N.J. Admin. Code § 2:32-2.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 2:32-2.2 - Qualifying standards

(a) In order to be eligible for nomination to the New Jersey Sire Stakes Program, a foal must be the product of the mating of a Standardbred mare with a resident New Jersey Sire Stakes stallion meeting the requirements at N.J.A.C. 2:32-2.3 and 2.4.

1. A foal that meets the criteria at (a) above, and which is the result of a breeding that occurred on a farm in New Jersey, or as a result of the intra-or inter-state transportation of the fresh semen of a qualifying stallion, may be eligible for nomination to the Sire Stakes Program.

(b) A foal that otherwise meets the criteria at (a) above, but was conceived using frozen semen or ovum/embryo transplant, may be eligible for nomination to the Sire Stakes Program, provided all other registration requirements are met as set forth under Rule 26 of the United States Trotting Association's Rules and Regulations (available at http://www.ustrotting.com/rulebook/ or by contacting the Program at the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Division of Marketing and Development at http://www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/md/about/contacts.html) , and if the following requirements are satisfied:

1. Beginning with the 2010 breeding season and for foals of 2011 and thereafter, the foal was conceived by semen that has been frozen, and:

i. The dam of said foal resides outside of the North American continent at the time she is impregnated; or

ii. The requirements of N.J.A.C. 2:32-2.4(d) have been met.

2. After January 1, 2006, the foal was conceived through embryo/ovum transplant, and the following conditions have been met:

i. The Registrar of the United States Trotting Association granted approval for the embryo/ovum transplant before the transplant took place;

ii. Only a donor mare's first born embryo/ovum transplant foal each year will be eligible for registration; and

iii. The donor mare is at least two years of age or older at the time of the embryo/ovum transplant.

N.J. Admin. Code § 2:32-2.2

Amended by 47 N.J.R. 2350(a), effective 9/21/2015

Administrative Change, 47 N.J.R. 2633(a).

Amended by 54 N.J.R. 1701(a), effective 9/6/2022