Ohio Administrative Code

h 119. PDF: No tipster or tout shall be permitted to operate on the premises of any permit holder. The permit holder shall, under penalties provided in rule 3769-14-99 of the Administrative Code, take steps to prevent any touting upon its premises and may be held accountable for …

h 119. PDF: Every permit holder shall at all times maintain its premises and race track in good condition, with special consideration for the comfort and safety of the public; of the horses stabled, exercising or entered to race; horsemen; and all those whose business requires th…

(A) The secured area of a race track premises shall include any area to which access is only granted to persons licensed by the Ohio state racing commission for access to said area or to which written permission must be obtained from the presiding judge or a representative of tra…

(A) Every commercial permit holder shall furnish and maintain at least one ambulance for human use, staffed with two or more paramedics as defined in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. Such ambulance shall be properly and fully equipped, to include a defibrillator and such othe…

h 119. PDF: Every permit holder shall install and maintain at its track floodlights to provide adequate illumination of the stable areas at night. Last updated March 5, 2024 at 10:29 AM Authorized By: – Amplifies: – Five Year Review Date: Prior Effective Dates: 3/15/1966

Every permit holder shall provide proper and well located boxes or pits for separately receiving stable manure and other refuse, situated well distant from living quarters. Such boxes and pits shall be emptied and their contents entirely removed from the premises of the permit ho…

h 119. PDF: Each permit holder shall, on every racing day, provide and maintain in a strictly sanitary condition, adequate toilets, washrooms and facilities for furnishing the reasonable needs of its patrons, horsemen and persons having business at the track as may be reasonably …

h 119. PDF: Unless authorized by the permit holder and by the commission, no printed material dealing with odds, horses or the races shall be sold, peddled or given away within any part of the premises of the permit holder, its entrances, approaches or places within its control. …

h 119. PDF: Every permit holder shall provide adequate and sanitary living quarters, with proper sanitary arrangements, and ample and convenient toilet and heating facilities for stable employees, and shall provide in its stable area at least one tack room of minimum area of one …

Every permit holder shall have and maintain on its premises a first aid room with first-aid equipment, to include a defibrillator and such other equipment as directed by the commission. Every permit holder shall provide one or more paramedics as defined in section 4765.01 of the …

(A) Each permit holder conducting harness racing under the jurisdiction of the commission shall take and make at its expense a complete film recording or other visual recording of all races run under the permit. The arrangements for said film recordings, or other visual recording…

h 119. PDF: No permit holder shall allow any person to drive or train horses on its premises during any race meeting unless said person has received a license to do so from the commission, or unless the judges have approved his/her application for a license. Last updated March 5,…

h 119. PDF: (A) Every commercial permit holder, shall provide head numbers, numbered saddle pads and a starting gate of approved design, and shall provide a back-up gate as well. Agriculture societies and fairs need not provide a backup gate.(B) All commercial permit holders shal…

h 119. PDF: (A) Every commercial permit holder shall provide an alcohol breath-testing device, operated by a person approved by the commission to use such device. Such device shall be approved by the commission. All drivers, judges, paddock judges, patrol judges, placing judges, …

Every commercial permit holder shall:(A) Provide a paddock or receiving barn.(B) The paddock or receiving barn must be completely enclosed with a man-tight fence and all openings through said fence shall be policed so as to exclude unauthorized personnel therefrom.(C) Horses must…

h 119. PDF: While in the paddock, owners, drivers, and trainers shall so conduct themselves as to avoid creating any appearance or suggestion that would reflect adversely on the integrity of racing. The presiding judge and paddock judge are authorized on any occasion to revoke or…

h 119. PDF: (A) Judges shall be responsible to the commission and may be penalized under the provisions of rule 3769-14-99 of the Administrative Code at any time for failure to perform their duties to the satisfaction of the commission.(B) The judges, of which there shall always …

h 119. PDF: Where parimutuel wagering is permitted for ten or more days in any meeting, one of the three judges at harness race meetings shall be known as the state judge, and paid by the Ohio state racing commission. The state judge shall be the presiding judge of the meeting fo…

h 119. PDF: (A) The judges shall have the right to inspect all licenses, including owners, trainers, driver-trainers, authorized agents, and all papers pertinent thereto, and assumed names and papers pertinent thereto. The judges may demand production of any license, contract or …

h 119. PDF: (A) All owners, trainers, driver-trainers, grooms and other persons attendant upon horses shall be under the general supervision of the judges, and they also shall have supervision over all other racing officials and over those parts of the premises of the permit hold…

h 119. PDF: (A) For disorderly conduct or breach of the peace or for violation of the rules of racing, orders of the commission, or any regulations the judges may establish, the judges of racing meetings shall have the power to fine any licensee an amount not in excess of the amo…

h 119. PDF: In emergency any judge may appoint his own deputy at any time. If only one judge is present in the stand, he may name additional persons to serve with him. If none of the judges are present, the clerk of the course shall name persons to serve in the absence of the jud…

h 119. PDF: The judges shall fill vacancies occurring in other official positions unless the permit holder shall have filled them and notified the judges prior to the time set for the first race to leave the paddock for the starting post, and such appointments shall be subject on…

h 119. PDF: (A) Any official who has an interest in any of the horses engaged in a particular race is disqualified from acting in any official capacity in that race. In the event of such disqualification the commission shall be notified by the disqualified person and shall appoin…

