Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO RACING
AUTHORITY ACT
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Act
45 of 1976
Amended by
31 of 1989
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Index of Subsidiary Legislation
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Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority Rules (LN 4/1990) … … 12
Note on Subsidiary Legislation
The Trinidad Turf Club Rules of Racing 1950 which continue in force by virtue of section 20
of the Act has been omitted.
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO RACING
AUTHORITY ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Establishment of Racing Authority.
4. Term of office of members.
5. Resignation.
6. Revocation of appointment.
7. Appointments, etc., to be notified in the Gazette.
8. Meetings, quorum and procedure.
9. Custody and use of seal.
10. Functions of Racing Authority.
11. Staff of Racing Authority.
12. Funds and resources of Racing Authority.
13. Financial year and annual report.
14. Application of funds.
15. Accounts and audit.
16. Licences and permits.
17. Racing Rules.
18. Offences and penalties.
19. Regulations.
20. Transitional provisions.
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO RACING
AUTHORITY ACT
An Act to provide for the better management of the racing
industry by the establishment of a Racing Authority and
for matters connected therewith.
[18TH JUNE 1976]
1. This Act may be cited as the Trinidad and Tobago Racing
Authority Act.
2. In this Act—
“dog” means a greyhound used for the sport of racing;
“Minister” means the Minister with responsibility for Industry
and Enterprise;
“racing” means horse or dog racing;
“Racing Authority” means the Trinidad and Tobago Racing
Authority established under section 3;
“racing rules” means rules made by the Racing Authority under
section 17;
“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Racing Authority;
“turf clubs” includes the Trinidad Turf Club, the Arima Race Club,
the New Union Park Turf Club, the Tobago Race Club and
the Trinidad Race Club.
3. (1) The Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority
is hereby established for the purposes of this Act, and is a
body corporate.
(2) The Racing Authority shall consist of nine members
appointed by the Minister as follows:
(a) four members appointed after consultation with
the turf clubs;
(b) one member representing the Ministry of Finance;
45 of 1976.
Commencement.
Short title.
Interpretation.
[31 of 1989].
Establishment
of Racing
Authority.
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(c) one member appointed after consultation with
organisations most representative of race-horse
owners;
(d) three independent members with knowledge of
racing at least one of whom has qualifications
in law.
(3) The Minister shall appoint two of the members
referred to in subsection (2)(d) as Chairman and Vice-Chairman,
respectively, of the Racing Authority.
4. (1) Members of the Racing Authority shall hold office
for the term signified in the instrument of their appointment but
shall be eligible for reappointment.
(2) Members of the Racing Authority shall be paid such
remuneration and allowances as the Minister acting in consultation
with the Betting Levy Board may determine.
5. (1) A member of the Racing Authority, other than the
Chairman may resign his office by instrument addressed to the
Chairman who shall forthwith cause it to be forwarded to the
Minister. The Chairman may resign his office by instrument in
writing addressed to the Minister.
(2) Resignation shall take effect from the date of receipt
by the Minister of the instrument of resignation.
6. The Minister shall revoke the appointment of any member
of the Racing Authority who—
(a) absents himself from three consecutive meetings
of the Racing Authority except on leave granted
by the Racing Authority;
(b) behaves in such a way as in the opinion of the
Minister is likely to bring the Racing Authority
into disrepute;
(c) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of
any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent
Term of office
of members.
[31 of 1989].
Resignation.
Revocation of
appointment.
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Appointments,
etc., to be
notified in the
Gazette.
Meetings,
quorum and
procedure.
Custody and
use of seal.
debtors, compounds with his creditors or
makes an assignment of his remuneration for
their benefit.
7. The appointment of any person as a member of the Racing
Authority and the termination of office of any person as such,
whether by death, resignation, revocation, effluxion of time or
otherwise, shall be notified in the Gazette.
8. (1) The Racing Authority shall meet at such times as
may be necessary or expedient for the transaction of its business
and meetings shall be held at such places and at such times as the
Racing Authority may determine.
(2) The Chairman, or in his absence the Vice-Chairman,
shall preside at all meetings of the Racing Authority and shall
call a special meeting within seven days of a written request
therefor addressed to him by any three members of the
Racing Authority.
(3) Five members of the Racing Authority one of
whom shall be the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman shall constitute
a quorum.
(4) Decisions shall be by a majority of the votes and in
any case where the voting is equal the person presiding shall, in
addition to his original vote, have a casting vote.
(5) The validity of the proceedings of the Racing
Authority shall not be affected by any vacancy in its membership
or by any defect in the appointment of a member.
(6) Subject to this section, the Racing Authority shall
regulate its own procedure.
9. (1) The Racing Authority shall have a seal which shall
be kept in the custody of the Chairman or of any member of its
staff authorised in that behalf.
(2) The seal may be affixed to instruments in the presence
of the Chairman and the Secretary.
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(3) The seal shall be authenticated by the signatures of
the Chairman and the Secretary.
10. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Racing Authority shall
be responsible for the regulation and control of the racing industry,
and in furtherance of its responsibility shall—
(a) make all such rules as are necessary;
(b) undertake the registration of racehorses, dogs and
the owners thereof;
(c) issue such licences and grant such permits as may
be required by this Act;
(d) establish training schemes for jockeys, stable lads
and other personnel in the racing industry;
(e) administer and enforce rules made under
section 17, and regulations made under
section 19;
(f) hear all disputes arising out of the rules of
racing made under section 17.
(2) In the exercise of its functions the Racing Authority
shall comply with any special or general directions which may be
given to it by the Minister.
11. (1) The Racing Authority may subject to the approval of
the Minister appoint on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit, a
Secretary and such other officers and employees as may be
necessary for the due and efficient performance of its functions.
(2) An annual salary of twenty thousand dollars or such
greater amount as the Minister may determine shall not be assigned
to any post without the prior approval of the Minister.
12. The funds and resources of the Racing Authority shall
consist of—
(a) such sums as may be appropriated by Parliament
for the purposes of this Act;
(b) fees collected in respect of licences and permits;
Functions
of Racing
Authority.
[31 of 1989].
Staff of Racing
Authority.
Funds and
resources of
Racing
Authority.
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Financial year
and annual
report.
Application of
funds.
Accounts
and audit.
Ch. 69:01.
(c) penalties collected in respect of any breach of
the racing rules;
(d) all other sums or property as may become payable
to or vested in the Racing Authority in respect of
any matter incidental to its functions.
13. (1) The financial year of the Racing Authority shall be
the twelve-month period ending 31st July.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) the Racing Authority shall
within three months of the end of each financial year make a
report of its proceedings and the operation of this Act in respect of
that financial year to the Minister who shall within two months
of the receipt of that report lay it before the Senate and the House
of Representatives.
(3) The first report under this section shall be in respect
of the period ending 31st July 1977.
14. The Racing Authority shall apply its funds for—
(a) the payment of expenses incurred in the exercise
of its functions under this Act;
(b) the making of grants or loans for the increase in
prize money in connection with racing;
(c) the remuneration of its members;
(d) any other expenditure properly chargeable to
revenue account.
15. (1) The Racing Authority shall keep proper accounts and
other records in relation to its business and shall prepare annually
a statement of its accounts.
(2) The accounts of the Racing Authority shall be audited
annually by the Auditor General in accordance with the Exchequer
and Audit Act.
(3) As soon as the accounts have been audited the Racing
Authority shall forward to the Minister a copy of the audited
statement of accounts together with any report made thereon by
the Auditor General.
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Licences and
permits.
[31 of 1989].
Racing rules.
[31 of 1989].
(4) The Minister shall cause a copy of every such
statement to be laid before the Senate and the House of
Representatives at the same time as the annual report referred to in
section 13.
16. (1) After 1st August 1976 no person may hold himself
out or be employed as—
(a) a trainer of horses or dogs, jockey or apprentice
unless he is the holder of a licence issued by the
Racing Authority;
(b) a stable lad or other worker in connection with
any horse or dog being trained for racing or at
any establishment operated for the breeding of
racehorses unless he is the holder of a permit
granted by the Racing Authority.
(2) Application for a licence or permit shall be in such
form as may be prescribed.
(3) The Racing Authority may issue a licence or grant a
permit upon payment of such fees as may be prescribed and for
such time and subject to such conditions as it may think fit or may
in its discretion refuse any application.
(4) A person who contravenes the provisions of
subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five
hundred dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
17. The Racing Authority shall make rules relating to the
conduct of racing and such rules may provide for—
(a) the content and publication of programmes for
race meetings;
(b) the conditions for the acceptance of entries
for races;
(c) entry fees;
(d) the payment of prize money;
(e) the classification of horses;
(f) handicapping;
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Offences and
penalties.
Regulations.
(g) any other matters relating to the owning, breeding,
training, grooming and racing of racehorses;
(h) for the imposition of fines and other penalties
for any breach thereof.
(i) for all matters relating to dog racing.
18. A person who—
(a) obtains a licence or a permit under this Act by
wilful misrepresentation;
(b) wilfully or recklessly gives any false or
misleading statement or information in
connection with any application for a licence or
a permit,
is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two thousand five
hundred dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.
19. (1) The Racing Authority may with the approval of the
Minister make regulations generally for giving effect to this Act
and in particular for—
(a) the authorising of inspectors for the purposes
of this Act;
(b) issue of licences and grant of permits;
(c) the setting of minimum standards of competence
for trainers and jockeys;
(d) the compilation and publication of a stud book;
(e) prescribing fees required to be prescribed
by this Act and charges in respect of any
other matter;
(f) any other matter relating to racing not provided
for in this Act;
(g) prescribing penalties not exceeding five hundred
dollars for offences against the regulations.
(2) Regulations made under this section shall be subject
to affirmative resolution of Parliament.
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*See the Trinidad Turf Club Rules of Racing 1950.
Transitional
provisions.
*20. (1) Rules relating to racing made by the Trinidad Turf
Club and in force at the commencement of this Act shall remain in
force and shall be administered by the Racing Authority until rules
are made under section 17, save that any reference therein to the
stewards of the Trinidad Turf Club shall be construed as a reference
to the Racing Authority.
(2) Any licence, permit or other authorisation issued or
granted by the Trinidad Turf Club under the rules relating to racing
referred to in subsection (1) and in force at the commencement of
this Act shall remain in force as if it had been issued or granted by
the Racing Authority save that any reference to the Trinidad Turf
Club in any such licence, permit or authorisation shall be construed
as a reference to the Racing Authority.
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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO RACING AUTHORITY RULES
ARRANGEMENT OF RULES
RULE
1. Citation.
2. Interpretation.
3. Calculation of time.
4. Appointment of stewards.
5. (Repealed by LN 151/1991).
6. Powers of the stewards at meetings.
6A. The stewards’ secretary.
7. Powers of Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority.
8. Decision of Authority to be final.
9. Disputes relating to bets.
10. Appointment of officials.
11. (Repealed by LN 151/1991).
12. Appointment of handicappers and classifiers.
13. Prohibition applying to officials.
14. Complaints.
15. The secretary of a racing club.
16. Stakes and added money.
17. Clerk of the Paddock.
18. The parade ring.
19. The handicapper.
20. Clerk of the Scales.
21. The Starter.
22. The Judge.
23. Meetings to be sanctioned.
24. (Repealed by LN 151/1991).
25. Omitted conditions.
26. (Repealed by LN 151/1991).
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27. Handicaps.
28. Calculation of horse’s age.
29. Prohibition on horses running.
30. Registration of horses.
31. Registration of foreign horses.
32. Names of horses.
33. Disqualification of horses.
34. Entries, subscriptions declaration of forfeit and acceptance for races.
35. Declarations.
36. Form of entry or nomination.
37. Assumed names.
38. Owners, partnerships, recognised companies, leases and contingencies.
38A. Racing colours.
