N.Y. Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law § 225: Registration of race horses

§ 225. 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,

the national steeplechase and hunt association or such other entity as

the commission may designate before it shall be eligible to compete in

any race conducted under a license or franchise of the commission 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. No horse, mare, gelding, colt or filly

shall be eligible to compete in any race, unless it is first

microchipped and registered with the jockey club, United States trotting

association, American quarter horse association, the national

steeplechase and hunt association or such other entity, as applicable

and as the commission may designate. The commission may request that all

microchip information be provided and available to the commission as

necessary pursuant to this chapter.