Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-7-21

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 112-7-21 - Paddock to post

(a) Each horse in a race shall carry a conspicuous saddlecloth number and a head number corresponding to the horse's number on the official program. In the case of a coupled entry, each horse making up the entry shall bear the same number as the first part of the entry and also a distinguishing letter immediately following the number on the head and saddlecloth. In the case of a field, the horses comprising the field shall bear an individual number or a particular number immediately followed by a distinguishing letter.

(b) Each trainer shall have the entered horse in the paddock no fewer than 15 minutes before post time. The trainer shall attend the horse in the paddock and be present to supervise its saddling unless the trainer has obtained the permission of a steward to send an assistant trainer or another trainer as a substitute. Each horse shall be saddled in the paddock unless permission has been granted by the stewards to saddle elsewhere.

(c) Each blanket and bandage except any bandage that will be worn during a race shall be removed immediately upon arrival in the paddock. If weather conditions dictate, blankets may be worn after saddling with the permission of the paddock judge.

(d) The stewards may permit a horse to be led directly to the post and to be excused from the post parade.

(e) Each lead pony and each rider shall be permitted to enter the saddling paddock or walking ring only after the stewards have given permis-sion.

(f) The post parade shall not last longer than 14 minutes after the horses enter the racetrack, except in cases of unavoidable delay. When the horses reach the post, they shall be started without unnecessary delay.

(g) After the horses enter the racetrack, no jockey shall dismount and no horse shall be entitled to the care of an attendant without the permission of the stewards or the starter. Each horse shall be free of all hands other than those of the jockey, lead pony rider, assistant starter or header before the field is dispatched by the starter. In case of accident to a jockey or to the horse or equipment, any steward or any starter may permit the affected jockey to dismount and the horse to be cared for during the delay and also may permit any other jockeys to dismount and any other horses to be attended during the delay.

(h) Each horse shall carry its assigned weight from paddock to post and from post to finish. If a jockey is thrown on the way from the paddock to the post, the horse shall be remounted, and if reasonably possible, returned to where the jockey was thrown and shall proceed over the route of the parade to the post.

(i) If the jockey sustains an injury on the way to the post that requires substitution of another jockey, the horse shall be returned to the paddock. Another jockey shall mount and then ride the horse over any uncompleted portion of the exact route of the parade to the starting point.

(j) If a horse leaves the course while proceeding from paddock to post, the horse shall return to the course at the nearest practical point where it left the course. It shall then complete its parade to the post from the point at which it left the course.

(k) No person shall willfully delay the arrival of a horse at the post.

(l) The use of any mechanical device applied to a horse's ears at the starting gates shall be strictly prohibited. This prohibition shall include twitches, tongs, pliers, or any device designed to hold fast or squeeze the skin or other tissues.

(m) The use of a buggy whip, flexible cane, or any similar device to assist the loading of a horse into the gates shall be limited. If, in the opinion of the commission veterinarian or the stewards, there is excessive use of this device, the commission veterinarian or stewards shall order that the use of the device be stopped immediately. Any person using the device in excess shall be subject to disciplinary action at the discretion of the stewards.

(n) Only the jockey shall be permitted to strike a horse to assist in starting.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-7-21

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 74-8804; effective, T-112-2-23-89, Feb. 23, 1989; effective June 19, 1989; amended, T-112-8-13-92, Aug. 13, 1992; amended, T-112-12-10-92, Dec. 10, 1992; amended Feb. 15, 1993; amended Feb. 11, 2000.