Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION › Article 7 - RULES FOR RACING › Section 112-7-21 - Paddock to post

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each horse in a
			 race shall carry a conspicuous saddlecloth number and a head number
			 corresponding to the horse's number on the official program. In the case of a
			 coupled entry, each horse making up the entry shall bear the same number as the
			 first part of the entry and also a distinguishing letter immediately following
			 the number on the head and saddlecloth. In the case of a field, the horses
			 comprising the field shall bear an individual number or a particular number
			 immediately followed by a distinguishing letter.
(b) Each trainer shall have the entered horse
			 in the paddock no fewer than 15 minutes before post time. The trainer shall
			 attend the horse in the paddock and be present to supervise its saddling unless
			 the trainer has obtained the permission of a steward to send an assistant
			 trainer or another trainer as a substitute. Each horse shall be saddled in the
			 paddock unless permission has been granted by the stewards to saddle elsewhere.
(c) Each blanket and bandage
			 except any bandage that will be worn during a race shall be removed immediately
			 upon arrival in the paddock. If weather conditions dictate, blankets may be
			 worn after saddling with the permission of the paddock judge.
(d) The stewards may permit a horse to be led
			 directly to the post and to be excused from the post parade.
(e) Each lead pony and each rider shall be
			 permitted to enter the saddling paddock or walking ring only after the stewards
			 have given permis-sion.
(f) The
			 post parade shall not last longer than 14 minutes after the horses enter the
			 racetrack, except in cases of unavoidable delay. When the horses reach the
			 post, they shall be started without unnecessary delay.
(g) After the horses enter the racetrack, no
			 jockey shall dismount and no horse shall be entitled to the care of an
			 attendant without the permission of the stewards or the starter. Each horse
			 shall be free of all hands other than those of the jockey, lead pony rider,
			 assistant starter or header before the field is dispatched by the starter. In
			 case of accident to a jockey or to the horse or equipment, any steward or any
			 starter may permit the affected jockey to dismount and the horse to be cared
			 for during the delay and also may permit any other jockeys to dismount and any
			 other horses to be attended during the delay.
(h) Each horse shall carry its assigned
			 weight from paddock to post and from post to finish. If a jockey is thrown on
			 the way from the paddock to the post, the horse shall be remounted, and if
			 reasonably possible, returned to where the jockey was thrown and shall proceed
			 over the route of the parade to the post.
(i) If the jockey sustains an injury on the
			 way to the post that requires substitution of another jockey, the horse shall
			 be returned to the paddock. Another jockey shall mount and then ride the horse
			 over any uncompleted portion of the exact route of the parade to the starting
			 point.
(j) If a horse leaves the
			 course while proceeding from paddock to post, the horse shall return to the
			 course at the nearest practical point where it left the course. It shall then
			 complete its parade to the post from the point at which it left the course.
(k) No person shall willfully
			 delay the arrival of a horse at the post.
(l) The use of any mechanical device applied
			 to a horse's ears at the starting gates shall be strictly prohibited. This
			 prohibition shall include twitches, tongs, pliers, or any device designed to
			 hold fast or squeeze the skin or other tissues.
(m) The use of a buggy whip, flexible cane,
			 or any similar device to assist the loading of a horse into the gates shall be
			 limited. If, in the opinion of the commission veterinarian or the stewards,
			 there is excessive use of this device, the commission veterinarian or stewards
			 shall order that the use of the device be stopped immediately. Any person using
			 the device in excess shall be subject to disciplinary action at the discretion
			 of the stewards.
(n) Only the
			 jockey shall be permitted to strike a horse to assist in starting.