N.J. Admin. Code § 2:32-2.27

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

Section 2:32-2.27 - Final races

(a) There will be a two- and three-year old "Final" race in each Premier Division at the pari-mutuel raceways as scheduled by the New Jersey Sire Stakes Board of Trustees. There will be a Standardbred Development Fund Division series "Final" race in each Division for two-and three-year-olds.

(b) Consolation races may be scheduled at the option of the track and shall be conducted under track rules. Horses eligible to race in the final events must race in the finals and not in the consolation events.

(c) Each Premier Final will have a $ 1,500 entry fee at The Meadowlands and is open to the highest New Jersey Sire Stakes point winners in the series that are declared in and can be drawn to a post position in the first tier. Each Standardbred Development Fund Final will have a $ 500.00 entry fee and is open to the highest New Jersey Sire Stakes Standardbred Development Fund point earners that are declared in and can be drawn to post in the first tier. Trailers are not permitted to start in any New Jersey Sire Stakes Finals. The entry fee is subject to reduction by the Sire Stakes Board of Trustees in the interest of the Sire Stakes Program.

(d) All horses competing in both the Premier and Standardbred Development Fund Finals at all tracks will be determined on a point basis. A horse must start and finish a heat in order to earn points. The point value will be awarded as follows:

1. 50 points for winning a heat;

2. 25 points for placing second in a heat;

3. 12 points for placing third in a heat;

4. Eight points for placing fourth in a heat;

5. Five points for placing fifth in a heat;

6. Four points for placing sixth in a heat;

7. Three points for placing seventh in a heat;

8. Two points for placing eighth in a heat; and

9. One point for placing ninth, 10th, 11th, or 12th in a heat.

(e) In the event of less than five starters, the points shall be awarded in the same fashion as the purse breakdown with less than five starters as in N.J.A.C. 2:32-2.21.

(f) In the event of a dead heat for any position in a New Jersey Sire Stakes race, the points shall be split evenly between the two horses, as is currently done with the purse moneys.

(g) In the event of a tie in point standings for Final events, money won in Sire Stakes races in which points were accumulated shall be used to break the tie.

(h) In the event of a tie for the last spot in the top 10 or top eight money winners for a Final event, the last spot in the Final will be drawn by lot from among the horses tied in both points and money winnings in the Sire Stakes and having the highest point totals and not already included in the Final.

(i) Judges' "official order of finish" will be used in determining eligibility to Finals exclusive of all appeals yet to be decided at the time of closing of the entry box for Finals.

(j) Total points accumulated towards Final Race eligibility in the Premier Division shall include only Premier Division points. Only Standardbred Development Division race points count toward the Standardbred Development Final eligibility.

N.J. Admin. Code § 2:32-2.27

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

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