Or. Admin. Code § 462-140-0250 - Starter
(1) The starter is responsible for the horses
from the moment they enter the designated racing surface from the paddock until
dispatched from the starting gate, and may scratch a horse for good cause. The
starter shall immediately notify the stewards of any scratch.
(2) The starter shall give order to secure a
fair start. If a horse is prevented from obtaining a fair start or a gate
malfunctions, the starter shall immediately notify the stewards who will notify
the mutuel department.
(3) The
starter shall supervise the schooling of horses which are first time starters
or horses which require further schooling out of the gate. If a horse is
unmanageable at the starting gate or refuses to break properly, the starter may
disqualify the horse from starting again by placing the horse on the starter's
list until the horse has had satisfactory schooling. The starter shall notify
the racing secretary in writing when horses are placed on or removed from the
starter's list. The starter shall also notify the racing secretary in writing
of the names of each horse that has been schooled sufficiently to participate
in a race and its approved equipment. The starter shall establish and publish
schooling procedures.
(4) The
starter may appoint assistants, must verify that they are licensed by the
commission, and shall assign their positions at the starting gate. The
positions of the assistant starters shall be changed daily by the starter, but
without notice to them until the horses have appeared on the track for the
first race.
(5) No starter or
assistant starter shall wager, directly or indirectly, on any race in which
they perform official duties.
(6)
The starter shall ensure all assistants are properly trained in the safe and
appropriate handling of horses including but not limited to; leading, packing,
heading, and tailing procedures. The starter shall also ensure the use of
tailing bars (if equipped) or other apparatus for wrapping tails greater than
90 degrees is strictly prohibited.
(7) Horses shall take their positions in the
starting gate in post position order (beginning at the inside rail) unless the
starter has reasonable cause to alter the order of loading.
(8) No person shall give to any starter or
assistant starter, nor shall any starter or assistant starter receive, money,
or other compensation, gratuity or reward, in connection with the running of
any race or races; except such compensation as salaries received from race meet
licensees.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 462.270(3)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 462.270
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