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(c) which is in the Forfeit List or list of arrears officially notified b_v a 

 recognised Turf authority of any country, or 



(d) which is the property of a partnership, sold with contingencies, 

 leased, or the subject of any other joint arrangement, unless such pa.rtner- 

 ship, sale with contingencies, lease or other joint arrangement has been 

 registered in accordance with the Rules relating to partnerships and other 

 joint interests 



is qualified to be entered to start for any race under these Rules — 



(ii) (a) No horse not duly entered or in whose entry any mis-statement, 

 omission, or error has occurred and has not been corrected on payment of 

 a fine as hereinafter provided, or which is not qualified according to the 

 conditions of the race. 



(<5) No foreign horse, until the certificates required by these Rules have 

 been deposited at the Registry Office, and 



■ (c) No horse in whose winnings in such race any disqualified person has 

 any interest, 

 is qualified to start for any race under these Rules. 



Provided always that if in any of the cases occurring under sub-sections (i) or (ii), 

 any such horse has been allowed to be entered and start for any race, it may be 

 declared disqualified after such a race as hereinafter provided. 



(iii) The following horses shall also be disqualified under these Rules — 



(a) Any horse ridden by a "disqualified person," or by a person not 

 qualified according to the conditions of the race. 



(3) Any horse whose owner or rider has run or ridden a horse at any un- 

 recognised meeting within the preceding twelve months. 



(c) Any horse with regard to which any infringement of these Rules as to 

 weighing, riding, or running, has occurred, entailing disqualification. 



65. x^ny horse which has been the subject of fraudulent practice may at the 

 discretion of the Stewards of the National Hunt Committee be disqualified for 

 such time and for such races as they shall determine. 



66. The Stewards may either — 



(i) Themselves call for proof that any horse is not disqualified, and at any 

 time order an examination by such person or persons as they think fit of any horse 

 entered, or which has run in a race, or 



(ii) On objection made to them in accordance v/ith the provisions of Disputes, 

 Objections, etc., decide whether any horse is disqualified. 



If the Stewards come to the conclusion that any grounds of disqualification are 

 proved, or that any objection made as aforesaid is valid, the)'' may declare the horse 

 to be disqualified ; such horse will then either be unable to start, or, if the race has 

 been run, and he has won, or been placed, he will be regarded as having finished 

 last, and the other horses shall take positions accordingly. 



67. Foreign Horses. — (i) A horse foaled out of the United Kingdom shall not 

 be qualified to start for any race until there has been deposited at the Registry 

 Office, and a fee of 5=. paid on each certificate. 



{a) A foreign certificate stating the name (if any), age, sex, pedigree, and 

 colour of the horse, and any mark by w^hich it maybe distinguished, signed by the 

 secretary or other officer of a racing club of the country in which the horse was 

 foaled, approved by the Stewards of the National Hunt Committee, or by some 

 magistrate, mayor, or public officer of that country prescribed by them. 



(/>) A certificate of age, signed by a Veterinary Surgeon in the United 

 Kingdom, approved for this purpose by the Stewards of the National Hunt Com- 

 mittee eitlier by general order or in the particular case. 



(ii) The Stewards of the National Hunt Committee may also require any 

 further proof or confirmation in any particular case, and may declare any horse 

 disqualified in default thereof. 



(iii) A horse which has been out of the United Kin;2'dom (otherw'ise than as a 

 foal at the foot of his dam) before having run in Great Britain, shall not be quali- 

 fied to start for any race under these Rules until such a certificate of age has been 

 deposited at the Registry Office. 



Note — The Stewards of the National Hunt Committee have approved 

 generally of certificates given by the Members of the Royal College of Veterinary 



