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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Nominations › Section 1-14 - Current race lines

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 14.
(a) Current
				race lines, including last start, must be available at scratch time or the
				horse will be scratched.
(b) It
				shall be the trainer's responsibility to inform the racing office at entry time
				of a possible missing line. Also, the trainer shall be responsible to supply
				the same information to the judges at scratch time.
(c) Scratch time is established by the
				association.
(d) If, after scratch
				time, a horse drawn into race at an Indiana pari-mutuel track participates in
				any other race, that horse shall be scratched.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Nominations › Section 1-15 - No change permitted

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 15.
(a) The
				conditions for eligibility to a race may not be changed once entries are taken
				except that an error may be corrected with the consent of the
				stewards.
(b) No change in trainers
				of a horse, entered and drawn to start, will be permitted. In the event of such
				change, the horse will be scratched and the parties responsible therefore shall
				be subject to fine or suspension. A change in ownership may be permitted with
				the approval of the stewards.
(c)
				No owner shall list as the trainer of a horse a person who is not in fact the
				trainer of such horse, and no trainer shall allow his or her name to be shown
				on the declaration form nor the official program as trainer of a horse which he
				or she does not in fact have under his or her care and supervision as trainer
				of the horse. The stewards may require proof that a person listed as the
				trainer of a horse is in fact the actual trainer of that horse.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 1 - Entries and Nominations › Section 1-16 - Reporting to track

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 16.
All horses shipping in to race must be in their assigned
				  stalls where they are to race at least five (5) hours prior to the post time of
				  their race. In the event of unavoidable delay, as determined by the stewards,
				  the stewards may grant a reasonable grace period.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 2 - Declarations and Scratches › Section 2-1 - Declarations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 1.
(a) A
				declaration is the act of withdrawing an entered horse from a race prior to the
				closing of entries.
(b) The
				declaration of a horse before closing shall be made by the owner, trainer, or
				their licensed designee in the form and manner prescribed in these rules.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 2 - Declarations and Scratches › Section 2-2 - Scratches

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 2.
(a) A
				scratch is the act of withdrawing an entered horse from a contest after the
				closing of entries.
(b) The scratch
				of a horse after closing shall be made by the owner, trainer, or their licensed
				designee with permission from the stewards.
(c) A horse may be scratched from a stakes
				race for any reason at any time up until forty-five (45) minutes prior to that
				race.
(d) No horse may be scratched
				from an overnight race without approval of the stewards.
(e) In overnight races, horses that are
				physically disabled or sick shall be permitted to be scratched first. Should
				horses representing more than eight (8) betting interests in the daily double
				or exotic wagering races, or horses representing more than eight (8) betting
				interests in any other overnight race, remain in after horses with physical
				excuses have been scratched, then owners or trainers may be permitted at
				scratch time to scratch horses without physical excuses down to such respective
				minimum numbers for such races. This privilege shall be determined by lot if an
				excessive number of owners or trainers wish to scratch their horses.
(f) Entry of any horse which has been
				scratched or excused from starting by the stewards because of a physical
				disability or sickness shall not be accepted until the expiration of a minimum
				of five (5) calendar days after such horse was scratched or excused and the
				horse has been removed from the veterinarian's list by the official
				veterinarian.
(g) The stewards will
				review all cases in which a horse is drawn into the body of a race at a
				licensed facility under the jurisdiction of the commission, while appearing in
				the entries in another racing jurisdiction during the entry period in Indiana.
				For the purpose of this rule, the entry period begins when the horse is entered
				in Indiana and ends at 11:59 p.m. on the day the horse is scheduled to race in
				Indiana. It shall be a violation of these rules for a licensee to scratch a
				horse in Indiana and race that horse in another jurisdiction during the entry
				period and for five (5) calendar days thereafter. Violations of this
				subsection, absent mitigating circumstances, shall be subject to a fine by the
				stewards. This subsection shall not apply to handicap and stake races, nor to
				horses on the also eligible list.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 3 - Weights › Section 3-1 - Allowances

