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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-06 - Conflict in interest

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No steward, racing secretary, employee in
			 the racing secretary's office, starter, assistant starter, state veterinarian,
			 track veterinarian, assistants to the state veterinarian or track veterinarian,
			 or any other racing official of a permit holder whose appointment of position
			 must be reported to and approved by the commission, as provided in rule
			 3769-2-10
			 of the Administrative Code, shall, while serving in an official capacity at
			 such track, race or permit or cause to be raced any horse in which he or she or
			 his or her spouse or child has an interest, either direct or indirect, at a
			 race track at which such person is employed.
(B) The appointed and/or commission approved
			 positions of race track owners, announcer, director of publicity and/or public
			 relations, horsemen's bookkeeper and track physician are specifically exempted
			 from paragraph (A) of this rule.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85, 4/1/88,
				2/6/99
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-07 - Minors

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any minor sixteen years of age or under shall not be admitted
				to the grandstand, club house or similar areas of any race track at which
				wagering is permitted unless accompanied by an adult member of his/her family.
				The provision shall not apply to state, county or independent fairs. No person
				under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted to wager at any horse racing
				meeting.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-08 - Unlawful gambling

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No permit holder shall allow bets to be made on its grounds on
				any racing outside of its grounds except as permitted under section
				3769.089 of the Revised Code,
				and no unlawful gambling device of any kind shall be permitted on said grounds.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-09 - Bookmaking not permitted

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No permit holder shall allow the making of book or the
				operation of handbooks on its grounds. If such practices are found to exist,
				the permit holder shall take immediate steps to eliminate same under the
				penalty provided by rule
				3769-4-99
				of the Administrative Code. Any persons licensed with the commission in any
				capacity found betting with bookmakers may be deprived of their licenses,
				ejected from the grounds and denied entrance to any other race meeting in Ohio.
				Any other persons found betting with such bookmakers may be ejected from the
				course and denied further entrance to any Ohio race meeting.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-10 - Prevent touting

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No tipster or tout shall be permitted to operate on the
				premises of any permit holder. The permit holder shall, under the penalties
				provided in rule
				3769-4-99
				of the Administrative Code, take steps to prevent any touting upon its premises
				and may be held accountable for any touting found to exist thereon.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-11 - Condition of premises

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every permit holder shall at all times maintain its premises
				and race track in good condition, with special consideration for the comfort
				and safety of the public; of the horses stabled, exercising or entered to race;
				and all those whose business requires their attendance thereat and to this end
				shall have available adequate and proper implements to maintain a consistent
				uniform track, weather conditions permitting.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-12 - Stable area security

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The secured area of a race track premises
			 shall include any area to which access is only granted to persons licensed by
			 the Ohio state racing commission for access to said area or to which written
			 permission must be obtained from the state steward or a representative of track
			 security in order for an unlicensed person to enter for any reason. If the
			 permission is granted by track security a copy of the written permission shall
			 immediately be delivered to the state steward.
(1) Secured areas of race tracks shall
			 include, but not be limited to, barn or stable areas, paddocks, stewards
			 stands, state testing barn, jockey rooms, and behind the counter of any race
			 secretary's office.
(2) This rule
			 shall not apply to members or employees of the Ohio state racing commission,
			 track security personnel or to track management personnel approved for access
			 by the general manager of the race track.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-13 - Maintain ambulance

