The Orders and Rules of Racing
PART 3 - THE START - (B)31 to (B)44
43. Power to issue warnings to trainers (criteria failures)
43.1 The Starter will, in the circumstances set out in Paragraph 43.2, issue the Trainer of a horse with a warning relating to the horse's behaviour (referred to in this Manual as a Criteria Failure).
43.2 The circumstance for issue of a Criteria Failure are
- 43.2.1 where the horse is unruly in the stalls but the behaviour does not warrant a report to the Stewards under Rule 41,
43.2.2 where the horse is unruly outside the stalls but the behaviour does not warrant a report to the Stewards under Rule 41, or
43.2.3 where a late load is requested by the Trainer for any horse other than one to which Paragraph 43.3 or Schedule 5 Paragraph 4.5.2 applies.
43.3 A horse foaled on and after 1st January 2000 may be recorded as a horse which will not in future incur a Criteria Failure when a late load is requested by the Trainer if the horse
- 43.3.1 is recognised as one which
- 43.3.1.1 has been properly schooled, but
43.3.1.2 will always need special handling under race conditions because of its temperament, and
- 43.3.1.1 has been properly schooled, but
43.4 If a horse records three Criteria Failures within a 12 month rolling period, the Starter must report the horse to the Stewards for a stalls test.
43.5 Examples of unruly behaviour in the stalls include
- 43.5.1 panicking in the stalls or trying to go under the front gate;
43.5.2 rearing in the stalls;
43.5.3 kicking out in the stalls;
43.5.4 lying or sitting down in the stalls.
43.6 Examples of unruly behaviour outside the stalls include
- 43.6.1 needing four pushers with or without a blindfold;
43.6.2 having to be blindfolded and is very reluctant;
43.6.3 kicking out;
43.6.4 being generally unruly at the start.
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