Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - RACING COMMISSION, STATE › Title 294 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING HORSE RACING › Chapter 17 - RACE PROCEDURES › Section 294-17.001 - PADDOCK TO POST

Current through June 17, 2024
17.001.01 In a race each horse shall carry a
				conspicuous saddlecloth number and a head number, corresponding to his number
				on the official program. In the case of any entry each horse making up the
				entry shall carry the same number (head and saddlecloth) with a distinguishing
				letter. For example,
				1-1A, 1X. In the case
				of field, the horses comprising the field shall carry an individual number;
				i.e. 10, 11, 12 and so on or 10, 10A, 10B and so on.
17.001.02 Horses must be in the paddock at
				least fifteen (15) minutes before post time.
17.001.03 Every horse must be saddled in the
				paddock unless special permission has been granted by the stewards to saddle
				elsewhere.
17.001.04 After entering
				the track not more than twelve (12) minutes shall be consumed in the parade of
				the horses to the post except in cases of unavoidable delay. After passing the
				stand once, horses will be allowed to break formation and canter, warm up or go
				as they please to the post unless otherwise directed by the stewards. When
				horses have reached the post, they will be started without unnecessary
				delay.
17.001.05 After the horses
				enter the track, no jockey shall dismount and no horse shall be entitled to the
				care of an attendant without the consent of the stewards or the starter and the
				horse must be free of all hands other than those of the jockey or assistant
				starter before the starter releases the barrier.
17.001.06 In case of accident to a jockey or
				to his or her 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 during the
				delay.
17.001.07 If a jockey is
				thrown on the way from the paddock to the post, the horse must be remounted,
				return to the point where the jockey was thrown and then proceed over the route
				of the parade to the post. Horse must carry his assigned weight from paddock to
				post and from post to finish.
17.001.08 If the jockey is so injured on the
				way to the post as to require another jockey, the horse shall be taken to the
				paddock, another jockey obtained, and then ridden over an uncompleted portion
				of the exact route of the parade to the starting point.
17.001.09 If a horse leaves the course while
				moving from paddock to post, he shall return to the course at the nearest
				practical point to that at which he left the course, and shall complete his
				parade to the post from the point at which he left the course.
17.001.10 No person shall willfully delay the
				arrival of a horse at the post.
17.001.11 Only the jockey may strike a horse
				in assisting it in getting a start. No person other than the rider, starter or
				assistant starter, shall be permitted to shout or otherwise assist the horse in
				getting a start. The gate judge, track veterinarian, or others may assist at
				the direction of the starter.