58 Pa. Code Ch. 163 — Rules of Racing

GENERAL PROVISIONS § 163.1. Discharge or resignation of employes. When an owner or trainer discharges a groom or other attendant, or when a groom or other attendant voluntarily leaves the employ of an owner or trainer, the owner or trainer shall notify the track police of a disch…

§ 163.10. Gratuities to starters. A person may not offer to a starter, assistant starter or other racing official nor may a starter, assistant starter or other racing official take compensation, in connection with the running of a race other than for their stated salary. Source T…

§ 163.100. Cancellation and refusal. The nominations or entries of a person, or the transfer of a nomination or entry, may be canceled or refused with or without either notice or reason being given.

§ 163.101. Registration. A horse may not be allowed to enter or start in a flat race unless registered at the Registry Office of The Jockey Club (New York).

§ 163.102. Certification of registration and identification. A horse may not be allowed to start unless a Jockey Club registration certificate is on file in the office of the horse identifier and the horse has been lip tattooed. If an error or omission on the foal certificate of …

§ 163.103. Licensed trainer. A horse is not permitted to enter or to start unless the horse is in the care of and is saddled by a licensed trainer, licensed assistant trainer or substitute licensed trainer approved by the stewards. Source The provisions of this § 163.103 amended …

§ 163.104. Stabling. A horse is not permitted to enter or to start unless stabled on the grounds of the association, or in stabling approved by the association, except with the permission of the racing secretary.

§ 163.105. Transfers. (a) A horse is not permitted to start whose name and true ownership is not registered with the racing secretary. Transfers and sales shall be accurately recorded on the foal certificate at the time of the transfer or sale. Sales and transfers shall be deemed…

§ 163.106. Interests. Interests in a horse and changes in interests thereafter, except a trainer’s percentage of his winnings, shall be filed with the racing secretary, before the horse starts.

§ 163.107. Number of entries. A horse may not be entered for two races on a single day.

§ 163.108. Eligibility to enter. To compete in a race, a horse shall be eligible at the time of starting that race.

§ 163.109. Compliance with rules of partnership. A horse involved in a partnership is not permitted to enter or to start until the rules for the registration of partnerships have been complied with.

§ 163.11. Financial responsibilities. When a licensed owner or trainer or their licensed employes, or other persons licensed to engage in racing, suffer a final judgment rendered against him in a court within the United States, which judgment is based wholly on an indebtedness in…

§ 163.110. Ownership by disqualified person. A horse is not qualified to be entered or to start in a race, if owned in whole or in part, or if under the management, directly or indirectly, of a disqualified person.

§ 163.111. Payment in event of disqualification. If an entry from a disqualified person or of a disqualified horse is received, the entry shall be void and money paid for the entry shall be returned if the disqualification is disclosed 45 minutes before post time for the race. Ot…

§ 163.112. Disqualifications, stewards’ list, starters’ list and veterinarian’s list. A horse, disqualified in any jurisdiction, or placed on the stewards’ list, starters’ list or veterinarians’ list in any jurisdiction, is not allowed to be entered or to start in a race without …

§ 163.113. False representation. (a) A horse is not allowed to enter or start if the Commission or a board of stewards has previously ruled that the horse was knowingly entered or raced under a name other than its own as set forth on its foal certificate by a person having lawful…

§ 163.114. Entry of horses on lists. A horse on the starter’s list, veterinarian’s list or stewards’ list is not qualified to be entered or to start.

§ 163.115. Sale to disqualified person. If a horse is sold to a disqualified person, the horse’s racing engagements are void as of the date of sale.

§ 163.116. Owner in arrears. A horse is not allowed to enter or to start in a race if the owner of that horse is in arrears, except with the approval of the racing secretary.

§ 163.117. Allowance race. Not more than two horses of the same interest may be entered in an allowance race.

§ 163.118. Determination of starters in divided races. In divided races, the starters in the separate divisions shall be determined by lot.

§ 163.119. Double entry in the same ownership. A trainer may not enter more than two horses in a purse race or overnight event. A trainer may enter and start two horses, of separate ownership, in a purse race or overnight event. When making a double entry in the same ownership, t…

§ 163.12. Issuance or passing of bad checks. A person may not issue a check in payment for a license fee, fine, nomination or entry fee or other fees, or for services or supplies when the person knows or should reasonably know that the check will be refused for payment by the ban…

§ 163.120. Unclosed races. The association has the right to withdraw or change an unclosed race.

§ 163.121. Insufficient entries. If a race is declared off because of insufficient entries, the association may split an overnight race which may have closed and cause a new drawing for post positions.

