N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 4103.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 4103.1 - Contents

(a) A printed race program shall be published and offered for sale at every licensed harness race meeting. At other than limited pari-mutuel meetings, the program shall provide the name, sex, color, age, sire, dam, letter class, and owner, trainer, driver and driver's colors of every horse. It shall separately give the number of starts for the current year and previous year, the fastest winning time in each year, the track at which such time was recorded, and state the number of times the horse was first, second or third in each year and the money winnings of each year.

(b) The program shall give the following particulars of at least the six most recent purse races of each horse:

(1) the date and place of each race;

(2) the condition of the racing strip;

(3) the class of each race and the distance;

(4) the name and time of the winner, the actual time of the particular horse, the names of the horses finishing second and third, and the number of starters;

(5) the post positions and the position at the quarter, half, three-quarters, seven eighths, and finish of the races;

(6) the beaten lengths at the finish;

(7) a notation of the occurrence and position in the race of every "break" and "parked out" with a "0" for one position out, "02" for two positions out, etc.;

(8) the dollar odds of the wagering of said horse, if any;

(9) the name of the driver in each race and a notation by the letter "p" if such driver has fewer than 25 pari-mutuel starts in his or her career;

(10) fractional times of each quarter of the race, if available;

(11) a symbol showing that a pacer will race without hopples and in which of its charted races it has raced without hopples;

(12) a symbol showing in which of its charted performances a horse has been claimed; and

(13) the base claiming price of each claiming race in which the horse has performed.

(c) Each program shall carry the speed ratings of every pari-mutuel race track, the commission rules covering the start and breaking horses, an explanation of qualifying races and workouts, and the contents of sections 4122.19, 4122.20 and 4122.27 of this Subchapter and a statement to read as follows:

"Where a horse that has gone offstride in a previous race is reported to have suffered broken equipment during such race, a symbol 'ex' is used. It is not possible to reflect whether such broken equipment was a cause of or only the result of such horse's having gone offstride."

(d) Where performance lines of any horse for two years are included in the program, there shall be inserted a symbol separating the performance of each year.

(e) If a trainer entrusts the training of a horse to an assistant the latter shall be described as "trainer" and the former shall be described as "stable".

(f) Each program shall denote the use of furosemide for the programmed race and at least the six most recent purse races in the following manner:

(1)(L) horses running on furosemide;

(2) (L1) horses running the first time on furosemide.

(g) As far as practicable matters of opinion shall not be included in the program. Those matters that are opinion shall be so labeled.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 4103.1