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 1.
(a) Weight
				allowance must be claimed at time of entry and shall not be waived after the
				posting of entries, except by consent of the stewards.
(b) A horse shall start with only the
				allowance of weight to which it is entitled at time of starting, regardless of
				its allowance at time of entry.
(c)
				Horses not entitled to the first weight allowance in a race shall not be
				entitled to any subsequent allowance specified in the conditions.
(d) Claim of weight allowance to which a
				horse is not entitled shall not disqualify it unless an objection is made in
				writing and lodged with the stewards before post time for that race.
(e) A horse shall not be given a weight
				allowance for failure to finish second or lower in any race.
(f) No horse shall receive allowance of
				weight nor be relieved extra weight for having been beaten in one (1) or more
				races, but this rule shall not prohibit maiden allowances or allowances to
				horses that have not won a race within a specified period or a race of a
				specified value.
(g) Except in
				handicap races which expressly provide otherwise, two-year-old fillies shall be
				allowed three (3) pounds, and fillies and mares, three-years-old and upward,
				shall be allowed five (5) pounds before September 1 and three (3) pounds
				thereafter in races where competing against male horses.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 3 - Weights › Section 3-2 - Penalties

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 2.
(a) Weight
				penalties are obligatory.
(b)
				Horses incurring weight penalties for a race shall not be entitled to any
				weight allowance for that race.
(c)
				No horse shall incur a weight penalty or be barred from any race for having
				been placed second or lower in any race.
(d) Penalties incurred and allowances due in
				steeplechase or hurdle races shall not apply to races on the flat, and
				penalties incurred and allowances due in flat races shall not apply to
				steeplechase or hurdle races.
(e)
				The reports, records, and statistics as published by The Daily Racing Form,
				Equibase, the breed registry foal certificate, or other recognized publications
				shall be considered official in determining eligibility, allowances, and
				penalties, but may be corrected.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 3 - Weights › Section 3-3 - Weight conversions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 3.
For the purpose of determining weight assignments or
				  allowances for imported horses, the following weight conversions shall be
				  used:
(1) One (1) kilogram = two and
				one-fourth (2¼) pounds.
(2)
				One (1) stone = fourteen (14) pounds.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 3 - Weights › Section 3-4 - Scale of weights

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 4.
(a) With the
				exception of apprentice allowances, handicap races, Indiana breds, Indiana
				restricted races, and the allowance provided in subsection (b) of this section,
				no jockey shall be assigned a weight of less than one hundred eighteen (118)
				pounds.
(b) Except in handicaps,
				fillies two (2) years old shall be allowed three (3) pounds, and fillies and
				mares three (3) years old and upward shall be allowed five (5) pounds before
				September 1, and three (3) pounds thereafter in races where competing against
				horses of the opposite sex.
(c)
				Quarter horses, appaloosas, and paints minimum scale weights shall be one
				hundred twenty-four (124) pounds for two-year-olds, one hundred twenty-six
				(126) pounds for three-year-olds, and one hundred twenty-eight (128) pounds for
				four-year-olds and older.
(d) A
				notice shall be included in the daily program that all jockeys will carry
				approximately three (3) pounds more than the published weight to account for
				safety equipment (vest and helmet) that is not included in required weighing
				out procedures. Additionally, jockeys may weigh in with an additional three (3)
				pounds for inclement weather gear when approved by the stewards.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 3 - Weights › Section 3-5 - Distance conversions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 5.
For the purpose of determining eligibility, weight
				  assignments, or allowances for imported horses, the racing secretary shall
				  convert metric distances to English measures by reference to the following
				  scale:
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DISTANCES
200 Meters = 1 Furlong
1,000 Meters = 5 Furlongs
1,200 Meters = 6 Furlongs
1,400 Meters = 7 Furlongs
1,600 Meters = 1 Mile
1,700 Meters = 1 1/16 Miles
1,800 Meters = 1 1/8 Miles
2,000 Meters = 1 1/4 Miles
2,200 Meters = 1 3/8 Miles
2,400 Meters = 1 1/2 Miles
2,600 Meters = 1 5/8 Miles
3,000 Meters = 1 7/8 Miles
3,200 Meters = 2 Miles
3,600 Meters = 2 1/4 Miles
4,800 Meters = 3 Miles
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 4 - Workouts › Section 4-1 - Requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 1.
(a) A horse
				that has not started for a period of sixty (60) days or more prior to race day
				must have an official timed workout within the previous forty-five (45) days
				prior to race day. First time starters must have two (2) or more official timed
				workouts, and at least one (1) such workout must be from the starting gate. The
				workout must have occurred at a pari-mutuel track or commission recognized
				training facility. The association may impose more stringent workout
				requirements.
(b) A horse that has
				not started for a period of two hundred forty (240) days or more, or a first
				time starter that has reached the age of four (4) years, shall be ineligible to
				start until it has completed the following:
(1) Successfully completed a racing soundness
				examination administered by the regulatory or track veterinarian.
(2) Completed an official workout of not less
				than four (4) furlongs in a time of fifty-two (52) seconds, or better, under
				the observation of the regulatory or track veterinarian. A horse participating
				in an official workout is subject to placement on the veterinarian's list and
				may be required to submit to a post-work biologic sample collection and testing
				for foreign substances in accordance with
				71 IAC 8.5-1-2 and
				71 IAC 8.5-1-4.2. Placement of a
				horse on the veterinarian's list shall be in accordance with the requirements
				set forth in
				71 IAC 8.5-8-1. All testing as
				required by this section and ordered by the regulatory or track veterinarian
				shall be conducted in accordance with commission sample collection and testing
				procedures with all tests to be at the expense of the horse owner or
				trainer.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 4 - Workouts › Section 4-2 - Identification

