Rule 44 – Definition of Trial, Schooling Trial & Handslip
A Trial shall be any test run on a GBGB Licensed Racecourse other than a Race or Schooling Trial.
A Schooling Trial on a GBGB Licensed Racecourse shall be a Trial for one or more registered or Named Unregistered Greyhounds, identified according to these Rules, such Trial being held at the discretion of the Racing Manager for a Greyhound not exceeding 15 Months of age to ascertain whether the greyhound will properly chase the artificial hare. A Schooling Trial shall not be treated as a Trial for the purposes of the qualification of a Greyhound for any Race or for Rule 47. The matters to be recorded and the procedures for the conduct of a Schooling Trial shall be the same as those for a Trial.
A Handslipped Trial shall be a Trial in which the Greyhound is released other than from a Starting Trap. A Handslipped Trial shall not be treated as a Trial for the purposes of the qualification of a Greyhound for any race or for Rule 47. The holding of a Handslipped Trial shall be at the discretion of the Racing Manager and shall be recorded as having been a Handslipped Trial. The procedures for the conduct of Handslipped Trials shall be the same as those for a Trial. The matters to be recorded for a Handslipped Trial shall include the date of the event and weight of the greyhound at kennelling.
Any Registered Greyhound that takes part in a Handslipped Trial on the flat shall not be qualified to enter a Race without that Greyhound having first completed a Trial at a GBGB Racecourse. Any Registered Greyhound that takes part in a Handslipped Trial over hurdles may enter a race without a subsequent trial, subject to normal qualification Rules.