Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3769 - State Racing Commission
Chapter 3769-16 - Claiming; Starter Rules
Section 3769-16-25 - Recall rules
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
In case of a recall, a light plainly visible to the drivers shall be flashed and a recall sounded, but the starting gate shall proceed out of the path of the horses. At commercial parimutuel tracks, in the case of a recall, wherever possible, the starter shall leave the wings of the gate extended and gradually slow the speed of the gate to assist in stopping the field of horses. In an emergency, however, the starter shall use his discretion to close the wings of the gate.
(A) There shall be no recall after the word "go" has been given unless there is a mechanical failure of the starting gate. Any horse, regardless of his position or an accident, shall be deemed a starter from the time he entered into the starter's control unless dismissed by the starter.
(B) Breaking horses. The starter shall endeavor to get all horses away in position and on gait but there shall be no recall for a breaking horse.
(C) The starter may sound a recall only for the following reasons:
(D) In the event a horse causes two recalls, it shall be an automatic ruling of the judges that the offending horse be scratched and a mutuel refund ordered.
(E) Horses not up to the gate in position due to the fault of the driver may result in the driver being penalized by the starter as provided by rule 3769-16-26 of the Administrative Code.
R.C. 119.032 review dates:
09/15/2010 and
09/15/2015
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3769.03
Rule
Amplifies: 3769.03
Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/1985, 4/3/1986,
10/6/1989, 11/1/1996
