038-8 Wyo. Code R. §§ 8-14 - Paddock to Post
(a) Permission for any change of equipment
from that which a horse carried in his last previous race, during the current
meeting, must be obtained from the Stewards.
(b) Permission to add blinkers to a horse's
equipment or to discontinue the use of them must be approved by the Starter
before being granted by the Stewards. Permission to use or discontinue bar
plate shoes must be approved by the Stewards.
(c) Permission to use or discontinue the use
of a tongue tie must be secured from the Stewards. Under no circumstances shall
the material to be used as a tongue tie be furnished by anyone other than the
trainer of the horse on which it is to be used. No employee of the Permittee
shall be allowed to tie the tongue or replace or repair a tongue tie.
(d) Whips and/or blinkers may be used on
two-year-olds and other first starters if schooled before the Starter with the
equipment and approved by him and the Stewards before entry time.
(e) The use of plastic bridles and/or reins
is prohibited.
(f) Permission must
be obtained from the Stewards to exercise a horse on the track between races.
When a horse is being warmed up or exercised public announcement shall be made,
giving the name of the horse and explaining his presence on the
track.
(g) In a race each horse
shall carry a conspicuous saddle-cloth number and a head number corresponding
to his number on the official program. In case of a coupled-entry each horse
making up the entry shall carry the same number with a distinguishing letter.
For example, 1, 1A, 1B. In case of a field, the horses comprising the field
shall carry an individual number; i.e. 10, 11, 12 and so on, or 10, 10A, 10B
and so on.
(h) Horses must be in
the paddock at least twenty (20) minutes before post time.
(i) Every horse must be saddled in the
paddock unless special permission has been granted by the Stewards to saddle
elsewhere. A trainer shall attend his horse in the paddock and shall be present
to supervise his saddling unless he has obtained permission of the Stewards to
send another licensed trainer as a substitute.
(j) After entering the track not more than
twelve (12) minutes shall be consumed in the parade of the horses to the post
except in cases of unavoidable delay. After passing the stand once, the horses
will be allowed to break formation and canter, warm up or go as they please to
the post unless otherwise directed by the Stewards. When horses have reached
the post, they will be started without unnecessary delay.
(k) After the horses enter the track, no
jockey shall dismount and no horse shall be entitled to the care of an
attendant without consent of the Stewards or the Starter and the horse must be
free of all hands other than those of the jockey or assistant starter before
the starter releases the barrier (gate).
(l) In case of accident to a jockey or to his
mount or equipment, the Stewards or the Starter may permit the jockey to
dismount and the horse to be cared for during the delay, and may permit all
jockeys to dismount and all horses to be attended during the delay.
(m) If a jockey is thrown on the way from the
paddock to the post, the horse must be remounted, return to the point where the
jockey was thrown and then proceed over the route of the parade to the post. A
horse must carry his assigned weight from paddock to post and from post to
finish.
(n) If a jockey is so
injured on the way to the post as to require another jockey, the horse shall be
taken to the paddock, another jockey obtained, and then ridden over the
incomplete portion of the exact route of the parade to the starting
point.
(o) If a horse leaves the
course while moving from paddock to post, he shall return to the course at the
nearest practical point to that at which he left the course, and shall complete
his parade to the post from the point at which he left the course.
(p) No person shall willfully delay the
arrival of a horse at the post.
(q)
No person other than the rider, starter or assistant starter shall be permitted
to strike a horse or attempt by shouting or otherwise to assist it in getting a
start.
Notes
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