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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-35 - Horse must carry full weight and jockey must remain mounted

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each horse
			 shall carry the full weight assigned for that race from the paddock to the
			 starting point and throughout the race.
(B) After the horses enter the track, no
			 jockey may dismount nor entrust his or her horse to the care of an attendant
			 except in case of an accident or injury to the jockey or the horse or in the
			 event of an equipment problem, and then only with the prior consent of the
			 starter.
(C) During any delay in
			 which a jockey is permitted to dismount, all other jockeys may, with the
			 permission of the starter or the stewards, dismount for the same period of time
			 and their horses may be attended by assistant starters or pony persons.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85, 1/1/92
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-36 - Enclosed starting gate

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
All starts at thoroughbred meetings shall be made from an
				enclosed starting gate, and there can be no start until and no recall after the
				starter has caused the gates to be opened; provided, that in an emergency and
				with permission of the stewards the start may be made from a starting gate with
				opened stalls or with a flag or in any other manner that the stewards may
				prescribe, but no start shall be effected until the starter shall have given
				the agreed signal for said start and no recall shall be possible after he shall
				have given the agreed signal.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-37 - Starting positions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Horses shall take their positions in the starting gate in
				alternating sequence, with the horse assigned to the post position closest to
				the inside rail and the horse assigned to the post position nearest to the
				middle of the field being loaded first, and so on until the field is properly
				loaded, unless in the starter's opinion a horse is unduly fractious or unruly
				in which case the starter shall be the first authority as to the horse's
				numerical loading into the starting gate.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85, 3/8/01
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-38 - Failure to operate

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
If when the starter gives the signal for the start of any race,
				the doors at the front of one or more of the stalls should fail to open,
				causing the occupant or occupants to be left, or if a horse is not in the
				starting gate stall when the field is dispatched, thereby causing a horse to be
				left, the starter shall notify the stewards immediately, who shall notify the
				parimutuel department that such horse or horses so left shall be deemed for all
				purposes not to have participated in said race but to have been withdrawn
				therefrom immediately subsequent to the finish of the next preceding race; and
				the permit holder shall thereupon make disposition of wagers upon such horse or
				horses in accordance with such notification by the stewards, and pursuant to
				the provisions of rule
				3769-4-38
				of the Administrative Code. If such a situation should arise with respect to a
				race for which nominating, eligibility or starting fees have been paid, all
				fees paid with relation to the horse or horses left shall be deducted from the
				purse and refunded to the nominator or the respective nominators.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-39 - Discipline by starter

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The starter may, with the approval of the stewards, discipline
				jockeys for rule infractions at the post or for disobedience of the starter's
				instructions by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars and/or
				suspension of not more than five days. However, the stewards may impose a more
				extended suspension. Such suspension shall begin at the close of the day's
				racing.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03,
				3769.091
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/1985, 1/1/06
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-41 - Starter approval

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No horse shall be permitted to start without being approved by
				the starter.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85, 1/1/87,
				1/1/06
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-42 - Starter's list

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The starter or his assistants shall school such horses as may
				be necessary and shall prepare a list of horses not qualified to start, a copy
				of which shall be delivered to the racing secretary. The starter's list shall
				be posted in the racing secretary's office with the list of horses not
				qualified to start.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-43 - Not permitted to wager on race

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No starter or assistant starter shall either directly or
				indirectly wager on any race or engage in any betting transaction; nor shall he
				or they directly or indirectly receive presents, gratuities, remuneration or
				tips from any person or persons or have any interest in any horse under penalty
				of immediate suspension or revocation of license and/or being referred to the
				commission for further action.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-44 - Jockey must start horse

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The horse must be started by the jockey. No other person except
				the starter or an assistant starter shall be permitted to help in effecting a
				start by striking a horse or shouting at it or otherwise assisting.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-45 - Must remain on course

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
If a horse leaves the course, it shall be disqualified.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-46 - Determining foul riding; stewards

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every jockey shall be responsible for making their best effort
				to control and guide their mount in such a way as not to cause a foul. The
				stewards shall take cognizance of riding which results in a foul, irrespective
				of whether an objection is lodged, and if in the opinion of the stewards a foul
				is committed as a result of a jockey not making their best effort to control
				and guide their mount to avoid a foul, whether intentionally or through
				carelessness or incompetence, such jockey or horse may be penalized at the
				discretion of the stewards.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-47 - Leading horse and fouls

