Illinois Administrative Code

Section 1411.5 Colors Worn by Riders A jockey must wear the colors of the owner or owners of the horse he is riding (except by special permission of the stewards, which permission shall be posted on the bulletin Board, together with notice of the colors the jockey shall wear), an…

Section 1411.50 Betting By Jockey No jockey shall bet on any race except through the owner of and on the horse which he rides, and any jockey who shall be proved to the satisfaction of the stewards to have any interest in any race horse, or to have been engaged in any betting tra…

Section 1411.60 Record of Jockey Betting All owners so betting for a jockey on any horse shall keep a record thereof, so that at no time will said owners be in a position of failing to remember any such transaction.

Section 1411.65 Interrogation by Stewards All owners, trainers, jockeys, employees, agents or other persons in any way connected with said operator may be, at any time, interrogated by the stewards in reference to the making or placing of any bets anywhere on any race run at said…

Section 1411.70 Racing Against Employer's Starter A jockey shall not ride in any race against a starter of his contract employer unless his mount and his contract employer's starter are both in the hands of the same trainer.

Section 1411.72 Spouses Riding Against Each Other (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 19 Ill. Reg. 12687, effective September 1, 1995)

Section 1411.75 Owner or Trainer As Spouse Jockeys married to owners or trainers may not ride against the spouses's horse, whether or not the spouse holds any ownership interest in said horse.

Section 1411.78 Racing Against Agent's Horse A jockey shall not ride in any race against a horse owned and/or trained by his agent.

Section 1411.80 Priority of Retainers Employers retaining the same jockey have precedence according to priority of the retainers as specified in the contracts.

Section 1411.90 Conflicting Claims on Jockeys Conflicting claims for the services of a jockey shall be decided by the stewards.

Section 1412.10 Weight Allowances a) With the exception of apprentices allowances, handicap races, three-year-old horses entered to run in races against horses four years old and upwards, and the allowance provided in subsection (b) of this Section, no jockey shall be assigned a …

Section 1412.20 Extra Allowances No horse shall carry extra weight, nor be barred from any race for having run second or in any lower place in a race; nor shall extra weight be incurred in respect to private sweepstakes and match races.

Section 1412.30 When Readjustments Allowed A horse shall not receive allowance of weight or be relieved from extra weight for having been beaten in one or more races; provided that this rule shall not prohibit maiden allowances or allowance to horses that have not won within a sp…

Section 1412.40 Readjustments, When Claimed Allowances must be claimed at the time of entry and these allowances shall not be abandoned except by the consent of the stewards, who may, before scratch time, make readjustments to the proper weights and allowances in conformity with …

Section 1412.50 Penalties and Allowances Not Cumulative Penalties and allowances are not cumulative unless so declared by the conditions of the race.

Section 1412.60 Handicaps The handicapper shall append to the weights for every handicap, the day and hour from which winners will be liable to a penalty, and no alteration shall be made after publication except in case of omission through error of the name or weight of a horse d…

Section 1413.10 Registration with Jockey Club No horse shall be entered or permitted to start unless duly registered and named through The Registry Office of The Jockey Club (New York).

Section 1413.100 List of Entries The racing secretary shall, each day at the advertised closing time for filing entries, prepare a typewritten list to be designated "overnight entries" and immediately post the same on the public bulletin board in the racing secretary's office for…

Section 1413.110 Limitations on Entries All entries and declarations made in overnight races are under the supervision of the stewards, and they may, without notice, refuse the entries of any persons, or the transfer of any entries, and they may also in their discretion, limit en…

Section 1413.114 Uncoupled Entries All entries, either same owner or separate owner, shall be uncoupled wagering interests in any race. Second part of same owner entries will have least preference in overfilled races. If a race is split in two or more divisions, same owner entrie…

Section 1413.118 Further Definition of Coupling (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 26 Ill. Reg. 12367, effective August 1, 2002)

Section 1413.120 Riders Designated At the time of making entry, the owner, trainer or authorized agent shall designate a jockey only if the jockey named is definitely engaged. If the jockey is not definitely engaged, then an entry shall be made without designating the jockey at t…

Section 1413.130 Carding Purse and Handicap Races (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 40 Ill. Reg. 13022, effective September 1, 2016)

Section 1413.131 Carding Purse and Handicap Races a) On or before June 30, 2021, except as otherwise provided in subsection (a)(1), all non-claiming races (with the exception of maiden races) and claiming races with a claiming value of $20,000 or more, having eight or more separa…

Section 1413.134 Race Fails to Fill If a race fails to fill and is declared off, the names of all the horses that were entered therein shall be made known to the state steward not later than 1 p.m. of the same day.

