Starters; refund - failure of starting gate
Compiled text through Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Sep 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)When a horse starts.
Every horse shall be considered a starter when the stall gates open on the signal of the starter.
(b)Refund — failure of starting gate.
If it be determined by the steward that a horse has been prevented from racing because of the failure of the stall door of the starting gate to open, the money bet on the horse shall be refunded and such horse or horses shall be considered as scratched, notwithstanding the placing of any remaining part of an entry or field.