(a)

1. (1) When clear, a horse may be taken to any part of the course, but no horse shall, and no jockey shall, carelessly or willfully permit his or her mount to cross or weave in front of another horse, or jostle another horse, in such a way as to impede other horses or constitute or cause interference or intimidation.
2. (2) A jockey shall not ride carelessly or willfully in a manner that jeopardizes the safety of any horse or other jockey.
3. (3) No jockey shall carelessly or willfully strike or touch another jockey or another jockey’s horse or equipment.

(c)

1. (1) In the case of any violation of subsections (a) or (b) of this section, or any other applicable rule of the commission, the offending horse, or the horse of the offending jockey, as the case may be, may be disqualified, if in the opinion of the stewards, the violation affected the outcome of the race, regardless of whether the foul was accidental, willful, or the result of careless riding.
2. (2) When the stewards determine that a horse shall be disqualified for interference, they may place the offending horse behind such horses as in their judgment it interfered with, or they may place it last.

3. (3)

   1. (A) Should the stewards determine that there is more than one (1) incident of interference in a race where disqualification is warranted, the stewards shall deal with the incidents in the order in which the incident occurs during the race from start to finish, except in the case where the same horses are involved in multiple incidents.
   2. (B) Once a horse has been disqualified, it should remain placed behind the horse with which it interfered.

(e)

1. (1) All horses shall be ridden out in every race.
2. (2) A jockey shall not ease up or coast to the finish without reasonable cause, even if the horse has no apparent chance to win prize money.
3. (3) A jockey shall give a best effort during a race, and each horse shall be ridden to win.

(f)

1. (1) If two (2) horses run in one (1) interest in any race, each shall give best effort.
2. (2) The practice of declaring to win with one (1) or the other of such horses will not be allowed.