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Every commercial permit holder shall
			 furnish and maintain at least one ambulance for human use, staffed with two or
			 more  paramedics as defined in section
			 4765.01 of the Revised
			 Code. Such ambulance shall be properly and fully equipped to include a
			 defibrillator and such other equipment as directed from time to time by order
			 of the commission, licensed to operate on public highways, and ready for
			 immediate duty during training and racing hours and until the day's program is
			 completed. Said ambulance shall be located at a point on the permit holder's
			 premises where it can respond to all calls in the shortest possible time, and
			 shall be prepared and licensed to transport an injured person(s) when necessary
			 from the racetrack facility directly to a hospital or other emergency medical
			 treatment facility located off the grounds of the racetrack. During the running
			 of the race, unless otherwise directed by the stewards due to weather
			 conditions or other extraordinary circumstances, the ambulance shall follow the
			 field until the conclusion of the race. If the
			 ambulance is being used to transport an individual, the permit holder may not
			 conduct a race or allow horses on the racetrack until an ambulance
			 returns.
(B) Every commercial
			 permit holder shall furnish and maintain at least one horse ambulance properly
			 equipped and placed at a location on the permit holder's premises so as to be
			 able to respond to a call in the shortest possible time. This ambulance shall
			 be available for the duration of the meeting.
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, 04/01/1988, 08/01/1991, 01/01/2001,
				11/01/2001
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-14 - Floodlights

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every permit holder shall install and maintain at his track
				floodlights to provide adequate illumination of the stable areas at night.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-15 - Refuse pits

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every permit holder shall provide proper and well-located boxes
				or pits for separately receiving stable manure and other refuse, situated well
				distant from living quarters. Such boxes and pits shall be emptied and their
				contents entirely removed from the premises of the permit holder daily except
				Sundays, and the areas sprayed or dusted for insects on
				a timely routine schedule.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				2/24/2020 and
				02/23/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 03/15/1966, 01/01/1985,
				09/24/2015
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-16 - Sanitation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Each permit holder shall, on every racing day, provide and
				maintain in a strictly sanitary condition, such adequate toilets, washrooms and
				facilities for furnishing the reasonable needs of its patrons, horsemen and
				persons having business at the track as may be reasonably required by the
				commission. Each permit holder shall also provide a sufficient number of
				drinking water fountains to provide for the reasonable needs of its patrons as
				determined by the commission.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-17 - Tip sheets

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Unless authorized by the permit holder and by the commission,
				no printed material dealing with odds, horses or the races shall be sold,
				peddled or given away within any part of the premises of the permit holder, its
				entrances, approaches or places within its control. The permit holder shall not
				grant permission to sell any tip sheet, pamphlet or other publication making
				false or unwarranted representations. Nothing herein contained shall be
				construed as applicable to any newspaper, periodical, weekly or monthly
				magazine of general circulation.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-18 - Jockeys' quarters

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every permit holder shall pay particular care to the
				cleanliness, sanitation and the appearance of the jockeys' quarters to the end
				that they will be clean, sanitary and habitable at all times.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-19 - Living quarters

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every permit holder shall provide adequate and sanitary living
				quarters, with proper sanitary arrangements, and ample and convenient toilet
				and heating facilities for stable employees, and shall provide in its stable
				area at least one tack room of a minimum area of one hundred square feet for
				every six horses stabled with adequate facilities for housing personnel
				therein.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-20 - First aid room

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every permit holder shall have and
				maintain on its premises a first aid room with first-aid equipment to include a
				defibrillator and such other equipment as directed by the commission. The
				permit holder shall provide one or more paramedics as defined in section
				4765.01 of the Revised Code in
				the first aid room during racing hours.
Replaces: 3769-4-20
Effective: 8/1/2019
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,
				11/01/2001
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-21 - Visual recordings

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each permit holder conducting running
			 racing under the jurisdiction of the commission shall take and make at its
			 expense a complete film recording or other visual recording of all races run
			 under the permit. The arrangements for said film recordings, or other visual
			 recordings, shall be in a form satisfactory to the Ohio state racing
			 commission, and said recordings shall be developed as soon as possible after
			 the end of any race in order to enable the officials to judge the race and rule
			 on all claims of infractions of the rules and thereby better protect the
			 interest of the public in racing.
(B) Said film recordings shall be made with
			 at least three separate television cameras operated by qualified personnel and
			 located as follows:
(1) In a tower which
			 provides a good head-on view of the entire home stretch;
(2) In a tower which provides a good head-on
			 view of the entire back stretch;
(3) Near the finish line so that it provides
			 a good panoramic view of the start and the entire race.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-22 - Officials, stewards

