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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-05 - Physical examination

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Drivers, when required by the judges,
			 must provide a medical affidavit certifying that they are physically and
			 mentally capable of performing the activities and duties of a licensed driver,
			 including satisfactory evidence of an eye examination indicating twenty/forty
			 corrected vision in both eyes, or if blind in one eye, at least twenty/thirty
			 corrected vision in the other eye, are free of any disabling defects or
			 contagious disease and are not a user of any illicit or prohibited drugs or
			 narcotics.
(B) The judges may
			 refuse to allow any driver to drive at a meeting until the required medical
			 affidavit is presented to the judges.
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: 2/1/94
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-06 - Restriction on financial interest

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No driver who has any financial interest in any race horse in
				training at a meeting shall drive any other horse in the same race with his
				horse at the same meeting.
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 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-07 - Wager restriction

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No driver, trainer or owner shall wager on any horse other than
				his own horse in any race in which he participates or permit anyone to so wager
				for him. For any violation of this rule, the driver, trainer or owner may be
				subject to such penalties provided by the rules of this 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 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-08 - Shall not converse

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Drivers, trainers, owners and grooms shall not converse or
				otherwise exchange information with anyone outside the paddock after they have
				entered therein, except on permission from the paddock judge, and they shall be
				disciplined for any breach of this rule.
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 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-09 - Safety helmet and safety vest

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No individual will be permitted to
				ride, drive, or be behind a horse on a permit holder's premises unless wearing
				both a protective safety helmet with the chin strap in place, and an unaltered
				protective safety vest. Both shall be of a type satisfactory to the
				commission.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-09.1 - Safety reins

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person riding on a sulky or jog cart
			 shall race, train or jog a horse on the grounds of a facility under the
			 jurisdiction of the Ohio state racing commission unless the horse is equipped
			 with safety reins. A safety rein is a rein designed and constructed to provide
			 a secure secondary attachment to the bit that is secured to a reinforcement
			 material to prevent failure due to breakage of the rein, or breakage or
			 inadvertent loss of the primary connection to the bit.
(B) This rule is enacted to adopt the safety
			 measures encouraged by the association of racing commissioners international.
			 Upon notification from the association of racing commissioners international
			 that standards for the safety reins have been set, the commission shall send
			 notice to the Ohio harness horsemen's association and any other group or
			 persons who request such notice. The notice will indicate that paragraph (A) of
			 rule 3769-17-09.1 of the Administrative Code will be enforced on the
			 one-hundred eightieth day after the date of the notice.
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: 7/1/08
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-10 - Attire

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Drivers must
			 wear distinguishing colors and clean white pants, and shall not be allowed to
			 start in a race or other public performance unless in the opinion of the judges
			 they are properly dressed.
(B) Any
			 driver wearing colors who shall appear at a betting window or at a bar or in a
			 restaurant dispensing alcoholic beverages shall be fined and/or suspended.
(C) Any person appearing on the
			 track behind a horse entered to race, must wear driving boots approved by the
			 judges.
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: 10/5/06
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-11 - Driving rules

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Although a leading horse is entitled to
			 any part of the track, neither the driver of the first horse or any other
			 driver in the race shall do any of the following things, which shall be
			 considered a violation of driving rules:
(1)
			 Change either to the right or left during any part of the race when another
			 horse is so near him that in altering his position he compels the horse behind
			 him to shorten his stride, or cause the driver of such other horse to pull him
			 out of his stride;
(2) Jostle,
			 strike, hook wheels or interfere with another horse or driver;
(3) Cross sharply in front of a horse or
			 cross over in front of a field of horses in a reckless manner, endangering
			 other drivers;
(4) Swerve in and
			 out or pull up quickly;
(5) Crowd
			 a horse or driver by putting a wheel under him;
(6) Carry a horse out;
(7) Sit down in front of a horse or take up
			 abruptly in front of other horses so as to cause confusion or interference
			 among trailing horses;
(8) Let a
			 horse pass inside needlessly or otherwise help another horse to improve his
			 position in the race;
(9) Commit
			 any act which shall impede the progress of another horse or cause him to break;
(10) Change course after selecting
			 a position in the homestretch or swerve in and out, or bear in and out, in such
			 a manner as to interfere with another horse or cause him to break;
(11) To drive in a careless or reckless
			 manner;
(12) Whipping under the
			 arch of the sulky, the penalty for which shall be days suspended;
(13) Lay off a normal pace and leave a hole
			 when it is well within a horse's capacity to keep the hole closed;
(14) If any of the above violations is
			 committed by a person driving a horse coupled as an entry in the betting, the
			 judges shall set both horses back, if, in their opinion, the violation may have
			 affected the finish of the race. Otherwise, penalties may be applied
			 individually to the drivers of any entry.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-12 - Foul driving, disqualification

