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TITLE 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 8 - TEXAS RACING COMMISSION
CHAPTER 313 - OFFICIALS AND RULES OF HORSE RACING
SUBCHAPTER D - RUNNING OF THE RACE
SECTION/RULE §313.426 - Toe Grabs Prohibited
Chapter Review Date 06/11/2019

(a) A Thoroughbred or Arabian horse is ineligible to start in a race when it has shoes (racing plates) that have toe grabs with a height greater than two millimeters (0.07874 inches), bends, jar calks, stickers, or any other traction device on the front hooves.(b) A Quarter Horse, Paint Horse, or Appaloosa is ineligible to start in a race when it has shoes (racing plates) that have toe grabs with a height greater than four millimeters (0.15748 inches), bends, jar calks, stickers, or any other traction device on the front hooves.

Source Note: The provisions of this §313.426 adopted to be effective March 22, 2009, 34 TexReg 1840.

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