Greyhound Race Track (Racing) Regulations, 1960

• Jurisdiction: Ireland

S.I. No. 64 of 1960.
GREYHOUND RACE TRACK (RACING) REGULATIONS, 1960.
ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES.
Article.
1. Definitions.
2. Reckoning age of greyhounds.
3. Appointment of officials.
4. Race cards.
5. Duties of racing manager.
6. Fighting.
7. Weight variations.
8. Judge.
9. Declaration of "No Race".
10. Withdrawal of a greyhound.
11. Hare-driver and timekeeper.
12. The duties and powers of a control steward.
13. Investigations.
14. Disqualification orders.
15. Track stewards.
16. Stewards of the meeting.
17. Taking of samples.
18. Powers of Stipendiary Stewards.
19. Qualifications of greyhounds for racing.
20. Racing procedure.
21. Classics, sweepstakes and open events.
22. Conditions of entry.
23. Hurdle races.
24. Ownership.
25. Division of stakes.
26. Prize money, stakes, entry fees, etc.
27. Bribes and corrupt practices.
28. Disputes, objections, appeals, etc.
29. Greyhound race track executive.
30. Track records.
31. Establishment of Control Committee.
32. Betting disputes.
33. Betting regulations.
34. Miscellaneous provisions.
35. Citation and commencement.
S.I. No. 64 of 1960.
GREYHOUND RACE TRACK (RACING) REGULATIONS, 1960.
Bord na gCon, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 25 of the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 (No. 12 of 1958) and also by sub-section (3) of section 5 of the said Act, hereby makes the following regulations, that is to say :—
	1 Definitions —	1. In these regulations the following words and expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say :—
"the Act" means the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 (No. 12 of 1958),
"the Board" means Bord na gCon established under the Act;
"the I.C.C." means the Irish Coursing Club;
"race track" means a greyhound race track licensed by the Board under the Act on which greyhound races are held for reward;
"meeting" means a greyhound race meeting held at a licensed greyhound race track;
"trial" means a test run on a greyhound race track licensed by the Board in which an object propelled by mechanical means is pursued by the greyhounds taking part in the test ;
"qualifying trial" has the meaning assigned to it in Article 22 of these regulations ;
"race" means a competition on a greyhound race track licensed by the Board in which an object propelled by mechanical means is pursued by the greyhounds engaged in the competition and on the result of which a prize is awarded to the winning and/or placed greyhounds.
"track" means the portion of the grounds measured or marked out for races or for any particular race ;
"greyhound" includes dog or bitch ;
"added money" means money contributed towards stakes, other than money contributed by the owners of greyhounds ;
"Control Committee" means the Control Committee established under Article 31 of these regulations;
"advertised value" means the amount advertised to be given for a race by way of prize money;
"raced greyhound" means a greyhound which competes, or has at any time competed, in a race;
"unraced greyhound" means a greyhound which has never competed in a race;
"arrears" means any sums unpaid in respect of entry fees, stakes or subscriptions;
"nominator" means any person other than the owner of a greyhound who nominates any greyhound entered for any race or any qualified race or heat or for any match;
"cup" means any prize not given in money;
"warned off person " means a person to whom an exclusion order under section 47 of the Act applies ;
" fighting " means the deliberate interference by a greyhound with one or more than one greyhound during a race or trial ;
" disqualified greyhound " means a greyhound named in a disqualification order made under the Act or these regulations ;
" suspended greyhound " means a greyhound suspended under these regulations for fighting or for any other reason ;
" reserve greyhound " means a greyhound held in reserve to replace a non-runner ;
" graded race " means a race for which the competing dogs are selected by a handicapper;
" open race " means a race open to all registered greyhounds ;
" feature event " means a race or sweepstake in which a cash price of at least £100 is payable to the owner of the winning greyhound ;
" Irish-bred greyhound " means a greyhound whelped in Ireland, whose dam and such dam's progeny is duly registered in the Irish Greyhound Stud Book and subsequently the progeny ;
" match " means a race between two greyhounds the property of different owners ;
" race track executive " means the licensee under the greyhound race track licence relating to a greyhound track ;
" track steward " means a steward appointed by a race track executive, with the approval of the Board, to carry out such duties as may be assigned to him ;
" control steward " means a steward appointed under permit from the Board to fulfil the duties of an authorised officer under the Act and duties assigned under these regulations ;
" stewards of the meeting " means the track stewards and control steward together ;
" stipendary steward " means a steward appointed by the Board to supervise the conduct of greyhound racing and the performance of duties by duly authorised officials and stewards;
" sweepstake " means an event in which the entry fees, subscriptions, or other contributions of three or more owners go to the winner or placed greyhounds, whether or not a money or other prize is added ;
" time of entry " means the time fixed for closing of entries.