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The judges shall take cognizance of foul driving, whether
				objection to same is made or not. The judges shall determine the extent of
				disqualification in cases of fouls occurring during the running of the race.
				They may place an offending horse just behind such horses as in their judgment
				it interfered with, or they may place it last.
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: 01/01/1985
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-13 - 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 judges in writing, signed by the .complainants. All such complaints shall
				be reported by the judges in writing to the commission together with any action
				taken thereon.
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: 10/5/06
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-14 - List or replace driver

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Every owner or trainer shall, if
			 possible, upon making entry, furnish the name of the driver who will drive his
			 horse, but if this is not possible, the name must be furnished at a time
			 designated by the judges. At such time he shall report the equipment his horse
			 will carry. The report shall include information regarding the equipment the
			 judges require to be reported.
(B)
			 If an owner or trainer does not name a driver for its entered horse by the time
			 designated by the judges, the judges shall select and name a competent driver
			 to drive that horse.
(C) The
			 judges may replace any driver and/or trainer with a driver and/or trainer of
			 their selection for cause or on suspicion of fraudulent practices or attempts.
			 Any such action shall be reported by the judges to the commission with reasons
			 therefor.
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: 4/1/88
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-16 - Improper conduct in race

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Loud shouting or other improper conduct
			 is forbidden in a race.
(B)
			 Drivers shall keep both feet in the stirrups at all times while on the track
			 and during the race, except to pull ear plugs.
(C) Drivers shall not use any part of their
			 feet and/or legs to impel a horse whether or not the feet remain in the
			 stirrups.
(D) Drivers shall not
			 lean back excessively in the sulky during a race and shall keep the hand holds
			 set in a position to keep control of the horse.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				3/20/2019 and
				03/20/2024
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 01/01/1985,
				10/05/2006
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-17 - Use of the whip

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 All drivers must
			 keep a line in each hand beginning when the horse is behind the starting gate
			 and continuing through the finish of the race.
(B)
								 Whipping shall
			 be restricted to elbow and wrist action only and the whipping arm shall not be
			 raised above the driver's shoulder height.
(C)
								 Drivers shall
			 not move their whipping arm in an exaggerated manner and the lines shall remain
			 reasonably taut during the race.
(D)
								 Drivers shall
			 not use the whip below the level of the shaft, forward of the race bike's
			 wheels.
(E)
								 Drivers shall not place the whip between the horse's
			 legs.
(F)
								 Drivers shall not strike another horse or driver with
			 the whip.
(G)
								 Drivers shall not use the handle of a whip on a
			 horse.
(H)
								 Drivers are permitted to use their hand or the whip in
			 a sliding or gliding manner above the level of the shaft.
(I)
								 Drivers shall
			 not use the whip on a tired horse, on a horse that is not visibly responding,
			 or when a horse is not in contention in a race.
(J)
								 Drivers shall
			 not use the whip without giving the horse time to respond to a previous
			 application of the whip.
(K)
								 Whips shall be no longer than forty-eight inches with
			 the cracker no longer than six inches in length. Only a conventional cracker
			 shall be permitted. No leather or unusual materials may be used. The
			 conventional cracker shall not be knotted and tape is only permitted on the
			 handle of the whip. All other modifications of the whip are
			 prohibited.
(L)
								 Excessive, indiscriminate, visibly injurious, or
			 abusive use of the whip is prohibited.
(M)
								 In addition to
			 the penalties provided in rule
			 3769-17-99
			 of the Administrative Code, the violation of any of the provisions in this rule
			 may result in loss of placement or disqualification.
Replaces: 3769-17-17
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				4/7/2021 and
				04/06/2026
Promulgated
				Under:
				119.03
Statutory Authority:
				3769.03
Rule Amplifies:
				3769.03
Prior Effective Dates: 01/01/1985, 10/04/1992, 10/05/1998,
				10/05/2006, 07/19/2015
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-18 - Brutal use of whip