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A leading horse when clear is entitled to any part of the
				track. If a leading horse, or any other horse in a race, swerves or is ridden
				to either side so as to interfere with or intimidate or impede any other horse
				or jockey, or to cause same, it is a foul. If a jockey strikes another horse or
				jockey, it is a foul. If in the opinion of the stewards, a foul has been
				committed, any offending horses may be disqualified by the stewards and the
				jockey fined and/or suspended.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-48 - Shall be ridden out

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every horse shall be ridden out unless injured. Any jockey who,
				without adequate cause, shall rein in before crossing the finish line or who
				shall fail to use his/her utmost exertion to obtain a winning performance from
				the horse ridden by him/her may be suspended, ruled off, or may be subject to
				such other penalty as the stewards or commission may impose.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-49 - Weighing in

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
At the conclusion of any handicap, stake or sweepstakes race,
				upon pulling up after a race, each jockey shall return to the place of
				weighing, in public view or adjacent to the winners circle, and there dismount,
				but not before permission to do so has been asked and obtained of the stewards,
				and be weighed in by the clerk of scales. If a jockey's horse is in such
				condition that he/she cannot ride it to the scales, or if he/she is ill or
				injured, he/she may walk or may be carried to the scales, or he/she may be
				excused by the stewards from weighing in. In all races other than a stake or
				handicap race, the stewards may declare the race official prior to the time
				that each jockey weighs in. However, each jockey shall still be required to
				weigh in immediately after dismounting.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85, 10/6/89
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-50 - Must use licensed outrider

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Except in stakes and handicap races when permission may be
				granted by the stewards, no mounted attendant, except a licensed outrider,
				shall be permitted to lead a horse to the place of dismounting after such horse
				has been pulled up by the jockey at the end of a race.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-51 - Must take own equipment off

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall assist the jockey in taking his/her equipment
				off his/her horse except by permission of the stewards.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-52 - Covering restricted

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall throw any covering over any horse at the place
				of dismounting until its equipment shall have been removed.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-53 - Weigh in immediately

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No jockey shall touch any person or thing before weighing in
				under penalty of fine and or suspension.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-54 - Must weigh in

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
If a jockey who is not excused does not present himself/herself
				to be weighed in, he/she may be fined and/or suspended.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-55 - Weighing in and weighing out

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The jockey shall
			 be weighed out fully dressed in his/her riding cloth of cap, jacket, breeches
			 and boots. His/her weight shall include saddle with attachments including
			 undergirth, stirrups webbing and weight pad, if weight pad is needed. The
			 weight shall not include safety helmet, safety vest , bridle or riding
			 crop.
(B) Upon approval of the stewards, the jockeys may be allowed
			 up to three pounds more than published weights to account for inclement weather
			 clothing and equipment.
(C) The post-race
			 weight of jockeys includes any sweat, dirt and mud that have accumulated on the
			 jockey, jockey's clothing, jockey's safety equipment and over-girth. This
			 accounts for additional weight, depending on specific equipment, as well as
			 weather, track and racing conditions.
(D) A jockey shall
			 weigh in at no less than the same weight at which he/she weighed out, and if
			 under that weight, and after consideration of mitigating circumstances by the
			 board of stewards, his/her mount may be disqualified from any portion of the
			 purse money. In the event of such disqualification, all monies wagered on the
			 horse shall be refunded unless the race has been declared
			 official.
(E)
			 The use of spurs is prohibited.
(F) No horse shall be
			 disqualified for being overweight.
Replaces: 3769-6-55
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-56 - No disqualification for overweight

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No horse shall be disqualified for bringing in overweight.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-58 - Entries may be disqualified

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
When a horse is disqualified, the other horse or horses in the
				same race coupled with it as an entry, in the discretion of the stewards, may
				be disqualified.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-59 - Subject to fine or suspension

