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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 10 - PROGRAM › Section 13:71-10.5 - Programmed Trainer

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The
				principal trainer of a training stable must be listed as the trainer in the
				official program and in good standing with the Racing Commission. In the event
				a training stable requests to list an individual in addition to or other than
				the principal trainer in the official program, this request must be approved by
				the State steward. If a person other than the principal trainer is listed in
				the official program, no change may be made to this status without prior
				approval of the State steward. The State steward will utilize the following
				criteria in determining the identity of the principal trainer or need to list
				someone other than or in addition to the principal trainer in the official
				program:
1. The identity of the person who is
				responsible for the business decisions of the training stable including, but
				not limited to, business arrangements with and any payments to or from owners,
				veterinarians, feed companies, hiring and firing of employees, obtaining
				workers' compensation insurance, payroll, horsemen's bookkeeper,
				etc.;
2. The identity of the person
				responsible for communicating with the race secretaries office, stall manager,
				Racing Commission, owners regarding racing schedules, etc.;
3. The identity of the person responsible for
				the conditioning of the horses on a daily basis;
4. The identity of the person responsible for
				race day preparation including, but not limited to, accompanying horses to the
				paddock, selection of equipment, authority to warm up horses before the public,
				discussions of driving strategy, etc.;
5. The total number of horses in the control
				of the training stable. Before any requests to list someone other than the
				principal trainer in the official program are considered, the training stable
				shall contain a minimum of 20 horses currently in a race mode at any one
				location;
6. The number of active
				licensed trainers on the payroll of the training stable; and
7. The number of different stabling
				locations.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 11 - IDENTIFICATION OF HORSES AND ELIGIBILITY TO RUN › Section 13:71-11.1 - Records

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No horse will be permitted to race at an association track
				  without an eligibility certificate, issued for the current year by the United
				  States Trotting Association. Horses must race in the name of a bona fide owner
				  or lessee.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 11 - IDENTIFICATION OF HORSES AND ELIGIBILITY TO RUN › Section 13:71-11.2 - Eligible to enter race

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
To be eligible to be entered or to start in races
				  exclusively for horses foaled in New Jersey, each horse must be registered with
				  the Standardbred Breeders Association of New Jersey. To qualify for such
				  registration the said horse must have been dropped by a mare in the State of
				  New Jersey. "Breeder" of a horse is the owner of its dam at the time of
				  foaling.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 11 - IDENTIFICATION OF HORSES AND ELIGIBILITY TO RUN › Section 13:71-11.3 - Examination of horse or records

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Any association official, representative of this Commission,
				  representative of the United States Trotting Association, owner or driver, may
				  call for information concerning the identify and eligibility of any horse on
				  the grounds of an association and may demand an opportunity to examine such
				  horse or his eligibility certificate with a view to establishing the horse's
				  identity or eligibility. No owner or party controlling such horse shall refuse
				  to afford such information, or to allow such examination, or fail to give
				  satisfactory identification.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 11 - IDENTIFICATION OF HORSES AND ELIGIBILITY TO RUN › Section 13:71-11.4 - Examination without cause or to embarrass

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No person shall demand the identification of a horse without
				  cause or merely with the intent to embarrass a race.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 11 - IDENTIFICATION OF HORSES AND ELIGIBILITY TO RUN › Section 13:71-11.5 - Unlicensed charting

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No official, clerk or person shall enter a chart line on an
				  eligibility certificate when the race has not been charted by an approved
				  charter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 11 - IDENTIFICATION OF HORSES AND ELIGIBILITY TO RUN › Section 13:71-11.6 - Withholding eligibility certificate

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No person shall withhold an eligibility certificate from the
				  owner of a horse, after proper demand has been made for the return
				  thereof.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 11 - IDENTIFICATION OF HORSES AND ELIGIBILITY TO RUN › Section 13:71-11.7 - Owner's and/or trainers' report on ownership and control of horses

