THE WELSH DRAGON SERIES RULES and CONDITIONS

 

GENERAL

1.1         Horses shall be nominated with payments due as per schedule of payments.  A list of nominees

will appear on the website www.tregarontrotting.com and in the BHRC Calendar.

1.2         The entries will be split into heats of no more than ten runners, gate positions to be drawn.

1.3         Horses will NOT be segregated on the basis of owner/trainer/driver

1.4         Heat winners and the appropriate placed horses (dependant on number of heats) will qualify

for the final (maximum ten runners).

1.5         All races will be run over a distance of one mile and 50 yds (timed over one mile).

1.6         Gate position in the final will be determined as follows:

Heat winners will be drawn first.  The first name drawn will be given a choice of gate position,

the second name drawn will be given the second choice and so forth.  Horses placed 2nd in their heat will be drawn

on the same principle as above.  If applicable, horses placed 3rd in their heat will be drawn in the same way.

1.7         All payments must be posted before the deadline date – you are advised to obtain a “proof of posting”

(free of charge from the post office) at the time of posting and retain this in case of  dispute.

1.8         Where a payment is missed, the entry will have recourse through the late entry system.

1.9         All owners holding nominations will be notified should there be any amendments or alterations to

the rules and conditions.

1.10      Any changes in ownership must be notified to the administrator as per payment schedule.

1.11      The committee will have the right to change the date or venue where a postponement is necessary.

1.12      There will be no refund of payments unless the race is completely cancelled.

1.13      In any dispute the decision of the promoter, Tregaron Trotting Club Ltd., will be final.

 

 

LITTLE WELSH DRAGON

2.1           The race is open to THREE year olds only.

2.2           All appropriate payments must have been completed as per horse’s payment schedule

2.3           All runners must have race qualified by 1st August in the year of the race under BHRC rules

2.4           Where possible colts, geldings and fillies will be divided into separate heats, if mixed heats are

unavoidable then fillies will be entitled to a preferential draw in the heat, but not the final.

2.5           If the final is won by a heat winner this horse will be declared the winner of  ‘Y Ddraig Fach Gymreig’. 

HOWEVER if the final is won by a placed horse from the heats then there will be a race-off between all the

heat winners and the final winner.  The race-off will be run on the following day (BHRC rule does not

allow a horse to run more than twice in one racing day). Gate positions will be drawn.  The winner of the

race-off will then be declared the winner of  ‘Y Ddraig Fach Gymreig’

2.6           The purse will be allocated as follows:                           Heats        40%

                                          Final         34% (if no race-off 60%)

                                Race-off   26%

 

 

JUNIOR WELSH DRAGON

3.1           This race is for TWO year olds only

3.2 All appropriate payments must have been completed as per horse’s payment schedule

3.3     All runners must have race qualified by under BHRC rules by close of entries of the race

3.4 Where possible colts, geldings and fillies will be divided into separate heats, if mixed heats are

unavoidable then fillies will be entitled to a preferential draw in the heat, but not the final.

3.5     The race will be run on the Saturday of the August Festival meeting – heats, if necessary will be run

on the Thursday (BHRC rule does not permit 2 yo to run twice in one day)

3.6     Purse will be allocated as follows:                  Heats 40%     Final 60%

 

SENIOR WELSH DRAGON

4.1           This race is for FOUR year olds only

4.2           All appropriate payments must have been completed as per horse’s payment schedule (but horses need

not have actually  raced in the LWD and/or JWD).

4.3           Horses eligible to enter the race will be those whose schedule of payment was completed up to the March

of their 3 year old year, or a subsequent supplemented payment in that year.  A comprehensive list of eligible horses will appear on the Tregaron Trotting website (www.tregarontrotting.com) in January of each year.

4.4           All runners must have race qualified by under BHRC rules by close of entries of the race

4.5           Purse will be allocated as follows:                  Heats 40%     Final 60%