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
If any jockey is guilty of violating rules with respect to
				weight or weighing or if he/she fails to bring in his/her weight out, he/she
				may be fined and/or suspended.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-60 - Riding crop restrictions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Although the use
			 of a riding crop is not required, a jockey who uses a riding crop during a race
			 shall do so only in a manner consistent with exerting his or her best efforts
			 to win.
(B)
								In any race in which a jockey will ride without a
			 riding crop, an announcement of that fact shall be made over the public address
			 system.
(C)
								An electrical or mechanical device or other expedient
			 designed to increase or retard the speed of the horse, other than a riding crop
			 approved by the stewards pursuant to paragraphs (K) and (L) of this rule shall
			 not be possessed by anyone or applied by anyone to a horse at any time at a
			 location under the jurisdiction of the commission.
(D)
								A riding crop
			 shall not be used on a two year-old horse in races before April first of each
			 year.
(E)
								Allowable uses of a riding crop:
(1)
									The riding crop
			 may be used at any time, without penalty, if, in the opinion of the stewards,
			 the riding crop is used to avoid a dangerous situation or preserve the safety
			 of other riders or the horses in the race;
(2)
									If necessary,
			 during a race, a riding crop may be used in a backhanded or underhanded fashion
			 from the three-eighths pole to the finish line. This use will not be counted
			 toward the use of the crop six times in the overhand fashion, as allowed in
			 this rule. At no point shall the use of the riding crop rise above the rider's
			 helmet;
(3)
									Tapping the horse on the shoulder with the crop in the
			 down posiion while both hands are holding onto the reins and both hands are
			 touching the neck of the horse; and
(4)
									Showing or waving
			 the crop without contact with the horse and giving the horse time to respond
			 before striking the horse.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-6 - Claiming; Jockey and Starter Rules › Section 3769-6-99 - Penalties commission may impose

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) For a violation of any rule in this
			 chapter and unless a rule specifically precludes the stewards from doing so,
			 the stewards, upon the concurrence of two such officials, may fine a licensee
			 an amount not in excess of the amount permitted by section
			 3769.091 of the Revised Code
			 and/or suspend licenses, upon the concurrence of two such officials, for a
			 period not to exceed the length of time permitted by section
			 3769.091 of the Revised Code
			 and/or refer the licensee to the commission for further action. Any fine or
			 suspension may be appealed to the commission. Such appeal shall stay the fine
			 or suspension until further action by the commission.
(B) In addition to any other penalty
			 provided, or in the event no penalty has been provided, the commission, may,
			 upon finding a licensee has violated a rule of this chapter, fine the licensee
			 an amount not in excess of the amount prescribed by law and/or deny, suspend or
			 revoke any Ohio state racing commission license held by the licensee and/or
			 rule off any such licensee from all Ohio race tracks.
(C) Should the commission find a permit
			 holder, or a representative of the permit holder has violated a rule in this
			 chapter, they may fine said permit holder or the representative of the permit
			 holder an amount not in excess of the amount prescribed by law and/or deny,
			 suspend or revoke any license and/or permit held by said permit holder or
			 representative of the permit holder and/or rule off any such permit holder's
			 representative.
(D) Each day
			 during which any violation of a rule in this chapter continues to occur shall
			 be considered a separate offense and any person and/or permit holder continuing
			 to violate said rule or rules may be penalized separately for each day the
			 violation occurs.
(E) Any person
			 who violates any provisions of the Horse Racing Act or any of the Ohio rules of
			 racing for which no penalty is otherwise provided, may be denied a license
			 under such rules. A licensee under such rules may be fined, may have his/her
			 license suspended or revoked or may be ruled off. Any permit holder who
			 violates any of the provisions of the Horse Racing Act or any of the Ohio rules
			 of racing for which a penalty is not otherwise provided, may have the permit
			 suspended or revoked, or may be denied a permit upon subsequent application
			 therefor.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				10/18/2017 and
				10/18/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03,
				3769.091
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85, 5/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-01 - Owners must be licensed and workers' compensation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No permit holder shall allow any horse to
			 start in a race unless the owner, owners, lessee or lessees of same are
			 licensed or the owner has been issued a reciprocal validation for a current and
			 properly issued owner's license from another state or other racing jurisdiction
			 which has reciprocity with the  commission. Any owner who shall desire to ride his own horse in
			 a race may be issued a jockey's license, at the steward's discretion, but must
			 also secure an owner's license. No applicant shall be
			 issued a jockey's license without meeting the qualifications listed in rule
			 3769-7-13
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B) In addition to all other rules applicable
			 to license as promulgated by the commission, an owner and trainer must provide workers' compensation
			 coverage in accordance with Ohio law, for all of his or her employees who are
			 connected with racing. Upon request of the commission, the owner
			 and trainer must provide satisfactory proof of
			 such workers' compensation coverage.
Effective: 8/1/2019
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 3/25/2019 and
				06/04/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 03/15/1966, 01/01/1985, 01/01/1987,
				10/04/1992
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-03 - Authorized agent

