall consider only the relative position of the
				  respective noses of such horses. In the event of an electrical or mechanical
				  failure of the photo finish camera, or if a distorted, deceptive or otherwise
				  inadequate picture is developed, the placing judges shall decide the order of
				  finish and such decision shall be final.