The judges shall prepare and make a daily report to the commission which shall include all fines and suspensions with the names and detailed reasons; the names of all persons barred from the grounds by the judges; the record of horses claimed with claiming price and the names of …

Should the judges disagree, a vote will be taken and the decision of the majority will stand. The notation that there was a minority opinion will be made by the dissenting person in a report to the commission. If there is no majority decision, the question or problem will be subm…

h 119. PDF: All entries and declarations shall be under the supervision of the judges, and they may, without notice, refuse the entries of any person or the transfer of any entries. Last updated March 5, 2024 at 12:10 PM Authorized By: – Amplifies: – Five Year Review Date: Prior …

h 119. PDF: The judges may require the owner and/or trainer of a horse to prove the horse is qualified in every way to participate in a race. They may also require proof the horse was not nominated by or is not the property, wholly or in part, of a disqualified person. If not sat…

h 119. PDF: (A) The judges may order a horse or horses withdrawn from any race after it or they have left the paddock and before the start has been effected. In such event, the permit holder shall make a refund of all wagers on the horse or horses withdrawn (except in the case of…

h 119. PDF: All officials designated in rule 3769-12-10 of the Administrative Code shall be appointed by the permit holder subject to the approval of the commission, which reserves the right to at any time require the change of any official or officials for what the commission de…

h 119. PDF: No one interested in the result of a race at any commercial meeting, either because of ownership of any horse entered, or because of ownership of an entered horse's sire or dam, or because of wagers, or otherwise shall act as judge, starter or official therein. Last u…

h 119. PDF: The commission may require all patrol judges and harness racing judges to undergo periodic vision examinations conducted by licensed oculists, optometrists or other eye specialists. Such examinations are to include tests involving distance and color vision. When such …

(A) It shall be the duty of the judges to:(1) Notify in writing, owners and drivers of penalties imposed;(2) Report in writing to the commission, violations of rules by a permit holder, its officers or race officials. Such reports shall contain detailed information regarding any …

At the time the horses reach the finish line, the judges shall determine the order of finish. In such determination, a horse whose nose shall have reached the finish line shall be deemed ahead of all horses whose noses shall not have reached the finish line. The judges shall anno…

h 119. PDF: The permit holder shall provide a camera, approved by the commission, which shall be used to photograph each finish. In the event two or more horses reach the finish post so closely aligned that it is difficult for the judges to determine the order of finish for any o…

(A) The permit holder shall provide forms to each trainer responsible for entering a horse to race at the meeting. These forms shall record the name, tattoo number freeze brand, or microchip. These forms shall include the color, age, sex, gait and markings of such horse along wit…

A veterinarian licensed to practice in Ohio, hired and paid by the permit holder, shall be in the paddock for each commercial harness race. The track veterinarian shall supervise an examination of every horse scheduled to start in a race at the meeting. The track veterinarian sha…

h 119. PDF: (A) With the prior approval of the commission, one or more patrol judges may be assigned to approved posts of vantage about the course and, when so assigned shall observe each race and, shall be in direct voice contact with the judges in the judges' stand. They shall …

(A) At all commercial race tracks, the time of every race shall be accurately taken by an electrical timing device approved by the commission. Under unusual circumstances, the official time can be determined by using the appropriate scientific equipment to determine an accurate t…

h 119. PDF: It shall be the duty of the racing secretary to:(A) Receive and to keep safe the registration certificates of all horses competing in claiming races at the track and to return same to the owner of a horse or their representative upon their departure from the grounds.(…

h 119. PDF: The clerk of course shall:(A) At the request of judges assist in drawing positions;(B) Keep the judges' book provided by the "United States Trotting Association" and the record therein:(1) All horses entered and their electronic eligibility numbers;(2) Names of owners…

h 119. PDF: (A) Under the direction and supervision of the presiding judge, the paddock judge will have complete charge of all paddock activities as outlined in rules 3769-14-23 and 3769-14-44 of the Administrative Code.(B) The paddock judge is responsible for:(1) Getting the fie…

(A) Licensed charter. The charting of races shall be done only by a qualified charter and the charter shall be responsible for providing a complete and accurate chart. A charter must be a person who has the knowledge, training and ability to accomplish this. The charter's respons…

(A) Every sulky used in a race at a licensed harness racing meeting shall be subject to the approval of the judges, Ohio state racing commission, and the United States trotting association. A driver shall not drive a sulky not equipped with special equipment as so ordered. Mud fe…

h 119. PDF: (A) In the event a horse or part of the horse's sulky leaves the course, and if, in the opinion of the judges, that action gave the horse an unfair advantage over other horses in the race, the horse may be disqualified or placed back one or more positions. In any such…

(A) With prior approval of the commission, a track may expand the width of its homestretch by no less than ten feet nor more than fourteen feet inward in relation to the width of the rest of the race track.(B) In the event the homestretch is expanded pursuant to paragraph (A) of …

h 119. PDF: (A) For a violation of any rule in this chapter and unless a rule specifically precludes the judges from doing so, the judges, upon the concurrence of two such officials, may fine a licensee an amount not in excess of the amount permitted by section 3769.091 of the Re…