The Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) released a Notice to the Industry today regarding the approved Standardbred Rule Changes
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The Board of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC), having received proposed new rules of racing through the Rules Amendment Process, has approved a number of new rules for standardbred horse racing in Ontario. Apart from a few exceptions, the new rules are to be effective September 15, 2010.
Communications on the new rule changes will continue to be released over the next few weeks, and the Judges will be discussing the new rules at paddock meetings.
The Rule Amendment Process begins in September of each year when industry participants submit proposed changes to the Rules of Racing. Starting in the fall and through the winter of 2010, Working Groups made up of representatives from the industry, met to discuss the proposed changes and made recommendations. The proposed changes and the recommendations from the Working Group were circulated to the industry for comment in June 2010. The proposed rules and the input were considered by the Board at its meeting in July 2010.
As was apparent through the input process and the activities of the working groups, there were many people who took their time to be involved. The ORC would like to thank all those individuals and associations who contributed to the Process.
Please be advised that any rules or rule changes can be viewed on a go forward basis by accessing the ORC website at www.ontarioracingcommission.ca.
The following Directive was issued and should be referenced: Standardbred Directive 2 – 2010
Any rule changes proposed related to issues being considered as part of the Race Date Review were not considered under this process.
The Standardbred Rules Of Racing will be reprinted before the end of 2010 and will be available at ORC Licensing offices across the province. Additionally an updated version will be available at the ORC website in the near future.
The complete Notice released by the ORC, available here, provides a summary of all standardbred rule change proposals received from participants, stakeholders and the general public by the ORC under the 2010 Rules Amendment Process and includes the decision making surrounding each rule received.
(With files from ORC)