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 2.
(a) Unless
				otherwise prescribed by the stewards or the commission, the official lip tattoo
				must have been affixed to a horse's upper lip or a microchip or other
				identification method approved by the appropriate breed registry and the
				commission applied prior to its participation in workouts from the gate,
				schooling races, or workouts required for removal from the stewards' list, the
				starter's list, the veterinarian's list, or the bleeder/salix list.
(b) The trainer, exercise rider, or trainer's
				designee shall notify the clocker or the clocker's assistants of the horse's
				name and the trainer's name, and identify the distance the horse is to be
				worked and the point on the track where the workout will start. Any licensee
				failing to fully cooperate with the clocker or the clocker's assistants shall
				be reported to the stewards.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 4 - Workouts › Section 4-3 - Information dissemination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 3.
Information regarding a horse's approved timed workouts shall
				  be furnished to the public prior to the start of the race for which the horse
				  has been entered.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 4 - Workouts › Section 4-4 - Restrictions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 4.
A horse shall not be taken onto the track for training or a
				  workout except during hours designated by the association.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 5 - Eligibility for Racing › Section 5-2 - Eligibility for racing and ownership status

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9; IC
				  4-31-11
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 2.
(a) The
				commission, its executive director, the stewards, judges, and the commission's
				director of security (collectively, the "commission or the commission's
				designee"), shall have the right to require an entrant of a horse to verify
				information contained within the entry blank forms and declarations as well as
				other eligibility requirements for a particular race. In addition, the
				commission, or the commission's designee, shall have the right to make a
				determination of whether a certain horse is or was eligible to participate in a
				race. The burden of proving eligibility, by clear and convincing evidence, in
				such a situation, will be on the entrant.
(b) The commission, or the commission's
				designee, may require sufficient evidence from an entrant of ownership status,
				residency, or other information required for eligibility prior to allowing a
				horse to compete in a restricted race or in any race at the meet.
(c) After a race, the commission, or the
				commission's designee, may, upon reasonable suspicion, conduct an inquiry and
				make a determination as to ownership status, residency, or other information
				required for eligibility of an entrant.
(d) In considering the matter of ownership
				status, the commission, or the commission's designee, may review any
				information which it deems relevant, including, but not limited to, the
				following:
(1) a bill of sale;
(2) a proof of funds transfer, including, but
				not limited to, a canceled check, a wire transfer, or other similar form of
				proof; and
(3) a completed
				ownership transfer on the USTA or Jockey Club registration certificate,
				whichever is applicable.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 6 - Running of the Race › Section 6-1 - Equipment

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 1.
(a) All
				riding crops are subject to inspection and approval by the stewards, their
				designee, and the clerk of scales.
(1) Riding
				crops shall be soft padded, with a shaft and a smooth foam cylinder, and will
				be permitted in flat racing including training, only under the following
				conditions:
(A) maximum weight of eight (8)
				ounces;
(B) maximum length,
				including smooth foam cylinder, of thirty (30) inches;
(C) minimum shaft diameter of three-eighths
				(3/8) inch;
(D) shaft contact area
				must be smooth, with no protrusion or raised surface and covered by shock
				absorbing material that gives a compression factor of at least one (1)
				millimeter throughout its circumference; and
(E) no binding within seven (7) inches of the
				end of the shaft.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 6 - Running of the Race › Section 6-2 - Racing numbers

