What emulator is prefered if I do runs on emulator? Are there emulators that are banned?

According to SRL, VBA-M is banned for all GBA games for their races. I'm not sure how this translates to this game, I don't run it, but I imagine that at the least, VBA will be fine. It's a widely used and generally accepted emulator in most circumstances. I'm sure a mod will correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd go with VBA for now.