	2 Regulations relating to the reckoning of the age of a greyhound, etc	2.—(1) For the purposes of these regulations :—
(a) the age of a greyhound shall be reckoned as beginning on the first day of the month in which it is whelped,
(b) a greyhound shall be considered a puppy until the 31st day of December of the year following the year of whelping.
(2) The result of a race shall be the order in which the noses of the competing greyhounds reach the winning line as decided by the judge following any necessary consultation with the stewards of the meeting.
(3) The winning greyhound shall be the greyhound whose nose in the judge's opinion first reached the winning line, provided that such greyhound has duly completed the course.
(4) Every greyhound which has been placed in a starting box shall be considered as having started provided such starting box discloses no mechanical defect and provided the greyhound has not been dealt with as provided for under Article 10 of these regulations.
(5) A greyhound shall be deemed to come under starter's orders when it has been placed in the starting box, unless it has been dealt with as provided for under Article 10 of these regulations.
	3 Appointment of officials	3.—(1) Subject to the provisions of the Greyhound Race Track (Permits for Persons Performing Specified Functions) Regulations, 1959 (No. 10 of 1959) the following officials shall be appointed for every greyhound race track, viz.:—racing manager, handicapper, judge, timekeeper, control steward and hare-driver.
(2) The race track executive shall immediately notify the Board in writing of any changes in the said appointments at a track.
(3) Every complaint against an official shall be made to the Control Committee in writing, clearly stating the grounds of complaint and shall be accompanied by a deposit of £3 Os. Od. (three pounds) which will be forfeited if the complaint is found on investigation to be frivolous.
	4 Race cards	4.—(1) Every race track executive shall publish a race card of an approved type in respect of every meeting held at the track and shall state thereon that every such meeting is held under these regulations and that the track is licensed by the Board.
(2) The particulars shown on a race card for any meeting shall include the following :—
(a) the names of the officials and stewards appointed to act at such meeting,
(b) the amount of the prize money payable in respect of each race to the owners of winning and placed greyhounds and the cash value of any cup given for a feature event.
(c) the distance of each race and whether flat or hurdle,
(d) in respect of each race, the names of the registered owners of the greyhounds entered therefor, the town nearest to which each such owner resides, and the name of the affiliated coursing club of which he is a bona fide member,
(e) the name of the licensed trainer in cases where a greyhound is not trained by the owner,
(f) the scheduled time of commencement of the first race and the approximate scheduled time of commencement of each succeeding race,
(g) the registered names and the descriptions of the greyhounds entered, the month and year of whelping and the names of their sires and dams,
(h) in respect of each greyhound entered, save where a greyhound has had less than four public performances not less than four lines of form which shall include the greyhound's best ever performance, his best performance in the preceding twelve months and his two most recent performances. In the case of a greyhound which has had less than four public performances, all such performances shall be given. In addition in all cases the greyhound's weight, trap number and the state of the going on the occasion of each listed performance shall be given ; where a greyhound has been placed the estimated time shall be published ; for the purposes of such estimation, decimal point naught seven seconds shall be taken as representing one length,
(i) in the event of a greyhound being impeded or otherwise interfered with in any race listed under paragraph (h) of this article, an indication to that effect shall appear on the race card.
(3) The racing manager shall be responsible for the accuracy of the race card and for the announcement over the public address system before each race of any additional or corrected form or any other correction...