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any owner or trainer may engage an authorized agent or agents
				who may handle all business between the permit holder and the agent's
				principal. No authorized agent shall be licensed by the commission except upon
				receipt of written notice their engagement as an agent by an owner and/or a
				trainer.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-04 - Registration colors

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each owner shall be entitled to register
			 a set of racing colors without fee other than that which covers the owner's
			 license. Such colors shall not be claimed or used by others except after three
			 years withdrawal from the turf. In thoroughbred racing, no horse shall be
			 allowed to race unless the owner's colors are registered with the stewards
			 and/or  commission. If two
			 conflicting applications are received, priority shall be given to applicants
			 who have their colors registered with the "Jockey Club." An owner's colors
			 shall not be used by a jockey to ride horses owned by other parties. Substitute
			 colors may be permitted for one race only at a meeting. Thereafter a fine up to
			 fifty dollars shall be imposed for each race without proper colors.
(B) Each permit holder shall provide a
			 sufficient number of jockey caps,
								 however, an owner can substitute a cap
			 as part of his/her colors, said cap need not have a number affixed thereto.
Effective: 6/15/2019
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 3/25/2019 and
				06/04/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 03/15/1966, 01/01/1977, 08/15/1977,
				01/01/1985
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-05 - Contrasting colors

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
When two horses, the property of one owner, are run in a race,
				caps of contrasting colors shall be provided for the jockeys of the horses of
				the entry.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				6/3/2019 and
				06/03/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 03/15/1966,
				01/01/1985
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-06 - Contracts in writing

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any person who shall entice away or attempt to entice away any
				employee from honoring any written agreement with another licensee may be fined
				and/or suspended or penalized under the provisions of the penalties provided by
				rule
				3769-7-99
				of the Administrative Code.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-09 - Must give cause for discharge

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
When an owner or trainer shall discharge a jockey, groom or
				attendant, such owner or trainer shall, upon demand in writing, give such
				jockey, groom or attendant a written statement setting forth the cause and
				reason for the discharge and shall forthwith pay them to date for service
				theretofore rendered. On refusing to do so, they may be fined and/or suspended.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-10 - Substitute trainer

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
When a trainer is to be absent from his stable or the grounds
				where his horses are racing at a time when a horse under his care is scheduled
				to race or for a period of more than two racing days, he must provide a
				licensed trainer or assistant trainer to assume the joint responsibility for
				the horses he is training. Such licensed trainer or assistant trainer shall
				sign, in the presence of the stewards, a statement accepting responsibility for
				such horses being trained.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-11 - Jockey employed to prevent riding for another

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any owner or trainer who shall employ a jockey in a race to
				prevent him/her from riding for another in the same race, may be fined,
				suspended or referred to the commission.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-13 - License required to ride

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No jockey shall be allowed to ride horses on the permit
				holder's premises during any race meeting unless said jockey has received a
				license from the commission. No person whose weight
				exceeds one hundred and thirty pounds when applying for a license shall be
				licensed as a jockey. Prior to licensing, an applicant shall show
				competence and demonstrate acceptable riding ability, which may include
				participation in up to five races with the prior approval of the stewards with
				the consideration of the recommendations from the starter, the head outrider,
				the designated representatives of the jockeys and the horsemen at the track.
				The demonstration of riding ability is defined at the minimum of:
(A) Breaking with a horse in company from the
			 starting gate.
(B) Working a horse
			 in company around the turn and down the stretch.
(C) Switching the riding crop from one hand
			 to the other while maintaining control of the horse in a stretch
			 drive.
(D) Causing a horse to
			 switch leads coming out of the turn.
Effective: 4/23/2021
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 10/23/2020 and
				04/22/2026
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 03/15/1966, 01/01/1985,
				08/01/2019
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-14 - Apprentice jockey

