20.01 A horse may be placed on the Judges’ List for the following reasons:
20.01.02 No horse that is on the Judges’ List either by virtue of the operation of this chapter, or any other rule, shall be eligible to compete in any added money or overnight event until it has been removed from the Judges’ List. Notwithstanding the provisions of this rule, any horse to which Rules 20.01 (a), and (g), and/or 20.04.02 apply, shall be eligible to compete in added money events.
20.02 A horse that has been placed on the Judges’ List in accordance with the rules will be ineligible to race until removed therefrom, as follows:
20.03 At a meeting where a veterinarian is not available, the Judges may order withdrawn from a race a horse that is in their opinion sick, lame or otherwise physically unfit to race.
20.03.01 Where a horse, entered to race, is scratched by the Judges, as a result of the horse having received any:
the Judges may impose a monetary penalty upon the trainer of the horse unless the trainer satisfies the judges that the medication, medical procedure or treatment was in the best interests of the health of the horse.
20.04.01 When a horse has been placed on the Judges’ List, it shall be recorded in the official performance records by an authorized person. The owner or trainer shall be notified of the reason for such action being taken and it shall be their responsibility to scratch the horse from any races for which the horse may have been declared in to start.
20.04.02 A horse which has been scratched sick as a result of a veterinarian’s slip or by order of the Commission Veterinarian or Official Veterinarian shall not be permitted to race, other than to added money events or qualifiers for eight (8) days from the date of the race from which it was scratched.
20.04.03 A horse which has been scratched twice consecutively as a result of a veterinarian’s slip or by order of the Commission Veterinarian or Official Veterinarian must qualify to race. Such qualifying race must be more than eight (8) days from the date of the second race from which it was scratched.
20.04.04 A horse scratched in accordance with 20.01(g) shall not be permitted to race other than to added money events for eight (8) days from the date of the race from which it was scratched.
20.05 Deleted.
(Note: replaced by new SB 35.11.00-35.11.02)