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 2.
Each horse shall carry a conspicuous saddle cloth number
				  corresponding to the official number given that horse on the official program.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 6 - Running of the Race › Section 6-3 - Jockey requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 3.
(a) Jockeys
				shall report to the jockeys' quarters at the time designated by the
				association. Jockeys shall report their engagements and weight to the clerk of
				scales. Jockeys shall not leave the jockeys' quarters, except to ride in
				scheduled races, until all of their riding engagements of the day have been
				fulfilled, except as approved by the stewards.
(b) A jockey who has not fulfilled all riding
				engagements, who desires to leave the jockeys' quarters, must first receive the
				permission of the stewards and must be accompanied by an association security
				guard.
(c) While in the jockeys'
				quarters, jockeys shall have no contact or communication with any person
				outside the jockeys' quarters other than:
(1)
				commission personnel and officials;
(2) an owner or trainer for whom the jockey
				is riding;
(3) the jockey's agent;
				or
(4) a representative of the
				regular news media; except with the permission of the stewards. Any
				communication permitted by the stewards may be conducted only in the presence
				of the clerk of scales or other person designated by the stewards. Such
				communication may include the use of personal cell phones in a restricted area
				approved by the commission or its designee.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 6 - Running of the Race › Section 6-3.5 - Jockey apparel advertising

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 3.5.
(a) A
				jockey shall not wear advertising or promotional material of any kind on
				clothing within one (1) hour of or during a race, unless the following criteria
				are met:
(1) Comply with the following size
				restrictions:
(A) A maximum of thirty-two
				(32) square inches on each thigh of the pants on the outer side between the hip
				and knee and ten (10) square inches on the rear of the pant at the waistline at
				the base of the spine.
(B) A
				maximum of twenty-four (24) square inches on boots and leggings on the outside
				of each nearest the top of the boot.
(C) A maximum of six (6) square inches on the
				front center of the neck area (on a turtleneck or other
				undergarment).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 6 - Running of the Race › Section 6-4 - Paddock to post

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 4.
(a) Each
				horse shall carry the full weight assigned for that race from the paddock to
				the starting post and shall parade past the stewards' stand unless excused by
				the stewards. The post parade shall not exceed twelve (12) minutes unless
				otherwise ordered by the stewards. It shall be the duty of the stewards to
				ensure that the horses arrive at the starting gate as near to post time as
				possible.
(b) After the horses
				enter the track, no jockey may dismount or entrust the jockey's horse to the
				care of an attendant without the prior consent of the starter unless there is
				an accident involving the jockey, the horse, or the equipment. During any delay
				during which a jockey is permitted to dismount, all other jockeys may dismount
				and their horses may be attended by others. After the horses enter the track,
				only the jockey, an assistant starter, the official veterinarian, the racing
				veterinarian, or an outrider or pony rider may touch the horse before the start
				of the race.
(c) If a jockey is
				injured on the way to the post, the horse shall be returned to the paddock or
				any other area designated by the stewards, re-saddled with the appropriate
				weight, and remounted with a replacement jockey.
(d) After passing the stewards' stand in
				parade, the horses may break formation and proceed to the post in any manner
				unless otherwise directed by the stewards. Once at the post, the horses shall
				be started without unnecessary delay.
(e) Horses shall arrive at the starting post
				in post position order.
(f) In case
				of accident to a jockey or the jockey's mount or equipment, the stewards or the
				starter may permit the jockey to dismount and the horse to be cared for during
				the delay and may permit all jockeys to dismount and all horses to be attended
				to during the delay.
(g) If a horse
				throws its jockey on the way from the paddock to the post, the horse must be
				returned to the point where the jockey was thrown, where it shall be remounted
				and then proceed over the route of the parade to the post. The horse must carry
				its assigned weight from paddock to post and from post to finish.
(h) If a horse leaves the course while moving
				from paddock to post, the horse shall be returned to the course at the nearest
				practical point to that at which it left the course and shall complete its
				parade to the post from the point at which it left the course unless ordered
				scratched by the stewards.
(i) No
				person shall wilfully delay the arrival of a horse at the post.
(j) The starter shall load horses into the
				starting gate in any order deemed necessary to ensure a safe and fair start.
				Only the jockey, the racing veterinarian, the starter, or an assistant starter
				shall handle a horse at the post.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 6 - Running of the Race › Section 6-5 - Post to finish