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Stewards shall be responsible to the
			 commission and may be penalized under the provisions of rule
			 3769-4-99
			 of the Administrative Code at any time for failure to perform their duties to
			 the satisfaction of the commission.
(B) The stewards, of which there shall always
			 be three in number, or a majority of them shall determine all questions with
			 reference to racing arising during the meeting and all questions with reference
			 to licensing, entries, or other matters arising before the meeting has begun to
			 the extent to which they are authorized to act under the rules of racing, and
			 in such questions their orders shall supersede the orders of the other
			 officials of the permit holders.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-23 - Officials, state stewards

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Where parimutuel wagering is permitted for ten or more days in
				any meeting, one of the three stewards shall be appointed by the Ohio state
				racing commission. Such steward shall be known as the state steward and shall
				be paid by the Ohio state racing commission. The state steward shall be the
				presiding steward of the meeting for which he/she is appointed by the
				commission.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 2/14/67, 1/1/85,
				9/5/86
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-24 - Officials' powers

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) For disorderly conduct or breach of the
			 peace or for violation of the rules of racing, orders of the commission, or any
			 regulations the stewards may establish, the stewards of racing meetings shall
			 have the power to fine any licensee an amount not in excess of the amount
			 permitted by section 3769.091 of the Revised Code
			 and/or suspend a license for a period of time permitted by section
			 3769.091 of the Revised Code and
			 refer the licensee to the commission for further action. In the case of an
			 indefinite suspension, the commission shall act on the matter referred to it by
			 the stewards within sixty days.
(B) On appeal or on its own motion, the
			 commission shall have the power to reverse, vacate or modify in any manner any
			 order of the stewards.
(C) Any
			 regulations adopted by the stewards shall be consistent with the rules of
			 racing, shall be promptly reported in writing to the commission upon adoption,
			 and shall remain in effect unless and until the commission shall otherwise
			 order.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 12/1/75, 1/1/85, 8/1/91,
				4/1/99
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-25 - Right to inspect

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The stewards shall have the right to
			 inspect all licenses, including owner, trainer, jockey, authorized agent, and
			 jockey agent, and all papers pertinent thereto, and all jockey contracts and
			 assumed names and papers pertinent thereto. The stewards may demand production
			 of any license, contract or papers to be satisfied as to their validity and as
			 to compliance with the rules of racing.
(B) Failure to produce the required
			 documents, when requested by the stewards, shall be a violation of this rule
			 and shall subject said person to the penalties provided in rule
			 3769-4-99
			 of the Administrative Code.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-26 - Supervision by stewards

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) All owners, trainers, jockeys, grooms and
			 other persons attendant upon horses shall be under the general supervision of
			 the stewards, and they also shall have supervision over all racing officials
			 and over those parts of the premises of the permit holder used for the conduct
			 of racing. The stewards shall have free access to any parts of the premises
			 used for racing.
(B) The stewards
			 shall also have general supervision over all other persons licensed by the Ohio
			 state racing commission while such persons are on the premises of a permit
			 holder. Such licensed persons shall include but not be limited to concession,
			 maintenance, mutuel and parking lot employees.
(C) The stewards may take disciplinary action
			 against any licensee who has conducted himself/herself in a manner detrimental
			 to the sport of horse racing by the indiscriminate use of profanity, failure to
			 properly perform their duties which directly affect the track patrons, the
			 treatment of patrons or other persons on the track premises in a discourteous
			 manner, or by other actions which are found to be generally unacceptable by
			 patrons and/or the stewards.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85,
				5/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-27 - Objectionable characters

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The stewards may suspend or exclude from the stands and
				premises improper and objectionable characters and persons who have been ruled
				off by the racing authority of any other state or country so long as such
				ruling of such authority remains in force.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-28 - May appoint deputy

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In an emergency any steward may appoint his own deputy at any
				time. If only one steward is present in the stand, he may name additional
				persons to serve with him. If none of the stewards is present, the clerk of the
				course shall name persons to serve in the absence of the stewards and shall
				report the absence in writing to the commission. In no case will there be less
				than three stewards in attendance during the running of the races.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-29 - Provision to fill vacancy

