Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 038 - Wyoming Gaming Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Pari-Mutuel › Chapter 8 - CONDUCT OF RACES › Section 8-14 - Paddock to Post

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Permission for any change of equipment
				from that which a horse carried in his last previous race, during the current
				meeting, must be obtained from the Stewards.
(b) Permission to add blinkers to a horse's
				equipment or to discontinue the use of them must be approved by the Starter
				before being granted by the Stewards. Permission to use or discontinue bar
				plate shoes must be approved by the Stewards.
(c) Permission to use or discontinue the use
				of a tongue tie must be secured from the Stewards. Under no circumstances shall
				the material to be used as a tongue tie be furnished by anyone other than the
				trainer of the horse on which it is to be used. No employee of the Permittee
				shall be allowed to tie the tongue or replace or repair a tongue tie.
(d) Whips and/or blinkers may be used on
				two-year-olds and other first starters if schooled before the Starter with the
				equipment and approved by him and the Stewards before entry time.
(e) The use of plastic bridles and/or reins
				is prohibited.
(f) Permission must
				be obtained from the Stewards to exercise a horse on the track between races.
				When a horse is being warmed up or exercised public announcement shall be made,
				giving the name of the horse and explaining his presence on the
				track.
(g) In a race each horse
				shall carry a conspicuous saddle-cloth number and a head number corresponding
				to his number on the official program. In case of a coupled-entry each horse
				making up the entry shall carry the same number with a distinguishing letter.
				For example, 1, 1A, 1B. In case of a field, the horses comprising the field
				shall carry an individual number; i.e. 10, 11, 12 and so on, or 10, 10A, 10B
				and so on.
(h) Horses must be in
				the paddock at least twenty (20) minutes before post time.
(i) Every horse must be saddled in the
				paddock unless special permission has been granted by the Stewards to saddle
				elsewhere. A trainer shall attend his horse in the paddock and shall be present
				to supervise his saddling unless he has obtained permission of the Stewards to
				send another licensed trainer as a substitute.
(j) After entering the track not more than
				twelve (12) minutes shall be consumed in the parade of the horses to the post
				except in cases of unavoidable delay. After passing the stand once, the horses
				will be allowed to break formation and canter, warm up or go as they please to
				the post unless otherwise directed by the Stewards. When horses have reached
				the post, they will be started without unnecessary delay.
(k) After the horses enter the track, no
				jockey shall dismount and no horse shall be entitled to the care of an
				attendant without consent of the Stewards or the Starter and the horse must be
				free of all hands other than those of the jockey or assistant starter before
				the starter releases the barrier (gate).
(l) In case of accident to a jockey or to his
				mount or equipment, the Stewards or the Starter may permit the jockey to
				dismount and the horse to be cared for during the delay, and may permit all
				jockeys to dismount and all horses to be attended during the delay.
(m) If a jockey is thrown on the way from the
				paddock to the post, the horse must be remounted, return to the point where the
				jockey was thrown and then proceed over the route of the parade to the post. A
				horse must carry his assigned weight from paddock to post and from post to
				finish.
(n) If a jockey is so
				injured on the way to the post as to require another jockey, the horse shall be
				taken to the paddock, another jockey obtained, and then ridden over the
				incomplete portion of the exact route of the parade to the starting
				point.
(o) If a horse leaves the
				course while moving from paddock to post, he shall return to the course at the
				nearest practical point to that at which he left the course, and shall complete
				his parade to the post from the point at which he left the course.
(p) No person shall willfully delay the
				arrival of a horse at the post.
(q)
				No person other than the rider, starter or assistant starter shall be permitted
				to strike a horse or attempt by shouting or otherwise to assist it in getting a
				start.