New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 34 - EQUINE ADVISORY BOARD
Subchapter 2 - EQUINE ADVISORY BOARD RULES
Section 2:34-2.1 - Qualifications for year-end non-racing breeder awards

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 2:34-2.1

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

(a) With the exception of non-parimutuel racing, in order to qualify for year-end non-racing breeder awards, a horse must be shown in New Jersey under three different judges. Furthermore, there must be at least two horses entered, shown and judged in each class.

(b) A New Jersey bred horse is:

1. Any foal dropped in the State of New Jersey, except for the foals of transient mares. A mare will be considered to be a transient mare if she does not reside in the State of New Jersey for at least 120 consecutive days including the day of foaling. The owner of a mare may be asked to submit proof of such residence to the individual bred groups;

2. Any foal resulting from an embryo transfer from a mare who resides 120 cumulative days in the State of New Jersey, providing blood typing of the mare, stallion and foal is carried out to authenticate parentage. A mare must donate only in New Jersey, and embryo transfer is agreeable to the national registry of the breed;

3. The get of any stallion standing only in New Jersey during the breeding season of the year in which the foal was conceived. Stallions standing in New Jersey must breed only in New Jersey for that year's breeding season; or

4. Foals resulting from the transport of semen from a stallion standing the full season in the State of New Jersey, providing blood typing of the stallion, mare and foal is carried out to authenticate parentage, and semen transport is agreeable to the national registry of the breed.

(c) In order to qualify for New Jersey non-racing breeder awards, at least one owner shall be a member in good standing of the New Jersey breed association, represented on the New Jersey Equine Advisory Board, which represents the particular breed group in which the breeder is competing. In the case of a leased horse, the lessee shall hold such membership.

(d) Individual breed groups are responsible for the certification of eligible horses and the tabulation of breeder award points, and must submit them to the New Jersey Department of Agriculture no later than November 15 of the year in which they are earned.

(e) Individual breed groups may require that additional conditions be met to qualify for non-racing breeder awards. Such conditions must not be in opposition to the intent of this section and must be approved and recorded by the New Jersey Equine Advisory Board and the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture each year prior to the show and the breeding season.

(f) Each breed's share of the year-end money is determined by:

1. The number of animals shown at the New Jersey All Breed Horse Show or the number of animals that participate in the New Jersey breed designated show in the calendar year. The one breed designated show must be submitted to the New Jersey Department of Agriculture by March 1 of the calendar year; and

2. The number of horses entered in specific breed futurities. For a futurity run by a New Jersey breed group at a separate location, each New Jersey Bred horse's owner must sign an owner's eligibility certification form, which, along with a photocopy of the entry blank, must be sent by the breed group to the New Jersey Department of Agriculture within two weeks of the show.

(g) For the purpose of obtaining a year-end total of competitors for each breed group, no animal is to be counted more than once by one breed group and horses that are registered with more than one breed group may be entered in any division for which they are qualified.

(h) Individual breed groups are responsible for supervising and certifying to the adherence to the provisions of this section.

(i) The New Jersey Department of Agriculture will accept the decisions of the individual breed groups regarding which horses are qualified to receive non-racing breeder awards, as well as the tabulation of breeder award points. Any disagreement with the decisions of the breed groups must be presented to the officers and/or directors of the particular group in question. The New Jersey Department of Agriculture will abide by the decision of the breed group officers and/or directors unless fraud or misfeasance is shown.

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