Preference
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- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Jul 15, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Preference shall be given in all overnight purse races according to a horse's last previous purse race during the current year, but a horse of the classification offered shall in all events be preferred over horses of slower classification. The preference date on a horse that has been drawn to a race and been scratched is the date of the race from which the horse was scratched. In order to insure proper diversification of racing fields in classes having less than 25 horses available for competition, the racing secretary may consider two consecutive race dates in the class of equal preference.
(b)When a horse is declared to race for the first time in any year, the date of its prerequisite qualifying race, if any, or otherwise of its first such declaration shall be considered its last race date and preference shall be applied accordingly.
(c)A horse that has last raced at a fair meeting shall carry the preference date of such fair race.