Pennsylvania Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission
Subpart E - Thoroughbred Rules of Racing (Horse)
Chapter 305 - RULES OF THOROUGHBRED RACING-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS
WEIGHTS, PENALTIES AND ALLOWANCES
Section 305.251 - Weight allowances

(a) Weight allowance must be claimed at time of entry and shall not be waived after the posting of entries, except by consent of the Stewards.

(b) A horse shall start with only the allowance of weight to which it is entitled at time of starting, regardless of its allowance at time of entry.

(c) Horses not entitled to the first weight allowance in a race shall not be entitled to any subsequent allowance specified in the conditions.

(d) Claim of weight allowance to which a horse is not entitled shall not disqualify it unless protest is made in writing and lodged with the Stewards at least one hour before post time for that race.

(e) A horse shall not be given a weight allowance for failure to finish second or lower in any race.

(f) No horse shall receive allowance of weight nor be relieved extra weight for having been beaten in one or more races, but this rule shall not prohibit maiden allowances or allowances to horses that have not won a race within a specified period or a race of a specified value.

(g) Except in handicap races which expressly provide otherwise, 2-year-old fillies shall be allowed 3 pounds, and fillies and mares, 3 years old and upward, shall be allowed 5 pounds before September 1 and 3 pounds thereafter in races where competing against male horses.

(h) All allowances are optional and may be waived at the time of entry by the trainer or the trainer's designee with the permission of the Stewards.