Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - RACING COMMISSION, STATE › Title 294 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING HORSE RACING › Chapter 11 - JOCKEYS AND APPRENTICE JOCKEYS › Section 294-11.001 - JOCKEYS

Current through June 17, 2024
11.001.01 Each jockey and apprentice jockey
				must obtain a license from the Commission.
11.001.02 The license fee shall be as listed
				in rule 10.007 for each jockey and apprentice jockey.
11.001.03 No person under sixteen (16) years
				shall be granted a jockey's license.
11.001.04 No person who has never ridden in a
				race shall be granted a license; however, by permission of the Commission and
				the stewards, a temporary license may be granted for the riding of two races
				and if approved by the stewards and the Commission, said temporary license may
				be replaced with a license.
11.001.05 No jockey licensed in Nebraska
				shall be the owner or part owner of any race horse racing in Nebraska unless
				special permission is granted by the Nebraska State Racing
				Commission.
11.001.06 A jockey
				shall faithfully fulfill all engagements in respect to racing. Inability to
				fulfill engagements must be reported to and receive the approval of the
				stewards.
11.001.07 A jockey may
				not ride in any race against a starter of their contract employer unless their
				mount and their contract employer's starter are both in the hands of the same
				trainer.
11.001.08 In riding a
				race, a jockey must be neat in appearance. All riders must be dressed in clean
				jockey costume, cap and jacket of silk, satin or waterproof, white or light
				breeches and top boots. In all races, jockey's must wear approved safety
				helmets and safety vests, the weight of which shall not be included in the
				jockey's weight.
The safety vest shall weigh no more than two pounds and be
				  designed and manufactured in accordance with standards defined by the British
				  Equestrian Trade Association (BETA) at the time of manufacture.
11.001.08 A Unless he obtains the
				approval of the stewards prior to leaving the paddock, a jockey may carry in
				his hand no item of any kind other than a whip, whip substitute, or horse's
				reins until after the finish of the race when he unsaddles the horse at the
				placing judge's stand.
11.001.09
				Jockeys shall wear a number on their right arm (also on their left arms, if the
				judges' stand is inside the infield) and it and the saddle cloth number shall
				correspond to the number of the horse in the official program.
11.001.10 Every jockey who is engaged to ride
				in a race shall report to the jockey quarters not less than one hour before
				post time for the first race. Jockeys shall then report engagements and
				overweight, if any, to the clerk of scales, and thereafter shall not leave the
				room, except to view the races from a point approved by the stewards or to ride
				in a race, nor have any contact or communication with any person outside the
				jockey room other than an owner or trainer for whom said jockey is riding, or a
				racing official, or a representative of the regular news media, unless by
				permission granted by the stewards, until all of said jockey's engagements of
				the day have been fulfilled. However, the stewards may in their discretion
				permit jockeys engaged for later races to report at a later hour.
11.001.11 All jockeys must pass a physical
				examination once a year before the commencement of a meeting, affirming fitness
				to participate as a jockey. The stewards may require that any jockey be
				reexamined and may refuse to allow any jockey to ride until such an examination
				is successfully passed. If a jockey has previously passed such an examination
				prior to riding at a track in this state, a physical fitness card signed by the
				examining doctor that shows that date upon which the examination was made must
				be presented to the Commission.
11.001.12 No jockey shall make a bet on any
				race, with respect to the race in which said jockey is riding, except through
				or from the owner or trainer of the horse said jockey rides, and then only on
				that horse to win.
11.001.13 An
				owner or trainer must receive permission to substitute a jockey for another
				previously engaged, and must pay a losing mount fee to the rider previously
				engaged in the event the rider does not obtain another engagement in that race.
				(See Chapter 11.003.02 )
11.001.14 A
				jockey's fee shall be considered earned when the jockey is weighted out by the
				clerk of scales. The fee shall not be considered earned if the jockey, of his
				or her own free will, takes off a mount, where injury to the horse or rider is
				not involved. Any condition or consideration not covered by the above ruling
				shall be at the discretion of the stewards.
11.001.15 In a dead heat the jockeys involved
				shall divide equally the sum of the fees they would have received individually
				had one beaten the other or others. Likewise, the owners of the horses involved
				shall pay their equal share.
11.001.16 A jockey who is under suspension
				will not be permitted to fulfill any engagements except as provided for by
				these rules. A jockey under suspension in any other state will not be permitted
				to ride in Nebraska during such suspension.
11.001.16A Immediately prior to the start of
				a race meet the stewards appointed for that meet shall designate the stakes,
				futurities, or futurity trials or other races in which a jockey will be
				permitted to compete, notwithstanding the fact that such jockey is under
				suspension for ten (10) days or less for a riding infraction at the time the
				designated race is to be run.
11.001.16B Official rulings for riding
				infractions of ten days or less shall state: "The term of this suspension shall
				not prohibit participation in designated races".
11.001.16C A listing of designated races
				shall be posted in the jockeys' room and any other such place deemed
				appropriate by the stewards.
11.001.16D A suspended jockey must be named
				at time of entry to participate in any designated race.
11.001.16E A day in which a jockey
				participated in one designated race while on suspension shall count as a
				suspension day.
11.001.16F This
				rule shall apply only to riding infractions involving suspension of ten days or
				less and shall not apply to any other type of violation or suspension.