Pennsylvania Code
Title 58 - RECREATION
Part V - Harness Racing Commission
Chapter 183 - RULES OF RACING
RACING AND TRACK RULES
Section 183.290 - Hopples

Universal Citation: 58 PA Code ยง 183.290
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

No horse shall wear hopples in a race unless he starts in same in the first heat or dash and having so started he shall continue to wear them to the finish of the race. Any person found guilty of removing or altering a horse's hopples during a race, or between races, for the purpose of fraud, shall be penalized. Any horse habitually wearing hopples shall not be permitted to start in a race without them except by the permission of the judges. Any horse habitually racing free legged shall not be permitted to wear hopples in a race except with the permission of the Judges.

This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 183.289 (relating to use of goading devices and the like).

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