Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 810 - PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET - KENTUCKY HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 4 - Flat and Steeplechase Racing › Section 810 KAR 4:020 - Weights

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				230.215,
				230.260
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				230.215(2) authorizes the
				commission to promulgate administrative regulations prescribing conditions
				under which all horse racing is conducted in the Commonwealth. This
				administrative regulation provides the requirements for assigning weights to a
				horse in a race.
Section 1. Weight
			 Assignments for Horses.
(1) Weight allowance
			 shall be claimed at time of entry and shall not be waived after the posting of
			 entries, except by consent of the stewards.
(2) A horse shall start with only the weight
			 allowance to which it is entitled at the time of starting, regardless of its
			 allowance at time of entry.
(3)
			 Weight penalties shall be mandatory. A horse incurring a weight penalty for a
			 race shall not be entitled to any weight allowance for that race. A horse not
			 entitled to the first weight allowance in a race condition shall not be
			 entitled to any subsequent allowance specified in the race
			 conditions.
(4) Claim of weight
			 allowance to which a horse is not entitled shall not disqualify the horse,
			 unless protest is made in writing and lodged with the stewards at least one (1)
			 hour before post time.
(5) A horse
			 shall not incur a weight penalty or be barred from any race for having been
			 placed second or lower in any race. A horse shall not be given a weight
			 allowance for failure to finish second or lower in any race.
(6)
(a)
			 Except as established in paragraph (b) of this subsection, a horse shall not
			 receive weight allowance and shall not be relieved of extra weight for having
			 been beaten in one (1) or more races.
(b) A horse may receive weight allowances if
			 it has not won a race within a specified period or a race of a specified value
			 as set forth in the race conditions.
(7) Penalties incurred and allowances due in
			 steeplechase or hurdle races shall not apply to races on the flat, and vice
			 versa.
(8) In determining
			 eligibility, allowances, and penalties, the reports, records, and statistics as
			 recorded in racing publications shall be considered official, but may be
			 corrected by the publisher up to forty-five (45) minutes prior to post time of
			 the race.
(9) A maiden winning at
			 an unrecognized meeting shall lose the maiden condition. All other horses
			 winning at unrecognized meetings shall not be considered winners for weight
			 allowance or eligibility in races run thereafter under the jurisdiction of the
			 commission.
(10) A thoroughbred
			 horse shall not be assigned a weight of less than 118 pounds, unless:
(a) Apprentice allowance is
			 claimed;
(b) The horse is assigned
			 a weight of less than 118 pounds in a handicap race by the racing
			 secretary;
(c) The horse is a three
			 (3) year old entered to run in a race against horses four (4) years old and
			 older from January 1st through September 1, in which case the horse shall not
			 be assigned a weight less than 116 pounds; or
(d) The filly and mare weight allowance in
			 subsection (11) applies.
(11) Except in handicaps, thoroughbred
			 fillies two (2) years old shall be allowed three (3) pounds, and thoroughbred
			 fillies and mares three (3) years old and older shall be allowed five (5)
			 pounds before September 1, and three (3) pounds thereafter in a race that
			 includes horses of the opposite sex.
(12) Arabian minimum scale weights shall be
			 120 pounds for two (2) year-olds, 122 pounds for three (3) year-olds, and 124
			 pounds for four (4) year-olds and older.
(13) Quarter Horse, Appaloosa, and Paint
			 Horse minimum scale weights shall be 124 pounds for two-year-olds, 126 pounds
			 for three-year-olds, and 128 pounds for four-year-olds and older.
(14) Five (5) pounds shall be the limit of
			 overweight any horse is permitted to carry.