Part 7884.0180 - TIME TRIALS.Time trial performances are permitted provided:
A. serum or plasma tests are required for all horses; B. an approved electric timer is used, however, if a timing device fails during a time trial, no time trial performance record will be obtained;C. they are held during the course of a race meeting and are officiated by stewards;D. they are limited to two-year-olds who equal or beat 2:10, and three-year-olds and older who equal or beat 2:05;E. they are designated on a horse's record and in the official racing program by preceding the time with "TT";F. that when a horse has other horses accompanying it in a time trial performance, they may not precede it, be harnessed with it, or in any way be attached to it; andG. a break during a time trial performance results in no time being given to the breaking horse.Minn. R. agency 178, ch. 7884, pt. 7884.0180
Statutory Authority: MS s 240.23; 240.29