BUFFALO RACEWAY WHIPPING RULE

1. Drivers shall comply with the rules of the New York State Gaming Commission, in particular 9 NYRCC 4117.8 (Whips, goads and head poles); and all drivers with agreement through their horsemen’s association and the track, Buffalo Raceway, that they will use the whip in compliance with these additional standards.

2. Drivers shall not cause an injury (visible or not) to the horse with the whip.

3. Drivers shall not whip a horse that is out of contention.

4. Drivers shall not repetitively whip a horse more than two strikes without a pause.

5. Drivers shall keep a line in each hand (except as may be necessary to adjust equipment, pulling plugs, dropping blinkers) from the start of the race until the top of the stretch; and both hands shall stay in front of the body and cannot be raised above the shoulder from the start of the race until the finish.  Continuous whipping is prohibited.

6. No goading device, including but not limited to a chain, spur, or mechanical or electrical device, other than a whip that is permitted by the New York State Gaming Commission rules shall be used upon a horse either while racing, training, or at any other time on the premises.

NEW YORK STATE GAMING COMMISSION RULES ALSO REQUIRE

7. The use of the whip shall be confined to an area above and between the sulky shafts and the outside wheel discs.

8. Drivers shall use the whip in a conventional manner which includes not striking or jabbing the horse with the butt end of a whip.

9. Drivers shall not use the whip in a manner that is brutal, excessive, indiscriminate, or unnecessary, or that interferes with or causes disturbance to another horse or driver.

10. Under the supervision of the judges, there shall be a mandatory visual inspection of each horse following each race for evidence or brutal use of the whip.

NO PERSON SHALL POSSESS ANY MECHANICAL OR ELECTRICAL GOADING DEVICE ON THE GROUNDS