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The stewards shall fill vacancies occurring in other official
				positions unless the permit holder shall have filled them and notified the
				stewards prior to the time set for the first race to leave the paddock for the
				starting post, and such appointments shall be subject only to the confirmation
				of the commission. Should any vacancy occur after the above-mentioned time, the
				stewards shall fill the vacancy at once, the appointment standing only for one
				day unless the permit holder shall not have filled the vacancy and notified the
				stewards one hour before the time set for the first race of the following day.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-30 - Steward at racing secretary's office

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
It shall be the duty of one or more of the stewards to be in
				daily attendance at the office of the racing secretary at a time not later than
				ten minutes before scratch time and to remain until their business is
				completed.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-31 - Disqualification to act as official

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Any official who has an interest in any
			 of the horses engaged in a particular race is disqualified from acting in any
			 official capacity in that race. In the event of such disqualification the
			 commission shall be notified by the disqualified person and shall appoint a
			 substitute.
(B) An official may be
			 fined, or his license may be suspended, revoked or denied at any time by the
			 commission for incompetence, failure to follow or enforce the rules, or any
			 conduct detrimental to the sport including the use of alcoholic beverages in
			 violation of rule
			 3769-4-57
			 of the Administrative Code or the use of any unlawful drugs, or being guilty of
			 other improper conduct.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/85, 1/1/99
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-32 - Daily reports

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The stewards shall prepare and make a daily report to the
				commission which shall include all fines and suspensions with the names and
				detailed reasons; the names of all persons barred from the grounds by the
				stewards; the record of horses claimed with claiming price and the names of new
				and old owners; and such other data as the stewards may feel it necessary to
				include or as required by the commission. The daily reports shall be sent to
				the commission daily.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				07/24/2015 and
				07/24/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/1985, 12/4/2009
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-33 - Minority opinion

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Should the stewards disagree, a vote will be taken and the
				decision of the majority will stand. The notation that there was a minority
				opinion will be made by the dissenting person in a report to the commission. If
				there is no majority decision, the question or problem will be submitted to the
				commission.
Effective: 7/16/2023
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 5/1/2023 and
				07/16/2028
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 119.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior Effective Dates: 03/15/1966,
				01/01/1985
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-34 - Entries and declarations

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
All entries and declarations shall be under the supervision of
				the stewards, and they may, without notice, refuse the entries of any person or
				the transfer of any entries.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-35 - Number of horses to race

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The stewards shall determine the number of horses which may
				safely be started in any purse race, taking into account the limitations of the
				track. If more horses are entered than may be permitted to start, the starters
				for the race shall be determined by lot, and the post positions shall be in the
				order in which the starters are drawn. At the discretion of the racing
				secretary, a race may be divided and post positions drawn for each division.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 2/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-36 - Stewards' list

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The stewards may at any time order an examination of any horse
				entered in a race or which has run in a race. They may bar the further entry of
				any horse, and such barred horses shall be placed on a list designated as the
				stewards' list and shall not be eligible to be entered until they are removed
				by the stewards from the list. The stewards' list shall be posted in the racing
				secretary's office with the names of horses barred by the stewards and the date
				barred.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 4/1/71, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-37 - May disqualify horse

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The stewards may require the owner and/or trainer of a horse to
				prove that the horse is qualified in every way to participate in a race. They
				may also require proof that the horse was not nominated by, or is not the
				property, wholly or in part, of a disqualified person. If not satisfied with
				such proof, the stewards may disqualify the horse.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-38 - Postponement; withdrawn

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The stewards may postpone a race from day to day. The stewards
				may order a horse or horses withdrawn from any race after it or they have left
				the paddock and before the start has been effected. In such event, the permit
				holder shall make a refund of all straight, place and show wagers on the horse
				or horses withdrawn (except in the case of a horse which may represent part of
				an entry or mutuel field of two or more horses, with respect to which horse
				withdrawn there shall be no refund of straight, place or show wagers), and
				shall make appropriate adjustments in the exotic pool if the race from which
				the horse or horses withdrawn is one on which exotic wagering is based.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-39 - Replace rider

