C-72.1, r. 5 - Rules respecting Standardbred horse races held at an amateur race track

Section 185 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

185. During a race, a driver must not interfere with another driver or horse.

A driver interferes where he or she drives in such a way as to:

(1)  compel a horse to change its stride;

(2)  compel a horse to break its gait;

(3)  compel another driver to pull his or her horse out of position;

(4)  compel another driver to hold his or her horse back;

(5)  compel another driver to break his or her horse’s gait;

(6)  compel another driver to change his or her horse’s stride;

(7)  push another horse toward the outside of the racing strip;

(8)  push another horse toward the inside of a racing strip that does not have a continuous hub rail so that a wheel of that horse’s sulky leaves the strip or comes in contact with a post in that rail;

(9)  cross over recklessly in front of another horse or the field;

(10)  cause confusion among the horses trailing him or her.

Decision 96-07-24, s. 185.