Authority: IC 4-31-3-9

Affected: IC 4-31

Sec. 15. (a) If, at a race track that has pylon demarcations, a horse or the horse's sulky leaves the course by going inside of a pylon, when not forced to do so as a result of another driver or horse, that horse may be penalized by a placing by the judges.

(b) For purposes of placing, the term "going inside of a pylon" means any instance where a wheel goes completely inside the inner limits of the course without striking the base of a pylon, and the following shall apply:

1. (1) Only the pylons set in accordance with subsection (g)(3) and (g)(4) shall be considered for placings or violations, or both.
2. (2) If a horse, while on stride, goes inside two (2) consecutive pylons, the offending horse shall be placed behind all horses that are lapped on to the offending horse at the wire.
3. (3) If a horse, while on stride, goes inside three (3) or more consecutive pylons, the offending horse may be placed last.
4. (4) If a horse, while on stride, goes inside a pylon or pylons and that action gave the horse an unfair advantage over other horses in the race or the action helped improve its position in the race, the horse may be placed at the discretion of the judges.

(c) If the driver goes inside the pylons and does not immediately correct position, the horse may be penalized by a placing.

(d) Horses using the inside to pass must have complete clearance of the pylons.

(e) Drivers striking pylons but not gaining an unfair advantage may be fined.

(f) When an act of interference causes a horse or part of the horse's sulky to be in violation of this title and the horse is disqualified, the offending horse shall be placed behind the horse with which it interfered.

(g) Pylons shall be spaced consistently and shall be:

1. (1) thirty (30) inches above ground level;
2. (2) at a thirty (30) degree angle, facing inward to the track surface on the turns;
3. (3) forty (40) feet apart on the turns; and
4. (4) sixty (60) feet apart on the straightaway.

(Indiana Horse Racing Commission; 71 IAC 4-3-15; emergency rule filed Jun 8, 1999, 9:31 a.m.: 22 IR 3125, eff May 26, 1999 [IC 4-22-2-37.1 establishes the effectiveness of an emergency rule upon filing with the secretary of state. LSA Document #99-108(E) was filed with the secretary of state June 8, 1999.]; emergency rule filed Feb 20, 2001, 10:08 a.m.: 24 IR 2098; errata filed Jun 21, 2001, 3:21 p.m.: 24 IR 3652; readopted filed Oct 30, 2001, 11:50 a.m.: 25 IR 899; emergency rule filed Jan 21, 2004, 2:30 p.m.: 27 IR 1912; readopted filed Mar 23, 2007, 11:31 a.m.: 20070404-IR-071070030RFA; readopted filed Nov 26, 2013, 11:25 a.m.: 20131225-IR-071130345RFA; emergency rule filed Apr 30, 2018, 3:54 p.m.: 20180502-IR-071180203ERA; readopted filed Aug 28, 2019, 1:23 p.m.: 20190925-IR-071190319RFA; emergency rule filed Dec 5, 2019, 1:56 p.m.: 20191211-IR-071190646ERA; emergency rule filed Jun 1, 2020, 1:57 p.m.: 20200610-IR-071200295ERA; readopted filed Jul 6, 2023, 1:50 p.m.: 20230802-IR-071230371RFA; readopted filed Aug 3, 2023, 12:49 p.m.: 20230830-IR-071230428RFA; readopted filed Oct 15, 2025, 3:59 p.m.: 20251105-IR-071240480RFA)