39. Jockeys.
40. Agreements.
41. Age-limit for licence.
42. Grooms and stable lads.
43. Trainer.
44. Exercise lads.
45. Apprentice jockey scheme.
46. (Repealed by LN 151/1991).
47. Weights.
48. Penalties.
49. Allowances.
50. The weighing room.
51. Weighing out.
52. Saddlecloth.
53.
to
54.
55. Running.
56. Void Race.
RULE
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57. (Repealed by LN 151/1991).
58. Walking-over.
59. Dead-heats.
60. Weighing in.
61. Prizes.
62. Entrance money returned.
63. Breeder’s premium.
64. Disputes and objections.
65. Appeals.
66. Error in the entry.
67. Corrupt and fraudulent practices.
68. Disqualified persons.
69. (Repealed by LN 151/1991).
70. Sample tests of saliva, sweat, urine, etc.
71. Bookmakers.
72. New rules.
73. Filmed recordings of races.
74. Electronically transmitted facsimiles.
75. Miscellaneous.
76. Instructions.
SCHEDULE.
ARRANGEMENT OF RULES—Continued
RULE
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[Subsidiary]
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO RACING
AUTHORITY RULES
made under section 17
1. These Rules may be cited as the Trinidad and Tobago
Racing Authority Rules.
2. In these Rules—
“added money” means money contributed towards the stakes
by the Race Fund or from any other source as distinct from
money contributed by the owners of horses engaged in
the race;
“arrears” means sums unpaid in respect of fines, compensation,
entrance money, stakes, subscriptions, forfeits, and any
sums due to any turf authority, recognised clubs or registered
stud farms;
“authorised agent” means an agent or sub-agent appointed by the
owner in writing, such document being lodged at the Registry
Office, or with the secretary of that meeting to which the
agency applies, who thereafter shall forward the document
to the Registry Office;
“Authority” or “Racing Authority” means the Trinidad and Tobago
Racing Authority;
“breeder of a horse” means the registered owner of his dam at
the time of foaling;
“blinkers” means a garment fitted over a horse’s head with holes
for the eyes and ears, one or both of the eye-holes being fitted
with cowls cutting out all vision to the rear but permitting
full forward vision;
“cup” means any prize not given in money;
“day” means twenty-four hours;
“defaulter” means a person in arrears;
“deposit” means any sum stipulated in the regulations to be paid
to the Authority by persons lodging an objection or appeal;
4/1990.
[151/1991
186/1992].
Citation.
Interpretation.
[151/1991].
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“disqualified person” means a person who has been warned off
by the Authority for breach of the Rules;
“exercise lad” means a person who holds a licence from the
Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority to exercise horses;
“eye shield” means a garment similar to blinkers except that in
place of eye cowls one eye only is completely covered by
a shield;
“foreign matter” means a substance the origin of which cannot
be traced to normal and ordinary feeding, and which could
by its nature or when combined with some other substance
affect the racing performance of a horse;
“groom” and “stable lad” means a person who holds a licence
from the Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority to care
for horses;
“guaranteed sweepstakes” means a race for which a prize of
definite value is guaranteed by the racing club holding
the meeting, the entrance fees, forfeits and other
contributions going towards the prize money, and where the
total of the entrance fees, forfeits and other contributions
exceed the guaranteed prize the excess shall increase the
value of the prize;
“handicap” means a race in which the weights to be carried by
the horses are allotted by the handicapper for the purpose of
equalising their chances of winning;
“hood” means a garment similar to blinkers incorporating ear
covers but without eye cowls;
“horse” includes mare, gelding, colt and filly;
“jockey” means a person who holds a licence from the Trinidad
and Tobago Racing Authority to ride for hire;
“maiden” means a horse which has never won a race other than
a match or private sweepstakes at any recognised meeting
in any country at the time of the start;
“match” means a race between horses, the property of different
owners, on terms agreed by them;
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“match at catch weights” means a match for which the riders need
not weigh before or after the race;
“month” means a calendar month;
“native bred” means a horse foaled in Trinidad and Tobago as a
result of a mating between a sire and a dam who were both
present in Trinidad and Tobago at a time of such mating, or
a horse which being imported in utero was foaled in Trinidad
and Tobago;
“nominator” means a person in whose name a horse is entered
for a race;
“nursery handicap” means a race confined to two-year old horses;
“owner” means—
(a) in the case of a horse owned by a recognised
company, the company;
(b) in the case of a partnership, the partners;
(c) in the case of a syndicate, the members of
the syndicate;
(d) in the case where a horse is leased, the lessee;
(e) in the case of a deceased person, the legal
personal representative;
“owner of sire” means the owner of the sire as registered with
the Registry Office at time of covering and if covered by
more than one sire, then the owner of the last sire covering
the mare;
“photograph” means the photograph taken when the horses pass
the winning-post by a camera approved by the Trinidad and
Tobago Racing Authority;
“positive” in relation to testing a racehorse for a prohibited
substance means containing a prohibited substance or foreign
matter the concentration of which is above the threshold level
for that substance or matter established from time to time
by the Authority;
“prohibited substance” means a substance originating externally
which falls in any of the categories contained in the List of
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Prohibited Substances reproduced in the Schedule whether
or not it is endogenous to the horse and “substance” includes
the metabolites of the substance;
“race” means a plate, cup, sweepstakes, private sweepstakes or
match, but not a steeple-chase, hurdle race or hunters’ race
on the flat;
“recognised meeting” means a meeting held under the sanction
of the Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority;
“recognised turf authority” means an authority recognised by
the Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority as the
authority responsible for controlling horse racing in the
country concerned;
“Registry Office” means the office of the Trinidad and Tobago
Racing Authority;
“secretary” means a secretary duly appointed for any race meeting
by the race clubs holding the race meeting;
“stakes” means the minimum advertised prize for any race;
“started” means being under starter’s orders when the white flag
is raised;
“steward” means the steward of the meeting or his duly
appointed deputy;
“sweepstakes” means a race in which the entrance fee, forfeit,
subscription or other contribution of three or more owners
go to the winner or placed horses, and any such race is still
a sweepstakes when money or other prize is added, and
“private sweepstakes” means a race which has not been
advertised prior to the closing;
“time of entry” means the time fixed for closing of entries;
“tongue strap” means a strap of any material fitted over the
horse’s tongue;
“trainer” means a person who holds a licence from the Authority
to train racehorses;
“visor” means a garment similar to blinkers in which the cowls
have holes cut in them permitting limited side or rear vision;
“weight-for-age race” is any race which is not a handicap.
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Calculation
of time.
Appointment
of stewards.
[151/1991].
Powers of the
stewards at
meetings.
[151/1991
186/1992].
3. When the last day for doing any act under these Rules
falls on a Sunday or Public Holiday it may be done on the first
following workday, unless a race to which such act relates is
appointed for that day, in which case it must be done on the last
preceding workday.
4. (1) There shall be at least four stewards for every race
day or each race day of each meeting, and five stewards where
nine or more races are to be run, one of whom shall be appointed
chairman by the club, and whose appointment shall be approved
by the Authority.
(2) A steward may with the approval of the Authority
appoint a deputy to act on his behalf.
(3) The approval of the Authority in the appointment of a
deputy shall be waived in an emergency.
(4) The Authority may, at its discretion, by notice in
writing to the relevant club withdraw its approval of a steward,
whereupon he, and any deputy appointed by him shall cease to act
as a steward.
(5) Where less than four stewards or their deputies are
present, the secretary shall immediately fill any vacancy from
members of the club and shall publish such appointment.
5. (Repealed by LN 151/1991).
6. (1) The stewards shall have power to—
(a) make or vary all arrangements for the conduct of
the meeting as they think fit, and to dispense with
the starting gate;
(b) under exceptional circumstances, abandon the
meeting or abandon any race or postpone any race
until a day appointed by the stewards, but in no
case longer than the last advertised day of the
meeting, and shall make a report of their actions
and reasons for so doing to the Registry Office;
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(c) control access to all stands, rooms, enclosures and
other places used for the purpose of the meeting;
(d) exclude from all places under their control—
(i) every person is warned off from the
enclosures of a licensed club by the
Authority, or who is a disqualified person;
(ii) every person who has been reported as a
defaulter, until it has been officially
notified that his default is cleared;
(iii) every person who has been declared by the
turf authorities, or by the stewards, of any
recognised meeting in this or any other
country to have been guilty of any corrupt
or fraudulent practice on the turf;
(iv) all such persons as the stewards may
from time to time be required to exclude
by the Authority;
(e) regulate, control, take cognisance of, and
adjudicate upon the conduct of all officials,
owners, nominators, authorised agents, trainers,
jockeys, grooms, persons attendant on horses, and
all other persons frequenting the stands or other
places used for the purpose of the meeting;
(f) punish at their discretion any person subject to
their control with a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars;
(g) suspend any person from acting or riding at the
meeting and any jockey so suspended shall not
ride in any race there or elsewhere during the
continuance of the meeting, unless, upon appeal
being lodged, the Authority so directs;
(h) determine any questions arising in reference to
racing at the meeting, and should no decision have
been arrived at by the stewards within seven days
of an objection being lodged, the secretary of the
meeting shall then report the case to the Racing
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Authority who may at their discretion decide the
matter and, may order any additional expense
arising therefrom to be defrayed out of the funds
of the meeting at which the case occurred;
(i) call for proof that a horse is neither itself
disqualified in any respect, nor nominated by,
nor the property wholly or in part of a disqualified
person and, in default of such proof being given
to their satisfaction the stewards may declare
the horse disqualified;
(j) refuse to accept or cancel at any time any entry
subject to the following conditions:
(i) reasons in writing shall be given to
the Authority;
(ii) a written notification of the refusal or
cancellation shall be hand-delivered within
twenty-four hours thereof, to either the
authorised agent or the person holding the
power of entry and to the trainer; and
(iii) failure to comply with the requirements in
subparagraphs (i) and (ii) shall result in the
entry being deemed to be accepted, except
where it is rejected on the ground of a
breach of the Rules;
(k) refuse to accept or may cancel at any time any
entry, and the stewards shall give their reasons in
writing to the Authority and notify the owner in
writing of the refusal or cancellation of the entry
within twenty-four hours of their decision;
(l) order an examination by such person or persons
as they think fit, of any horse entered for a race,
or which has run in a race, and in all cases they
shall as soon as possible after the meeting,
forward all such reports or decisions to the
Registry Office;
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(m) to prohibit a rider from using a particular whip
even in circumstances where the whip complies
with the specifications approved by the Racing
Authority and shall, within seventy-two hours,
submit a report to the Authority, their reasons for
so doing;
(n) to order the examination by a medical officer,
including the taking of body fluids, of any jockey
present in the weighing room.
(2) The stewards shall provide adequate and suitable
accommodation for the Authority acceptable to the Authority, for
the purpose of viewing races and the performance of any
other duties.
6A. (1) The stewards of a race meeting shall appoint a person
to be the stewards’ secretary.
(2) The stewards’ secretary shall give to the stewards such
help and advice relating to the conduct of meetings and the Rules
of Racing as they may require.
7. The Authority has power to—
(a) refuse to allow any official to act at any meeting;
(b) refuse to allow any person to act or continue as
an authorised agent;
(c) attach conditions to sanctions given for meetings;
(d) fix the dates on which meetings shall be held;
(e) order the abandonment of any race or race
meeting in the case of an emergency or where
expedient to do so;
(f) make enquiry into, and deal with, any matter
relating to racing, whether or not referred to them
by the stewards;
(g) require from turf clubs all accounts and
financial statements of meetings as may be
deemed requisite;
The stewards’
secretary.