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Within 72
				hours after arrival at an association track, every owner and/or trainer shall
				file a list, in duplicate, in the race secretary's office, naming all horses
				under his ownership or control and a list of all persons to be employed by said
				owner and/or trainer at such race track. One copy of such list shall be
				maintained in the office of the race secretary and the duplicate thereof filed
				with the presiding judge of such meeting.
(b) Upon the change of ownership or control
				of any horse listed as aforesaid, the owner or trainer thereof shall forthwith
				file an amended statement with the race secretary. One copy of such list shall
				be retained by the race secretary and the duplicate filed with the presiding
				judge of such meeting.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 11 - IDENTIFICATION OF HORSES AND ELIGIBILITY TO RUN › Section 13:71-11.8 - Tattoo and/or freeze brand requirements

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No horse shall be permitted to start which has not been
				  tattooed or freeze branded, unless the permission of the presiding judge is
				  obtained and arrangements are made to have the horse tattooed or freeze
				  branded.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 12 - STABLE NAME, LEASES › Section 13:71-12.1 - Registration

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
A racing, farm, corporate or stable name may be used by the
				  owners or lessees of horses if currently registered with the United States
				  Trotting Association. The names of all persons interested in the stable or
				  operating thereunder shall be listed in such registry and shall not exceed 35
				  in number.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 12 - STABLE NAME, LEASES › Section 13:71-12.2 - Limitations

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No more than one stable may be registered under the same
				  name. The commission may prohibit the use of any name which is misleading to
				  the public or unbecoming to the sport.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 12 - STABLE NAME, LEASES › Section 13:71-12.3 - Liabilities

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All persons listed in a registered stable shall be liable
				  for entry fees and all penalties against horses raced under such stable name.
				  If one of the persons listed under such stable name is suspended, all the
				  horses in such stable shall be included.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 12 - STABLE NAME, LEASES › Section 13:71-12.4 - Leases

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The lessee of a horse shall file with the United States
				  Trotting Association a copy of the leasing arrangement which shall contain the
				  name of the horse, the name and address of the owner, the name and address of
				  the lessee, the stable name, if any, of either party, and the terms of the
				  lease. Any horse on lease must race in the name of the lessee.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.1 - Registration of ownership

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All horses shall be registered in current ownership either
				  as standard or non-standard with the United States Trotting Association and the
				  owner or owners shall, upon request of the commission or its authorized
				  representatives, produce a valid registration certificate issued by the United
				  States Trotting Association.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.2 - Sale or lease of horse endorsement

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
When a horse is sold or leased after an eligibility
				  certificate is issued for the current year, the seller or his authorized agent
				  shall endorse the eligibility certificate to the new owner or lessee who may
				  use it providing that he immediately sends the registration certificate for
				  transfer or a copy of the lease to the United States Trotting Association. If
				  the eligibility certificate is not endorsed to him, the new owner or lessee
				  must apply to the United States Trotting Association for an eligibility
				  certificate.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.3 - Information where horses are raced at Canadian tracks

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Owners of horses who have raced at Canadian tracks not in
				  membership with the United States Trotting Association, shall prior to
				  declaration furnish the race secretary either an eligibility certificate issued
				  by the United States Trotting Association or a Canadian eligibility certificate
				  which has been validated by the United States Trotting Association. In either
				  instance the eligibility certificate shall be completely filled out for the
				  current year.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.4 - Tampering with eligibility certificates

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No person shall tamper with eligibility certificates. Any
				  winnings, after the tampering, may be ordered forfeited.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.5 - Correction on eligibility certificate

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Corrections on said certificates may be made only by one of
				  the judges, the Commission or a representative of the United States Trotting
				  Association. Persons making corrections shall affix their initials and date
				  thereon.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.6 - Eligibility certificates from foreign countries other than Canada

