Ohio Admin. Code 3769-16-27 - Riding in gate, equipment, two tiers
(A)
Riding in the
gate: no
No persons shall be allowed to
ride in the starting gate except the starter and his driver or operatorand a patrol judge, unless permission has been
granted by the commission or the
judges .
(B)
Loudspeaker:
The use of mechanical loudspeaker for any purpose
other than to give instructions to drivers is prohibited. The volume shall be
no higher than necessary to carry the voice of the starter to the
drivers.
(C)
Holding horses before start:
horses
Horses
may be held on the backstretch not to exceed two minutes awaiting post time,
except when delayed by an emergency as determined by
the judges .
(D)
Two tiers: in
In the event there are two tiers of horses, the
withdrawing of a horse that has drawn or earned a position in the front tier
shall not affect the position of the horses that have drawn or earned positions
in the second tier.
Whenever a horse is drawn from any tier, horses on the outside move in to fill up the vacancy. Where a horse has drawn a post position in the second tier, the driver of such horse may elect to score out behind any horse in the first tier so long as he does not thereby interfere with another trailing horse or deprive another trailing horse of a drawn position.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3769.03
Rule Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior Effective Dates: 01/01/1985
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