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The stewards may (for cause or on suspicion of fraudulent
				practices or attempts) replace any rider with a rider of their selection or
				place any horse in the charge of a trainer of their selection. Any such action
				shall be reported by the stewards to the commission with reasons therefor.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-40 - Complaints against officials

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Complaints against an official or officials shall be made to
				the stewards in writing signed by the complainants. All such complaints shall
				be reported in writing to the commission together with any action taken
				thereon.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/185
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-41 - Foul riding; disqualification

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The stewards shall take congnizance of
			 foul riding whether objection to same is made or not.
(B) The stewards shall determine the extent
			 of disqualification in cases of fouls occurring during the running of the race.
			 They may place an offending horse behind such horses as in their judgment it
			 interfered with, or they may place it last.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-42 - Objections

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) All objections
			 shall be made to the stewards and may be withdrawn only with permission of the
			 stewards. Objections relating to a horse engaged in a race may be made by the
			 owners, trainers, or jockeys of other horses engaged in the race or by
			 officials of the meeting. All objections, except claims of foul or interference
			 during a race, must be in writing and lodged with the stewards within
			 twenty-four hours after the running of the race in question. If there is
			 expense involved in investigating the objection, the stewards may require a
			 reasonable deposit not to exceed five hundred dollars. If the objection is
			 sustained, the deposit shall be returned after deduction of the expense of
			 investigation unless the stewards relieve the objector of this expense. A
			 deposit shall be declared forfeited by the stewards if the objection should
			 prove to be frivolous or vexatious. All forfeited deposits shall be treated in
			 the same manner as fines.
(B) One
			 or more outriders shall be equipped with a radio, for direct contact with the
			 stewards, so that any jockey who intends to file an objection regarding a claim
			 of foul or interference during a race shall do so immediately without waiting
			 until he/she has returned to the dismounting area.
(C) Any outrider who receives an objection
			 from a jockey shall immediately report the objection to the stewards.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 9/13/77, 1/1/85,
				10/6/89
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-43 - Must be disinterested

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No one interested in the result of a race at any commercial
				meeting, either because of ownership of any horse entered, or because of
				ownership of an entered horse's sire or dam, or because of wagers or otherwise,
				shall act as steward, judge, starter or official therein. For any violation of
				this rule, the offending person or persons may be penalized under the
				provisions of rule
				3769-4-99
				of the Administrative Code.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-44 - Eye tests

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The commission may require all stewards, placing and patrol
				judges to undergo periodic vision examinations conducted by licensed oculists,
				optometrists or other eye specialists. Such examination is to include tests
				involving distance and color. When such examinations are required, the original
				examination report will be forwarded to the commission.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-45 - Commission approval required of all officials

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
All officials designated in rule
				3769-2-10
				of the Administrative Code shall be appointed by the permit holder subject to
				the approval of the commission. The commission reserves the right to require at
				any time the change of any official or officials for what the commission deems
				good and sufficient reason.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/166, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-46 - Placing

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
At the time the horses reach the finish line, the placing
				judges shall occupy the stand provided for them and shall determine the order
				of finish. In such determination, a horse whose nose shall have reached the
				finish line shall be deemed ahead of all horses whose noses shall not have
				reached the finish line. The placing judges shall announce their decision as to
				the order of finish, and their decisions shall be final unless objection to any
				horse placed in the first four positions be raised and sustained. However, the
				placing judges may, with the concurrence or at the direction of the stewards,
				correct any mistake in the order of finish announced. In the absence of any
				objections, or upon decisions having been reached with relation to any
				objections raised and any changes in the order of finish required by such
				decisions having been made, the placing judges shall cause the sign "official"
				to be displayed; and no ruling of the placing judges or stewards thereafter
				made shall have any bearing with relation to the payment of winning parimutuel
				tickets.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/16/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-47 - Photographic finish