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No
				eligibility certificate will be considered valid on a horse coming from a
				country other than Canada unless the following information, certified by the
				trotting association or governing body of that country from which the horse
				comes, is furnished:
1. The number of starts
				during the preceding year, together with the number of firsts, seconds and
				thirds for each horse, and the total amount of money won during the
				period.
2. The number of races in
				which the horse has started during the current year, together with the number
				of firsts, seconds and thirds for each horse and the money won during this
				period.
3. A detailed list of the
				last six starts giving the date, place, track condition, post position or
				handicap, if it was a handicap race, distance of the race, his position at
				finish, the time of the race, the driver's name, and the first three horses in
				the race.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.7 - Loss or destruction of eligibility certificate

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In the event of loss or destruction of an eligibility
				  certificate, a replacement certificate must be secured from the United States
				  Trotting Association.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.8 - Telegraphic declarations

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No horse
				shall be declared in to race except as hereinafter stated without first having
				an eligibility certificate placed on file with the race secretary. Declarations
				by telephone or wire may be sent and accepted in accordance with the rules of
				racing, without penalty, provided the declarer furnishes adequate program
				information, but the eligibility certificate must be presented when the horse
				arrives at the track and before he races.
(b) The race secretary shall check each
				certificate and certify to the judges as to the eligibility of all the
				horses.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.9 - Eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
For purposes of eligibility, a racing season or racing year
				  shall be the calendar year. All races based on winnings will be programmed
				  "Nonwinners of $ ..." additional conditions may be added.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.10 - Time records or bars prohibited

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No time records or bars shall be used as an element of
				  eligibility.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.11 - Date eligibility determined

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Horses must be eligible when entries close, but winnings on
				  the closing date of eligibility shall not be considered. In mixed races,
				  trotting and pacing, a horse must be eligible under the conditions for the gait
				  at which it is stated in the entry the horse will perform.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.12 - Conflicting condition

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
In the event there are conflicting published conditions and
				  neither is withdrawn, the more favorable to the nominator shall govern.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.13 - Overnight events, standards

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The race secretary shall prescribe qualifying standards to
				  determine whether a horse is qualified to race in overnight events at a
				  meeting.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.14 - Posting of overnight conditions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Condition books shall be prepared and substituted condition
				  races may be used only where regularly scheduled races fail to fill. Such books
				  containing at least three days racing program will be available to horsemen at
				  least 24 hours prior to taking declarations on races contained therein.
				  Conditions for overnight events must be posted at least 18 hours before entries
				  close.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.15 - Types of races to be offered

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) In
				presenting a program of racing, the race secretary shall use exclusively the
				following types of races:
1. Stakes and
				futurities;
2. Early closing and
				late closing events;
3. Conditioned
				races;
4. Claiming races;
5. Preferred races limited to the fastest
				horses at the meeting.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.16 - Limitation on conditions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Conditions shall not be written in such a way that any horse
				  is deprived of an opportunity to race in normal preference cycle. Where the
				  word "preferred" is used in a condition it shall not superseded date
				  preference. Not more than three also eligible conditions shall be used in
				  writing the conditions of any overnight event.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.17 - Dashes and heats

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Any dash or any heat shall be considered as a separate race
				  for the purposes of conditioned racing.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.19 - Selection or drawing of horses

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
For all overnight events, starters and also eligibles shall
				  be drawn by lot from those properly declared in, except that the race secretary
				  must establish a preference system for races as provided for in the rules.
				  However, where necessary to fill a card, not more than one race per day may be
				  divided into not more than three divisions after preference has been applied
				  and the divisions may be selected by the race secretary. If a claiming race is
				  divided, all starters shall be drawn by lot from those having the necessary
				  preference dates to be eligible.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.20 - Posting requirements

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Names of
				all horses shall be posted by gait with the following information:
1. Lifetime winnings;
2. Season's winnings;
3. Winnings at the meeting;
4. Wins during the season;
5. Age, gait and sex;
6. Previous year's earnings;
7. Date of last win.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.21 - Rejection of declaration

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The race
				secretary may reject the declaration on any horse whose eligibility certificate
				was not in his possession on the date the condition book is
				published.
(b) The race secretary
				may reject the declaration on any horse whose past performance indicates that
				he would be below the competitive level of other horses declared, provided the
				rejection does not result in a race being cancelled. Before doing so, and,
				before post position for the race have been drawn, the owner or trainer of such
				horse or horses shall be called to the office and duly advised of the action
				about to be taken.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.22 - Substitute and split races