[151/1991].
Powers of
Trinidad and
Tobago Racing
Authority.
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(h) refuse to accept registration of ownership of a
horse from any person under the age of eighteen
years nor accept their appointment as an
authorised agent;
(i) reconsider and correct any decision of a judge
made under these Rules and where in their
opinion a judge has made an obvious mistake in
determining and announcing the winner or
placed horses in a race, such decision of the
Authority provided it is made within fourteen
days of the race shall supercede that of a judge;
(j) entertain and determine appeals against decisions
of the stewards of the meeting as provided for by
these Rules;
(k) summon any steward, official or such other person
it considers necessary to assist in its deliberations
at any inquiry, appeal or objection;
(l) entertain and decide objections lodged under
these Rules;
(m) warn any person off the premises of any turf club,
and to declare any such person disqualified;
(n) enter all stands, rooms, enclosures and other
places used for the purposes of the meeting;
(o) modify or suspend any rule for such period as
they think fit without giving previous notice;
(p) impose fines not exceeding five hundred dollars
for breach of these Rules.
8. The decision of the Authority as to the meaning and effect
of these Rules, or of any of the conditions of any programme or
race, or in any other matter whatsoever relating to racing in this
country shall be final.
9. The Authority takes no cognisance of any disputes or
claims with respect to bets.
Decision of
Authority to
be final.
Disputes
relating to bets.
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10. (1) The appointment of secretary, clerk of the scales,
judge, starter, medical officers, veterinary officers and all minor
racing officials shall be made by the turf club concerned, and their
names and proposed remuneration shall be submitted to the
Registry Office, at least one month prior to the date of the meeting,
for the approval or otherwise of the Authority.
(2) Each year, before commencing their duties, the
following officials shall have their eyes tested for visual acuity,
with or without eye glasses, and for colour blindness—
(a) stewards;
(b) the stewards’ secretary;
(c) starters;
(d) patrol judges;
(e) placing judges; and
(f) the timekeeper.
(3) In an emergency, the stewards may during a meeting
appoint a substitute to fill any of the above-named offices for
that meeting.
11. (Repealed by LN 151/1991).
12. The Authority shall appoint—
(a) one or more handicappers, one of whom must
attend each meeting;
(b) a classification committee, which shall consist
of not less than two persons, and whose
classifications shall be accepted at all meetings.
13. No judge, starter, handicapper or classifier shall train,
enter, or run a horse in any race, or have any proprietary
interest whatsoever in any horse at the meeting at which they
may be officiating.
14. (1) Every complaint against an official shall be made to
the stewards in writing signed by the complainant.
Appointment
of officials.
[151/1991].
Appointment of
handicappers
and classifiers.
Prohibition
applying to
officials.
[151/1991].
Complaints.
[151/1991].
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(2) No steward shall sit or take part in any discussion or
adjudicate upon any inquiry or other matter brought before the
stewards if he is in any way interested in the subject matter of
the inquiry.
(3) Where a steward is unable to take part in any inquiry
or proceedings because of any interest therein, the remaining
stewards shall have the right to co-opt persons in the place of those
disqualified to adjudicate with them, and such persons shall be
members of the club holding the inquiry.
(4) The stewards shall not entertain any disputes relating
to bets.
15. (1) The secretary or his authorised substitute, shall within
seventy-two hours after the race day make the following returns to
the Registry Office:
(a) the names of all horses that started in each race
and the names of the riders, the weights carried
and overweight, if any;
(b) the position of the horses placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and
4th by the Judge, and the distance between each
of them as declared;
(c) all cases in which the starting gate was dispensed
with and the reason therefore;
(d) the reports of the starter as provided by
these Rules;
(e) the reports of any appointed official;
(f) the reports of all enquiries by and decisions of
the stewards, and of all fines imposed, which must
be remitted to the Registry Office;
(g) the reports of any incident happening between
the time a jockey weighed out and weighed in
for a race, and the result of the enquiry into the
incident, which must, in every case, be held by
the stewards.
The secretary of
a racing club.
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(2) The secretary shall obtain from the Registry Office
and have in his possession for the information of the stewards, a
list of suspended jockeys, trainers, grooms, and persons in default
or who have been warned off any course or place under the control
of Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority.
(3) The secretary shall not allow any horse which, or the
owner or nominator or authorised agent of which, is under
disqualification to start for any race, nor shall he allow any
suspended jockey to ride in any race.
16. (1) Stakes and added money for any race shall not be paid
out by the secretary until authorised by the stewards, and
authorisation shall be given and payment made within seven days
of communication from the Authority, that the sample tests of the
winner and placed horses are negative.
(2) Authorisation for payment of stakes and added money
shall not be given in respect of a horse that has tested positive.
(3) Authorisation for payment of stakes and added money
shall not be given in respect of any race, the result of which is
subject to an appeal, until such appeal is heard and determined.
(4) Before any payments are made the secretary shall first
deduct commissions due to jockeys, trainers and grooms as
prescribed by these Rules.
17. (1) The Clerk of the Paddock shall see that all horses
running at the meeting are saddled in the saddling stalls, wherever
available and brought into the parade ring a reasonable time before
the signal to mount is given and that the attendants are provided
with badges bearing numbers issued by the secretary.
(2) The Clerk of the Paddock shall see that a clean number
cloth, of a pattern approved by the Authority, is provided for every
horse for which a rider presents himself to be weighed out.
(3) The Clerk of the Paddock shall report a trainer to the
stewards in the case of any horse not being saddled in the
Stakes and
added money.
Clerk of the
Paddock.
[151/1991].
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saddling stalls, or not being brought into the parade ring, or of a
badge not being exhibited.
(4) The Clerk of the Paddock shall ensure that all horses
running are paraded in numerical order according to the post
position allotted by the stewards.
18. (1) The parade ring shall be reserved strictly for horses
about to run.
(2) No person shall, without special leave of the
stewards, be allowed access into the parade ring except officials
of the meeting, handicappers, owners, or authorised agents,
trainers, attendants and riders of the horses about to run in the
next race, and any person refusing to leave shall be reported to
the stewards.
19. (1) The handicapper, in making a handicap, shall allot
the weights to be carried in accordance with these Rules and no
alteration shall be made after publication, except that, by express
permission of the stewards, a weight may be allotted to a horse
duly entered whose name or weight has been omitted from the
handicap or as provided by subrule (2) of this rule.
(2) An allotted weight may be altered where the allotment
of that weight was made by the handicappers based on erroneous
information presented to them in respect only of sex, age, class
and status of that horse.
(3) Handicap and classification lists shall be posted on a
notice board situated in the Declaration Office in the paddock, and
such posting shall constitute notice of the facts therein contained
to all persons concerned.
(4) No alteration in the contents of such lists shall be made
save and except in accordance with the provisions of this rule.
(5) All handicaps and classifications are subject to
appeal to the Authority in accordance with rule 65(6).
The parade ring.
The
handicapper.
[151/1991].
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(6) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the
Authority shall have the right to adjust any handicap or
classification list issued by the handicappers or classifiers and the
decision of the Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority in this matter
shall in all cases be final.
(7) Any horse which is the subject of an appeal against
classification shall not be allowed to take entry for racing until
such appeal is heard and determined.
(8) All such appeals must be heard and decisions taken
within seven days of lodging same, failing which the horse will be
permitted to take entry and race in its class prior to the promotion
appealed against.
20. (1) The Clerk of the Scales (hereinafter referred to as
“the Clerk”) shall weigh the jockeys and shall cause the numbers
of each horse, as allotted on the official programme or drawn
by lot as the case may be for which a jockey has been declared,
to be exhibited together with the names of the jockeys, and the
number shall not be taken down until the horses are under the
starter’s orders.
(2) The Clerk shall furnish the Starter with a list of runners
and the draw for places as drawn by a steward, and he shall at once
withdraw the number of any horse which has been withdrawn by
the order of the stewards or of any horse reported to him under
these Rules as not coming under starter’s orders.
(3) The Clerk shall, after each race, send a return to the
stewards of the weight carried in such race and the names of the
jockeys, specifying overweights, if any.
(4) Where extra weight or any variation from the weight
or colours appearing on the card is declared at the scale for any
horse, such weight or change of colours shall be exhibited on the
number board or elsewhere, or announced by any form of public
address system available.
(5) Any alteration of colours shall also be exhibited at
the scales.
Clerk of the
Scales.
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(6) The Clerk shall in all cases, except where provided
otherwise in these Rules, weigh in the riders of the horses placed
by the Judge, and report to the stewards any jockey not presenting
himself to be weighed in.
(7) At the end of a race, on receipt of authorisation by the
stewards, the Clerk shall order that the appropriate flag be hoisted
indicating the status of the race in the following manner:
(a) Race declared official—Blue Flag;
(b) Objection to winner—Red Flag;
(c) Objection to any other placed horse—Red and
White Flag;
(d) Objection overruled—Objection Flag replaced by
White Flag;
(e) Stewards enquiry—Yellow Flag;
(f) Objection to unplaced horse—Yellow and
White Flag;
(g) Objection sustained—Objection Flag replaced by
Green Flag.
(8) The Clerk shall put 1 kg extra into the scale to prove
that the horse has not carried too much weight.
21. (1) The Starter shall give all orders necessary at the start
and shall enforce any instructions laid down by the Authority
governing the start.
(2) The horses shall be started by the Starter, or his
authorised substitute, and all races shall be started at starting
stalls approved by the Authority but with the special permission
of the Authority or in case of emergency with the permission of
the stewards of the meeting, or the Starter, a race may be started
without stalls.
(3) The Starter shall obtain from the Clerk, in the weighing
room, a list of runners and the draw for place.
(4) Should the Starter consider that through any cause a
horse is unable to start he shall at once notify the stewards that the
The Starter.
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number must be withdrawn, and shall inform them whether the
horse has come under his orders or not.
(5) On arriving at the starting stalls, jockeys shall
immediately report to, and place themselves under the control of
the Starter, and only those horses which are in the starting stalls
when the red light above the starting stalls begins to flash will be
deemed to be under Starter’s orders, and if the red light fails to
function, the Starter shall wave a white flag to indicate that he is
ready to start the horses and only those horses then in the starting
stalls shall be deemed to be under Starter’s orders.
(6) The Starter shall remove an unruly horse from its
allotted place, and place it in the outside stall so that it cannot
cause danger to or prejudice the chances of the other horses and
jockeys engaged in the race.
(7) If any horse refuses to go into the stall allotted to it
within a reasonable time, that horse shall be withdrawn by
the Starter.
(8) In the event that the doors of any stall fail to open, the
Starter, shall declare a false start.
(9) In the event of any horse running the course through
a false start or from a void start, the owner or trainer may with the
consent of the stewards, withdraw his horse from the race.
(10) After the race has started the jockeys shall keep a
straight course and shall not use the whip during the first one
hundred and ten metres of the race, and any horse that is ridden in
violation of this provision may be disqualified and the jockey
punished by the stewards.
(11) In any case of emergency the Starter may start a race
without using the approved stalls and if in so doing the race is run
over a shorter distance it shall not be void.
(12) The Starter shall report to the stewards, all cases in
which he has dispensed with the starting stalls or made any
notification under this rule, his reasons for doing so and the time
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when each race was started and by whom or by what cause any
delay was occasioned, and the stewards shall in turn make a report
to the Registry Office.
(13) No owner, trainer, employee or any other person shall
be allowed upon the course at the start without the permission of
the stewards.
(14) No trainer, attendant or Starter’s assistant shall be
allowed to use a whip, substitute for a whip or any device on any
horse, prior to the start while under Starter’s orders.
(15) The Starter shall impose a fine not exceeding twenty-
five dollars on any jockey who misconducts himself at the post,
and the Starter shall report the fact at once to the stewards.
