Arkansas Administrative Code

23 CAR § 357-302. Clerk of Scales. (a) The Clerk of Scales shall weigh all jockeys out and in. (b) The Clerk of Scales shall record and publish on the notice board any overweight or any change of jockey, weight, or racing colors as compared with those stated on the official progr…

23 CAR § 357-303. Handicapper. (a) The Handicapper, who may be the Racing Secretary, shall assign the weights to be carried by each horse in a handicap. (b) The Handicapper shall append to the weights for every handicap the day and hour from which winners will be liable to weight…

23 CAR § 357-304. Jockey room. (a) It shall be the duty of the jockey room custodian, working under the stewards’ supervision, to see to it that order, decorum, and cleanliness are maintained in the jockey and scale rooms. (b) The custodian shall assist the Clerk of Scales in any…

23 CAR § 357-305. Paddock Judge. (a) The Paddock Judge shall report any irregularities to the stewards. (b) The Paddock Judge shall keep a record of all equipment carried by all horses in all races under his or her jurisdiction, and shall permit no change in equipment not authori…

23 CAR § 357-306. Placing Judges. (a) The Placing Judges shall occupy the Placing Judges' stand at the time the horses pass the finish line in each and every race, and their duty shall be to place and record all horses in the order of their finish in each race. (b) The Placing Ju…

23 CAR § 357-307. Racing Secretary. (a) The Racing Secretary shall compile an official program for each racing day, which shall state the time fixed for the first race and give the names of the horses which are to run in each of the races of the day. (b)(1) The program shall indi…

23 CAR § 357-308. Official Starter. (a) Only the Official Starter or a deputy approved by the Official Starter and by the stewards may start a race. (b) The Official Starter shall give all orders and take all measures necessary to ensure a fair start. (c)(1) The stewards’ decisio…

23 CAR § 357-309. Stewards. (a) The stewards shall have the power to interpret this part and to decide all questions not specifically covered by them. (b) Any person acting as a steward at Oaklawn Park shall have the following minimum qualifications: (1) Experience: (A) At least …

23 CAR § 357-310. Method of timing. (a) The stewards shall determine the official time of each race. (b) When electric timing is used, the timing device will be checked for accuracy at the discretion of the stewards. (c) The time shall be announced or displayed on the information…

23 CAR § 357-311. Commission Clocker. (a)(1) The Commission Clocker shall be appointed by the Arkansas Racing Commission and paid by the franchise holder. (2) The Commission Clocker and his or her assistants will be responsible for recording official workouts each day. (3) Offici…

23 CAR § 357-312. Track Superintendent. (a) It shall be the duty of the Track Superintendent to supervise the upkeep of the course in its preparedness for training and racing. (b) The Track Superintendent shall exercise such control over the course as may be necessary to protect …

23 CAR § 357-313. Licenses, registrations, and fees for participants in racing. (a)(1) All owners, trainers, jockeys, jockey agents, handlers, attendants, employees of a stable or franchise holder, and all other persons, firms, associations, or corporations patronizing or partici…

23 CAR § 357-314. Owners and trainers. (a)(1)(A) Each owner and trainer must obtain a license from the Arkansas Racing Commission. (B) In the absence of the owner, the trainer will be responsible for obtaining the owner license. (2)(A) The trainer is presumed to know the Rules Go…

23 CAR § 357-315. Treatment records. (a)(1) Each trainer shall be responsible for keeping a record of all treatments for every horse in his or her control. (2)(A) The treatment shall be recorded within forty-eight (48) hours of administration. (B) Treatment, for the purposes of s…

23 CAR § 357-316. Partnerships. (a)(1) Each partnership shall be registered with the Arkansas Racing Commission. (2) Partnership papers shall, among other things, set forth the following: (A) The name and address of each person having any interest in the thoroughbred horse involv…

23 CAR § 357-317. Corporate and LLC owners. (a)(1) All corporations and limited liability companies (LLC) having any interest in a thoroughbred horse shall file with the stewards at the time of filing an application for an owner's license a statement in duplicate setting forth th…

23 CAR § 357-318. Authorized agents. (a)(1) Each authorized agent must file an application for a license for each owner represented setting forth the agent's authority to act for the owner, including any authority the agent may have to collect money from the franchise holder. (2)…