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Substitute races may be provided for each day's program and
				  shall be so designated. A substitute race or a race divided into two divisions
				  shall be used only if regularly scheduled races fail to fill. The practice of
				  carrying races to the next day's program is prohibited.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.23 - Opportunities to race

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
A fair and reasonable racing opportunity shall be afforded
				  both trotters and pacers in reasonable proportion from those available and
				  qualified to race. (Not more than 50 percent of any week's racing program shall
				  be claiming races.) The Commission may, by directive, alter this ratio.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 13 - ELIGIBILITY AND CLASSIFICATION-CONDITIONS › Section 13:71-13.24 - Qualifying races

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
A horse winning a qualifying race shall not be deprived by
				  reason of such performance of his right to start in an event limited to
				  maidens.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.1 - Restrictions: Claiming privileges

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Claiming privileges, other than open claiming pursuant to
13:71-14.36
, are
				  restricted to those persons who possess a current New Jersey owner's license
				  issued by the Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.2 - Claiming races: price and eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Except as exempted pursuant to
				  N.J.A.C.
				  13:71-14.2A, any horse entered into a
				  claiming race is subject to claim for its entered price by any person qualified
				  under the terms of
13:71-14.1
and
14.36
. No trainer or agent shall be permitted to
				  enter a horse in a claiming race unless written permission of the owner is
				  filed with the race secretary.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.2A - Exemption from claim

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A
				horse that is entered into any claiming race governed by this subchapter shall
				be exempted from any claim of title, if:
1.
				Said horse has not started in any race for a period of 180 days from the date
				of the last claiming race in which the horse was a starter;
2. The owner entering a qualified horse
				pursuant to (a)1 above into a qualifying claims race governed by this section
				makes known to the Judges or their appointed deputy, at the time of entrance,
				that the horse being entered is qualified for exemption from claim and that the
				owner wishes to exercise his or her right to exempt the qualified horse from
				claiming; and
3. The horse is
				entered for a claiming price equal to or greater than the claiming price at
				which it last started.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.3 - Claimed horse

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Wherever a horse has been claimed, that horse shall not
				  leave the grounds of the meeting of the association where claimed for 60 days
				  following the date of the successful claim unless permission to leave is
				  granted by the Presiding Judge or the meeting ends prior to the expiration of
				  the 60 day time limit. For purposes of this rule, the start and end date of the
				  meeting shall be left to the determination of the Presiding Judge or his or her
				  designated race track official.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.4 - Agents

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
A claim may be made by a licensed authorized agent, but an
				  agent may claim only for the account of those for whom he is licensed as
				  agent.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.5 - Claiming own horse

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No person shall claim his own horse; or cause his own horse
				  to be claimed, directly or indirectly, for his own account. No person shall
				  claim a horse which he is driving in a race or which his trainer is driving in
				  a race.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.6 - Claimed horse: stabled

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No claimed horse shall remain in the same stable or under
				  the care or management of the owner or trainer from whom
				  claimed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.7 - Number of claims

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No person shall claim more than one horse in any race. No
				  authorized agent, although representing several owners, shall submit more than
				  one claim in any race. No person shall place or cause to be placed more than
				  one claim form in the claim box under any circumstances.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.8 - Form of claims

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All claims must be made in writing, on forms and in
				  envelopes furnished by the association. Both forms and envelopes must be filled
				  out completely, and must be substantially accurate in the judgment of the
				  Judges, otherwise, the claim may be voided at the discretion of the Judges. For
				  purpose of compliance with this rule, the name of the horse as appearing in the
				  program shall govern.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.9 - Stable claims

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
When a stable consists of horses owned by more than one
				  person, trained by the same trainer, not more than one claim may be entered on
				  behalf of such stable in any one race.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.10 - Agreements