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 5.
(a) The
				following shall apply to starting the race:
(1) The starter is responsible for assuring
				that each participant receives a fair start.
(2) If, when the starter dispatches the
				field, any door at the front of the starting gate stalls should not open
				properly due to a mechanical failure or malfunction, or should any action by
				any starting personnel directly cause a horse to receive an unfair start, the
				stewards may declare the horse a nonstarter.
(3) Should a horse, not scratched prior to
				the start, not be in the starting gate stall thereby causing it to be left when
				the field is dispatched by the starter, the horse shall be declared a
				nonstarter by the stewards.
(4)
				Should an accident or malfunction of the starting gate, or other unforeseeable
				event compromise the fairness of the race or the safety of race participants,
				the stewards may declare individual horses to be nonstarters, exclude
				individual horses from one (1) or more pari-mutuel pools, or declare a no
				contest and refund all wagers except as otherwise provided in the rules
				involving multi-race wagers.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 7 - Violations › Section 7-1 - Horse also suspended

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 1.
(a) If a
				person is suspended, ruled off, or expelled, every horse owned wholly or in
				part or leased or trained by that licensee may also be suspended, ruled off, or
				expelled for the same period of time as the owner or trainer.
(b) Under unusual circumstances or for
				justifiable reasons, the stewards or commission may shorten the period of
				suspension time for a horse.
(c)
				With the approval of the stewards, an owner whose horses are in the care of a
				suspended trainer may transfer such horses to another licensed
				trainer.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 7 - Violations › Section 7-2 - Return money; prizes

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 2.
If any person or persons is suspended, ruled off, or expelled
				  for fraudulent practice in relation to a horse or horses, wholly or in part
				  their property, he or she shall return all money and prizes which such horse or
				  horses has fraudulently won.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 7 - Violations › Section 7-3 - Fraudulent practices

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 3.
(a) No
				person shall do any of the following:
(1)
				Corruptly give or offer money or share in a bet or other benefit to any person
				having official duties in relation to a race or to any jockey.
(2) Having official duties in relation to a
				race or any jockey, corruptly accept or offer to accept money or share in a bet
				or any benefit.
(3) Willfully enter
				or cause to be entered or start in any race a horse which they know to be
				disqualified.
(4) Fraudulently
				offer or receive any amount of money for scratching a horse out of a
				race.
(5) Without making it known
				to the officials, be a part owner or act as a trainer of any horse in which a
				jockey possesses any interest.
(6)
				Make any bet with or on behalf of a jockey unless the bet is on a horse the
				jockey is riding.
(7) Offer or
				give, except through his or her employer of the owner or trainer of the horse
				ridden, a jockey any present, money, or other reward in connection with riding
				in any race.
(8) Accept a ticket or
				make a bet on any horse other than the one he or she rides.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 7 - Violations › Section 7-4 - Disqualification; purse redistribution

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 4.
(a) In the
				event any violation of these rules is determined after a race has been
				completed and the purse has been distributed, the following shall apply:
(1) The permit holder shall be required to
				redistribute purses out of purse account within ten (10) days after the
				redistribution is ordered.
(2) The
				purse shall be redistributed according to the final placings.
(3) In the event the purse has been paid, the
				owner or owners and the disqualified horse or horses shall stand suspended
				until all money, trophies, or awards have been returned to the permit holder
				who shall assume the responsibility of redistributing the purse.
(4) If there are not enough nonoffending
				horses, the remaining part of the purse shall go to the declared
				winner.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 7 - Violations › Section 7-5 - Designated races

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 5.
(a) In the
				event a penalty for a riding violation is ten (10) days or less, the jockey may
				compete in a designated race or races provided the jockey must be named at the
				time of entry.
(b) For the purpose
				of this section, a designated race shall mean any stakes, futurity, or futurity
				trial in any state.
(c) Official
				rulings for riding infractions of ten (10) days or less shall state: "The term
				of this suspension shall not prohibit participation in designated
				races.".
(d) On a day in which a
				jockey participates in a designated race or races, this day will not count as a
				suspension day.
IC 4-22-2-37.1 establishes the effectiveness of an
					 emergency rule upon filing with the secretary of state. LSA Document #99-107E
					 was filed with the secretary of state June 8,
					 1999.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 8 - Protests, Objections, and Inquiries › Section 8-1 - Stewards to inquire