23 CAR § 357-319. Stable names. (a) A person wishing to race thoroughbred horses under a stable name may do so by registering with the Arkansas Racing Commission and by paying the fee as required herein. (b)(1) A person may register more than one (1) stable name if that person’s …

23 CAR § 357-401. Jockeys. (a) No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall be licensed as an apprentice jockey or jockey, save and except those apprentice jockeys and jockeys under eighteen (18) years of age who have previously been licensed. (b) The stewards may permit a jo…

23 CAR § 357-402. Naming of jockeys. (a) Jockeys shall be named not later than time of entry. (b) Any subsequent change of a jockey must be sanctioned by the stewards and must be promptly and publicly posted and announced.

23 CAR § 357-403. Jockey agent. (a) Each jockey agent must obtain a license from the Arkansas Racing Commission. (b) The stewards may permit an applicant to act pending decision on the jockey agent's application for license. (c) Each jockey agent may handle up to two (2) jockeys …

23 CAR § 357-404. Jockey apprentices. (a)(1) Any male or female eighteen (18) years of age or older, who has never been previously licensed as a jockey in any country, and who has been granted an Apprentice Jockey Certificate, may claim in all races except handicaps and stakes th…

23 CAR § 357-405. Entries. (a) “Entry” shall mean according to the requirements of the test: (1) A horse made eligible to run in a race; or (2)(A) Two (2) or more horses that are entered or run in a race and are coupled because of common ties. (B) However, there shall be no coupl…

23 CAR § 357-406. Equipment changes. (a) Permission for any change of equipment from that which a horse carried in his or her last previous race can be obtained only from the stewards, and must be obtained before the closing of entries for the race in which the horse is to run wi…

23 CAR § 357-407. Declarations and scratches. (a) No horse shall be considered scratched or declared out of an engagement until the owner or his or her authorized agent or some person deputed by him or her shall have given due notice in writing to the Racing Secretary. (b) No hor…

23 CAR § 357-408. Postponement and cancellation. (a) If the whole or a part of a racing program is cancelled, any race involved may be rescheduled by the Arkansas Racing Commission. (b) If a stakes race is declared off, all subscriptions and fees paid in connection with that race…

23 CAR § 357-409. Preferred and also-eligible lists. (a)(1) The Racing Secretary shall keep a list of all horses excluded from races because of too many entries, and horses on such list are to have preference in any race in which they may afterwards be entered in accordance with …

23 CAR § 357-410. Post position. (a) Post positions shall be determined publicly by lot in the presence of the Racing Secretary or his or her deputy, one (1) or more stewards or their deputies, and at least one (1) trainer licensed by the Arkansas Racing Commission. (b) Beginning…

23 CAR § 357-501. Generally. (a) Weight penalties are obligatory. (b)(1) Weight allowance is obligatory except by permission of a steward. (2) Such permission must be obtained at time of entry. (c) Weight allowance, including apprentice allowance, must be claimed at time of entry…

23 CAR § 357-502. Weight, scale of. (a) The following is the scale of weights for age, and shall be carried when not otherwise specified in the condition of the race: March Nov. &Distance Age and May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Dec. Years April 3 years 115 116 117 119 121 123 124 1…

23 CAR § 357-503. Weighing in. (a) After a race has been run and after he or she has pulled up the horse he has ridden, the jockey shall ride promptly to the finish line and there dismount, after obtaining permission from the judges, and present himself or herself to the Clerk of…

23 CAR § 357-504. Weighing out. (a)(1) The specified jockeys shall be weighed out for their respective mounts in each race by the Clerk of Scales not fewer than ten (10) minutes before the time fixed for the race. (2) In case of a substitution of riders after the original rider h…

23 CAR § 357-505. Paddock to post. (a) Permission must be obtained from a steward to exercise a horse between races. (b) When a horse is being so warmed up before entering the paddock, his or her official program number must be displayed by the rider. (c)(1) In a race, each horse…

23 CAR § 357-506. Post to finish. (a)(1) When clear, a horse may be taken to any part of the course, but no horse shall, and no jockey shall, carelessly or willfully permit his or her mount to cross or weave in front of another horse, or jostle another horse, in such a way as to …