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The permit holder shall provide a camera. Approved by the
				commission, which shall be used to photograph each finish. In the event two or
				more horses reach the finish post so closely aligned that it is difficult for
				the placing judges to determine the order of finish for any of the first four
				positions, the negative or a positive print may be inspected and decision
				reached therefrom. A print or prints of the finish or their equivalents shall
				be posted for public inspection. However, in the event of any mechanical
				difficulty or insufficient light for a picture to be taken, the placing judges
				shall make a decision, and it shall be final.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85,
				4/1/99
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-48 - Paddock judge

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The paddock judge shall keep a record of all equipment carried
				by a horse, and in subsequent races changes will be permitted only with the
				consent of the paddock judge and stewards. Blinker and whip changes shall also
				be subject to the approval of the starter and stewards.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-49 - Horseshoe inspector

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A qualified horseshoe inspector employed by the permit holder
				shall be in attendance in the paddock to examine the plating of each horse in
				each race to see that all horses are properly shod and make such changes as may
				be required. He shall report his findings to the paddock judge for transmission
				to the stewards. Bar plates may be used with the consent of the stewards. A
				horse shall not start in a race if not properly shod.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-50 - Track veterinarian

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A veterinarian licensed to practice in Ohio, shall be in the
				paddock for each commercial thoroughbred race. The track veterinarian shall
				supervise an examination of every horse scheduled to start in a race at the
				meeting. The track veterinarian shall maintain a list of such horses which, in
				his or her opinion, are unfit for racing and shall report to the stewards daily
				on each horse entered for the day's races, stating whether it is or is not
				physically fit to race. The veterinarian's list shall be posted in the racing
				secretary's office. The list shall be kept current with the date a horse was
				placed on the veterinarian's list.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				07/24/2015 and
				07/24/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/1/1985, 12/4/2009
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-51 - Clerk of scales

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The clerk of the scales shall weigh jockeys out and in on
				scales provided and checked for accuracy by the permit holder.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-52 - Announce overweight

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The clerk of the scales shall record on the notice board and
				also have public announcement made of any overweight or any change in jockey,
				weight or racing colors from those stated on the official program. He shall
				promptly advise all racing officials of such changes.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-53 - Report to stewards

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The clerk of the scales shall report promptly to the stewards
				any infraction of the rules of racing with respect to weight, weighing or
				riding equipment and any other infraction which may come to his notice.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-54 - Report to racing secretary

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The clerk of the scales shall report to the racing secretary
				after each race the weight carried by each horse in the race together with the
				name of each jockey and any overweight. He shall also report post time, running
				time and such other data as from time to time may be required.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-4 - Permit Holders and Officials › Section 3769-4-55 - Patrol judges

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) With the prior approval of the commission
			 one or more patrol judges may be assigned to approved posts of vantage about
			 the course and, when so assigned shall observe each race and, shall be in
			 direct voice contact with the stewards. They shall immediately report to the
			 stewards any violations of the rules of racing observed by them immediately
			 after the finish, and no posting of the order of finish shall be official until
			 all patrol judges have verbally reported to the stewards.
(B) Each patrol judge shall write a report of
			 their observations of every race, documenting all violations of the rules of
			 racing they observe during the running of a race. These reports shall be
			 delivered to the state steward at the conclusion of each racing program and a
			 copy of these reports shall be included with the daily report sent to the
			 commission. When requested by the state steward, the patrol judges will make
			 themselves available to testify at any hearing concerning violations they have
			 observed.
(C) The requirements of
			 paragraphs (A) and (B) of this rule may be waived by the commission upon
			 application of a permit holder who demonstrates satisfactorily to the
			 commission that adequate electronic and television equipment have been
			 installed by the permit holder for purposes of officiating the running of the
			 races.
R.C.
				119.032 review dates:
				11/29/2013 and
				09/11/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3669.03
Rule Amplifies:
				3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 3/15/66, 1/1/85,
				8/1/91