Section 69.5-02-01-19 - Time and records1. The fastest time raced by a horse in a heat or dash which it won, or in a performance against time, must be its record.2. A standard record is a record of 2.20 or faster for two-year-olds and 2.15 or faster for all other ages.3. The time of each heat or dash must be accurately timed and placed in the record in minutes, seconds, and fifths of seconds, and upon the decision of each heat, the time of that heat must be publicly announced or admitted to the record, unless the timers failed to time, in which case no time may be announced or recorded.4. In the case of an alleged error in the record, announcement, or publication of the time made by a horse, the time questioned may not be changed to favor that horse or its owner, except if so directly by the board of judges and timers who officiated at the race.5. Every association shall file with the board the certificate of a civil engineer or land surveyor that he has measured the racetrack from wire to wire three feet [0.91 meters] out from the rail or inside hub rail of the track, and certifying to the nearest foot the result of each measurement. If any changes or relocation of the hub rail are made at a track, that track must be measured and recertified.6. The leading horse must be timed and his time only may be announced.7. No horse may obtain a win-race record because of the disqualification of another horse unless that horse is declared the winner because the other horse was disqualified as a breaking horse on which he was lapped.8. No horse may obtain a win-race record in a qualifying race unless that horse in the race in which it competed was subjected to and passed a urine test or other officially recognized test.9. The judges shall note on the official race reports for each qualifying race whether or not the race was subject to a urine test or other officially recognized test.10. In case of a dead heat for win, the time constitutes a record for the horses making the dead heat.11. The time must be taken from the first horse leaving the point from which the distance of the race is measured until the winner reaches the wire.12. Time trial performances are permitted subject to the following:a. Urine tests are required for all horses.b. An approved electric timer is required.c. If a timing device fails during the progress of a time trial performance, no time trial performance record will be obtained.d. Time trial performances are permitted only during the course of a regular meeting with the regular officials in the judges' stand. e. Time trial performances are limited to two-year-olds who equal or beat 2.10, and three-year-olds and over who equal or beat 2.05. f. Time trial performances must be designated by preceding the time with two capital "T"s.g. A horse may have other horses accompany it in a time trial performance but not to precede it, or be harnessed with it or in any way attached to it.h. A break during a time trial performance results in no time being given to the breaking horse.N.D. Admin Code 69.5-02-01-19
General Authority: NDCC 53-06.2-04, 53-06.2-05, 53-06.2-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 53-06.2-04, 53-06.2-05, 53-06.2-10