Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 205.328 - Drawing of post positions(a) For each individual race of a race card, post positions for horses in a race shall be conducted by a separate procedure to be determined by the Presiding Judge. The results of a draw procedure shall not be applied to more than one race of a race card, nor shall the results be applied to another race which is part of another race card.(b) For races conducted under an elimination plan, the Presiding Judge shall draw the positions in which the horses are to start in the main event by one of the following methods, as required by the sponsor in the conditions for the event: (1) The Presiding Judge shall draw positions to determine which of the two dash winners has the pole, and which the second position; which of the two horses that has been second shall start in third position; and which in fourth, and the like, or(2) The Presiding Judge shall by lot have an open draw to determine the positions in which the horses are to start in the main event from among all horses qualified for the main event.(c) In the event the sponsor fails to prescribe in the conditions for the event the method to be used for the drawing of post positions the provisions of the USTA's Rule 14.19(a) shall apply.