New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 32A - NEW JERSEY STANDARDBRED DEVELOPMENT FUND CONDITIONS
Subchapter 2 - NEW JERSEY STANDARDBRED DEVELOPMENT FUND CONDITIONS
Section 2:32A-2.21 - Final races

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 2:32A-2.21

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) There will be a two- and three-year-old "Final" race in each Standardbred Development Fund division at a licensed facility approved by the New Jersey Racing Commission, as scheduled by the New Jersey Sire Stakes Board of Trustees.

(b) Consolation races may be scheduled at the option of the track and shall be conducted under track rules. Horses eligible to race in the final events must race in the finals and not in the consolation events.

(c) Each Standardbred Development Fund Final will have a $ 500.00 entry fee, subject to waiver consistent with N.J.A.C. 2:32A-2.15, and is open to the highest New Jersey Standardbred Development Fund point winners in the series that are declared in and can be drawn to a post position in the first tier. Trailers are not permitted to start in any New Jersey Standardbred Development Fund Finals.

(d) All horses competing in Standardbred Development Fund Finals at all tracks will be determined on a point basis. A horse must start and finish a heat in order to earn points. The point value will be awarded as follows:

1. 50 points for a winning heat;

2. 25 points for placing second in a heat;

3. 12 points for placing third in a heat;

4. Eight points for placing fourth in a heat;

5. Five points for placing fifth in a heat;

6. Four points for placing sixth in a heat;

7. Three points for placing seventh in a heat;

8. Two points for placing eighth in a heat; and

9. One point for placing ninth, 10th, 11th, or 12th in a heat.

(e) In the event of less than five starters, the points shall be awarded in the same fashion as the purse breakdown with less than five starters at (d) above.

(f) In the event of a dead heat for any position in a New Jersey Standardbred Development Fund race, the points shall be divided evenly among the horses that finish in the dead heat.

(g) In the event of a tie in point standings for Final events, money won in Standardbred Development Fund races in which points were accumulated shall be used to break the tie.

(h) In the event of a tie for the last spot in the top 10 or top eight money winners for a Final event, the last spot in the Final will be drawn by lot from among the horses tied in both points and money winnings in the Standardbred Development Fund and having the highest point totals and not already included in the Final.

(i) Judges' "official order of finish" will be used in determining eligibility to Finals exclusive of all appeals yet to be decided at the time of closing of the entry box for Finals.

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