(16) Subject to this rule the Starter may use his own
discretion for effecting an equitable start.
(17) A horse shall be deemed to be starting when declared
to start at the one hour declaration stage.
22. (1) The Judge or his authorised substitute shall occupy
the Judge’s Box at the time the horses pass the winning post, failing
which the race may be void.
(2) The Judge shall announce his decision immediately,
or after consulting the photograph, and shall determine the
winner according to that part of the horse’s head excluding the
ears, which is first past the winning post, the remaining places
being determined in a similar manner.
(3) The Judge’s decision shall be final, unless an objection
to the winner or any placed horse is made and sustained.
(4) The Judge or his authorised substitute shall not be
prevented from correcting any obvious mistake, subject to
confirmation by the stewards, and subject also to the powers of
the Racing Authority under these Rules.
(5) Where the judge estimates that the distance
between the winner and the second, or the second and the third, or
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the third and the remainder of the field is a neck or less, he shall
consult the photograph before announcing his decision on the
place concerned.
(6) Where the Judge calls for a photograph to determine
the winner, no announcement other than the displaying of the word
“Photograph” shall be made until the picture is consulted.
(7) Where the Judge calls for a photograph to decide
second or third place, he shall announce the winner or similarly
the second immediately, and exhibit the letter “P” showing that
a photograph has been called for to decide on the lower place
in question.
(8) The Judge shall, after each race, sign and send a report
of the placings to the stewards.
23. (1) All meetings must be sanctioned by the
Racing Authority.
(2) Within fourteen days after the Annual General Meeting
of any recognised race club, the secretary shall forward to the
Registry Office a statement of accounts for the preceding year,
duly audited and certified by a chartered or incorporated accountant.
(3) Applications for Fixtures and conditions governing
Graded and other subscription races for the following year
must be made to the Authority on or before the 1st October of
each year.
(4) A complete provisional programme for each meeting
must be submitted to the Authority for approval not less than six
weeks prior to the proposed date for the taking of First Entries for
the meeting.
(5) Unless otherwise permitted by the Authority,
programmes shall consist solely of sweepstakes or
guaranteed sweepstakes.
(6) Matches shall be run at such time as may be appointed
by the stewards and five hundred dollars shall be paid to the
Meetings to
be sanctioned.
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Secretary for each horse so running which sum shall be credited
to the Racing Benevolent Fund.
(7) No changes to any provisional programme will be
entertained unless such are submitted to the Authority for
approval at least two weeks prior to the Race Day for which the
changes apply.
(8) Any alteration made in a provisional programme shall
be approved by the Authority before that programme can be made
“Official” by the club, and no change shall be made in a programme
once it has been advertised as “Official”. This subrule shall not
preclude the framing of a new race in the event of a race being
cancelled due to insufficient entries.
(9) It shall be the duty of the club holding the meeting
to advertise the programme as “Official” not less than five days
prior to the date of the closing of entries for any race day, and
such advertisement shall contain all amendments made to
the programme.
(10) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Authority may
order that a correction be made to any official notice, and such
corrections shall be made and published, not less than two days
prior to the closing date of entries for said race day.
(11) Within two months after each meeting, the secretary
shall forward to the Registry Office—
(a) a list showing the actual remuneration paid to
each official and employee;
(b) a statement of revenue and expenditure for
the meeting.
24. (Repealed by LN 151/1991).
25. (1) When the weights are omitted from the advertised
conditions of any race, the colts shall carry 56.5 kg and
fillies 55 kg subject to penalties and allowances.
Omitted
conditions.
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(2) If the horses are of different age, the weight shall be
fixed by the sanctioned scale appended to these Rules.
(3) When no distance is mentioned, the following
shall apply:
(a) two-year olds—1,050 metres;
(b) three-year olds—1,200 metres;
(c) four-year olds and over—1,720 metres,
and if the course does not provide for the exact distances as stated,
the nearest distance shall apply.
(4) If the horses are of different ages the course shall be
fixed by the age of the youngest.
26. (Repealed by LN 151/1991).
27. (1) In handicaps the top weight which can be allotted shall
not exceed 64 kg, except that—
(a) in handicaps restricted to two-year old horses, the
maximum handicap shall not exceed 60 kg;
(b) in handicaps in which two-year old horses run
against horses of different ages, the maximum
handicap allotted to the two-year old shall not
exceed 58.5 kg.
(2) The top weight allotted in a handicap shall not be less
than 57.5 kg except that if the highest allotted starting weight is
less than 57.5 kg it shall be raised to that weight, and the other
acceptances raised equally.
(3) In handicaps the lowest starting weight shall not be
less than 44 kg, except that the handicapper may frame his handicap
down to weights below the permitted bottom weight.
(4) Extra weights shall not be incurred in respect of
matches or private sweepstakes.
28. The age of a horse shall be calculated from the
1st of January in the year in which he is foaled.
Handicaps.
[151/1991].
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29. (1) A race shall not be less than one thousand metres.
(2) Yearlings shall not run in any race.
(3) Two-year olds shall not run—
(a) before the 1st May;
(b) more than 1,200 metres before 1st August nor
in handicaps;
(c) more than one race in one day.
(4) No horse shall, without the consent of the stewards,
run more than one race in one day, but the second race in that day
shall not be run within two hours of the first race.
30. (1) A register of horses shall be kept by the Authority at
the Registry Office and shall contain the age, sex, pedigree and
colour of the horses and any distinguishing marks.
(2) No horse shall be registered in the name of or
transferred to an owner who is neither a registered owner nor a
recognised company including a company which has applied to
be a recognised company nor, a registered syndicate or a syndicate
which has applied to be registered.
31. (1) Horses foaled and registered in any country in which
there is a racing authority recognised by the Authority shall only
be accepted for registration by the Registry Office in accordance
with the Rules for Registration and Classification of Horses.
(2) Horses foaled in a country in which there is no racing
authority recognised by the Authority shall not be eligible for
registration in Trinidad and Tobago.
(3) No gelding imported into the West Indies or Guyana
shall be eligible for registration in Trinidad and Tobago.
32. (1) A name can only be claimed for a horse by application
at the Registry Office and where there is no other horse of the
same name, the name shall be registered and the ruling of the
Authority in this respect shall be final.
Prohibition on
horses running.
[151/1991].
Registration of
horses.
[151/1991].
Registration of
foreign horses.
[151/1991].
Names
of horses.
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(2) In the case of a horse which has been registered
outside of Trinidad and Tobago, under the same name as one already
registered in Trinidad and Tobago the name may be claimed for
him if accompanied by a suffix denoting country of birth, and the
name with the suffix shall then be registered.
(3) If the same name is simultaneously claimed for two
or more horses, the order of priority shall be determined by lot
at the Registry Office.
(4) No horse shall run unnamed.
(5) A horse’s name shall not be changed—
(a) after the horse has started;
(b) after the horse is three years old; or
(c) in the case of an imported horse whose name has
been registered by another recognised turf
authority except where written permission has
been given by that authority.
(6) Whenever the name under which a horse has run at
any recognised meeting in any country is changed or abandoned,
his old name as well as his new name or description must be given
on the first entry form after the change of name has been registered,
and the new name and the old name shall be included in the race
programme for that meeting.
(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of this rule, no claim
for the use of a name shall be accepted unless and until approved
by the Authority.
33. (1) A horse is not qualified to be entered or run in any
race where—
(a) he has run at an unrecognised meeting but a horse
shall not, unless the Authority otherwise decides,
be disqualified on the grounds that he has run at
a bona fide gymkhana held to provide funds for
charitable purposes providing that no such horse
which has previously been classified shall
thereafter be entitled to be classified;
Disqualification
of horses.
[151/1991].
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(b) he is owned or part owned by a
disqualified person;
(c) he is in the stable of, or under the care and
management of, a disqualified person;
(d) he is on the Arrears List;
(e) he is by these Rules or by the conditions of the
race not qualified;
(f) he has been declared disqualified by
the Authority;
(g) he has not been duly registered at the
Registry Office.
(2) A horse is not qualified to run in any race—
(a) unless he is duly entered for same;
(b) unless he has been declared a runner in
accordance with the provisions of these Rules;
(c) unless he is trained by a licensed trainer;
(d) if he has been tubed on the day of the races; or
(e) unless his jockey has been duly weighed out in
accordance with these Rules.
(3) Any horse which is the subject of fraudulent or
corrupt practices may, at the discretion of the Authority, be
disqualified for such time and for such races as the Authority
shall determine.
(4) Where a horse has been subject to an examination
under these Rules and the result of an analysis of any sample of
its tissue, body fluid or excreta is positive the horse shall be
disqualified for the race in question and may at the discretion of
the Authority be disqualified for such time and for such races
subsequent to the race in question as they shall determine.
(5) A horse that runs in a race and is not the horse that he
was represented to be at the time of entry shall on an objection
under rule 64(6)(a) be disqualified from such race.
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Entries,
subscriptions
declaration of
forfeit and
acceptance for
races.
[151/1991
186/1992].
(6) Horses that have never raced or have not had racing
experience from starting stalls must produce a certificate from
the Starter authorised by the Authority.
(7) No horse shall be disqualified for a race in respect of
any bonus payable, under the conditions of the race, to a disqualified
person as breeder or nominator and in the event of such horse
winning or being placed, such bonus shall be forfeited.
34. (1) Entries shall be made in writing on the prescribed
form and must be signed by the trainer named on the entry form
and by the following:
(a) the registered owner or the authorised agent of
that person;
(b) in the case of a partnership, the person with whom
the power of entry rests or the authorised agent
of that person; or
(c) in the case of a syndicate or registered company,
the authorised agent of the syndicate or the
registered company.
(2) All entrance money must be paid at the time of entry
and in the case of entries made by telegram, the entrance money
shall be forwarded on the same day as the telegram is despatched.
(3) No horse may be entered for any race if such horse is
not classified at the time for closing of entries.
(4) No horse may be entered for any race, other than a
race for which subscriptions close when such horse is a foal or
yearling, by or on behalf of any owner or any syndicate or any
partnership or any company whose name is not duly registered in
accordance with these Rules.
(5) Entries for all races shall on the day following the
closing be displayed on the notice board in the Registry Office
and published in such manner as the Authority or stewards
shall direct.
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35. (1) In every race there shall be a declaration of runners
on such days and at such times and places as the stewards of the
meeting shall decide.
(2) All declarations to run shall state—
(a) the name of the horse;
(b) the date of the meeting;
(c) the number of the race;
(d) the name of the jockey engaged to ride; and
(e) the equipment to be worn by the horse,
and shall be in writing on the appropriate form signed by the owner,
trainer, or authorised agent.
(3) No declaration shall be admitted after the advertised
time for closing of the same.
(4) Notwithstanding the provision of these Rules, in
respect of a horse named as a reserve, the declaration of a jockey
shall be made in writing to the Declaration Clerk not later than
one hour before the time fixed for the race.
(5) In the event that a jockey is not declared for a horse
after the horse has been declared a runner, except as provided in
subrule (4) hereof the owner, trainer or authorised agent may, unless
he lodges a certificate from the veterinary officer stating that the
horse has become unfit to race since the closing of the first
declaration, be fined an amount of two hundred and fifty dollars
and the horse shall be withdrawn from the race.
(6) Any horse which has been withdrawn from racing
on medical grounds shall not be permitted to take entry or race for
a period of ten days commencing from the day of the race.
(7) The declaration of runners shall not be available to
the public until the time fixed for the closing of declarations
has passed.
(8) Subsequent to the time fixed for the closing of
declarations the draw allotting positions at the start may be made
by the stewards.
Declarations.
[151/1991].
