C-72.1, r. 4 - Rules respecting Standardbred horse races held at a professional race track

Section 218 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

218. Where a horse that is also eligible starts in a race, it shall take the post position of the horse it replaces.

For a handicap race or a claiming handicap race, the post position of that horse shall be established as follows:

(1)  where the horse’s handicap is the same as that of the horse it replaces, it shall take the post position of the horse it replaces;

(2)  where the horse’s handicap is different from that of the horse it replaces, it shall take a post position on the outside of the position of the horses declared at the same price or whose winnings are the same.

Decision 90-09-19, s. 218; Decision 2000-11-08, s. 45.