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The brutal use of a whip, crop, or excessive or indiscriminate
				use of the whip or crop shall be considered a violation and shall be punished
				by a fine and/or suspension.
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: 01/01/1985
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-19 - Hopples; head pole, restrictions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) A horse that wore hopples in its previous
			 race shall not be permitted to start in a race at any extended parimutuel
			 meeting without them unless the horse goes without hopples in a qualifying race
			 under the supervision of a judge or acquires at least one charted line by a
			 licensed charter while not wearing hopples.
(B) A horse that did not wear hopples in its
			 previous race shall not be permitted to wear hopples in a race at any extended
			 parimutuel meeting unless the horse goes with hopples in a qualifying race
			 under the supervision of a judge or acquires at least one charted line by a
			 licensed charter while wearing hopples.
(C) Any person found guilty of removing,
			 adding, or altering a horse's hopples during a race, or between races, may be
			 fined and/or suspended.
(D) No
			 horse shall be permitted to wear a head pole protruding beyond its nose.
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: 01/01/1985,
				10/05/2006
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-20 - Breaking

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) When any horse
			 breaks from their gait, the driver shall at once, where clearance exists, take
			 the horse to the outside and pull it to its gait. The driver may take the horse
			 inside the pylons if clearance to the outside does not exist.
(1) The following shall be considered
			 violations of paragraph (A) of this rule:
(a)
			 Failure to properly attempt to pull horse to its gait;
(b) Failure to take to the outside where
			 clearance exists or inside if clearance to the outside does not
			 exist;
(c) Failure to
			 continuously lose ground by the break.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-21 - Fraudulent break

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
If, in the opinion of the judges, a driver allows his horse to
				break for the purpose of fraudulently losing a heat, he shall be liable to the
				penalties elsewhere provided in the rules of the Ohio state 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 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-22 - Official winning race records

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The leading horse shall be timed and his time only shall be
				announced. The horse finishing behind a horse disqualified by the judges may
				obtain a win race record if the horse's actual race time can be determined by
				photo finish or electronic timing.
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: 10/5/06
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-23 - Judges call breaks

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
To assist in determining the charting of a race, it shall be
				the duty of one of the judges to call out every break made, and the clerk shall
				at once note the break and character of it in writing.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				11/7/2018 and
				11/07/2023
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 01/01/1985
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-24 - Time between heats

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The time between separate heats of a single race shall be no
				less than forty minutes. No heat shall be called after sunset where the track
				is not lighted for night racing.
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 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-25 - Accidents, time allowed

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In the case of accidents, the judges shall allow only so much
				time as they deem necessary and proper before resuming the racing program.
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 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-26 - Driver must be seated

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A driver must be seated in his sulky at the finish of the race
				or the horse must be placed as not finishing.
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 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-27 - Provide wheel disk, mud fenders guards

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
It shall be the responsibility of the owner,
								 trainer, or driver to provide every sulky used in a race with
				unicolored or colorless wheel discs on the inside and outside of the wheel of a
				type approved by the  commission.
				The drivers may use mud guards at any time.
								The
								judges may order the use of mud
				guards at parimutuel tracks, 
								which shall be provided by the owners,
								
				trainers, or drivers.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-28 - Horse falls on track

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Should any horse in a race fall or get loose on the track or be
				involved in an accident of any kind after starting to warm-up, that horse shall
				only be permitted to start after examination and approval by the track
				veterinarian. Should any horse fall or get loose during the post parade or
				during the time elapsed before the word "go" is given, that horse shall only be
				permitted to start after examination by the track veterinarian and approval by
				the judges. If the horse is scratched, all wagers on that horse will be
				refunded.
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: 10/5/06
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-29 - Disorderly conduct

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The following shall constitute disorderly
			 conduct and be reason for any penalty of a driver or trainer as provided by
			 these rules:
(1) Failure to obey the judges'
			 orders that are expressly authorized by the rules of this commission;
(2) Failure to drive when
			 programmed unless excused by the judges;
(3) Drivers 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. Drivers may
			 be granted permission by the judges to use drugs prescribed by a physician;
(4) Appearing in the paddock in an
			 unfit condition to drive;
(5)
			 Fighting;
(6) Assaults;
(7) Offensive and profane language;
(8) Smoking on the track in silks
			 during actual racing hours;
(9)
			 Warming-up a horse prior to racing without silks;
(10) Disturbing the peace;
(11) Refusal to take a breath test when
			 directed by the presiding judge;
(12) Extended conversations between drivers
			 before, during, or after a race, or while warming up, unless there is an
			 emergency.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-30 - Suspensions for driver and/or trainer