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No person shall offer, or enter into an agreement to claim
				  or not to claim, or attempt to prevent another person from claiming any horse
				  in a claiming race; and no owner or trainer shall make any agreement for the
				  protection of each other's horses in a claiming race.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.11 - Intimidation

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No person shall attempt by intimidation or threat of bodily
				  harm to coerce any person to enter a horse into a claiming race, to prevent any
				  person from entering a horse into a claiming race, to prevent anyone from
				  racing a horse in any claiming race for which it is entered, or to interfere
				  with any claiming race or its entrants in any way.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.12 - Affidavits

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The Judges and/or Steward may, at any time, at their
				  discretion, require any person who has filed a claim to make an affidavit in
				  writing that he or she is claiming in accordance within the rules. Failure to
				  make an affidavit in writing or the filing of a claim, which is not made in
				  keeping with this subchapter shall result in the claim being deemed
				  void.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.13 - No money in claim box

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No money or its equivalent shall be put in the claim box.
				  For a claim to be valid the claimant must have a credit balance in his or her
				  account with the horsemen's bookkeeper of not less than the amount of the
				  claim, plus the applicable post-race testing fee pursuant to
13:71-14.32
, if elected,
				  and New Jersey sales tax. No claimant shall deplete his or her account after
				  entering a claim for any horse for a period of two hours from the time the said
				  claim was entered. For purposes of this section, a claim shall be deemed
				  entered at the time the Judges, or their appointed deputy, open the claim
				  envelopes pursuant to
13:71-14.16
.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.16 - Opening claim envelopes

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Prior to off-time, the Judges, or their appointed deputy,
				  shall open the claim envelopes for each race, and thereafter check with the
				  horsemen's accountant to ascertain whether the proper credit balance has been
				  established with the association. The association shall provide an agent who
				  shall deliver the claim box to the Judge's stand.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.17 - Title in claimed horse

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Every horse claimed shall race in all heats or dashes of the
				  event in the interest and for the account of the owner who declared it in the
				  event, but title to the claimed horse shall be vested in the successful
				  claimant from the word "go" and said successful claimant shall become the owner
				  of the horse unless title in the claimed horse is void pursuant to this
				  subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.17A - Void claims

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A claim
				shall be void if:
1. A claimed horse is
				excused by the Judges before the word "go";
2. The claimed horse dies during the race or,
				at the direction of the State Veterinarian, has to be euthanized;
3. The claim is made by an owner in violation
				of
13:71-14.5
;
4. Claims are made by any person in violation
				of
13:71-14.7
;
5. The claim is voided at the discretion of
				the Judges pursuant to
13:71-14.8
;
6. Claims are made on
				behalf of a stable in violation of
13:71-14.9
;
7. Any person making a claim, when required
				to do so by the Judges and/or Steward, refuses to make affidavit in writing
				pursuant to
13:71-14.12
;
8. The claimant's account with the horsemen's
				bookkeeper is insufficient to cover the cost of the claim, the cost of testing,
				if applicable, and the applicable New Jersey sales tax from the word "go" in
				the race in which the horse was claimed;
9. The claimed horse is scratched prior to
				off-time pursuant to
13:71-14.18
and the claimant decides not to proceed with the claim as outlined in
13:71-14.18
;
10. The claimant has elected to void the
				claim pursuant to
13:71-14.32
; or
11. A claim is not
				otherwise made in accordance with this subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.17B - Voidable claims

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A claim is
				voidable at the discretion of the successful claimant if:
1. A post-race test of the claimed horse
				pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:71-14.32returns a positive finding for any drug and/or
				substance foreign to the natural horse. However, if the successful claimant
				races the horse prior to receiving the results of the post-race test, the
				claimant waives his or her right to void the claim. Further, if the claimant
				races the horse prior to receiving the results of the post-race test and the
				horse tests positive for any substance, including the substance that the horse
				tested positive for in connection with the race in which it was claimed, the
				claimant's trainer shall be liable for the positive post-race test in
				accordance with the rules of the Commission; or
2. A claimed horse, after starting in the
				race from which it was claimed, and at the direction of the State Veterinarian,
				is ordered transported or "vanned off" via racetrack equine ambulance from the
				track. In such an instance, the claimant or his or her trainer shall have one
				hour from off-time of the race in which the horse was claimed to inform the
				judges of his or her decision to void the claim. Should the claimant or his or
				her trainer or representative take possession of the horse and remove it from
				the detention barn or should the claimant or his or her trainer fail to
				communicate to the judges his or her decision to void the claim within one hour
				from off-time, the claim shall be considered valid and the right to void the
				claim shall expire. Communication of the claimant's decision to void the claim
				may be made to the State Veterinarian who shall then log the time the decision
				was communicated and immediately contact the judges.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.18 - Scratched horse

