Section 71 IAC 7-2-8 - Riding in gate; equipment; two tiersAuthority: IC 4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 8.
(a) No persons shall be allowed to ride in the starting gate except the starter and his or her driver or operator and a patrol judge unless permission has been granted by the commission.(b) Use of a mechanical loudspeaker for any purpose other than to give instructions to drivers is prohibited. The volume shall be no higher than necessary to carry the voice of the starter to the drivers.(c) In the event there are two (2) tiers of horses, the withdrawing of a horse that has drawn or earned a position in the front tier shall not affect the position of the horses that have drawn or earned positions in the second tier. Whenever a horse is drawn from any tier, horses on the outside move in to fill the vacancy. In a race with a single trailer, the driver may select any position in the second tier. In a race with multiple trailers, the driver of the first horse in the second tier may elect to score out behind the first or second horse in the first tier. The horse drawing the second post in the second tier shall score behind the third or fourth horse in the first tier. The horse drawing the third post in the second tier shall score behind the fifth or sixth horse.Indiana Horse Racing Commission; 71 IAC 7-2-8; emergency rule filed Feb 10, 1994, 9:20 a.m.: 17 IR 1159; readopted filed Oct 30, 2001, 11:50 a.m.: 25 IR 899; emergency rule filed Jan 21, 2004, 2:30 p.m.: 27 IR 1918; readopted filed Mar 23, 2007, 11:31 a.m.: 20070404-IR-071070030RFA; readopted filed November 26, 2013, 11:25 a.m.: 20131225-IR-071130345RFAReadopted filed 8/28/2019, 1:23 p.m.: 20190925-IR-071190319RFAEmergency rule filed 12/5/2019, 1:56 p.m.: 20191211-IR-071190646ERAReadopted filed 7/6/2023, 1:50 p.m.: 20230802-IR-071230371RFAReadopted filed 8/3/2023, 12:49 p.m.: 20230830-IR-071230428RFA