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 1.
(a) The
				stewards shall take cognizance of foul riding and, upon their own motion or
				that of any racing official or person empowered by these rules to object or
				complain, shall make diligent inquiry or investigation into such objection or
				complaint when properly received.
(b) In determining the extent of
				disqualification, the stewards, in their discretion, may:
(1) declare null and void a track record set
				or equalled by a disqualified horse, or any horses coupled with it as an
				entry;
(2) affirm the placing
				judges' order of finish and hold the jockey responsible if, the in stewards'
				opinion, the foul riding did not affect the order of finish; or
(3) disqualify the offending horse and hold
				the jockey blameless if, in the stewards' opinion, the interference of another
				horse in a race was not the result of an intentional foul or careless riding on
				the part of a jockey.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 8 - Protests, Objections, and Inquiries › Section 8-2 - Race objections

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 2.
(a) An
				objection to an incident alleged to have occurred during the running of a race
				shall be received only when lodged with the outrider, the stewards, or their
				designees by the owner, the authorized agent of the owner, the trainer, or the
				jockey of a horse engaged in the same race. Any objection by a jockey must be
				lodged with the outrider or the steward's designee before the jockey dismounts
				the horse.
(b) An objection
				following the running of any race must be filed before the race is declared
				official.
(c) The stewards shall:
(1) make all findings of fact as to all
				matters occurring during and incident to the running of a race;
(2) determine all objections and inquiries;
				and
(3) determine the extent of
				disqualification, if any, of horses in the race. Such findings of fact and
				determinations shall be final.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 8 - Protests, Objections, and Inquiries › Section 8-3 - Prior objections

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 3.
(a)
				Objections to the participation of a horse entered in any race shall be made to
				the stewards in writing, signed by the objector, and filed prior to post time
				for the first race on the day which the questioned horse is entered. Any such
				objection shall set forth the specific reason or grounds for the objection in
				such detail so as to establish probable cause for the objection. The stewards
				upon their own motion may consider an objection until such time as the horse
				becomes a starter.
(b) An objection
				to a horse which is entered in a race may be made on, but not limited to, the
				following grounds or reasons:
(1) A
				misstatement, error, or omission in the entry under which a horse is to
				participate.
(2) The horse which is
				entered to run is not the horse it is represented to be at the time of entry or
				the age was erroneously given.
(3)
				The horse is not qualified to enter under the conditions specified for the
				race.
(4) The horse is owned in
				whole or in part or leased or trained by a person ineligible to participate in
				racing or otherwise ineligible to own a race horse as provided in these
				rules.
(5) The horse was entered
				without regard to a lien filed previously with the racing secretary.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 8 - Protests, Objections, and Inquiries › Section 8-4 - Protests

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 4.
(a) A
				protest against any horse which has started in a race shall be made to the
				stewards in writing, signed by the protestor, within seventy-two (72) hours of
				the race exclusive of nonracing days. If the incident upon which the protest is
				based occurs within the last two (2) days of the meeting, such protest may be
				filed with the commission within seventy-two (72) hours exclusive of Saturdays,
				Sundays, or official holidays. Any such protest shall set forth the specific
				reason or reasons for the protest in such detail as to establish probable cause
				for the protest.
(b) A protest may
				be made on any of the following grounds:
(1)
				Any grounds for objection as set forth in section 3 of this rule.
(2) A jockey, owner, or lessor was ineligible
				to participate in racing as provided in this article.
(3) The horse carried less than the proper
				weight from post to finish.
(4) An
				unfair advantage was gained in violation of this article.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 9 - Violations and Fines › Section 9-1 - Disorderly conduct; all licensees

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 1.
The following shall constitute disorderly conduct and be
				  reason for any penalty of any license as provided by these rules:
(1) Failure to obey the stewards'
				orders.
(2) Fighting.
(3) Assaults.
(4) Offensive and profane language.
(5) Disturbing the peace.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 9 - Violations and Fines › Section 9-2 - Improper language

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 2.
If any licensed person:
(1) uses improper language to the racing
				officials or member of the racing commission or threatens such
				officials;
(2) uses profane or
				indecent language;
(3) carries or
				exhibits a deadly weapon; or
(4)
				otherwise disturbs the peace of any race track enclosure;
he or she may be ejected, fined, suspended, or referred to
				  the commission for any penalty provided by these rules.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 9 - Violations and Fines › Section 9-3 - Payment of fines

