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TITLE 16ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 8TEXAS RACING COMMISSION
CHAPTER 313OFFICIALS AND RULES OF HORSE RACING
SUBCHAPTER BENTRIES, SCRATCHES, AND ALLOWANCES
DIVISION 3ALLOWANCES AND PENALTIES
RULE §313.168Scale of Weights for Age

(a) Except for a race in which the conditions expressly provide otherwise, the weight to be carried by a thoroughbred or Arabian horse in a race shall be determined in accordance with the following scale.

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(b) Except for a race in which the conditions expressly provide otherwise, the weight to be carried by a quarter horse, paint horse, or Appaloosa horse in a race during all months and for all distances shall be as follows:

  (1) for two year olds, 124 pounds;

  (2) for three year olds, 125 pounds; and

  (3) for four year olds and older, 128 pounds.


Source Note: The provisions of this §313.168 adopted to be effective August 30, 1989, 14 TexReg 4234; amended to be effective October 30, 2000, 25 TexReg 10735; amended to be effective September 4, 2018, 43 TexReg 5680

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