23 CAR § 357-507. Protests. (a) A protest, except a protest involving fraud, may be filed only by the owner, or his or her authorized agent, trainer, or jockey of a horse engaged in the race over which the protest is made, or by a racing official of the race meeting. (b) A protes…

23 CAR § 357-601. Winnings generally. (a) Winnings shall include all net moneys won in all countries, up to the time appointed for the start, including walkovers and forfeits, but not second and third money nor the value of a prize not in money. (b) Winnings during a year shall b…

23 CAR § 357-602. Dead heats. (a) The owners of the horses in a dead heat shall divide equally the purse money involved. (b) If a dead heat is for the first place, each horse shall be considered a winner of the amount received according to the preceding rule. (c) When a dead heat…

23 CAR § 357-603. Mutuels. (a) When two (2) or more horses run in a race and are coupled because of common ties, they are called an entry, and a wager on one (1) of them shall be a wager on all of them. (b) When the individual horses competing in a race exceed the numbering capac…

23 CAR § 357-604. Steps in calculating the payoff in win pool. (a)(1) The commission authorized by law is deducted from the sum total wagered in the win pool. (2) The balance is called the "net pool". (b)(1) The amount wagered on the winner is then divided into the net pool. (2) …

23 CAR § 357-605. Steps in calculating the payoff in a place pool. (a)(1) The commission authorized by law is deducted from the sum total wagered in the place pool. (2) The balance is called the "net pool". (b)(1) The sum total of the amount wagered in the place pool on the horse…

23 CAR § 357-606. Steps in calculating the payoff in a show pool. (a)(1) The commission authorized by law is deducted from the sum total wagered in the show pool. (2) The balance is called the "net pool". (b)(1) The sum total of the amount wagered in the show pool on the horses p…

23 CAR § 357-607. Steps in calculating the payoff in dead heat. (a) In the case of a dead heat in the straight pool, the payoff prices shall be figured as in a place pool. (b) In the case of a dead heat for second in the place pool, the winner of the race receives its half share …

23 CAR § 357-608. Daily Double. (a) Two (2) Daily Doubles will be permitted during any single racing program. (b) If no ticket is sold combining the two (2) winners of the Daily Double, the pool shall then be apportioned equally between those having tickets including the winner i…

23 CAR § 357-609. Exacta wagering. (a)(1) The Exacta pool is a contract by the purchaser of one (1) ticket combining two (2) horses in a single race, selecting the two (2) horses that will subsequently finish first and second in that race. (2) Payment of the ticket shall be made …

23 CAR § 357-610. Minus pool. (a) In the event of a minus pool, the deficiency shall be absorbed by the breaks accruing for that day. (b) In the event the breaks accruing for that day are not sufficient to absorb such minus pool, the remaining deficiency will be borne solely by t…

23 CAR § 357-611. Claiming. (a)(1) In claiming races on the flat, any horse is subject to claim by: (A) Any owner in good standing; or (B) A person who has been issued a claiming authorization as provided below in subsection (b) of this section (a “claiming authorization”). (2) H…

23 CAR § 357-612. Oaklawn Jockey Club Classix rules. (a) The Classix pari-mutuel pool is not a parlay and has no connection with or relation to any other pari-mutuel pool conducted by Oaklawn, nor to any win, place, and show pool shown on the totalisator, nor to the rules governi…

23 CAR § 357-613. Pick-3 wagering. (a) The Pick-3 pari-mutuel pool is not a parlay and has no connection with or relation to any other pari-mutuel pool conducted by the association, nor to any win, place, or show pool, nor to the rules governing the distribution of such other poo…

23 CAR § 357-614. Trifecta wager. (a) The Trifecta requires selection of the first three (3) finishers, in their exact order for a single race. (b) The net Trifecta pool shall be distributed to winning wagers in the following precedence, based upon the official order of finish: (…

23 CAR § 357-615. Quinella wager. (a)(1) The Quinella is not a parlay and has no connection with or relation to the win, place, and show pools. (2) All tickets on the Quinella will be calculated in a separate pool. (b)(1) All Quinella tickets will be for the win and place combina…