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36. (1) Entries shall be made in writing on the prescribed form
and must be signed—
(a) by the owner or his duly appointed authorised
agent and by the trainer named on the entry form;
(b) in the case of a partnership, by the person with
whom the power of entry rests, or by an authorised
agent appointed by such person in writing, and
by the trainer named on the entry form;
(c) in the case of a recognised company, by its
authorised agent and by the trainer named on the
entry form;
(d) in the event of the death of a sole registered owner
the stewards may, prior to the obtaining of a grant
of representation to his estate, accept an entry
signed by the person who in their opinion is
entitled to a grant of representation with respect
to the estate of the deceased registered owner or
his duly appointed agent and by the trainer named
on the entry form;
(e) in the event of the death of a person who is
registered as a part owner the stewards may, prior
to the obtaining of a grant of representation to his
estate at their discretion, accept an entry signed
by the surviving registered owner or the
authorised agent of such sole surviving owner or
if there is more than one surviving owner, the
authorised agent of such surviving owners and
the trainer named on the entry form.
(2) A horse shall not be entered in the real or assumed
name of any person as his owner, unless that person’s interest or
property in the horse is at least equal to that of any other person,
and has been so registered.
(3) The entry shall be made in the name or assumed name
of one person, and shall state the name or assumed name of the
Form of entry
or nomination.
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owner, the name of the trainer, and all other information as may
be required.
(4) No addition shall be made to any entry after the time
fixed for closing.
(5) A correction of an accidental error, or violation of
rules affecting entries may be allowed by the stewards with or
without payment of a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.
(6) Entries shall not become void on the death of the
person in whose name they have been made, and all rights,
privileges and liabilities that could have attached to the deceased
shall attach to his personal representative.
37. (1) An assumed name cannot be used unless registered
with the Registry Office.
(2) Any person who has registered an assumed name may
at any time abandon it by giving written notice to the Registry
Office, thereafter all entries that have been made in the assumed
name shall be altered to the real name of the owner.
(3) An assumed name shall not be registered for a licensed
trainer, a holder of a permit to train, a bookmaker, nor in respect
of a partnership in which any of such above-mentioned persons is
a member.
(4) No person or group of persons shall register more
than one assumed name and shall use the assumed name for a
period of not less than one year when entering horses at any
race meeting.
(5) No person once having registered an assumed name,
shall enter horses in his or her assumed name and real name.
(6) Where any group of persons register an assumed
name, colours shall also be registered for such partnership, and
no horse entered on an assumed name shall race in any colours
other than those registered as aforesaid except with the
permission of the stewards.
Assumed
names.
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Owners,
partnerships,
recognised
companies,
leases and
contingencies.
[151/1991].
38. (1) A register of the names of owners of horses shall be
kept by the Authority at the Registry Office.
(2) The name of an owner may only be registered by
application to the Registry Office on the prescribed form signed
by the owner in the presence of a witness.
(3) In the case of an owner other than a recognised
company a fee of fifty dollars must accompany each application.
(4) On approval of the application by the Authority
registration as an owner becomes effective and the owner shall be
bound by the Rules of Racing.
(5) If an owner becomes a disqualified person or is in
arrears or has a receiving order made against him his registration
becomes void.
(6) Where a horse is owned by a partnership, a document
stating the name and address of every partner having an interest in
the horse and the relevant proportions of such interest, and the
name of the partner with whom the power of entry rests must be
signed by all the partners or their authorised agents and lodged at
the Registry Office, and a partnership shall, for the purposes of
these Rules, consist of no more than five persons.
(7) No partner shall assign his share or any part thereof
in a horse without the consent in writing of his partners, and the
Registry Office shall be notified immediately, in writing, of the
severence or termination of a partnership.
(8) Where a horse is owned by a syndicate, which is for
the purposes of these Rules a group of more than five persons,
a formal agreement signed by every member of the syndicate or
his authorised agent shall be lodged at the Registry Office at the
time the application for registering ownership is made together
with such further information as the Authority may from time to
time require.
(9) The agreement shall include the name and address of
each member of the syndicate and the share each member has in
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the horse and shall set out all financial arrangements agreed
between the members and in particular details in respect of payment
of any contribution due from members towards training and
other expenses.
(10) A fee of one hundred and fifty dollars shall be paid
at the time such an agreement is lodged, which shall be refunded
if the application for registration of ownership is refused.
(11) In the event of any change in the terms of the
agreement a new agreement shall be lodged at the Registry Office,
and failure to comply with this subrule shall result in the horse not
being allowed to race.
(12) On the Authority approving membership of the
syndicate the agreement shall be registered and the Registry Office
shall forward certified copies of the agreement to those members
of the syndicate who act on behalf of the syndicate.
(13) A recognised company shall be eligible to apply to
the Registry Office for its name to be included in the Register of
Owners, and such company shall only enter and run a horse if it is
the sole legal owner of that horse.
(14) The Authority shall have complete discretion whether
to approve and register a company as a recognised company or
not, save that they shall refuse to approve and register a company
as a recognised company unless—
(a) they have been provided with a list of the names
of the directors and of the company secretary
and are satisfied that none of them is a
disqualified person;
(b) a copy of each of the following documents has
been lodged at the Registry Office:
(i) Memorandum and Articles of Association;
(ii) address of the registered office;
(iii) receipts for filing the List of Directors and
the registered office;
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(iv) copy of Certificate of Incorporation;
(v) the Sixth Schedule return for the
previous year.
(15) A deposit of five hundred dollars is payable by the
company on application for registration.
(16) The Authority shall cancel the registration of any
recognised company under these Rules where—
(a) any director of the company is or becomes a
disqualified person;
(b) any officer of the company fails to furnish to the
Authority or the Registry Office such information
as they may request, within a reasonable time;
(c) the company is being wound up or a receiver and
manager has been appointed;
(d) any authorised agent of the company is or
becomes a disqualified person.
(17) A recognised company shall only be entitled to
exercise the power of an owner through its authorised agent and a
fee of fifty dollars in respect of each agent shall be paid annually.
(18) No horse owned by a recognised company may be
entered or fulfil any engagement unless there is in the register at
least one authorised agent of that company, and no more than two
agents shall be authorised for any one company.
(19) The Authority shall cancel the registration of any
authorised agent if—
(a) the authorised agent is or becomes a
disqualified person;
(b) the authorised agent is or becomes bankrupt; or
(c) the recognised company ceases for any reason to
be registered as such.
(20) Registration of an authorised agent shall be cancelled
at the request of the recognised company where the request is made
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in writing under the company seal and is accompanied by a copy
of the minutes recording the company’s resolution to cancel the
said registration.
(21) The decision of the Authority in all matters to
which this rule relates shall be final.
38A. (1) Racing colours shall be registered at the
Registry Office.
(2) Colours so registered shall not be taken by any
other person.
(3) All disputes as to the rights to particular colours
shall be settled by the Racing Authority.
(4) No owner shall register more than one set of colours,
however distinguishing caps shall be declared at scale where an
owner has more than one runner in the same race.
*39. (1) No person shall ride in any race at any recognised
meeting until he has obtained a licence from the Authority.
(2) Licences expire on December 15 each year, and
must be applied for annually on the prescribed form, with full
name and address, at the Registry Office.
(3) Licences applied for after December 15 shall only be
granted at the discretion of the Authority.
(4) Any horse ridden in a race in contravention of this
rule shall be liable to disqualification by the stewards, and a jockey
and the person responsible for his being employed, shall be reported
to the stewards.
Racing colours.
[151/1991].
Jockeys.
[151/1991
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*Note on rule 39 —The Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority (Amendment) Rules, 1991
[LN 151/ 1991] amended Rule 39 of the Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority Rules, 1989
(LN 4/1990) by renumbering subrules 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, as subrules 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11,
respectively. However, the Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority (Amendment) Rules, 1992
(LN 186/1992), further amends rule 39 by including subrules 11A and 12.
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(5) Every jockey shall procure, at his own expense, a
medical certificate of fitness from a medical doctor and eye test
from an optometrist before he can obtain a licence or a renewal
of licence.
(6) The Authority may at any time require a jockey to
undergo a medical test for drug or alcohol abuse, as a condition
precedent for the grant, retention or renewal of his licence.
(7) No person shall ride in any race at any recognised
meeting unless he is wearing a skull cap fitted with a chin strap of
a pattern approved by the Authority.
(8) Jockeys leaving the country to ride at a meeting abroad
must obtain a clearance from the Authority.
(9) Before leaving the country in which he has been riding,
the jockey must obtain a clearance from the turf authority of that
country, before he is permitted to ride again in Trinidad and Tobago.
(10) An apprentice leaving the country to ride abroad
must, in addition to fulfilling the above requirements, obtain a
certificate from the Authority indicating his total number of
wins and rides as at that date, and shall obtain a similar
certificate of performance from the turf authority of the country in
which he rode, before he is permitted to ride again in Trinidad
and Tobago.
(11) In the absence of any special agreement which is
registered with the Authority, jockeys and apprentices shall be
paid commissions on prize money in accordance with the provisions
of these Rules.
(11A) An owner shall pay the following fees per mount:
(a) to jockeys, the sum of seventy-five dollars; and
(b) to apprentice jockeys, the sum of fifty dollars.
(12) The fees specified in subrule (11A) shall be
deposited with the Clerk of the Scales or his authorised substitute
before a jockey or apprentice jockey is weighed out.
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Age-limit for
licence.
Grooms and
stable lads.
40. (1) A copy of all agreements between a jockey and his
employer shall be registered at the Registry Office.
(2) The Authority may adjudicate between persons
claiming the services of any jockey and, on disputes between
jockeys and their employers, and may cancel any agreement
between them.
(3) Any owner who fails within twenty-one days after a
meeting to pay any amount which is due by him to any jockey for
riding at such meeting may be declared by the Authority to be in
default and shall thereupon become a disqualified person.
(4) No official notice will be taken of breaches of any
agreements not registered at the Registry Office.
41. No licence shall be given to amateur or professional
jockeys, who are under the age of thirteen.
42. (1) No groom or stable lad shall be employed unless he
obtains a licence from the Authority.
(2) Licences expire on December 15, each year, and must
be applied for annually, on the prescribed form with full name
and address, at the Registry Office.
(3) Licences applied for after December 15 will only be
granted at the discretion of the Authority.
(4) No licensed groom or stable lad shall be employed
on any racing premises except by a licensed trainer, and no groom
or stable lad shall be employed by more than one licensed trainer
at the same time.
(5) A licence shall not be issued to a groom or stable lad
unless he produces a letter from his trainer certifying that he is
employed with him.
(6) In the event of a groom or stable lad being dismissed
on the grounds of alleged impropriety or unsatisfactory service
the trainer must report to the Registry Office the reason for
the dismissal.
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(7) A trainer who employs a groom or stable lad after
notice has been served on him through the Registry Office shall
be reported to the Authority.
(8) A groom or stable lad shall have the right to appeal
through the Registry Office.
(9) Every groom or stable lad attending a meeting
shall produce his licence at the request of an official of the
meeting and where the conditions of the meeting call for the
wearing of a special badge, he shall carry such badge in a
conspicuous place upon his person at all times during the meeting.
(10) Upon failure to produce a licence or badge the groom
or stable lad may be ejected from the club’s enclosures.
(11) Grooms shall be paid commission on prize money
in accordance with the provisions of these Rules.
43. (1) An applicant for a Private or Open Trainer’s Licence
or Assistant Trainer’s Licence shall not be less than eighteen
years old.
(2) No trainer or assistant trainer of a horse running
under these Rules shall operate without a licence obtained
annually from the Racing Authority.
(3) A licence shall be granted in the absolute discretion
of the Authority and shall expire on December 15 in each year,
and must be applied for annually on the prescribed form.
