US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  217.  Registration  of race horses. The true name, sex and age, and
  also the pedigree, unless such pedigree  is  unknown,  of  every  horse,
  mare,  gelding,  colt or filly shall be registered with the jockey club,
  United States trotting association, American quarter  horse  association
  or  the  National  steeplechase  and hunt association before it shall be
  eligible to compete in any race conducted under a license  or  franchise
  of  the  state racing and wagering board and such name shall continue to
  be its true name unless and until the same shall be changed according to
  the rules and regulations of such organization. The class to  which  any
  such  animal  belongs for the purpose of the entry or competition in any
  race shall be determined by the public  performance  thereof  in  former
  contests  or  trials of speed, as prescribed by the printed rules of the
  person, association or corporation sponsoring such race.