Indiana Administrative Code
Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION
Article 7 - RULES OF THE RACE
Rule 3 - Driving Rules and Violations
Section 3-7 - Driving rules
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31
Sec. 7.
(a) A leading horse is not to be more than four (4) feet from the inside rail/pylons except after selecting its position in the home stretch. Neither the driver of the first horse nor any other driver in the race shall do any of the following, which shall be considered a violation of driving rules:
(b) All complaints by drivers of any foul driving or other misconduct during the heat must be made at the termination of the heat, unless the driver is prevented from doing so by an accident or injury. Any driver desiring to enter a claim of foul or other complaint of violation of this section must, before dismounting, indicate to the judges or patrol judge his or her desire to enter such claim or complaint and forthwith upon dismounting shall proceed to the telephone or judges' stand where and when such claim, objection, or complaint shall be immediately entered. The judges shall not cause the official sign to be displayed until such claim, objection, or complaint has been entered and considered.
(c) If any horse loses a piece of equipment during a race and that equipment bothers another horse or horses, it may be considered interference by the horse responsible for the lost equipment pursuant to 71 IAC 5-3-3(a)(19).
(d) In case of interference, collision, or violation of any of the restrictions in subsections (a), (b), and (c), the offending horse may be placed back one (1) or more positions in that heat or dash. In the event such collision or interference prevents any horse from finishing the heat or dash, the offending horse may be disqualified from receiving any winnings and the driver shall be fined or suspended, or both. In the event a horse is set back under this subsection, it must be placed behind the horse with whom it interfered. An interference that occurs to a horse or horses not in contention that did not affect the outcome of a race to that horse or any other horse as it applies to purse money won may not be grounds for a disqualification. Although, the driver causing the interference may still be penalized.
(e) If there is any purse money for which horses have started but were unable to finish due to interference or an accident, or both, all unoffending horses who did not finish will share equally in such purse money.
(f) A driver shall not:
(g) If the judges determine that any of the actions in subsection (f) were such that they compromised the integrity of racing or were to aid or perpetrate a fraud, then the licensee may be summarily suspended pending a judges hearing.
(h) Anyone acting in concert with the driver to so effect the outcome of the race or races may be summarily suspended pending a judges hearing.
(i) A driver shall not fail to participate in the post parade at the prescribed time unless excused by the judges.