(4) A trainer or assistant trainer operating without a licence
shall be liable to a fine, or may be declared a disqualified person
at the discretion of the Authority.
(5) A trainer or assistant trainer applying for a licence for
the first time must satisfy the criteria laid down by the Racing
Authority as published from time to time prior to being granted
such licence.
(6) Every licensed trainer shall make a report to the
Authority on the prescribed form on or before the fifteenth day
Trainer.
[151/1991].
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of each month indicating the name of all horses in his stable, as
well as the names of the grooms of these horses and failure to
make such a report shall result in a fine of fifty dollars unless a
reasonable explanation is received that the Racing Authority
considers satisfactory.
(7) Every licensed trainer shall inform the Registry Office
in writing on the appropriate form that—
(a) he has given up responsibility of a horse;
(b) that he has accepted the responsibility for training
a horse, within seventy-two hours of so doing.
(8) In the event of a dispute arising between the trainer
and owner over moneys due, and the owner wishes to remove
the horse from the trainer’s stable, the trainer must upon the
written request of the owner deliver the horse and sign the
appropriate Form of Release of the horse, and at the same time
lodge with the Registry Office a statement detailing his claim
against the owner.
(9) If the trainer fails to sign the release form and fails to
give up possession of the horse, the Authority shall permit the
appointment of a new trainer, and the former trainer shall face
such sanctions as the Authority decides.
(10) The Registry Office, upon receipt of a statement of
claim from the trainer, shall notify the owner in writing of the said
claim by registered mail or by signed hand delivery to the last
known address of the owner, and the owner shall be required to
answer the claim in writing within one week whereupon the
Authority shall fix a day for hearing the matter.
(11) Where the owner fails to respond to the claim of
the trainer within seven days of notice from the Authority, the
Authority may take such steps as necessary to declare the owner a
defaulter, upon which both he and the horse shall be declared
disqualified and placed on the forfeit list.
(12) Where the Authority finds in favour of the trainer,
the owner shall be required to settle the claim within fourteen days,
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failing which the Authority may declare the owner a defaulter
and both he and the horse shall be disqualified and placed on the
Arrears List.
(13) Where arrears remain unpaid both the owner and
horse are disqualified.
(14) A person whose licence to train has been withdrawn
on the ground of misconduct is a disqualified person.
(15) No licensed trainer shall hold a jockey’s or
groom’s licence.
(16) In the absence of any special agreement registered
with the Authority, trainers shall be paid commission on prize
money in accordance with the provision of these Rules.
(17) Every trainer is responsible for the condition of the
saddle which he uses and all equipment worn by the horse.
44. (1) No person shall exercise any horse at any of the
racetracks in the country until he has obtained a licence as an
exercise lad from the Authority having satisfied the Authority as
to his ability to ride.
(2) Every exercise lad shall procure, at his own expense,
a medical certificate of fitness from a doctor, as well as an eye test
report from an optometrist and any other certificate as may be
prescribed from time to time by the Authority.
(3) No exercise lad shall ride any horse at work unless he
is wearing an approved skull cap fitted with a chin strap.
(4) Licences expire on December 15 each year and must
be applied for annually on the prescribed form, with full name
and address at the Registry Office.
(5) A trainer utilising the services of an exercise lad
shall ensure that these Rules are adhered to and any trainer whose
exercise lad is found violating these Rules shall be subject to such
disciplinary action as the Authority deems necessary.
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45. (1) Apprentice jockeys shall be entitled to the
following allowances:
(a) 3 kg until the apprentice has won twenty
races; thereafter,
(b) 2 kg until the apprentice has won forty
races; thereafter
(c) 1 kg until the apprentice has won sixty races.
(2) After sixty wins the jockey ceases to be an apprentice
and shall ride with an open licence.
(3) Apprentice jockeys claiming 3 kg shall be entitled to
ride in the following races:
(a) on an eight-race card the apprentice may only ride
in five open races and in one race restricted to
jockeys holding apprentice licences;
(b) on a nine-race card and over an apprentice may
only ride in six open races, and one race restricted
to jockeys holding apprentice licences.
(4) In the event that a race framed for apprentice jockeys
only is divided by the stewards at declaration time, an apprentice
claiming 3 kg will be eligible to ride in both apprentice races and
five open races on a nine-race card and over.
(5) The allowances stated in this rule are subject to the
following conditions:
(a) apprentice licences will be issued to apprentice
jockeys between the ages of thirteen and twenty-
three years;
(b) no apprentice jockey over the age of twenty-five
years will be entitled to apprentice allowances;
(c) allowances may be claimed in weight-for-age
races, allotted weight races and in handicaps with
the exception of any race which is officially
designated a Graded Race (Grade I, II or III) by
the Racing Authority;
Apprentice
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(d) in races confined to apprentices only, apprentices
entitled to the lowest allowance in the scale, shall
ride at the allotted weights and other apprentices
will ride at the allowances to which they are
entitled in relation to the lowest;
(e) apprentices who obtain their apprentice licences
abroad will only be considered for the grant of an
apprentice licence in Trinidad and Tobago after
they have ridden in twenty-five races in the
country in which they were granted such licence
and subject to such other conditions as the
Authority shall determine;
(f) calculations of rides and wins for the apprentice
allowance shall be made on the riding record of
the apprentice wherever he rides under the
Rules of Racing, provided that the apprentice
holds an apprentice licence in the country where
he is based.
46. (Repealed by LN 151/1991).
47. (1) In every race, other than handicaps, there shall be at
least one horse that carries the full weight for age but a mare or
filly shall be entitled to a 1.5 kg allowance when meeting colts
and geldings.
(2) For the purposes of this rule a horse shall be deemed
to be in a race if declared to run at the one-hour declaration stage
pursuant to these Rules.
48. (1) Unless otherwise specified in the conditions of a race
winners shall carry 3 kg extra for the first win and in addition 2 kg
for every other win provided that the first-mentioned penalty shall
not be carried by a horse which was entitled to a maiden allowance
when it won.
(2) Extra weight shall not be incurred in respect of
matches or private sweepstakes.
Weights.
[151/1991].
Penalties.
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(3) When a race is in dispute the horse that came in first
and any horse claiming the race shall be liable to all penalties
attaching to the winner of that race until the matter is decided.
(4) When a race is the subject of an enquiry against the
winner as a result of a breach of these Rules, both the horse that
came in first and second in the said race shall be liable to all
penalties attaching to the winner of that race until the matter
is decided.
49. (1) Unless otherwise specified in the conditions of
a race—
(a) horses, when meeting others of a higher class or
subclass, shall receive allowances at the rate of
2 kg for each subclass up to a maximum of 8 kg;
(b) mares and fillies shall be allowed 1.5 kg when
meeting colts and geldings; and
(c) maidens shall be allowed 3 kg when
meeting winners.
(2) Allowances must be claimed at the time of entry
where practicable but omission to claim is not a ground
for disqualification.
(3) A claim for an allowance to which a horse is not
entitled is not a ground for disqualification unless carried out
at scale.
(4) Allowances are cumulative unless otherwise stated.
50. No person shall, without special leave from the stewards,
be admitted to the weighing room, except the owner, authorised
agent, trainer and jockey or other person having the care of a horse
engaged in the race, and any person refusing to leave shall be
reported to the stewards.
51. (1) No horse shall be weighed out for any race unless he
has been duly declared a runner.
Allowances.
[151/1991].
The weighing
room.
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(2) If a horse so declared is unable to race, a further
declaration must be made to the stewards at least one hour before
the race stating the reason for the horse’s withdrawal and the
stewards shall have the right, at their discretion, of imposing a
fine on the trainer of any horse withdrawn after the closing
of declarations.
(3) The trainer shall be responsible for the weight to be
carried by his horse.
(4) Where a jockey, who has been declared to ride, does
not present himself to be weighed, another jockey may, with the
permission of the stewards, be substituted, as long as he can be
weighed within the time specified in subrule (8) of this rule.
(5) Where a jockey, who has been declared to ride, is
replaced by the owner, trainer or authorised agent with another
jockey following the permission of the stewards, such jockey
replaced shall be compensated by the owner in the like manner of
the jockey actually riding the horse, by being paid the normal riding
fee, as long as his services are not otherwise engaged in the race.
(6) Any owner, trainer or authorised agent who replaces
a jockey originally declared to ride without just cause or except as
provided by subrule (9) of this rule, may be fined an amount of
two hundred and fifty dollars by the stewards.
(7) Where a jockey, who has been declared to ride, reneges
on his obligations without just cause, except as provided by
subrule (9) of this rule, such jockey may be fined an amount of
two hundred and fifty dollars by the stewards.
(8) A jockey must be weighed for a specified horse by
the Clerk of the Scales, at the appointed place, not less than a quarter
of an hour before the time fixed for the race, and in exceptional
cases or where the delay of a previous race has rendered punctuality
impossible, the stewards may extend the time allowed for weighing
and declaring weights.
(9) Where a jockey, after he has been weighed for a
specified horse and before he has been under the Starter’s orders,
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is prevented by accident or illness from riding in the race, another
jockey may be substituted provided there is no unreasonable delay.
(10) When the numbers have been exhibited no alteration
or addition can be made without the leave of the stewards.
(11) Should any horse whose number has been exhibited,
not come under Starter’s orders, the owner and any person
responsible may be fined, or otherwise dealt with, at the discretion
of the stewards.
(12) Where a jockey intends to carry overweight he must
declare the amount thereof at the time of weighing out or, if in
doubt as to his proper weight he may declare the weight he intends
to carry but in no case should the overweight exceed 3 kg in the
case of horses to carry 45 kg and over and 4 kg in the case of
horses to carry 46 kg and under except with the permission of
the stewards.
(13) Where a horse runs in a martingale, breastplate or
clothing these items must be put into the scale and included in the
jockey’s weight.
(14) No hood, blinkers, visor, eyeshield or tongue-strap
shall be allowed in the scale, either in weighing-out or
weighing-in.
(15) The use of blinding hoods, except when entering
starting stalls, is prohibited, but if a horse is to run in a hood,
blinkers, visor or eyeshields, or with a tongue-strap, a declaration
shall be made at the declaration time as specified in these Rules.
(16) When a horse has been declared to run in a hood,
blinkers, visor, eyeshield or with a tongue-strap, these items must
be worn by the horse all the way to the start and during the race,
and failure to comply with this rule shall result in the horse not
being allowed to run.
(17) When no declaration of hood, blinkers, visor,
eyeshield or tongue-strap is made such equipment shall not be
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worn by any horse on the way to start and during the race and
upon failure to comply with this rule he shall not be allowed
to run.
(18) In the event that a horse has run the course in
breach of this rule such horse shall, on objection lodged under
these Rules, be disqualified from its original position in the race
and placed last, and the stewards shall impose a fine in the amount
of five hundred dollars on the trainer of the horse and refer the
matter to the Racing Authority for further action as may be
considered necessary.
52. (1) Every horse running a race shall carry a saddlecloth
bearing a number corresponding with his number in the programme.
(2) The cloth will be supplied to the rider at the time
of weighing-out, and must be worn so that the number is
clearly visible.
(3) The rider shall put the cloth in the scale and include it
in his weight, and immediately after weighing in he shall deliver it
up to the official appointed to receive it.
53.
to (Repealed by LN 151/1991).
54.
55. (1) Every horse which runs in a race shall be run on his
merits, whether his owner runs another horse in the race or not.
(2) A jockey shall take all reasonable and permissible
measures throughout the race to ensure that his horse is given full
opportunity to win or of obtaining the best possible placing.