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) .Before an apprentice jockey license is
			 granted, the commission, or a board of stewards acting in its behalf, shall
			 ascertain that the applicant has suitable qualifications and aptitude to hold
			 an apprentice jockey's license and that applicant has not been previously
			 licensed as a jockey under any jurisdiction.
(B) Upon compliance with these requirements,
			 the commission may issue an apprentice jockey certificate allowing the holder
			 to claim this allowance in overnight races only.
(1) An apprentice jockey shall ride with a
			 five-pound weight allowance beginning with his/her first mount and for one full
			 year from the date of his/her fifth winning mount.
(2) If, after riding one full year from the
			 date of his/her fifth winning mount, the apprentice jockey has not ridden forty
			 winners, the applicable weight allowance shall continue for one more year or
			 until the fortieth winner, whichever comes first. In no event may a weight
			 allowance be claimed for more than two years from the date of the fifth winning
			 mount, unless an extension has been granted.
(3) The commission may extend the weight
			 allowance of an apprentice jockey when, in the discretion of the commission,
			 the apprentice provides proof of incapacitation for a period of seven or more
			 consecutive days. The allowance may be claimed for a period not to exceed the
			 period such apprentice was unable to ride.
(4) The apprentice jockey must have their
			 apprentice certificate with them at all times and must keep an updated record
			 of their first forty winners. Prior to riding, the certificate must be
			 submitted to the clerk of scales, who will record the apprentice's winning
			 mounts.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-15 - Restriction on financial interest

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No jockey who has any financial interest in any race horse in
				training at a meeting shall ride any other horse at the same meeting.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-16 - May not ride against employer

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No jockey shall ride any other horse in a race in which his
				employer has a starter.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-17 - Jockey fees earned

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No jockey shall make or have made an
			 engagement without the permission of their contract employer.
(B) A jockey's fee shall be considered earned
			 when the jockey is weighed out by the clerk of scales. The fee shall not be
			 considered earned if the jockey, of his/her own free will, takes
			 himself/herself off his/her mount, where injury to the horse or rider is not
			 involved. Any conditions or considerations not covered by the above shall be at
			 the discretion of the stewards.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-18 - Wager restriction

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No jockeys shall wager on any horse other than their own mount
				in any race in which they ride or permit anyone so to wager for them. For any
				violation of this rule, the jockey shall be fined and suspended and referred to
				the racing commission.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-19 - Riding engagements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A jockey may make his/her own engagements, or they may be made
				by his/her contract employer or by the authorized agent for same or by the
				trainer of the stable to which the jockey is attached by contract or agreement
				or by the trainer's agent or by a jockey agent.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-20 - Duty to fulfill engagements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every rider shall fulfill their daily scheduled riding
				engagements, unless excused by the stewards. No rider shall be forced to ride a
				horse they believe to be unsound, nor over a racing strip they believe to be
				unsafe, but if the stewards find a rider's refusal to fulfill a riding
				engagement is based on a personal belief unwarranted by the facts and
				circumstances, such rider shall be subject to disciplinary action.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-21 - Corrupt riding

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
If the stewards are satisfied that a race was ridden corruptly
				or that a jockey was instructed or induced so to ride, all persons guilty of
				complicity in the offense shall be fined and suspended and referred to the
				commission.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-22 - Fraudulent practices

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall:
(1) Corruptly give or offer money, share in a
			 bet or offer other benefits 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, share in a bet or any benefit;
(3) Willfully enter or cause to be entered or
			 to start in any race a horse which they know to be unqualified;
(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 any jockey, unless on a horse such jockey is riding;
(7) Offer or give, except through
			 his employer or the owner or trainer of the horse ridden, a jockey any present,
			 money or other reward in connection with his riding in any race;
(8) Accept a ticket or make a bet on any
			 horse other than the one he rides.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-23 - Jockey agent

