Phil Pinkney Memorial (NS Stake)

Conditions:

1. 1. For the purpose of this program, Nova Scotia foaled shall be defined as a foal whose place of birth on the Standardbred Canada/U.S.T.A. registration certificate indicates Nova Scotia or Nova Scotia sired. If not, Nova Scotia foaled or sired, the foal must remain 100% Nova Scotia ownership for the duration of the entire series. Effective 2023 for yearlings: Nova Scotia foaled shall be defined as a foal whose place of birth on the Standardbred Canada/U.S.T.A. registration certificate indicates Nova Scotia or Nova Scotia sired. If not, Nova Scotia foaled or sired, the foal must remain 100% Nova Scotia ownership for the duration of the entire series.

If not, Nova Scotia foaled or sired, foals must be 100% owned by Nova Scotia residents and are registered in that ownership with Standardbred Canada or the United States Trotting Association. (RESIDENT: A resident of Nova Scotia is a person whose primary residence is in Nova Scotia.)

1. 2. The rules of racing and regulations of the Atlantic Provinces Harness Racing Commission shall govern the race conditions of this stake.
2. 3. Each event is to be contested at a distance of one mile.
3. 4. There shall be separate divisions for pacing colts and fillies. Colts and fillies will race together in the trot divisions.
4. 5. Breeders' awards, as determined by the sponsor, shall be paid to Nova Scotia breeders who are the registered breeder of a winner of a Nova Scotia Sires Stakes event.
5. 6. The race shall be divided if the number of trailers exceeds two (2) or at the discretion of the race secretary.

1. 7. (a) Declaration date is three days prior to the race, excluding Sundays, by 10:00 am at the racetrack where the race is to be held.
2. 1. 2. All declared entries must have met and continue to meet qualifying standards as set forth by the Atlantic Standardbred Breeders Association as may be amended from time to time.
3. 1. 3. A horse must show one clean line in the last two starts before declaring in, which the individual time of the horse is at least equal to 2:06 for a 3-year-old pacer, 2:09 for a two-year-old pacer, 2:11 for a 3-year-old trotter and 2:15 for a 2-year-old trotter. Two consecutive bad lines off a clean line will be allowed for two-year-old trotters only, however, any 2 or 3-year-old pacer or trotter put on the judge’s list for performance must qualify prior to its next start.

4. Such chartered line must be obtained in a purse, qualifying, or schooling race not more than 45 days preceding the time for declaration in the race.

5. The judges may give appropriate allowance for the track conditions and shall indicate whether or not the horse qualifies, and if a line is in a purse race it will be considered a clean line if the horse is interfered with, had broken equipment, or finished first, second, or third in that start.
6. 8. Purse disbursement for five or more starters is 1st 45%, 2nd 22%, 3rd 15%, 4th 10%, 5th 8%. For four starters, distribution is 1st 47%, 2nd 24%, 3rd 17%, 4th 12%. For three starters, distribution is 1st 50%, 2nd 30%, 3rd 20%. For two starters, distribution is 1st 60%, 2nd is 40%. For one starter 100%. Purses will be paid within 20 business days of the event.
7. 9. Purse fund distribution: Pacing Colts: 40%, Pacing Fillies: 40%, Trotters 20%