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Should a horse that has been claimed be scratched prior to
				  off-time, the claim on that horse shall become void. However, should the
				  claimant of the scratched horse wish to continue with his or her claim, he or
				  she may elect to do so by informing the horsemen's bookkeeper prior to off-time
				  of the race that he or she wishes his or her claim to remain in effect despite
				  the horse being scratched. Upon receiving such notification from the claimant,
				  the horsemen's bookkeeper shall immediately inform the judges of the claimant's
				  decision to continue with the claim. Any horse drawn into a claiming race is
				  eligible to be claimed, excepting those horses exempted pursuant to N.J. A.C.
				  13:71-14.2A. Horses entered in claiming races that have been cancelled by the
				  New Jersey Racing Commission shall not be subject to claims. Any horse entered
				  into a claiming race due to an administrative error shall likewise not be
				  subject to claims.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.19 - Delivery to claimant

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Any horse that has been claimed shall, after the race has
				  been run, be taken to the detention barn for delivery to the claimant.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.20 - Delivery; written authorization

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
A claimed horse shall not be delivered to the successful
				  claimant until written authorization is given by the racing secretary, or his
				  deputy.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 14:71-14.21 - Cooling the horse

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
A trainer whose horse has been claimed is responsible for
				  cooling his horse out until after the collection of any blood and/or urine
				  specimen and he shall sign for the witnessing thereof. Failure to comply shall
				  be subject to penalty.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.22 - Required delivery

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No person shall refuse to deliver to the person legally
				  entitled thereto a horse claimed out of a claiming race, and furthermore, the
				  horse in question is disqualified until delivery is made.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.23 - Title; more than one claim

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If more than one claim is filed for the same horse, title to
				  the horse shall be determined by lot under the direction or supervision of the
				  Judges, or their appointed deputy.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.25 - Liens

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No person shall enter a horse against which there is a
				  mortgage, bill of sale, or lien of any kind, unless the written consent of the
				  holder of the claim shall be filed with the racing secretary of the association
				  conducting such claiming race.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.27 - Claiming price

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The claiming price of each horse in a claiming race shall be
				  printed in the official program, and all claims for said horse shall be for the
				  amount so designated.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.28 - Sale of claimed horse

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No horse claimed in a claiming race shall be sold or
				  transferred, wholly or in part, to anyone within 30 days after the day the
				  horse was claimed except via a successful claim in a subsequent claiming
				  race.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.29 - Conflict of rules

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
A horse claimed at a recognized meeting under rules at
				  variance with those contained in this subchapter, shall while racing in New
				  Jersey, serve any additional penalty imposed by the rules of the State wherein
				  claimed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.30 - Sex of horse claimed

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Notwithstanding any designation of sex appearing on the
				  racing program or in any race publication, the claimant of a horse shall be
				  solely responsible for determining the sex of the horse claimed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.31 - Protests

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
A protest to the claim of a horse must be filed with the
				  Judges within 48 hours of the claim. No protest will be accepted after that
				  time.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.32 - Testing

