- (a) After a race has been run and after he or she has pulled up the horse he has ridden, the jockey shall ride promptly to the finish line and there dismount, after obtaining permission from the judges, and present himself or herself to the Clerk of Scales to be weighed in.
- (b) If a jockey is prevented from riding his or her mount to the finish line because of an accident or of illness either to himself or herself or his or her horse, he or she may walk or be carried to the scales, or he or she may be excused by the stewards from weighing in.
- (c) Except by permission of the stewards, every jockey must upon returning to the finish line unsaddle the horse he or she has ridden, and no person shall touch said horse except by his or her bridle.
- (d) No person shall assist a jockey in removing from his or her horse the equipment that is to be included in the jockey's weight, except by permission of the stewards.
- (e) No person shall throw any covering over any horse at the place of dismounting until the jockey has removed the equipment that is to be included in his or her weight.
- (f) No jockey shall before weighing in willfully touch any person or thing other than the equipment that is to be included in his or her weight.
(g)
- (1) Each jockey shall in weighing in carry over to the scales all pieces of equipment with which he or she weighed out.
- (2) Thereafter he or she may hand it to his attendant.
(h)
- (1) In the event a jockey weighs in following the running of the race more than two pounds (2 lbs.) short of the weight that the jockey was assigned in the race, the Clerk of Scales shall immediately so notify the stewards, and the stewards shall investigate and when warranted take disciplinary action against the individual or individuals responsible for the violation.
- (2) When warranted, such action shall include disqualification of the horse from receiving what would otherwise be its share of the purse.
- (3) In the event that a horse is disqualified pursuant to this subsection after the declaration of the race as official, such disqualification shall not affect the results of the race for pari-mutuel wagering purposes or in so far as the payout to patrons is concerned.
- (4) In the event a jockey weighs in following the running of the race more than two pounds (2 lbs.) short of the weight that the jockey was assigned in the race and the Clerk of Scales so notifies the stewards before the declaration of the race as official, the jockey's mount shall be disqualified for all purposes, including for purposes of pari-mutuel wagering and in so far as the payout to patrons is concerned.
- (i) When a horse is disqualified under subsection (h) of this section and there is evidence of fraud or attempted fraud, any other horse in the race owned or controlled by the same interest or trained by the same trainer also shall be disqualified.
- (j) No jockey shall weigh in at more than two pounds (2 lbs.) over the weight at which he or she weighed out, except in so far as said weight may have been affected by the elements.