Breaking horses
Compiled text through Jul 15, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- 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)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)When a horse breaks from its gait, the driver shall:
(1)avoid interfering with another horse or driver;
(2)take to the outside, where clearance exists;
(3)pull the horse to its proper gait;
(4)lose ground by the break.
(b)If there has been no failure on the part of the driver in complying with paragraphs (a)(1) through (4) of this section, the horse shall not be set back unless a contending horse on its gait is lapped on the hind quarter of the breaking horse at the finish.