South Dakota Administrative Code

Rule 20:04:22:42 Effect of losing an apprentice allowance. 20:04:22:42. Effect of losing an apprentice allowance. A licensed apprentice who loses his apprentice allowance for any reason shall obtain a jockey license before being permitted to ride again. A jockey or apprentice joc…

Rule 20:04:22:43 Jockey to ride to win. 20:04:22:43. Jockey to ride to win. All jockeys shall give their best efforts in races in which they ride. No person may instruct or advise a jockey to ride or handle his mount otherwise than for the purpose of winning. Persons giving or fo…

Rule 20:04:22:44 License requirement for jockey agents. 20:04:22:44. License requirement for jockey agents. Each jockey agent shall obtain a license from the commission. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:06:84, 9 SDR 122, effective March 31, 198…

Rule 20:04:22:45 Agent may act pending license application decision. 20:04:22:45. Agent may act pending license application decision. The stewards may permit a jockey agent applicant to act pending the decision on his application for a license. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 1…

Rule 20:04:22:46 Limit on the number of an agent's jockeys, apprentices, journeymen. 20:04:22:46. Limit on the number of an agent's jockeys, apprentices, journeymen. No jockey agent may handle at the same time more than one jockey and one apprentice, nor shall he make or assist i…

Rule 20:04:22:47 Permission required for a jockey agent to exceed his license. 20:04:22:47. Permission required for a jockey agent to exceed his license. If, for good reason, a jockey agent is short of his permissible quota of jockeys and wishes to take on the task of making enga…

Rule 20:04:22:48 Notice required for a jockey agent to give up making engagements. 20:04:22:48. Notice required for a jockey agent to give up making engagements. If a jockey agent gives up the making of engagements for a rider, he shall immediately notify the stewards and the dir…

Rule 20:04:22:49 Restriction on communications by jockeys. 20:04:22:49. Restriction on communications by jockeys. Under no circumstances shall jockey agents communicate with their jockeys during racing hours except through the stewards to notify the jockeys of late riding engagem…

Rule 20:04:22:50 Approved engagement books required. 20:04:22:50. Approved engagement books required. All jockey agents shall have in their possession at all times engagement books approved by the stewards. All engagements made for jockeys by agents shall be recorded in these boo…

Rule 20:04:22:51 Ticket from jockey agent required. 20:04:22:51. Ticket from jockey agent required. When an owner or trainer engages the services of a jockey through a jockey agent, he shall obtain a ticket from the jockey agent specifying whether or not he has first or second ca…

Rule 20:04:22:52 Persons eligible to make engagements for a jockey or apprentice. 20:04:22:52. Persons eligible to make engagements for a jockey or apprentice. No person other than an owner, trainer, jockey agent or authorized agent of an owner in good standing may make engagemen…

Rule 20:04:22:53 Jockey agents to file calls. 20:04:22:53. Jockey agents to file calls. Before each day's entries are taken, jockey agents shall file their first, second, and third calls in each race in the racing secretary's office with a person designated by the stewards. If du…

Rule 20:04:22:54 Stewards to decide conflicting claims for jockey services. 20:04:22:54. Stewards to decide conflicting claims for jockey services. Conflicting claims for the services of a jockey shall be decided by the stewards, and first call shall have priority. Source: 5 SDR …

Rule 20:04:22:55 Giving information by a jockey agent prohibited. 20:04:22:55. Giving information by a jockey agent prohibited. A jockey agent may not give to anyone, directly or indirectly, any information or advice pertaining to a race or engage in the practice commonly known a…

Rule 20:04:22:56 Penalty for falsifying records. 20:04:22:56. Penalty for falsifying records. An agent who falsifies his record shall be suspended by the stewards and his case referred to the commission. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:06:96, …

Rule 20:04:22:57 Burden on jockey agent to explain rival claims. 20:04:22:57. Burden on jockey agent to explain rival claims. Jockey agents shall explain rival claims for a mount or for a rider. An inability to satisfy the stewards that the rival claim arose through honest bona f…

Rule 20:04:22:58 Jockey agents excluded from the paddock. 20:04:22:58. Jockey agents excluded from the paddock. Jockey agents are not allowed in the paddock at anytime, except by special permission from the stewards. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § …

Rule 20:04:22:59 Penalty for exceeding jockey agent license. 20:04:22:59. Penalty for exceeding jockey agent license. Acting as a jockey's agent without first applying for a license to do so or exceeding the authority or the privileges granted after having been licensed shall sub…

Rule 20:04:22:60 Time for weighing out -- Substitutes. 20:04:22:60. Time for weighing out -- Substitutes. The specified jockeys shall be weighed out for their respective mounts in each race by the clerk of the scales at least 20 minutes before the time fixed for the race. In case…

Rule 20:04:22:61 Exclusions from jockey's weight. 20:04:22:61. Exclusions from jockey's weight. None of the following items should be included in a jockey's weight: whip or whip substitute, head number, bridle, bit reins, blinkers, number cloth, safety vest, over-girth, breast co…

Rule 20:04:22:62 Deposit of the jockey fee required. 20:04:22:62. Deposit of the jockey fee required. No jockey, except when riding for his contract employer, may be weighed out for a race unless there has been deposited for him or guaranteed to him, with the horsemen's bookkeepe…

Rule 20:04:22:63 Weighing in of jockeys after race. 20:04:22:63. Weighing in of jockey's after race. After a race has been run and after the jockey has pulled up the horse he has ridden, the jockey shall ride promptly to the stand, dismount, and present himself to the clerk of th…

Rule 20:04:22:64 Excuse from weighing in. 20:04:22:64. Excuse from weighing in. If a jockey is prevented from riding his mount to the stand because of an accident to or the illness of either himself or his horse, he may walk or be carried to the scales, or he may be excused by th…

Rule 20:04:22:65 Repealed. 20:04:22:65. Unsaddling the horse. Repealed. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:07:63.03, 9 SDR 122, effective March 31, 1983; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 16 SDR 129, effective February 4, 1990; 43 S…

Rule 20:04:22:66 Repealed. 20:04:22:66. Assisting a jockey with removal of equipment forbidden. Repealed. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:07:63.04, 9 SDR 122, effective March 31, 1983; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 43 SDR 79,…

Rule 20:04:22:67 Covering a horse before equipment removed forbidden. 20:04:22:67. Covering a horse before equipment removed forbidden. No person may throw a covering over a horse at the place of dismounting until the jockey has removed the equipment that is to be included in his…

Rule 20:04:22:68 Repealed. 20:04:22:68. Jockey forbidden to touch anything before weighing in. Repealed. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:07:63.06, 9 SDR 122, effective March 31, 1983; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 43 SDR 79, …

Rule 20:04:22:69 License for jockey attendants required. 20:04:22:69. License for jockey attendants required. The association shall provide the only attendants who may assist jockeys in weighing out or at any other time while the jockeys are performing their duties. The jockey at…

Rule 20:04:22:70 Weighing in with all equipment required. 20:04:22:70. Weighing in with all equipment required. Each jockey shall, in weighing in, carry over to the scales all pieces of equipment with which he weighed out. Thereafter he may hand the equipment to his attendant. So…

Rule 20:04:22:71 Maximum weight shortage allowed. 20:04:22:71. Maximum weight shortage allowed. Each jockey shall weigh in at the same weight as that at which he weighed out. If a jockey's weight is short by more than two pounds, his mount shall be disqualified. Source: 5 SDR 87,…

Rule 20:04:22:72 Transferred. 20:04:22:72. Transferred to § 20:04:22:02.

