New Mexico Register / Volume
XXXI, Issue 4 / February 25, 2020
This is an amendment to 15.2.5 NMAC, Sections 10 and 11, effective
February 25, 2020.
15.2.5.10 WEIGHTS:
A. Allowances:
(1) Weight
allowance including apprentice allowances must be claimed at time of entry and
shall not be waived after the posting of entries, except by consent of the
stewards.
(2) A
horse shall start with only the allowance of weight to which it is entitled at
time of starting, regardless of its allowance at time of entry.
(3) Horses
not entitled to the first weight allowance in a race shall not be entitled to
any subsequent allowance specified in the conditions.
(4) Claim
of weight allowance to which a horse is not entitled shall not disqualify it
unless protest is made in writing and lodged with the stewards at least one
hour before post time for that race.
(5) A
horse shall not be given a weight allowance for failure to finish second or
back in any race.
(6) No
horse shall receive allowance of weight nor be relieved extra weight for having
been beaten in one or more races, but this rule shall not prohibit maiden
allowances or allowances to horses that have not won a race within a specified
period or a race of a specified value.
(7) Except
in handicap, quarter horse races and races which expressly provide otherwise,
two-year-old fillies shall be allowed three pounds, and fillies and mares,
three-years-old and upward, shall be allowed five pounds before September 1 and
three pounds thereafter in races where competing against male horses.
(8) A
three pound weight allowance shall be allowed a registered New Mexico bred
horse in all open races and in stakes races when included in the condition of
the race. This allowance must be claimed
at time of entry.
B. Penalties:
(1) Weight
penalties are obligatory.
(2) Horses
incurring weight penalties for a race shall not be entitled to any weight
allowance for that race.
(3) No
horse shall incur a weight penalty or be barred from any race for having been
placed second or lower in any race.
(4) Penalties
incurred and allowances due in steeplechase or hurdle races shall not apply to
races on the flat, and vice versa.
(5) The
reports, records and statistics as published by Daily Racing Form, Equibase or
other recognized publications shall be considered official in determining
eligibility, allowances and penalties, but may be corrected.
(6) When
a race [is] in dispute involves the winner of the race, both the
horse that finished first and any horse claiming the [race,] win shall
be liable to all penalties attaching to the winner of that race, until the
matter is decided. In case of a positive
test of the winner of a race, no horse other than the winner shall be liable to
penalty of weight or condition until the case has been adjudicated; the ruling
disqualifying the horse with the positive test issued; and all appeals
exhausted.
C. Weight conversions: For
the purpose of determining weight assignments and allowances for imported
horses, the following weight conversions shall be used:
(1) one
kilogram equals two and one-fourth pounds, and
(2) one
stone equals 14 pounds.
D. Scale of Weights:
(1) With the exception of apprentice allowances, handicaps, three years old
horses entered to run in races against horses four year olds and upwards, and
the allowance provided in Paragraph (2) of this subsection, no jockey shall be
assigned a weight of less than 118 pounds.
For three years old horses entered to run in races against horses four
year olds and upwards from January 1 through August 31, no jockey shall be
assigned a weight of less than 116 pounds.
(2) Except
in handicaps, fillies two years old shall be allowed three pounds, and fillies
and mares three years old and upward shall be allowed five pounds before
September 1, and three pounds thereafter in races where competing against
horses of the opposite sex.
(3) Quarter
horses, minimum scale weights shall be 124 pounds for two years old, 126 pounds
for three years old and 128 pounds for four year olds and older with the
exception of handicap races.
(4) A
notice shall be included in the daily program that all jockeys will carry
approximately three pounds more than the published weight to account for safety
equipment (vest and helmet) that is not included in required weighing out
procedures. Additionally, upon stewards'
approval, jockeys may weigh in with an additional three pounds for inclement weather
gear.
E. Distance conversions: For
the purpose of determining eligibility, weight assignments and allowances for
imported horses, the racing secretary shall convert metric distances to English
measures by reference to the following scale:
Comparative table of distances
200 Meters |
Equals |
1 Furlong |
1,000 Meters |
Equals |
5 Furlongs |
1,200 Meters |
Equals |
6 Furlongs |
1,400 Meters |
Equals |
7 Furlongs |
1,600 meters |
Equals |
1 Mile |
1,700 Meters |
Equals |
1 1/16 Miles |
1,800 Meters |
Equals |
1 1/8 Miles |
2,000 Meters |
Equals |
1 ¼ Miles |
2,200 Meters |
Equals |
1 3/8 Miles |
2,400 Meters |
Equals |
1 ½ Miles |
2,600 Meters |
Equals |
1 5/8 Miles |
3,000 Meters |
Equals |
1 7/8 Miles |
3,200 Meters |
Equals |
2 Miles |
3,600 Meters |
Equals |
2 ¼ Miles |
4,800 Meters |
Equals |
3 Miles |
[15.2.5.10 NMAC -
Rp, 15 NMAC 2.5.10, 3/15/2001; A, 1/1/2013; A, 6/1/2016; A, 5/1/2019; A,
5/1/2019; A, 02/25/2020]
15.2.5.11 WORKOUTS:
A. Requirements:
(1) A
non-starter must have had within 60 days prior to time of entry [one
approved official schooling race or] at least two workouts recorded at a
pari mutuel or commission recognized facility and posted with the racing
secretary prior to time of entry, one of the two workouts shall be from the
starting gate, and be gate approved. It
shall be the trainer's responsibility to establish validity as to workouts and
gate approvals.
(2) [Any
horse which has started, but not within six months, must have one official
workout from the starting gate or must have proof of standing the horse at
least one time within a 60 day period.]
Any horse which has started, but not within 60 days, must have at
least one workout within 60 days prior to time of entry. Horses that have not started within six
months of entry must have at least two approved workouts within the 60 days prior
to time of entry. Any horse which
has started, but not within 60 days, must have at least one workout within 60
days prior to time of entry. Horses that
have not started within six months of entry must have at least two approved
workouts within the 60 days.
(3) Horses
that have never raced around the turn will be required to have within 30 days
prior to time of entry, at least one workout at 660 yards or farther.
(4) Gate
approvals at a licensed facility must be made by a licensed starter on a commission
approved form.
B. Identification:
(1) Each
horse must be properly identified prior
to its participation in an official timed workout.
(2) The
trainer or exercise rider shall bring each horse scheduled for an official
workout to be identified by the clocker or clocker's assistant immediately
prior to the workout.
(3) A
horse may be properly identified by its lip tattoo or its digital tattoo
immediately prior to participating in an official timed workout. A horse may also be properly
identified by other approved methods of positive identification as described in
Subsection F of 15.2.3.8 NMAC.
(4) The
owner, trainer or rider shall be required to identify the distance the horse is
to be worked and the point on the track where the workout will start.
C. Information dissemination: Information regarding a horse's approved
timed workout(s) shall be furnished to the public prior to the start of the
race for which the horse has been entered.
D. Restrictions: A
horse shall not be taken onto the track for training or a workout except during
hours designated by the association.
[15.2.5.11 NMAC -
Rp, 15 NMAC 2.5.11, 3/15/2001; A, 3/30/2007; A, 6/15/2009; A, 7/5/2010; A,
1/1/2013; A. 3/15/2016; A, 12/16/16; A, 8/26/2017; A, 3/14/2018; A, 12/19/2019;
A, 02/25/2020]