§ 1472. Rail Construction and Track Specifications.
4 CA ADC § 1472Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
4 CCR § 1472
§ 1472. Rail Construction and Track Specifications.
(b) All rail posts, except portable, auxiliary, or chute rail posts, must be set in concrete at least 6 inches below the racetrack surface and shall be at least 24 inches deep. Permanent rails shall be designed not to collapse or break away when a horse that is running parallel to the rail bumps, lugs or falls into the rail or posts during normal training or racing. Notwithstanding the above, no permanent or portable turf post or rail shall be constructed of fiberglass, poly vinyl chloride (P.V.C.), or wood, and hedges shall not be used as a post or rail.
(e) All permanent inside rail posts shall be of a gooseneck-type design utilizing at least a 24-inch overhang with a continuous smooth elevated cover extending over the posts. Portable rails and posts shall be designed not to collapse or break away when a horse that is running parallel to the rail bumps, lugs or falls into the rail or posts during normal training or racing conditions. This subsection shall not apply to chute extension rails.
(i) All rail gate openings shall be designed not to collapse or break away when a horse that is running parallel to the rail bumps, lugs or falls into the rail or post during normal training or racing. Gates shall have a uniform appearance with the contiguous rail, and all gates on inner rails shall be closed and secured during racing and training.
(j) Separate ingress and egress gates or gaps shall be provided for horses to enter and leave the main racetrack. Each ingress and egress gate or gap shall be a minimum of 20 feet wide. Ingress and egress gates and gaps shall be separated by at least 20 feet. All gaps may be available for ingress for two minutes immediately following renovation breaks. The starting gates used for breaking horses during morning training hours shall be placed in a location that will not result in interference or distraction of gate horses from other horses entering or leaving the track during training hours.
(k) All racetrack lighting systems utilized for night racing shall have an emergency back-up system or a preferred electrical current provided by a public utility and incandescent lighting. Any such lighting systems must provide horses, riders, and drivers sufficient lighting to safely leave the track in case of a main power failure.
(1) Permanent track surface elevation grade marks installed at least at every 1/32 mile intervals to provide for a means of maintaining a continuous uniform grade of the track cushion and base (if granite). If the track is designed with the front stretch or backstretch at a different elevation than the other, a continuous grade from one elevation to the other shall be maintained.
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Sections 19420, 19440 and 19481, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 19481, Business and Professions Code.
History
1. New section filed 5-24-94; operative 5-24-94 except as shown in text (Register 94, No. 21).
2. New subsections (a)(1)-(2) filed 1-11-95; operative 2-10-95 (Register 95, No. 2).
3. Amendment of subsections (b), (d)-(f), (h)-(i) and new subsections (l)-(l)(2) filed 5-2-95; operative 6-1-95, except subsections 1472(h)-(i) which are operative 7-1-95 (Register 95, No. 18).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (c), (d), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) and (k) filed 12-23-96 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 96, No. 52).
5. Amendment of section and Note filed 6-20-2006; operative 7-20-2006 (Register 2006, No. 25).
This database is current through 4/19/24 Register 2024, No. 16.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 4, § 1472, 4 CA ADC § 1472
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