Section 240. Off course

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If a horse leaves the prescribed course of a race and jumps any fence or goes around any beacon or other obstacle other than those on the prescribed course, it must turn back and resume the race from the point at which it originally left the prescribed course, or be disqualified. A rider who continues in a race on a horse thus disqualified may be fined or suspended, or both. If a beacon or flag is dislodged from its position, it is no longer considered to mark the course and can be ignored by the rider.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR662-05-01 § 4.5, eff. September 26, 1991; amended, Volume 31, Issue 18, May 1, 2015.

Statutory Authority

§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.

                    
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