01-017 C.M.R. ch. 7, § 22 - Open Stretch Racing

1. The following criteria shall be used in considering disqualifications of horses and penalties to drivers pursuant to Section 54 of this Chapter when races are conducted on a track with an open stretch.

A. No horse shall be driven into the inner lane in an attempt to pass or force out a leading horse prior to the last one-eighth mile of the race.

B. Horses driven on the outside shall yield sufficient room to interior horses at the end of the inner lane to permit interior horses to stay on course.

C. During the last one-eighth mile of the race:

(1) A horse may only be driven into the inner lane for the purpose of passing a leading horse; and

(2) No horse may be driven into the inner lane for the purpose of blocking a trailing horse. It shall be presumed that a horse which, in fact, blocks a trailing horse in the inner lane without making every attempt to advance on the leading horse, is being so driven for the purpose of blocking a trailing horse.

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01-017 C.M.R. ch. 7, § 22