Section 1413.138 Substitute and Extra Races (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 40 Ill. Reg. 13022, effective September 1, 2016)

Section 1413.139 Substitute and Extra Races a) On or before June 30, 2021, whenever a posted race is cancelled, the Racing Secretary will first use the substitute races listed in the Condition Book and then use the extra races, except for Illinois bred races, for which priority g…

Section 1413.140 Right to Declare Out a) In purse races and overnight handicaps with nine or more interests, trainers shall have the right to declare out to that number before the time stipulated by the regulations of the operator on the day of the race. When more than one traine…

Section 1413.150 Number of Entries A list of names not to exceed six may be drawn from the overflow entries and listed as eligible to start if originally carded horses are withdrawn. If an also eligible list is prepared, and any regularly carded horses have been excused from a ra…

Section 1413.160 Fee to Enter The entrance to a purse race shall be free, unless otherwise stipulated in its conditions. If the conditions require an entrance fee, it must accompany the entry, except for fee handicaps, when it must be paid at the time of acceptance of the weight …

Section 1413.170 Refunds Entrance money is not refunded on the death of a horse, or his failure to start.

Section 1413.180 Error in Entry A person making a wrong entry or nomination is liable for stakes and forfeits under that nomination.

Section 1413.190 Irrevocable Declaration Declaring a horse out of a race is irrevocable.

Section 1413.20 Registration Rules The rules of The Jockey Club (New York) with respect to the registration of horses shall apply in Illinois.

Section 1413.200 Notice of Declaration Until the owner or his authorized agent has given notice to the proper authority either in writing or by telegram, promptly confirmed in writing, no horse shall be considered as struck out of any of his engagements.

Section 1413.210 Entry of Unfit Horse The owner or trainer of any horse, before making the entry of such horse in any overnight race, must have said horse in condition to race, and if for any reason, said horse is not in such condition, it must be reported to the stewards and sec…

Section 1413.220 Refusal for Inconsistency The stewards shall have the authority to order the refusal of entry of any horse or all of the entries of any owner because of inconsistent running of any horse or horses, and the stewards are empowered to make any investigation, formal …

Section 1413.230 Horse Ineligible a) No horse is qualified to run in any race unless he is duly entered for that race. b) No disqualified horse shall be entered for a race. c) No disqualified person shall enter a horse in a race. d) In case of husband and wife, no entry shall be …

Section 1413.240 Who May Enter No person not having an interest in a horse, equal at least to the interest or property of any other one person is entitled to enter in a race as the owner.

Section 1413.250 Medical Reasons for Ineligibility A trainer or owner shall not enter or start, or cause to be entered or started, a horse that: a) is not in servicable, sound racing condition; b) has an active tracheostomy; c) has been nerved or had cryosurgery performed on a ne…

Section 1413.260 Sweepstakes Entries Any entry of a horse in a sweepstakes is a subscription to the sweepstakes and the subscriber is liable for stake or forfeit, but should he transfer the entry, he is liable only in case of default of the transferee. Similarly, the vendor of a …

Section 1413.265 Receipt for Nomination It shall be the responsibility of the nominator to any stake or handicap race to confirm telephone nominations or entries with written or faxed copies of the same. No appeal or dispute regarding lost nominations or errors shall be entertain…

Section 1413.270 Previous Engagements If a horse is sold by private sale, or at public auction, the written acknowledgement of both parties is necessary to prove the fact that he was sold with his engagements, but when a horse is sold or claimed out of a claiming race, the horse'…

Section 1413.280 Transfer of Engagements Subscriptions and all entries or rights of entry are valid when a horse is sold with his engagements duly transferred; in duly registered partnerships when subscriptions, entries and rights of entries survive in the remaining partners; and…

Section 1413.290 Transfer of Sweepstakes Engagements Subscribers to sweepstakes may, before the time fixed for naming, transfer the subscription, but a person making an entry under another subscription when forfeit must be declared by a particular time, shall be considered as hav…

Section 1413.30 Eligibility A horse must be eligible to run at time of entry.

Section 1413.300 Jockey Club Certificates No horse shall be allowed to start unless his Jockey Club Registration Certificate is filed in the office of the racing secretary, with the exception that the stewards may, at their discretion, waive this requirement, if horses are shippe…

Section 1413.305 Transfer of Jockey Club Certificate Commencing with foals of 1960, each racing secretary shall require that all transfers of title be properly recorded in the spaces provided on the reverse side of The Jockey Club Registration Certificate. Any transfers not so re…

Section 1413.310 Number of Races in a Day No horse may be entered for two races in any one day unless one is a sweepstake and in such cases, it must be declared out of one of the races by regular scratch time.

Section 1413.40 How Entries are Made All entries shall be made on forms prescribed by the Board, and all information required on such forms shall be supplied. (Source: Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 12367, effective August 1, 2002)