§ 163.122. Sweepstakes. (a) An entry in a sweepstakes is a subscription and cannot be withdrawn. (b) If a horse is excused from the race by the stewards before off time, the starting fee shall be refunded. (c) If a horse is locked in the gate and the conditions of that race inclu…

§ 163.123. Liability of fees. The nominator is liable for the entrance money or stake, and the death of an entered horse or a mistake in his entry, if eligible, does not release the nominator or transferees from the liability; nor may the entrance money or stake of an eligible ho…

§ 163.124. Death of nominator or subscriber. Except in a match race, no entry, subscription or right of entry under it, shall become void on the death of the nominator or subscriber. The rights follow the horse.

§ 163.125. Closing of races. Entries shall be closed at an advertised time, and no entry accepted thereafter. The racing secretary may postpone closing of overnight races.

§ 163.126. Closing for overnight races. Entries for overnight races shall close at the time announced by the racing secretary in the condition book. The time may not be less than 48 hours prior to the time of the running of the races for which the entry is being made. Source The …

§ 163.127. Closing. (a) Except in overnight races, if the hour for closing of entries or for declarations is not stated, it is understood to be midnight at the close of the day specified. (b) Nomination for stake races received and postmarked before midnight of the day of closing…

§ 163.128. Miscarriage of nominations and declarations. If a miscarriage of a nomination or declaration in a stake race is claimed, satisfactory proof that it was mailed or telegraphed shall be presented within a reasonable time, or the evidence will not be considered.

§ 163.129. Compilation of entries. Entries which have closed shall be compiled without delay by the racing secretary and conspicuously posted.

§ 163.13. Misuse of license. A person may not exercise or attempt to exercise the rights of a license until the appropriate licensing form has been executed and filed with the Commission. The Commission will exercise the power to regulate the conduct of persons holding licenses o…

§ 163.130. Number of horses to compete. (a) In the absence of specific conditions, the maximum number of starters in a race shall be limited to the number of starting positions afforded by the association starting gate and extensions thereof. The maximum number of starters is fur…

§ 163.131. Correction of errors in entries. An alteration may not be made in an entry after the closing of entries, but an error may be corrected.

§ 163.132. Timed workouts. A horse which has not started for a period of 30 days or more is ineligible to race until it has completed a timed workout satisfactory to the stewards prior to the day of the race in which it is entered. A workout following the entry of a horse shall a…

§ 163.133. Qualifications of horses to start. Before a horse is permitted to start, the stewards shall be satisfied that its published past performance, whether in races or workouts, is of sufficient number to enable the public to make a reasonable assessment of its capabilities …

§ 163.134. Prohibition of entries by officials or racing association members. (a) An official or member of the board of directors of a racing association may not enter a horse in a race meeting conducted by the association in which his office or directorship is held. (b) When two…

§ 163.135. Proper certification of ownership. A horse shall be considered to be owned by the person or other entity whose name appears in the proper place upon the foal certificate for the horse. Absent the proper name a sworn statement as to ownership may be accepted together wi…

DECLARATIONS AND SCRATCHES § 163.151. Declarations and scratches. (a) A horse may not be considered scratched or declared out of an engagement until the owner or his authorized agent or some person deputed by him has given notice in writing to the racing secretary. (b) A horse in…

WEIGHTS, PENALTIES AND ALLOWANCES § 163.161. Weights, penalties and allowances. (a) The following weights are carried when the weights are not stated in the conditions of the race: (1)…SCALE OF WEIGHTS FOR AGE… JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDec…

§ 163.162. Weighing out. (a) The specified jockeys shall be weighed out for their respective mounts in each race by the clerk of the scales not less than 20 minutes before the time fixed for the race. In case of a substitution of riders after the original rider has been weighed o…

§ 163.163. Weighing in. (a) After a race has been run and after the jockey has pulled up the horse he had ridden, the jockey shall ride promptly to the placing judges’ stand and there dismount, after obtaining permission from the judges, and present himself to the clerk of the sc…

JOCKEYS AND APPRENTICES § 163.171. Jockey’s license. (a) A jockey shall obtain a license from the Commission. (b) No person under 16 years of age or younger will be granted a jockey’s license. (c) A jockey or apprentice may be allowed to ride in two races before being granted a f…

§ 163.172. Weighing out of jockeys. A jockey shall present himself to be weighed out at the time fixed by the clerk of the scales.

§ 163.173. Fulfillment of engagements. A jockey shall faithfully fulfill all engagements in respect to racing. Notes of Decisions Sufficiency of Evidence Testimony that a videotape of the race in question demonstrated that the licensee performed several acts that were intended to…

§ 163.174. Racing against starter of same contract employer. A jockey may not ride in a race against a starter of his contract employer unless his mount and contract of the starter of the employer are both in the hands of the same trainer.

§ 163.175. Appearance. In riding a race a jockey shall be neat in appearance. A jockey shall wear conventional attire and the racing color of the owner of the horse he is riding.