Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 183.292 - Breaking(a) When a horse breaks from its gait in trotting or pacing, the driver shall at once, where clearance exists, take the horse to the outside and pull it to its gait.(b) The following shall be considered violations of section 12Q:(1) Failure to properly attempt to pull the horse to its gait.(2) Failure to take to the outside where clearance exists.(3) Failure to lose ground by the break.(c) If there has been no failure on the part of the driver in complying with subsection (b)(1)-(3), the horse may not be set back unless a contending horse on his gait is lapped on the hind quarter of the breaking horse at the finish.(d) The judges may set any horse back one or more places if in their judgment any of the violations listed in this section have been committed, and the driver may be penalized.The provisions of this § 183.292 corrected August 2, 1996, effective November 1980, 26 Pa.B. 3636. This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 183.289 (relating to use of goading devices and the like); and 58 Pa. Code § 183.294 (relating to calling and noting breaks).