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The judges may write suspensions in these main categories:
(A) "Limited suspensions," used to
			 suspend drivers for minor driving or other violations under which they may not
			 drive during the term of the suspension but may continue to train and enter
			 horses trained by them. This suspension shall be written to include the words
			 "from driving only."
(B) "Full
			 suspension," used when the judges in their determination feel the violation so
			 warrants, the driver and/or trainer shall not be allowed to enter or start any
			 horses trained by the person affected. Owners involved with a driver and/or
			 trainer under this suspension may be allowed to transfer their horses to
			 another trainer to continue racing but only with the permission of the judges
			 and for just cause.
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 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-31 - Effect of minor penalty on future engagements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Where the penalty is for a driving violation and does not
				exceed in time a period of five days, the driver may complete the engagement of
				all horses declared in before the penalty becomes effective. During a
				suspension of five days or less such drivers may drive in stake, futurity,
				early closing and feature races only but the suspension will be extended one
				day for each date they drive in such a 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 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-32 - Reciprocity

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) If a person or
			 horse is suspended, expelled, ruled off, or if his/her license is revoked,
			 application for a license has been denied, or is under any other current
			 penalty pursuant to the rules of the racing authority of any other state or
			 country, such person or horse shall stand suspended, expelled, ruled off or
			 denied a license at all tracks operating under permit from the
			  commission until the
			 ruling be withdrawn by the originating authority.
(B) All owners of harness horses who hold
			 current and valid harness horse licenses in any other state or racing
			 jurisdiction which has full reciprocity with the  commission may be eligible for an
			 owner's reciprocal validation license.
(C) The commission may license persons
			 holding valid permanent (not temporary) licenses issued by association of
			 racing commissioners international member racing jurisdictions in North
			 America. The licensee must be in good standing; have cleared a federal bureau
			 of investigation or equivalent criminal investigatory organization fingerprint
			 check within the previous thirty-six months; file an application and/or
			 affidavit as required by the commission, and pay the applicable fees required
			 prior to racing.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-33 - Horse also suspended

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) If a person is suspended, ruled off or
			 expelled, every horse owned wholly or in part or trained by that licensee may
			 also be suspended, ruled off or expelled, for the same period of time as the
			 owner or trainer.
(B) Under unusual
			 circumstances and/or for justifiable reasons the 
								judges
			 and/or the commission may shorten the
			  suspension time for a
			 horse.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-34 - Return money, prizes

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
If any person or persons is suspended, ruled off or expelled
				for fraudulent practice in relation to a horse or horses, wholly or in part
				their property, they shall return all money and prizes which such horse or
				horses has fraudulently won within ten days of the
				ruling date.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-35 - Improper language

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
If any licensed person uses improper language to the racing
				officials or member of the racing commission or threatens such officials, or if
				any person uses profane or indecent language, carries or exhibits a deadly
				weapon, or otherwise disturbs the peace of any race track enclosure, he may be
				ejected, fined, suspended or referred to the commission for any penalty
				provided by these rules.
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 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-36 - Payment of fines

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
All fines imposed by the judges and the starter shall be paid
				to the judges. Any person failing to pay a fine within
				
								ten days may be suspended and may be ruled off and/or
				their license may be revoked by the commission unless an appeal has been filed
				with the commission and is pending. When the appeal is terminated and the
				person is to pay a fine, the fine must be paid within
				
								ten days to the judges. If the fine is not paid within
				
								ten days, the person is automatically suspended and
				may be referred to the commission for further action.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-37 - Must pay own fine

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
No person shall pay the fine of
				another. The judges shall remit all money received in fines to the commission.
				The commission may from time to time make disbursements for any worthy purpose
				pertinent to racing.
Replaces: 3769-17-37
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,
				10/05/2006
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-38 - 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 other benefit to any person having official duties in relation to a race
			 or to any driver;
(2) Having
			 official duties in relation to a race or any driver, 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 disqualified;
(4) Fraudulently offer or receive any amount
			 of money for scratching a horse out of a race;
(5) Without making it known to the officials,
			 be a part owner or act as a trainer of any horse in which a driver possesses
			 any interest;
(6) Make any bet with
			 or on behalf of any driver, unless on a horse such driver is driving;
(7) Offer or give, except through his
			 employer of the owner or trainer of the horse driven, a driver any present,
			 money or other reward in connection with his driving in any race;
(8) Accept a ticket or make a bet on any
			 horse other than the one he drives.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-39 - May be denied admission