(3) Where a horse or his jockey causes interference to
any other horse or jockey by accident or careless riding in any part
of the race the horse shall, on objection under rule 64, be
disqualified or placed behind the horse or horses with which it
}
Saddlecloth.
Running.
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interfered, if the stewards are satisfied that interference affected
the result of the race.
(4) If the stewards are not so satisfied or if the judge has
placed the horse behind the horse or horses with which it has
interfered they shall order the placings to remain unaltered.
(5) Where a horse or his jockey causes interference to
any other horse or jockey by reckless or foul riding in any part of
a race the horse shall on an objection under rule 64 be disqualified.
56. If a race has been run by all the horses at the wrong
weights or over the wrong course or distance, or before the
appointed time, or if the judge is not in the booth at the time the
first horse passes the winning post or if no horse finishes, the race
shall be void.
57. (Repealed by LN 151/1991).
58. (1) In walking over for a race, in no case shall it be
necessary for a horse to “walk over” the race course.
(2) Where only one horse is declared a runner under these
Rules that horse shall be ridden past the Judge’s box, and shall
then be deemed the winner, and incur the usual winning penalties.
59. (1) When horses run a dead-heat, the dead-heat shall not
be run off.
(2) Each horse that divides the prize for first place shall
be deemed a winner.
(3) Where two horses run a dead-heat for first place, all
prizes to which the first and second horses would have been
entitled shall be divided equally between them, and this principle
shall be observed in dividing the prizes whatever the number of
dead-heaters and whatever the place for which the dead-heat
is run.
(4) When a dead-heat is run for second place, and an
objection is made to the winner of the race and sustained, the horses
Void Race.
[151/1991].
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Dead-heats.
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which ran the dead-heat shall be deemed to have run a dead-heat
for first place.
(5) If the dividing owners cannot agree as to which of
them is to have a cup or other prize which cannot be divided, the
question shall be determined by lot by the stewards, who shall
decide what sum of money be paid by the owner who takes such
cup or other indivisible prize to the other owner or owners.
(6) On a dead-heat for a match, the match is off.
60. (1) Immediately after pulling up, the first, second and third
placed jockeys of each race must ride his horse to the place
appointed for unsaddling the placed horses, the other jockeys
dismounting within a reasonable distance of that place.
(2) Every jockey must present himself to be weighed by
the Clerk of the Scales as soon as possible after dismounting and
where a jockey is prevented from riding back to weigh in by reason
of accident or illness, by which either he or his horse is disabled,
he may either walk or shall be carried to the scales.
(3) In cases where the Judge, in consulting the photograph,
has not announced his decision before the jockeys return to weigh
in, the jockeys may dismount within a reasonable distance of the
place appointed for unsaddling placed horses and in such a case
the Clerk of the Scales shall weigh in all jockeys until such time
as the Judge’s decision is announced.
(4) When the jockeys have weighed in to the satisfaction
of the Clerk of the Scales at not less than the weight at which they
weighed out, except as under these Rules, the stewards shall
authorise the appropriate signal to be hoisted over the number board
provided that—
(a) the five minutes allowed for objecting under these
Rules has lapsed;
(b) any objection which may have been lodged
on grounds mentioned in these Rules has
been decided.
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(5) No objection on any grounds other than those
mentioned in these Rules shall be entertained prior to the hoisting
of the signal.
(6) After the signal has been hoisted no alteration
shall be made to the numbers of the winner or placed horses on
the board.
(7) In weighing in, a jockey shall include in his weight
everything that the horse has carried in the race, except as provided
in these Rules.
(8) If a jockey is too ill to weigh in, his horse shall not be
disqualified provided that the jockey weighed out at not less than
his proper weight.
(9) If a horse carries more than 1 kg over his proper weight
or over the weight at which his jockey weighed out, the matter
shall be reported to the stewards who may disqualify the horse,
and deal with the jockey, owner or trainer as they may decide.
(10) If a jockey cannot draw the weight at which he
weighed out, the Clerk of the Scales shall allow him 0.5 kg and if
he cannot then draw the weight, his horse shall be disqualified.
(11) If a horse carries less than the weight he should carry
in accordance with the conditions of the race and these Rules, he
shall, on an objection under these Rules be disqualified.
(12) If a jockey does not present himself to weigh in or
touches any person or thing other than his own equipment before
weighing in, or in the case of the winner, dismounts before reaching
the place appointed for that purpose, his horse shall be disqualified
unless he can satisfy the stewards that he was justified by
extraordinary circumstances.
61. (1) A race may be declared void where the number of
actual entries is not the same in number as those advertised, but
the value of a prize once advertised shall not be reduced.
(2) When a cup or plate or any added money is advertised
to be run for, it shall be given in the event of a walk over.
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(3) When a walk over is the result of an arrangement by
the owners of the horses engaged, neither the cup, nor any portion
of the advertised money need be given.
(4) If the winner has walked over, or no horse has been
placed second, or in any lower place, the money provided by the
conditions for the horse placed second, or in any lower place, shall
not be given at all.
(5) No prize shall be given to any but the first four
horses, unless otherwise directed by the Authority.
(6) Prize money provided by the conditions of races
shall be paid pursuant to these Rules as follows:
(a) 62 per cent to the owner of the winner;
(b) 22 per cent to the owner of the second;
(c) 11 per cent to the owner of the third;
(d) 5 per cent to the owner of the fourth.
(7) Earned commissions shall be deducted by the secretary
from the prize money and paid to the jockey, trainer and groom in
accordance with the following procedure:
(a) Graded Races (Grade I and II only)—
(i) Jockeys—10 per cent on all places First–
Fourth inclusive of basic riding fees;
(ii) Apprentices—5 per cent on all places First–
Fourth inclusive of basic riding fees;
(b) Non-graded Races and Grade III—
(i) Jockeys–10 per cent of First Place only,
inclusive of basic riding fees;
(ii) Apprentices—5 per cent of First Place only,
inclusive of basic riding fees;
(c) Trainers—10 per cent on all places First–Fourth
in all races;
(d) Grooms— 21/2 per cent on all places First–Fourth
in all races.
62. Where a race is not run or is void, forfeits and entrance
money shall be returned.
Entrance money
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63. (1) In the absence of any condition to the contrary
approved by the Authority a breeder’s or sire’s premium shall be
paid only to the breeder or owner of the sire entitled thereto or in
the event of his death to his legal personal representative.
(2) No breeder’s and sire’s premium shall be paid to any
government department or racing club, and no sale or assignment
of a breeder’s or sire’s premium will be recognised as valid by
the Authority.
(3) In any race designated in the official race programme
of a race meeting as being eligible for the payment of breeder’s
and sire’s premium a breeder’s premium shall be paid to the breeder
of any horse foaled in Trinidad and Tobago, a sire’s premium to
the owner of the sire of any horse only if sired in Trinidad and
Tobago which places first, second or third.
(4) If the winner and any placed horse was not sired or
foaled in Trinidad and Tobago, no premium shall be payable on
these places.
64. (1) If an objection to a horse engaged in a race is made
not later than half past ten in the morning of the day of the race,
the stewards may require his qualification to be proved before
the race and, in default of such proof being given to their
satisfaction, they may declare him disqualified.
(2) An objection to the distance of a course officially
designated shall be made before a race.
(3) An objection to any decision of the Clerk of the Scales
shall be made to the Clerk of the Scales and a deposit lodged unless
under special circumstances the stewards are satisfied that it
could not have been made within that time.
(4) An objection to a horse on the grounds of—
(a) a cross, jostle, or any act on the part of his jockey,
or the horse not having run the proper course;
(b) the race being run on a wrong course, or of any
other matter occurring in the race, or before
weighing in;
Breeder’s
premium.
[151/1991].
Disputes and
objections.
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(c) the jockey not presenting himself to weigh in or
that he could not draw the weight at which he
weighed out; or
(d) the horse not wearing equipment as declared,
shall be made within five minutes after the winner has been weighed
in, unless, under special circumstances, the stewards are satisfied
that it could not have been made within that time.
(5) No objection on any other grounds other than those
contained in subrule (4) shall be heard within five minutes of the
winner being weighed in.
(6) An objection on any of the undermentioned grounds
may be received within fourteen days after the day of the race in
question, or within such time as the Racing Authority may fix—
(a) that the horse which ran was not the horse that he
was represented to be at the time of entry, or that
he or his jockey was not qualified under the
conditions of the race;
(b) that the horse has run in contravention of the rules
of partnership;
(c) that the horse has run in contravention of the rule
relating to the disqualification of horses;
(d) that the weight carried by the horse was incorrect;
(e) that a drug or stimulant was administered to the
horse internally or by hypodermic or other
methods which may have affected the speed of
the horse; or
(f) that the horse ran in contravention of the rule
related to the wearing of declared equipment.
(7) Every objection contained in subrule (6) shall be in
writing, and must be signed by the owner of a horse engaged in
the race, or by his authorised agent, or by his trainer, or by his
jockey and must be made to the Clerk of the Scales, and a deposit
shall be lodged at the Registry Office.
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(8) An objection may be made without deposit by a
steward or official of a meeting in his official capacity.
(9) An objection cannot be withdrawn without leave of
the stewards or the Authority.
(10) If an objection to a horse which has won or has
been placed in a race is declared valid, the horse shall be regarded
as having been last in the race, and shall not be entitled to any
prize, the other horses taking positions accordingly except that in
case of a disqualification, the stewards may determine the extent
of the disqualification and may place the offending horse behind
such horse or horses, as in their judgment, it interfered with directly
or indirectly.
(11) All costs and expenses in relation to determining an
objection or conducting an enquiry, and any reasonable
compensation for outlay incurred, shall be paid by such person or
persons lodging the objection and in such proportions as the
stewards or the Authority shall direct.
(12) Pending the determination of an objection, any prize
which the horse objected to may have won or may win in the race,
shall be withheld until the objection is determined.
(13) All disputes, objections and appeals referred to or
brought before the Authority for their decision shall be decided by
at least five members of the Board at any meeting of the Authority.
65. (1) Any owner, trainer or jockey of a horse in a race the
subject of an objection under these Rules who is aggrieved by the
stewards’ decision, or any person upon whom any form of penalty
has been imposed by the stewards shall be entitled to appeal to the
Racing Authority.
(2) The owner, trainer or jockey shall lodge a notice of
appeal in writing to the Registry Office stating his grounds of appeal
within seventy-two hours of the decision taken by the stewards
exclusive of Sundays and Public Holidays and on all occasions
Appeals.
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when an appeal is lodged a deposit shall be lodged with the
Authority at the same time, which sum may be forfeited unless the
Authority decides there were good and reasonable grounds for
the appeal.
(3) The enforcement of any suspension on a jockey shall
be deferred upon an appeal against same being lodged, pending
the determination of the said appeal by the Authority.
(4) A person aggrieved by the decision of the stewards
to refuse or cancel their entry except in cases where entries
are rejected for breach of these Rules, shall have the right to
appeal to the Authority by notice in writing upon payment of a
deposit within twenty-four hours of being informed of the
stewards’ decision and the deposit shall be forfeited unless the
Authority decides there were good and reasonable grounds for
the appeal.
(5) Pending the appeal the entry shall be considered as
having been provisionally accepted and if the cancellation of an
entry is ratified, the entrance fee shall be repaid to the owner.
(6) Any person aggrieved by the weight appended by
the handicappers, or the classification appended by the classifiers
may appeal to the Authority in writing within one day of publication
of the changes to the classification list and publication of the
weights, together with a statement setting out the grounds for
such appeal and a deposit shall be paid which may be forfeited
unless the Authority decides there were good and reasonable
grounds for an appeal.
(7) The Authority shall give to the parties involved in the
appeal under subrule (5) one day’s notice of the name of any
person that the Authority may wish to call to the hearing.