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each jockey agent shall be licensed by
			 the commission and shall be permitted to make the riding engagements of two
			 riders only, one journeyman and one apprentice or two journeymen. No jockey
			 agent shall make or assist in the making of any engagements for any rider other
			 than those they are licensed to represent. Each jockey agent shall keep, on a
			 form provided by the permit holder, a record by races of all engagements made
			 by them of the riders they represent. This record must be kept up-to-date and
			 held ready at all times for inspection by the stewards. If any jockey agent
			 gives up the making of engagements for any rider, they shall immediately notify
			 the stewards and they shall also turn over to the stewards a list of any
			 unfilled engagements they may have made for that rider. A jockey agent may not
			 drop a rider without notifying the stewards in writing. All rival claims for
			 the services of a rider will be adjudged by the stewards.
(B) When an owner or trainer engages the
			 services of a jockey through a jockey agent, they must specify whether they
			 have first or second call. Such call must be declared at the time of entry.
(C) Before each day's entries are
			 taken, jockey agents are required to file their first and second calls in each
			 race in the racing secretary's office with a person designated by the stewards.
			 If, during the time entries are being taken, an agent should lose or pick up a
			 call, they shall immediately add these calls to the one previously filed.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-24 - Rival claims

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The stewards may suspend any agent who
			 falsifies their record and may refer their case to the commission for further
			 action, and the commission may revoke the license of any such agent. Jockey
			 agents will be called upon to explain rival claims for any mount or for any
			 rider, and inability to satisfy the stewards that the rival claims arose
			 through a bona fide error shall be considered a falsification of records.
(B) Under no circumstances shall
			 jockey agents be permitted within the saddling enclosure during racing hours,
			 nor shall said agents be allowed on the race track proper at the conclusion of
			 any race.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-25 - Report to jockey quarters

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Jockeys shall
			 report to the jockeys' quarters at the time designated by the stewards.
Jockeys' shall report their engagements
				and any overweight to the clerk of scales.
(B)
								Each jockey
			 reporting to the jockeys' room shall remain in the jockeys' room until they
			 have fulfilled all of their riding engagements for the day, except to ride in a
			 race, or except to view the running of a race from a location approved by the
			 stewards. While in the jockeys' quarters, jockeys' shall have no contact or
			 communication with any person outside the jockeys' room other than an owner or
			 trainer for whom he/ she is riding, or a racing official, until such jockey has
			 fulfilled all his/her riding engagements for the day. The stewards may allow
			 the jockeys to communicate with other persons only in the presence of the clerk
			 of scales or other persons designated by the stewards.
(C)
								Once jockeys'
			 have fulfilled their riding engagements for the day and have left the jockeys'
			 quarters, they shall not be admitted to the jockeys' quarters. They shall not
			 be admitted to the jockeys' quarters until the entire racing program for that
			 day has been completed, except with the permission of the stewards. Any
			 licensed jockey who has no riding engagements for any given day, will not be
			 permitted in the jockeys' quarters.
Replaces: 3769-7-25
Effective: 6/15/2019
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 06/04/2024
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 03/15/1966,
				01/01/1985
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-26 - Jockey room custodian

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) It shall be the duty of the jockey room
			 custodian to see to it that order, decorum and cleanliness are maintained in
			 the jockey and scale room.
(B) The
			 custodian shall assist the clerk of the scales in any way that official
			 requires.
(C) The custodian shall
			 see to it that no person, other than racing officials, the racing commission
			 and the necessary jockey room attendants, are admitted to the jockey room after
			 one hour prior to the post time of the first race on a day of racing, without
			 consent of the stewards.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-27 - Intoxicants prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Jockeys shall not use intoxicants or drugs of any type during
				the racing day and shall be disciplined if they fail to report sober and in fit
				condition to fulfill their engagements. Jockeys may be granted permission by
				the stewards to use drugs prescribed by a physician.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-7 - Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations › Section 3769-7-28 - Restriction from betting area

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Jockeys, while in colors, shall not enter the grandstand,
				clubhouse or other areas in which parimutuel tickets are sold. Any jockey
				violating this rule shall be fined, suspended and referred to the commission.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				8/30/2018 and
				08/30/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85