Acts and Regulations

85-182 - Horse and Pony Hauling Contests

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NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 85-182
under the
Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals Act
(O.C. 85-950)
Filed November 27, 1985
Under section 34 of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following Regulation:
2018-40
1This Regulation may be cited as the Horse and Pony Hauling Contests Regulation - Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Act.
HORSE HAULING CONTESTS
2The length of pull shall be not less than thirty-six inches.
3No yelling or shouting, other than the normally required commands, shall be allowed at a horse hauling contest.
4A driver or helper shall not be permitted to use a whip or forcibly strike a horse with the reins or any other object.
5A horse may be disqualified for a horse hauling contest prior to or during the contest, if it is judged unfit for the contest by an officer or agent of The New Brunswick Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and a qualified veterinarian.
PONY HAULING CONTESTS
6Each pony team shall weigh under one thousand six hundred pounds and no pony on the team shall be over thirteen hands at withers.
7Every pony entered in a pony hauling contest shall be weighed prior to the contest by one person who is accompanied by a witness.
8All teamsters taking part in a pony hauling contest shall draw for the order in which they are to haul.
9Each team shall be driven by only one teamster, but a helper shall be allowed when hitching to drag or in the case of an accident or breakage.
10Lines of two-by-four lumber placed nine feet apart shall be used in the hauling ring.
11The hauling distance for ponies shall be twenty-four inches and three starts shall be allowed to move a load this distance.
12Any team that is competing in a pony hauling contest and has been hitched to drag shall have the first haul free.
13When a team is in the act of hauling, it shall stay within the lines, except in the case of an accident or breakage.
14When a team is not in the act of hauling, it is in the discretion of the judge whether the team shall stay within the lines.
15For the purposes of determining whether a team has stayed within the lines, a visible mark must be made outside the lines and a foot on the lines does not constitute a failure to stay within the lines.
16In the case of breakage, after repairs are made, a team may step over the lines to break the drag clear, but it shall straighten the drag within the lines, to the satisfaction of the judge, before it continues the haul.
17In the case of breakage after the first, second or third start, the team shall have the option of breaking the drag clear and losing all its distance in that particular haul or continuing without breaking the drag clear with a free start.
18If a team at any time is penalized by having to wait for boxes for over two minutes, it shall be allowed to break the drag loose by a side pull, but the team must stay within the lines.
19A time limit of fifteen minutes shall be allowed for each team to complete its haul, but in the case of breakage, a maximum of fifteen minutes shall be allowed for repairs.
20Each swing shall constitute a haul unless the judge rules otherwise.
21Minimum starting loads for ponies shall be eight hundred pounds.
22All placings in pony hauling contests shall be made on the basis of weight, except for special hauls.
23A team shall be disqualified from hauling in a pony hauling contest if any pony on the team is, in the opinion of the judge, blemished or in poor condition.
24All ponies shall be weighed without harness.
25All teams shall haul in the same direction and haul to finish.
26A loading drag shall be not less than one hundred pounds and not more than five hundred pounds at any one start until the haul is completed.
27Teamsters who, in the opinion of the judge, are under the influence of liquor shall be disqualified.
28No whips or reins shall be used to strike ponies.
29No cruelty to any animal shall be tolerated on the fair grounds.
30No liquor or drugs shall be given to ponies.
31No profane language shall be used during a pony hauling contest.
32Ponies shall be properly shod, harnessed and cared for.
33Each exhibition shall set its own times for pony hauling contests.
34A pony may be disqualified for a pony hauling contest prior to or during the contest, if it is judged unfit for the contest by an officer or agent of The New Brunswick Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and a qualified veterinarian.
35Regulation 155, Statutory Orders and Regulations, 1963, under the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Act is repealed.
N.B. This Regulation is consolidated to May 15, 2018.