Ohio Administrative Code

(A) The pick (n) position (x) pool requires selection of the first (x) finishers, in their exact positions, in each of a designated number of (n) contests. For example, in a four position pool (x equals four), the bettor chooses four finishers in each contest. If the bettor has c…

(A) The team wager pool requires selection of a designated "team" in each of a designated number of contests. Winning bets shall be determined based upon the official order of finish in each contest and the standing of each team with respect to the official order of finish. For p…

(A) The future wager requires selection of the first-place finisher in a specified contest.(B) The association will apply in writing to the commission for approval to offer the future wager on the specified contest and will not offer the wager until the commission approval has be…

(A) The fortune pick (n) requires selection of the first place finisher in each of a designated number of contests. The permit holder must obtain written approval from the commission concerning the scheduling of fortune pick (n) contests, and the amount of any cap to be set on th…

(A) For a violation of any rule in this chapter and unless a rule specifically precludes the stewards or judges from doing so, the stewards or judges, upon the concurrence of two such officials, may fine a licensee an amount not in excess of the amount permitted by section 3769.0…

h 119. PDF: (A) No permit holder shall use any unlicensed person in any position in which a commission license is required; provided, however, that a representative of the commission may give temporary approval to the use of any person who has applied for a license.(B) The commis…

h 119. PDF: All agreements of any kind between a permit holder and horsemen shall be submitted to the commission ten days prior to the opening of a horse racing meeting. Last updated February 6, 2024 at 2:59 PM Authorized By: – Amplifies: – Five Year Review Date: Prior Effective …

h 119. PDF: No permit holder shall pay any portion of purses or other earnings, due to any horseman, to anyone else except upon written order of said horseman. Last updated February 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM Authorized By: – Amplifies: – Five Year Review Date: Prior Effective Dates: 3/1…

h 119. PDF: No race at any thoroughbred meeting shall be scheduled or conducted for a purse of less than two thousand dollars. Last updated February 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM Authorized By: – Amplifies: – Five Year Review Date: Prior Effective Dates: 3/15/1966

h 119. PDF: (A) Not less than thirty days before the first racing day of its meeting, or not more than fifteen days subsequent to the granting of dates for its meeting, whichever shall be later, every permit holder shall submit to the commission a copy of its first condition book…

h 119. PDF: (A) No steward, racing secretary, employee in the racing secretary's office, starter, assistant starter, state veterinarian, track veterinarian, assistants to the state veterinarian or track veterinarian, or any other racing official of a permit holder whose appointme…

h 119. PDF: Any minor sixteen years of age or under shall not be admitted to the grandstand, club house or similar areas of any race track at which wagering is permitted unless accompanied by an adult member of his/her family. The provision shall not apply to state, county or ind…

h 119. PDF: No permit holder shall allow bets to be made on its grounds on any racing outside of its grounds except as permitted under section 3769.089 of the Revised Code, and no unlawful gambling device of any kind shall be permitted on said grounds. Last updated February 6, 20…

h 119. PDF: No permit holder shall allow the making of book or the operation of handbooks on its grounds. If such practices are found to exist, the permit holder shall take immediate steps to eliminate same under the penalty provided by rule 3769-4-99 of the 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 the penalties provided in rule 3769-4-99 of the Administrative Code, take steps to prevent any touting upon its premises and may be held accountable f…

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; and all those whose business requires their attend…

(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 state steward or a representative of track…

(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 other…

h 119. PDF: Every permit holder shall install and maintain at his track floodlights to provide adequate illumination of the stable areas at night. Last updated February 6, 2024 at 3:01 PM 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, such adequate toilets, washrooms and facilities for furnishing the reasonable needs of its patrons, horsemen and persons having business at the track as may be reason…

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 pay particular care to the cleanliness, sanitation and the appearance of the jockeys' quarters to the end that they will be clean, sanitary and habitable at all times. Last updated February 6, 2024 at 3:02 PM Authorized By: – Amplifies: – Fiv…

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 a minimum area of on…

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. The permit holder shall provide one or more paramedics as defined in section 4765.01 of the Rev…

(A) Each permit holder conducting running 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: (A) Stewards shall be responsible to the commission and may be penalized under the provisions of rule 3769-4-99 of the Administrative Code at any time for failure to perform their duties to the satisfaction of the commission.(B) The stewards, of which there shall alwa…

h 119. PDF: Where parimutuel wagering is permitted for ten or more days in any meeting, one of the three stewards shall be appointed by the Ohio state racing commission. Such steward shall be known as the state steward and shall be paid by the Ohio state racing commission. The st…

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 stewards may establish, the stewards of racing meetings shall have the power to fine any licensee an amount not in excess of the…

h 119. PDF: (A) The stewards shall have the right to inspect all licenses, including owner, trainer, jockey, authorized agent, and jockey agent, and all papers pertinent thereto, and all jockey contracts and assumed names and papers pertinent thereto. The stewards may demand prod…

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

h 119. PDF: The stewards may suspend or exclude from the stands and premises improper and objectionable characters and persons who have been ruled off by the racing authority of any other state or country so long as such ruling of such authority remains in force. Last updated Feb…

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

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

h 119. PDF: It shall be the duty of one or more of the stewards to be in daily attendance at the office of the racing secretary at a time not later than ten minutes before scratch time and to remain until their business is completed. Last updated February 6, 2024 at 3:03 PM Autho…

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 stewards 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 stewards; the record of horses claimed with claiming price and the names…

Should the stewards 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 su…

h 119. PDF: All entries and declarations shall be under the supervision of the stewards, and they may, without notice, refuse the entries of any person or the transfer of any entries. Last updated February 6, 2024 at 3:04 PM Authorized By: – Amplifies: – Five Year Review Date: Pr…

h 119. PDF: The stewards shall determine the number of horses which may safely be started in any purse race, taking into account the limitations of the track. If more horses are entered than may be permitted to start, the starters for the race shall be determined by lot, and the …

h 119. PDF: The stewards may at any time order an examination of any horse entered in a race or which has run in a race. They may bar the further entry of any horse, and such barred horses shall be placed on a list designated as the stewards' list and shall not be eligible to be …

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

h 119. PDF: The stewards may postpone a race from day to day. The stewards 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 straight, plac…

h 119. PDF: The stewards may (for cause or on suspicion of fraudulent practices or attempts) replace any rider with a rider of their selection or place any horse in the charge of a trainer of their selection. Any such action shall be reported by the stewards to the commission wit…

h 119. PDF: Complaints against an official or officials shall be made to the stewards in writing signed by the complainants. All such complaints shall be reported in writing to the commission together with any action taken thereon. Last updated February 6, 2024 at 3:05 PM Authori…

h 119. PDF: (A) The stewards shall take cognizance of foul riding whether objection to same is made or not.(B) The stewards shall determine the extent of disqualification in cases of fouls occurring during the running of the race. They may place an offending horse behind such hor…

h 119. PDF: (A) All objections shall be made to the stewards and may be withdrawn only with permission of the stewards. Objections relating to a horse engaged in a race may be made by the owners, trainers, or jockeys of other horses engaged in the race or by officials of the meet…