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 3.
All fines imposed by the stewards or the commission shall be
				  paid to the commission. Any person failing to pay a fine within seven (7) days
				  may be summarily suspended pending the payment of the fine and may be excluded,
				  their license may be revoked by the commission, or both, unless an appeal has
				  been filed with the commission and is pending. However, when a fine and
				  suspension is imposed by the stewards or commission, the fine shall be due and
				  payable at the time the suspension expires unless otherwise
				  ordered.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 9 - Violations and Fines › Section 9-4 - Must pay own fine

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 4.
No person shall pay the fine of another.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 7.5 - FLAT RACING; RULES OF THE RACE › Rule 9 - Violations and Fines › Section 9-5 - Firearms

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 5.
No person, except commission security, track security, and
				  law enforcement officials while engaged in the performance of their official
				  duties, shall possess or discharge any firearm within any race track
				  property.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 8 - HUMAN AND EQUINE HEALTH › Rule 1 - Equine Health; Medication Rules › Section 1-1 - Medication

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31-12
Sec. 1.
(a) No horse
				participating in a race or entered in a race shall carry in its body any
				foreign substance as defined in 71 IAC 1, except as provided for in this
				rule.
(b) No substance, foreign or
				otherwise, shall be administered to a horse entered to race by:
(1) injection;
(2) jugging;
(3) oral administration;
(4) tube;
(5) rectal infusion or suppository;
(6) inhalation; or
(7) any other means;
within twenty-four (24) hours prior to the scheduled post
				  time for the first race except furosemide as provided for in this rule. The
				  prohibition
[sic., prohibitions]
in this section include, but
				  are not limited to, injection or jugging of vitamins, electrolyte solutions,
				  and amino acid solutions. The prohibition also includes, but is not limited to,
				  the administration of breathing compounds for oral and nasal dosing, such as
				  Traileze, Vapol, Vicks vapor-rub, wind-aid, exhale ease, or containing
				  methylsalicylate, camphor, or potassium iodide.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 8 - HUMAN AND EQUINE HEALTH › Rule 1 - Equine Health; Medication Rules › Section 1-1.5 - Medication

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC
				  4-31-2.1; IC
				  4-31-12
Sec. 1.5.
(a) No
				horse participating in a race or entered in a race shall carry in its body any
				foreign substance as defined in 71 IAC 1 or IC
				4-31-2.1, except as provided for in
				this rule.
(b) No substance,
				foreign or otherwise, shall be administered to a horse entered to race by:
(1) injection;
(2) jugging;
(3) oral administration;
(4) tube;
(5) rectal infusion or suppository;
(6) inhalation; or
(7) any other means;
within twenty-four (24) hours prior to the scheduled post
				  time for the first race except furosemide, as provided for in this rule. The
				  prohibitions in this section include, but are not limited to, injection or
				  jugging of vitamins, electrolyte solutions, and amino acid solutions. The
				  prohibition also includes, but is not limited to, the topical, oral, or nasal
				  administration of compounds, such as Traileze, Vapol, Vicks vapor-rub,
				  wind-aid, exhale ease, or containing methylsalicylate, camphor, potassium
				  iodide, or products containing "caine" derivatives or dimethylsulfoxide
				  (DMSO).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 8 - HUMAN AND EQUINE HEALTH › Rule 1 - Equine Health; Medication Rules › Section 1-2 - Foreign substances prohibited

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC
				  4-31-12
Sec. 2.
(a) No horse
				participating in a race shall carry in its body any foreign substance except as
				provided by these rules. A finding by the chemist or commission designee that a
				foreign substance is present in the test sample shall be prima facie evidence
				that such foreign substance was administered and carried in the body of the
				horse while participating in a race. Such a finding shall also be taken as
				prima facie evidence that the trainer and his or her agents responsible for the
				care or custody of the horse have been negligent in the handling or care of the
				horse. The prohibition and allowance of foreign substances in this article
				shall apply to qualifying races.
(b) Upon the finding of a violation of this
				section, the owners or lessees of the horse from which the specimen was
				obtained shall forfeit any purse money and any trophy or award. However,
				forfeiture of any purse, trophy, or award for an overage of phenylbutazone,
				flunixin, ketoprofen, or furosemide in violation of these rules shall be
				consistent with Recommended Penalties of the Association of Racing
				Commissioners, International, as revised by the ARCI in 2014 and any other
				subsequent revision effective after said date, which are incorporated by
				reference herein, copies of which are available at the commission office.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 8 - HUMAN AND EQUINE HEALTH › Rule 1 - Equine Health; Medication Rules › Section 1-2.1 - Thyroxine restricted