Rule 20:04:23:01 Bridle and whip weight and length. 20:04:23:01. Bridle and whip weight and length. No bridle may exceed two pounds in weight unless approved by the stewards. No whip or substitute for a whip may exceed eight ounces in weight and it shall be at least 26 inches but…

Rule 20:04:23:02 Use of certain shoes prohibited -- Exception. 20:04:23:02. Use of certain shoes prohibited -- Exception. A horse starting in a race may not be shod with ordinary or training shoes except by permission of the stewards. No shoes with toe grabs greater than two mill…

Rule 20:04:23:02.01 Trainers to see that horses are shod. 20:04:23:02.01. Trainers to see that horses are shod. Trainers shall insure that horses starting in a race under their care are properly shod. Source: 10 SDR 83, effective February 5, 1984; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effectiv…

Rule 20:04:23:03 Use of electrical or mechanical devices other than whip prohibited. 20:04:23:03. Use of electrical or mechanical devices other than whip prohibited. No electrical or mechanical device or other expedient designed to increase or decrease or tend to increase or decr…

Rule 20:04:23:04 Penalties and allowances not cumulative. 20:04:23:04. Penalties and allowances not cumulative. Penalties and allowances are not cumulative, unless so declared by the conditions of the race, and shall take effect at the time of starting. However, in overnight even…

Rule 20:04:23:05 Penalties obligatory -- Allowances optional. 20:04:23:05. Penalties obligatory -- Allowances optional. Penalties are obligatory. All or any part of allowances are optional and in overnight events they must be claimed at the time of entry. Source: 5 SDR 87, effect…

Rule 20:04:23:06 Repealed. 20:04:23:06. Allowances to produce of untried horses.Repealed. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:07:67.03, 9 SDR 122, effective March 31, 1983; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; repealed, 23 SDR 126, effe…

Rule 20:04:23:07 No allowances for losing races. 20:04:23:07. No allowances for losing races. No horse may receive allowance of weight or be relieved from extra weight for having been beaten in one or more races. This rule does not prohibit maiden allowance or allowances to horse…

Rule 20:04:23:08 No disqualification for failure to claim a weight through oversight. 20:04:23:08. No disqualification for failure to claim a weight through oversight. Failure to claim a weight allowance by oversight or omission is not cause for disqualification. Claims of weight…

Rule 20:04:23:09 Determination of penalties and allowances. 20:04:23:09. Determination of penalties and allowances. Eligibility, penalties, and allowances of weight for all races will be determined after considering the reports, records, and statistics published by the daily raci…

Rule 20:04:23:10 No penalty for a disqualification from a placement. 20:04:23:10. No penalty for a disqualification from a placement. No horse shall incur a weight penalty for placement from which he is disqualified, but a horse placed through the disqualification of another hors…

Rule 20:04:23:11 Liability for penalties in disputed race. 20:04:23:11. Liability for penalties in disputed race. If a race is in dispute, both the horse that finished first and any other horse that might be declared the winner if the original winner is disqualified from the race…

Rule 20:04:23:12 Weight scale for weight races. 20:04:23:12. Weight scale for weight races. Races written to be run under scale of weights or weight for age shall be run under the weights as provided for in the scale of weights chart maintained by the racing secretary. Source: 5 …

Rule 20:04:23:13 Racing secretary may write races above or below scale. 20:04:23:13. Racing secretary may write races above or below scale. The racing secretary may write races either above or below scale of weights as he sees fit. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; tran…

Rule 20:04:23:14 Repealed. 20:04:23:14. Weights for races of intermediate lengths.Repealed. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:07:72.03, 9 SDR 122, effective March 31, 1983; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; repealed, 23 SDR 126, ef…

Rule 20:04:23:15 Allowances. 20:04:23:15. Allowances. In all thoroughbred races except handicaps and races where the conditions expressly state to the contrary, fillies, two years old, are allowed three pounds, and mares, three years old and up, are allowed five pounds before the…

Rule 20:04:23:16 Repealed. 20:04:23:16. Welter weights.Repealed. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:07:72.05, 9 SDR 122, effective March 31, 1983; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; repealed, 23 SDR 126, effective February 13, 1997.

Rule 20:04:23:17 Minimum weights. 20:04:23:17. Minimum weight. Minimum weight in all overnight races for two-year-olds, for three-year-olds, or for four-year-olds and up is 112 pounds, subject to sex and apprentice allowance. This rule does not apply to handicaps or to races writ…

Rule 20:04:23:18 Equipment changes. 20:04:23:18. Equipment changes. Permission for any change of equipment from that which a horse carried in his last race may be obtained only from the stewards. Source: 5 SDR 87, effective April 15, 1979; transferred from § 20:04:03:98.01, 9 SDR…