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2008 Regulation Changes

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Published 3rd April 2008
The following addition to Regulation 114 (i) & (ii) will enable horses with foreign form only to be eligible for a handicap rating, at the discretion of the handicapper, providing it fulfils the following criteria:-

  • the horse must have run at least three times abroad

  • it must have won a race

  • the rating will be 80 or more.

ADDITION TO REGULATIONS 114 (i) and (ii)
However, a horse which has been trained outside Great Britain and which has run at least three times under any Rules or Regulations recognized by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities for Arabian Horse Racing and has won such a race will be qualified to run in a Handicap race provided that the Handicapper, at his sole discretion, is prepared to allot a Handicap Rating of 80 or more.

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OPEN RACES
120. No horse shall be eligible to be entered or run which:- 

(i)   Is less than 3 years old; 

(ii)  Has a British Horseracing Authority Flat Handicap rating of 43 or over. (for the avoidance of doubt if a horse has both a Turf and All Weather track rating both ratings must be less that 43), or, 

 a BHA Hurdle or Chasing Handicap rating of 73 or over (for the avoidance of doubt if a horse has both a Hurdle and a Chasing rating both ratings must be less than 73)

 unless the horse has not raced under the Rules of any Recognized Turf Authority and is aged seven years old and upwards.  

In all cases the last published rating for the horse will be the rating which determines eligibility or non-eligibility as the case may be;

 121.  Weights to be carried in Open Races which are Conditions Races will be as determined in the conditions of the Race.  For the avoidance of doubt Anglo Arab and Part Bred Arab horses are eligible to run in Open Races where the race conditions permit and remain subject to these Regulations other than Regulation 120.

122.  No horse shall be eligible to run in an Open Race which is a Handicap Race unless, up to and including the Sunday previous to closing, it has run twice in an Open Race run under these Regulations or has won an Open Race.  A horse may run in an Open Race which is a Handicap Race which does not comply with this Regulation but in such circumstances the horse shall be allotted top weight in the Race.  Irrespective of the above provisions the Handicapper may decline to allot a Handicap Rating for a horse in such a Handicap Race if, in his opinion, he does not have sufficient information on which to allot a Handicap Rating.

123.  Subject to the application of Regulation 114 (iv), the top weight in an Open Race which is a Handicap Race shall be no more than 11st 7lbs and the bottom weight not less than 9st or as ARO otherwise decides. The provisions of Sub-Regulations 114 (iv), (v) and (vi) shall apply to all Open Races which are Handicap Races.

RIDERS ALLOWANCE
(v) A rider’s allowance of 5lbs may be claimed until a rider has ridden 5 winners of races run under these Regulations or any previous Jockey Club Regulations for Arabian Racing or Flat races run under the Rules of Racing or the Rules of any Recognized Turf Authority. Apprentice jockey’s or rider’s allowances cannot be claimed in an International or Premier Handicap race. A rider shall be entitled to claim the given riding allowance specified in this Regulation until the expiry of the meeting on which he reaches the maximum number of winners appropriate to the allowance in question. The rider shall be responsible for claiming the correct riding allowance.  Failure to claim the correct riding allowance shall constitute a breach of these Regulations.

HANDICAP RACES
113.The Handicapper in making a Handicap shall allot the weight to be carried in accordance with the definitions of a Handicap and Handicap rating. The weights for all Handicaps will be allotted after the close of entry, unless the race conditions otherwise provide, and subsequently distributed by ARO to trainers.  

Horses trained in Great Britain who have raced abroad may, at the discretion of the Handicapper, have that form taken into consideration in respect of deriving a Handicap Rating in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 114.  

114. (i) No horse shall run in a Handicap other than a Premier Handicap or as provided for in Sub- Regulation (vii) below unless, up to and including the Sunday previous to closing,  

           it has run twice in a Race run under these Regulations, or,

        -  has won a Race under these Regulations, or,

       -   has been placed 2nd, 3rd or 4th in a Race run under these Regulations and  has also won a race run under any Rules or Regulations recognized by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities for Arabian Horse Racing.

(ii) No horse shall run in a Premier Handicap Race unless, up to and including the Sunday previous to closing,

it has run three times in a Race run under these Regulations, or,

        -  has won a Race under these Regulations, or,

       -   has been placed 2nd,3rd or 4th in a Race run under these Regulations and has also won a race run under any Rules or Regulations recognized by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities for Arabian Horse Racing, or,

        -   has been placed twice in a Race run under these Regulations.

      Irrespective of the above provisions the Handicapper may decline to allot a horse a Handicap Rating for a Premier Handicap if, in his opinion, he does not have sufficient information on which to allot a Handicap Rating.

WHIP SPECIFICATION
 61. (i) Any whip which is carried must comply with the following specification and have been approved by a panel nominated by the BHA under the Rules of Racing:

(a) Maximum length, including the flap, of 70 cms

(b) Minimum diameter of 1cm

The only additional feature which may be attached to the whip is a flap. If a flap is attached it   must fall within the specifications below:

(c)  A maximum length of flap from the end of the shaft of 10cms;

(d)  A maximum width of the flap of 4cms, with a minimum width of 2cms;

(e) The flap from the end of the shaft must not contain any reinforcements or additions;

(f)  There  shall be no binding within 23cms of the end of the flap;

(g) The contact area of the shaft must be smooth, with no protrusion or raised surface, and covered by a shock absorbing material throughout its circumference such that it gives a compression factor of at least 6mm;

(h) The flap must have similar shock absorbing characteristics to that of the contact area;

(i)  The overall weight must not exceed 160 gms.

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