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC
				  4-31-12
Sec. 2.1.
(a) Thyroid
				supplementation is prohibited. Trainers shall not have thyroxine, any other
				thyroid hormone, thyroid hormone analog, or thyroid supplements on the premise
				of a facility under the jurisdiction of the commission, nor shall they
				administer such supplements unless both of the following conditions have been
				met:
(1) A thyrotropin-releasing hormone
				(TRH) response test has been performed by a commission-licensed veterinarian
				and supports a diagnosis of hypothyroidism in the horse.
(2) A commission-licensed veterinarian has
				submitted the TRH response test result to the equine medical director, and the
				equine medical director approves the thyroxine prescription based on their
				independent determination that the test result confirms the hypothyroidism
				diagnosis. A T3 or T4 test without stimulation of the thyroid is insufficient
				to diagnose hypothyroidism.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 8 - HUMAN AND EQUINE HEALTH › Rule 1 - Equine Health; Medication Rules › Section 1-3 - Foreign substances allowed

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC
				  4-31-12
Sec. 3.
Furosemide, when used in accordance with the test levels and
				  guidelines set forth in sections
[sic, section]
5 of this
				  rule, is a permitted foreign substance for race day
				  administration.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 8 - HUMAN AND EQUINE HEALTH › Rule 1 - Equine Health; Medication Rules › Section 1-4.1 - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC
				  4-31-12
Sec. 4.1.
(a) The use
				of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) shall be governed by the
				following conditions:
(1) NSAIDs included in
				the ARCI Controlled Therapeutic Medication Schedule for Horses, as revised by
				the ARCI in December 2019 and any other subsequent revision effective after
				said date, which are incorporated by reference herein, copies of which are
				available at the commission office, are not to be used in a manner inconsistent
				with the restrictions contained therein. NSAIDs not included on the ARCI
				Controlled Therapeutic Medication Schedule for Horses are not permitted to be
				present in a biological sample at a concentration that equals or exceeds the
				commission's official laboratory's limit of detection.
(2) Biological samples may contain one (1) of
				the NSAIDs identified in the ARCI Controlled Therapeutic Medication Schedule
				for Horses at a concentration up to the primary threshold indicated therein.
				The presence of more than one (1) NSAID in blood or urine, or both, shall
				constitute an NSAID stacking violation (Penalty Class B) in addition to the
				violation associated with the detection of each additional NSAID that exceeds
				the primary threshold.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 8 - HUMAN AND EQUINE HEALTH › Rule 1 - Equine Health; Medication Rules › Section 1-5.5 - Bleeding from nostrils

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  4-31-3-9
Affected: IC
				  4-31-12
Sec. 5.5.
A horse known to have bled from its nostrils for the first
				  time within a three hundred sixty-five (365) day period during a race or
				  workout may not be entered or raced during the next fourteen (14) days without
				  prior approval for racing by the official veterinarian or his or her designee.
				  If a horse bleeds from its nostrils a second time within a three hundred
				  sixty-five (365) day period, the horse shall be placed on the veterinarian's
				  list and prohibited from racing for thirty (30) days. If a horse bleeds from
				  its nostrils a third time within a three hundred sixty-five (365) day period,
				  the horse shall be placed on the veterinarian's list and prohibited from racing
				  for at least one hundred eighty (180) days. A horse that bleeds from its
				  nostrils, but upon endoscopic examination shows no sign of pulmonary
				  hemorrhage, shall not be subject to the restrictions imposed by this section.
				  The horse may be removed from the veterinarian's list by the official
				  veterinarian after a satisfactory workout. If a horse bleeds from its nostrils
				  a fourth time, the horse is prohibited from racing in
				  Indiana.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION › Article 8 - HUMAN AND EQUINE HEALTH › Rule 1 - Equine Health; Medication Rules › Section 1-5.6 - Anti-ulcer medications

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31-12
Sec. 5.6. The following anti-ulcer medications are permitted
				  to be administered, at the stated dosage, up to twenty-four (24) hours prior to
				  the race in which the horse is entered:
(1) Cimetidine (Tagamet®) - 8-20 mg/kg PO
				BID-TID
(2) Omeprazole
				(Gastrogard®) - 2.2 grams PO SID
(3) Ranitidine (Zantac®) - 8 mg/kg PO
				BID