Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-14-9

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 112-14-9 - Prohibited acts

(a) Loud shouting or similar conduct is forbidden in a race. After the word "go" is given, both feet of the driver shall be kept in the stirrups until after the finish of the race. Each driver shall have both feet in the stirrups when horses are parading to the post and during qualifying races.

(b) Whips shall not exceed four feet eight inches. Snappers shall not exceed eight inches. Brutal use of the whip shall be a violation punishable at the discretion of the commission by a fine or suspension, or both. Use of the butt-end of the whip shall be prohibited.

(c) Any person found guilty of removing or altering a horse's hopples for the purpose of fraud may be fined or suspended by the commission. Each horse habitually wearing hopples shall not be permitted to start in a race without them, except by the permission of the stewards. No horse shall wear a headpole protruding beyond its nose.

(d) If a horse breaks from its gait in trotting or pacing, the driver shall immediately take the horse to the outside where clearance exists and pull it to its gait.

(1) Any of the following may be considered a violation of these racing regulations:

(A) Failure to properly attempt to pull the horse to its gait;

(B) failure to take to the outside where clearance exists; or

(C) failure to lose ground by the break from the horse's gait.

(2) If there is no failure on the part of the driver in complying with subparagraphs (A), (B) or (C) above, the horse shall not be set back unless a contending horse on gait is lapped, or partly alongside, on the hind quarter of the breaking horse at the finish.

(3) The stewards may set any horse back one or more places if, in their judgment, any of the above violations has been committed, and the driver may be fined or suspended by the commis-sion.

(4) If any horse breaks from its gait during any part of the race, and, in the opinion of the stewards, interferes with any horse or horses, the interference shall be a violation of these racing regulations. The interfering horse shall be placed behind all horses subject to the interference unless the driver of the horse or horses subject to the interference failed to exercise reasonable care to avoid the incident.

(e) If a driver allows a horse to break from its gait for the purpose of losing a heat or dash, the driver may be set down by the stewards or suspended or fined by the commission or any combination of the three.

(f) It shall be the duty of one of the stewards to call out every break made from a horse's gait. The clerk shall at once note the break in writing.

(g) Horses called for a race shall have the exclusive right of the course, and all other horses shall vacate the track at once, unless permitted to remain by the stewards.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-14-9

Authorized by K.S.A. 1988 Supp. 74-8804(p); implementing K.S.A. 1988 Supp. 74-8816(f); effective, T-112-7-27-89, July 27, 1989; effective Sept. 18, 1989.