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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".18" citation="COMAR 09.10.02.18" title_num="09" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="02" heading="Horse Identification.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Except as otherwise permitted in §B of this regulation, a horse may not be permitted to race unless fully identified by its:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Color;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Markings;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Unusual conformation, if any; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Registration number issued by a governing body of the breed as indicated by a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Freeze brand on the horse's neck, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Lip tattoo.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The judges may allow a horse to start one time if a horse has not been freeze branded or lip tattooed provided that arrangements are made, before the race in which the horse is permitted to start, to have the horse freeze branded or lip tattooed.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>