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
During the suspension of any licensed person, they may be
				denied admission to any part of the grounds.
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 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-40 - Objections

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
All objections shall be made to the judges and may be withdrawn
				only with permission of the judges. Objections relating to a horse engaged in a
				race may be made by the owners, trainers, driver-trainers of other horses
				engaged in the race or by the officials of the meeting. All objections, except
				claims of foul or interference during a race, must be written and lodged with
				the judges, prior to the start of the race in question. If the objection should
				prove to be frivolous or vexatious the judges may require payment of the
				expense of investigation unless the commission relieves the objector of this
				expense. All payments required to cover the expenses in investigation of the
				objection shall be treated in the same manner as fines as specified by rule
				3769-17-36 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 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-41 - Appeal to commission

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any licensee fined, suspended, expelled
				or any other penalty imposed by any judge's ruling may appeal to the commission
				for a review of the decision. Such appeals shall be made in writing and must be
				filed with the presiding judge within forty-eight hours after notification of
				the ruling. Such forty-eight-hour period shall not include any day the judges
				are not in attendance at their office. The chairman of the commission may
				appoint a hearing officer to hear such appeals.
Replaces: 3769-17-41
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: 01/01/1985, 09/05/1986, 04/01/1988, 10/06/1989, 08/01/1991,
				10/04/1992
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-42 - Checks

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								In the event any person, firm, corporation, etc.,
			 issues a check to the commission in payment of a license fee or for any other
			 obligation and the check is returned for any reason, whoever issued said check
			 shall be fined a minimum of fifty dollars and shall not be eligible to
			 participate in racing until said check and fine have been paid in
			 full.
(B)
								In the event any person, firm, corporation, etc.,
			 issues a check to a permit holder for an entry fee or any other racing-related
			 matter and the check is returned for any reason, whoever issued said check
			 shall be fined a minimum of fifty dollars and shall not be eligible to
			 participate in racing until said check and fine have been paid in full.
Replaces: 3769-17-42
Effective: 8/1/2019
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 08/01/2024
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 3769.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 01/01/1985, 04/03/1986, 09/05/1986,
				04/01/1988
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-43 - Disqualification, purse redistribution

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) In the event any violation of the rules
			 should be determined after a race has been completed and the purse has been
			 distributed, the following shall apply:
(1)
			 If such violation would disqualify a horse or horses, the owner or owners of
			 said horse or horses shall forfeit the purse and any trophy or awards
			 within ten days of the ruling date and the
			 remaining horses placed accordingly;
(2) The purse shall be redistributed
			 according to the final placings;
(3) In event the purse has been paid
			 and the owners or owners have not forfeited the purse
			 and any trophy or awards within ten days from notification of the ruling,
			 the owner or owners and the disqualified horse or horses shall stand suspended
			 until all money, trophies, and/or awards have been returned to the permit
			 holder who shall assume the responsibility of redistributing the
			 purse;
(4) If there are not enough
			 non-offending horses, the remaining part of the purse shall go to the declared
			 winner.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-17 - Owner and Driver Rules; Violations › Section 3769-17-99 - 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 judges from doing so, the
			 judges, 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.
(B)
								 Any fine or
			 suspension may be appelaed to the commission. Such appeal shall stay the fine
			 or suspension until further action by the commission.
(C) 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  commission license held by the
			 licensee and/or rule off any such licensee from all Ohio race tracks.
(D)
			 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.
(E)
			 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.
(F) 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.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-18 - Drugs; Death of Horse › Section 3769-18-02 - Trainer responsible for condition of horses

