N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9, § 4113.3 – Reasons for placing a horse on the steward's list. | Midpage
§ 4113.3
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9, § 4113.3
Reasons for placing a horse on the steward's list.
Executive Department
(a) such horse has a tube in its throat;
(b) such horse is dangerous or unmanageable. Such horse must work out before the judges on the main track, secure permission of the judges to qualify and then qualify in two consecutive qualifying races before release from the steward's list;
(c) such horse is sick, lame or unfit to race. Such horse must perform before the State veterinarian and be certified fit to race by the State veterinarian before release from the steward's list;
(d) such horse is unable to start satisfactorily behind the starting gate. Such horse must work out behind the starting gate, be approved by the starter and then qualify once before release from the steward's list;
(e) such horse has been high nerved;
(f) such horse has performed poorly. Such horse shall qualify once before release from the steward's list;
(g) such horse has tested positively for a drug, any substance prohibited by section 4120.17 of this Subchapter, or excess TCO2. Such horse shall qualify in a workout and thereafter test negative for drugs (and in compliance with the TCO2 thresholds, if applicable) before release from the steward's list; or
(h) such horse has been the subject of a finding by the laboratory that the antibody of erythropoietin or darbepoetin was present in the sample taken from the horse. Such horse shall test negative for the antibodies of erythropoietin or darbepoetin in a test conducted by the laboratory before release from the steward's list.
A horse shall be placed on the steward's list at each track for the following reasons: