Pennsylvania Code
Title 58 - RECREATION
Part IV - Horse Racing Commission
Chapter 163 - RULES OF RACING
THE STARTER
Section 163.363 - Use of starting gate

(a) A flat race shall be started out of a starting gate approved by the Commission.

(b) [Reserved].

(c) [Reserved].

(d) If the starter or his assistants are unable, after reasonable efforts, to place a horse in its assigned position in the gate for a satisfactory start, or if a horse is fractious or unruly, the starter may order the horse into a different gate position or that it be placed outside of the gate behind the starting line or deny it the right of entry until it may be reinstated.