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The trainer shall be the absolute insurer
			 of, and responsible for, the condition of the horse entered in a race,
			 regardless of the acts of third parties. Should the chemical or other analysis
			 of urine or blood specimens prove positive, showing the presence of any foreign
			 substance not permitted by rule
			 3769-18-01
			 of the Administrative Code, the trainer of the horse, the foreman in charge of
			 the horse, the groom, and any other person shown to have had the care or
			 attendance of the horse may, in the discretion of the commission, be subjected
			 to penalties provided in paragraph (B) of this rule. Permit holders, other than
			 county or independent fairs, shall provide and maintain a state testing area to
			 include a group of stalls for the accomodation of the horses as are designated
			 in rule
			 3769-18-01
			 of the Administrative Code, and such horses shall remain in the state testing
			 barn area until required specimens have been obtained by the veterinarian and
			 until he shall have released said horses. All persons shall be excluded from
			 said area except owners, trainers, or their representatives, horses from which
			 the specimens are taken, the authorized veterinarian and his assistants and any
			 representative of the commission.
(B) The judges may fine any licensee who
			 violates this rule an amount not in excess of one thousand dollars and/or
			 suspend any commission license held by such licensee for a period not to exceed
			 one year and/or refer the matter to the commission for its consideration. The
			 commission may on its own motion, or in addition to any penalty assessed by
			 stewards, revoke or suspend any commission license held by any person who
			 violates this rule and/or rule off and/or refuse to grant a license to any
			 person who violates this rule.
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, 1/1/91,
				2/6/99
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-18 - Drugs; Death of Horse › Section 3769-18-03 - Who must be present when sample taken

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The owner, trainer, groom or other
			 representative must be present in the state testing barn when a test sample is
			 taken from the horse, and must remain until the test sample is sealed. The
			 official tag attached to a test sample shall be signed by the owner, trainer,
			 groom or other representative as witness to the taking of such test sample.
			 Willful failure to be present at, or a refusal to allow, or any act or threat
			 to impede or prevent or otherwise interfere with, the taking of any such test
			 sample shall subject the licensee guilty thereof to immediate suspension by the
			 judges, and the matter shall be referred to the commission for its
			 consideration.
(B) No owner or
			 trainer who is not present either in person or by representative when a test
			 sample is taken form his horse will be heard to claim at any future time that
			 the test sample was not the one taken from his horse.
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: 4/1/99
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-18 - Drugs; Death of Horse › Section 3769-18-04 - Nerved horses

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) All horses that have been nerved shall be
			 so designated onto their electronic eligibility and all claim authorization
			 forms for such horses. It is the responsibility of the owner of the horse at
			 the time the horse is nerved to see that this information is placed on the
			 registration certificate and the electronic eligibility. All horses that have
			 been nerved prior to the adoption of this rule must also be certified and it
			 will be the responsibility of the owner or the trainer of such horse to see
			 that such information is carried on the registration certificate. No trainer or
			 owner will be permitted to enter or start a horse that is high-nerved. It shall
			 be the responsibility of the owner and/or trainer of a horse that has been
			 low-nerved to post on the bulletin board in the racing office at each track
			 where the horse competes the fact that the horse has been low-nerved, and it is
			 the responsibility of each track to provide a space in the racing office where
			 the fact of nerving can be posted in accordance with this rule. Where these
			 requirements have been met, low-nerved horses will be permitted to start.
(B) Only the palmar (posterior)
			 digital neurectomy (low nerving) by surgical or other physical (example:
			 freezing) or chemical (example: injecting alcohol or snake venom) means will be
			 permitted in horses to be raced. Only the posterior digital nerve and middle
			 branches to the palmar (posterior/back) part of the foot may be desensitized.
			 This procedure must be done below the fetlock. The dorsal (anterior/front)
			 branches must be preserved so the horse has feeling at the coronary band at the
			 front of the foot on both sides of the midline. Lack of feeling at the coronary
			 band on the front of the foot is prima facie evidence that a horse has been
			 nerved in contravention of this rule. Incisions over nerves at or above the
			 fetlock may be evidence that the horse has been high-nerved, even if partial or
			 complete feeling is present at the front of the coronary band of the foot. In
			 horses racing or to be raced, no "high nerving" (at or above the fetlock,
			 including volar, palmar or plantar nerves) is permitted by any means: surgical,
			 physical, including but not limited to injection of alcohol or snake venom. Any
			 offending party may be ruled off or otherwise penalized under the provisions of
			 rule
			 3769-18-99
			 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: 5/1/01
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-18 - Drugs; Death of Horse › Section 3769-18-06 - Controlled substances and/or narcotics prohibited

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any person licensed by the Ohio state racing commission who
				shall be found with any controlled substance as defined by the Ohio state board
				of pharmacy or narcotic drug in his/her possession while on the premises of any
				permit holder shall be fined and/or suspended by the judges in accordance with
				rule
				3769-18-99
				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: 3/19/87