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
A claimant may request, via indication on the claim form, a
				  post-race blood and urine test be taken in full compliance with Subchapter 23
				  from any horse he or she claims in a race. The cost of testing pursuant to this
				  section shall be set by the New Jersey Racing Commission and shall be paid by
				  the claimant along with the claiming fee and applicable New Jersey sales tax.
				  Should the test result in a positive finding, the claimant has the right to
				  void the claim within 24 hours from the time notification of the positive
				  finding was communicated to the claimant. The trainer at the time of entry into
				  the claiming race shall be responsible for a positive finding of any drug
				  and/or substance foreign to the natural horse. A claimant's election to conduct
				  post-race testing shall not otherwise affect the transfer of ownership title
				  pursuant to
13:71-14.17
. Should the
				  claimant not elect to conduct post-race testing, the former trainer shall
				  conduct the horse to the detention barn after the race and the transfer of
				  possession will occur as soon as is practicable. Should the claimed horse be
				  selected for testing by the Commission, the cost of testing will remain the
				  responsibility of the Commission, regardless of the claimant's indication that
				  he or she wished to have the horse tested. The claimant shall have the right to
				  void his or her claim should the forensic analysis of the sample so taken be
				  positive for any drug and/or substance foreign to the horse.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.34 - Separation of horses

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Whenever possible, claiming races shall be written to
				  separate horses, five years old and up, from young horses and to separate males
				  from females. If sexes are mixed, mares shall be given a price allowance.
				  Spayed mares shall not receive a price allowance allotted to other
				  mares.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.35 - Mares in foal

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Mares known to be in foal shall not be entered or started
				  (raced) in claiming races.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.36 - Open claiming

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) This section is not applicable to any
				licensed owner that has claiming privileges pursuant to
13:71-14.1
.
(b) Any individual or entity may claim a
				horse by obtaining an open claiming license pursuant to (c) below.
(c) An applicant may obtain an open claiming
				license by complying with the following procedures:
1. The applicant shall file a completed
				license application on the form prescribed by the New Jersey Racing Commission
				and will be required to be fingerprinted and photographed at the discretion of
				the Commission. The applicant must pay for the cost of the fingerprint card
				checks consistent with the charge set by the reviewing agency which provides
				the fingerprint card checks, according to the type of investigation
				requested.
2. The applicant shall
				deposit, with the horsemen's bookkeeper, an amount no less than the minimum
				claiming price, plus the applicable post-race testing fee pursuant to
13:71-14.32
, if elected,
				New Jersey sales tax, and any other applicable charges required at that race
				meet. Such amount shall remain on account until a claim is made. In the event
				the funds are withdrawn or withdrawn prior to completion of a claim, any
				license issued will be automatically revoked and terminated.
3. The applicant shall declare a trainer,
				currently licensed by the New Jersey Racing Commission, who will represent the
				new owner once a claim is made.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 14 - CLAIMING › Section 13:71-14.37 - Delivery of corticosteroid records

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The previous trainer of a claimed horse shall, within 48
				  hours after the race from which the horse was claimed is made official, provide
				  accurate treatment records of all corticosteroid joint injections that were
				  administered to the horse within 30 days before the race took place to the new
				  trainer. The previous trainer shall also deliver a copy of the records to the
				  State Veterinarian within the same 48 hour timeframe.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.1 - Filing conditions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Annually file a copy of their conditions for approval with
				  the commission. A copy shall also be filed with the United States Trotting
				  Association.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.2 - Bonds

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Maintain a performance bond in the amount of the fund until
				  such time as the race is contested. A copy of said bond shall be furnished to
				  the commission and the United States Trotting Association.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.3 - Nomination list

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Mail a list of the nominations within 30 days after the
				  closing to the commission and the United States Trotting Association.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.4 - Financial statement

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Furnish to the commission and to the United States Trotting
				  Association an annual financial statement of each stake and futurity, and
				  within 30 days following the day of the race submit to the commission and the
				  United States Trotting Association a final financial statement.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 71 - HARNESS RACING › Subchapter 15 - STAKES AND FUTURITIES › Section 13:71-15.5 - Entry list

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Mail within 20 days the complete list of all horses
				  remaining eligible to the owners of all eligibles, the commission and the
				  United States Trotting Association, together with a list of any nominations
				  transferred or substituted if such is permitted by the conditions.