66. No horse shall be disqualified on account of any error in
the entry or violation of a rule which might have been corrected
on payment of a fine, but the stewards may inflict fines upon, or
otherwise deal with, any persons responsible for such errors.
Error in the
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67. (1) No drug shall be administered, no body wash,
linament, freezing agent or irritant shall be applied, and no
electrical, mechanical, or other appliances other than an approved
whip or spurs shall be used for the purpose of affecting the speed,
stamina, courage or conduct of a horse in a race.
(2) No person shall administer, or cause to be administered
for the purpose of affecting the speed, stamina, courage or conduct
of a horse, drugs, stimulants or depressants internally by
hypodermic or other method.
(3) No person shall corruptly give or offer, or promise
directly or indirectly, any bribe in any form to any official in relation
to a race or racehorse, or to any trainer, jockey, or agent or to any
other person having charge of, or access to, any racehorse.
(4) No person having official duties in relation to a race,
or if any trainer, jockey, agent or other person having charge of or
access to any racehorse, shall accept or offer to accept any bribe in
any form.
(5) No person shall wilfully enter or cause to be entered
or to start for any race a horse which he knows or believes to
be disqualified.
(6) If any person conspires with any other person for
the commission of any corrupt or fraudulent practice in relation to
racing or breeding in this or any other country such person
shall be excluded from the premises by the stewards and
reported forthwith to the Racing Authority, who may either with
or without further enquiry warn him off all places where these
Rules are in force.
(7) When any horse has been declared to run under
these Rules and has been the subject of an examination and the
result of an analysis of any sample of its tissue, body fluid or
excreta is positive, the Authority shall impose a fine upon the
trainer of the horse in question and may, at their discretion,
withdraw his licence.
Corrupt and
fraudulent
practices.
[151/1991].
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68. (1) Any person who administers or attempts to administer
or allows to be administered or connives at the administration to a
horse of a prohibited substance or foreign matter with the intention
to affect the racing performance of that horse in a race or with
knowledge that his racing performance in a race could be affected
shall be guilty of a breach of these Rules and be declared a
disqualified person or otherwise penalised by the Authority under
these Rules.
(2) When a person is warned off by the Racing Authority
he is, so long as his exclusion continues, a disqualified person.
(3) Any person on whom disqualifications have been
imposed by any turf authority, recognised by the Jockey Club of
England, is a disqualified person under these Rules, so long as the
disqualification continues.
(4) Any person who acts in any official capacity, enters,
owns, trains, or rides a horse entered or running at any unrecognised
meeting, is liable to become a disqualified person by the Authority
for such time as they think fit, and if any person assists a disqualified
person to enter any stand, stable, paddock or enclosure, such person
may be declared a disqualified person by the Authority.
(5) At the close of any recognised meeting the Secretary
shall within fourteen days report to the Registry Office all persons
in arrears and the amounts due.
(6) The Registry Office shall thereupon notify each person
so reported of the amounts due by him by letter sent by registered
post or signed hand delivery to the last known place of abode or
business of such person.
(7) If any person so notified fails to pay the arrears within
twenty-eight days of the date of posting or delivery of such letter,
he shall forthwith become a disqualified person.
(8) As long as the name of the person is in the arrears list
or in the official forfeit list published by the recognised turf
authority of any country he is a disqualified person.
Disqualified
persons.
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(9) A disqualified person, so long as his disqualification
lasts, shall not—
(a) act as a steward or official at any
recognised meeting;
(b) act as an authorised agent under these Rules;
(c) subscribe for, enter, run, train, or ride a horse in
any race at any recognised meeting, or ride
in trials;
(d) enter any racecourse, stand or enclosure;
(e) except with the permission of the Racing
Authority be employed in any racing stable.
69. (Repealed by LN 151/1991).
70. (1) Sample tests as may be required from time to time by
the stewards or the Racing Authority shall be taken under the
supervision of a duly qualified veterinary surgeon from all winning
horses at all recognised meetings.
(2) The stewards or the Racing Authority may also direct
that samples be taken from any other horse as they deem fit.
(3) The samples shall be taken in accordance with
conditions from time to time prescribed by the Racing Authority.
(4) All samples taken may be submitted to the
Government Chemist or such other analyst whether in Trinidad
and Tobago or elsewhere as the Racing Authority may direct, and
all expenses incurred shall be borne by the club holding the meeting.
(5) An official shall be appointed by the Racing Authority
to supervise the taking of the samples, and the safeguarding of
them until they are delivered to the Government Chemist or such
other analyst as aforesaid.
(6) The groom and either the owner, trainer or authorised
agent (hereinafter referred to as “the other person”) shall be present
immediately after the race, at the place appointed for the taking of
the test while the sample is taken, and shall sign the official form
Sample tests of
saliva, sweat,
urine, etc.
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certifying that they have witnessed the taking of the sample and
the official sealing of the receptacle containing the sample.
(7) Where the groom or other person is not present at the
taking of the sample or refuses to sign the official form, the matter
shall be referred to the stewards for such action as they deem fit,
but failure on the part of the groom or the other person to be present
or to sign the form shall not invalidate the results of the test.
(8) Any delay on the part of groom or the other person to
arrive at the place appointed for the taking of the sample shall be
reported to the stewards.
(9) Treatment of a horse with any drug or medication by
a qualified veterinarian, trainer, or any other person within seven
days prior to a race for which it is entered, shall be reported by the
trainer to the stewards as soon as practical but not later than ninety
minutes prior to the time of horse’s engagement on race day.
(10) No person other than a duly qualified veterinarian
shall administer any drug or medication to a horse within
seventy-two hours prior to the time of a race for which it is entered.
(11) Should a duly qualified veterinarian consider it
necessary to administer any drug or medication to a horse within
seventy-two hours prior to the time of a race in which the horse is
entered he shall make a report in writing to the stewards as soon as
practical but not later than ninety minutes prior to the time of the
horse’s engagement on race day stating the drug or medication
that has been administered and the reason for so doing.
(12) On receipt of a report from the analytical chemist
that analysis of any sample of its tissue, body fluid or excreta is
positive, the horse from which the sample was taken shall not be
allowed to race again until such time as the Racing Authority
shall direct.
(13) Should the horse race again before the report of the
findings of the analyst has been received, the Authority at their
discretion, may allow any such horse to be eligible for the prize
monies of subsequent races won or placed.
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(14) The Racing Authority shall, within twenty-four hours
after receiving a report from the analytical chemist on the analysis
of the samples, notify the secretary of the club holding the race
meeting of the contents and if a sample has returned positive, the
owner and trainer of the horse shall also be advised in writing, and
a copy of the official report shall be forwarded to the stewards.
71. (1) Any person who takes or attempt to take bets or
conduct the business of a bookmaker in the enclosure of a licensed
racecourse may be excluded from the premises by the stewards
and shall be reported to the Racing Authority and any such
person may be warned off all racecourses or may be declared a
disqualified person, as the Racing Authority thinks fit.
(2) Any person found in any enclosure of a licensed
racecourse placing a bet with any person other than the person or
organisation holding the betting licence in respect of the licensed
racecourse shall be excluded forthwith from the premises by the
stewards and shall be reported to the Racing Authority and such
person may be warned off all racecourses or may be declared a
disqualified person, as the Racing Authority thinks fit.
(3) The use of public, cellular or any other kind of
telephone at racecourses is prohibited unless the consent of the
steward is obtained.
(4) Any person who, is found using a public, cellular or
any other kind of telephone, or communicating device without the
consent of the stewards or in connection with illegal wagering or
the transmission of any kind of information regarding odds, race
results or other gambling information, shall be excluded forthwith
from the premises by the stewards and shall be reported to the
Authority and that person may be warned off all racecourses or
may be declared a disqualified person by the Authority.
72. (1) A new rule shall be introduced at any Board Meeting
of the Racing Authority and shall come into operation upon
publication in the Gazette.
Bookmakers.
[186/1992].
New rules.
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(2) The Rules of Racing and Instructions by the stewards
of the Jockey Club of England for the time being in force shall
apply in any case not provided for in these Rules.
73. (1) At every recognised meeting the stewards shall cause
a filmed record to be taken of the whole of every race contested, in
so far as is technically and reasonably possible and every such
film shall be used by the stewards as an aid in determining any
infringement of the rules relating to racing.
(2) The stewards shall cause every film to be carefully
preserved for a period of not less than six months.
(3) All films shall be made available by the stewards to a
committee appointed by the Authority for the purpose of
viewing such films within seventy-two hours of completion of the
day’s racing.
(4) The committee shall report to the Racing Authority
and the stewards any infringements of these Rules.
(5) The stewards shall permit the films to be viewed by
owners, trainers, jockeys and such other persons as approved by
them at such time and place as they may determine provided
however that in the event that an owner, trainer or jockey becomes
aggrieved by a decision of the stewards at any race meeting, then
in such case the person so aggrieved shall be entitled as of right to
view the film of the race in question at a time to be fixed by the
stewards which time must be written forty-eight hours of the
decision of the stewards.
(6) This rule does not for the time being apply to race
meetings of the Tobago Race Club.
74. (1) Electronically transmitted facsimile of prescribed
forms of application and registration, together with documents
required for the registration of leases, partnerships, sales with
contingencies, horses bred outside of Trinidad and Tobago, stud
farms and syndicates will be deemed to satisfy the provision for
Filmed
recordings of
races.
Electronically
transmitted
facsimiles.
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such documents to be in writing provided that the original document
in each case is received at the Registry Office as appropriate within
seven working days excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Public
Holidays of the transmission of such facsimile.
(2) If the original document in each case is not received
within this time the Racing Authority may, in their absolute
discretion, cancel any registration made or withdraw any licence
issued following the receipt of a document by facsimile transaction.
75. (1) No person shall aid or abet the commission of a breach
of these Rules.
(2) No person shall act improperly on any land or premises
owned, used, licensed or controlled by the stewards of any meeting,
or by the Authority.
(3) No person shall act in a manner prejudicial to the
integrity, proper conduct or good reputation of horseracing in
Trinidad and Tobago.
(4) No person shall make or offer to make a bet on
horseracing on behalf of a jockey riding under the provisions
of these Rules nor shall he offer a jockey the proceeds of any bet
on horseracing.
76. Every person shall comply with every instruction of the
Authority published in the Racing Calendar or elsewhere by the
Authority from time to time.
Miscellaneous.
[151/1991].
Instructions.
[151/1991].
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SCHEDULE
LIST OF PROHIBITED DRUGS
The Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority give notice that the following are
Prohibited Drugs under the Rules of Racing:
Drugs acting on the Central Nervous System
Drugs acting on the Autonomic Nervous System
Drugs acting on the Cardiovascular System
Drugs acting on the Gastro-Intestinal Function
Drugs acting on the Immune System and its response
Antibiotics, synthetic anti-bacterial and anti-viral Drugs
Antihistamines
Anti-malarials and anti-parasitic agents
Anti-pyretics, analgesic and anti-inflammatory substances
Diuretics
Local Anesthetics
Muscle relaxants
Respiratory stimulants
Sex Hormones, Anabolic agents and Corticosteroids
Endocrine secretions and their synthetic counterparts
Substances affecting blood coagulation
Cytotoxic Drugs
PROHIBITED DRUGS—THRESHOLD LEVELS
The Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority give notice that in accordance with
rule 137(ii) of the Rules of Racing they have established the following threshold levels
for the Drugs shown:
Arsenic … … … 0.2 microgrammes per millilitre in urine
Salicylic Acid … … 750 microgrammes per millilitre in urine
19 Nortestosterone … … estranediol; estranediol 1 in urine
Theobromine … … 2 microgrammes per millilitre in urine
[151/1991].
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