Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 038 - Wyoming Gaming Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Pari-Mutuel
Chapter 8 - CONDUCT OF RACES
Section 8-14 - Paddock to Post

(a) Permission for any change of equipment from that which a horse carried in his last previous race, during the current meeting, must be obtained from the Stewards.

(b) Permission to add blinkers to a horse's equipment or to discontinue the use of them must be approved by the Starter before being granted by the Stewards. Permission to use or discontinue bar plate shoes must be approved by the Stewards.

(c) Permission to use or discontinue the use of a tongue tie must be secured from the Stewards. Under no circumstances shall the material to be used as a tongue tie be furnished by anyone other than the trainer of the horse on which it is to be used. No employee of the Permittee shall be allowed to tie the tongue or replace or repair a tongue tie.

(d) Whips and/or blinkers may be used on two-year-olds and other first starters if schooled before the Starter with the equipment and approved by him and the Stewards before entry time.

(e) The use of plastic bridles and/or reins is prohibited.

(f) Permission must be obtained from the Stewards to exercise a horse on the track between races. When a horse is being warmed up or exercised public announcement shall be made, giving the name of the horse and explaining his presence on the track.

(g) In a race each horse shall carry a conspicuous saddle-cloth number and a head number corresponding to his number on the official program. In case of a coupled-entry each horse making up the entry shall carry the same number with a distinguishing letter. For example, 1, 1A, 1B. In case of a field, the horses comprising the field shall carry an individual number; i.e. 10, 11, 12 and so on, or 10, 10A, 10B and so on.

(h) Horses must be in the paddock at least twenty (20) minutes before post time.

(i) Every horse must be saddled in the paddock unless special permission has been granted by the Stewards to saddle elsewhere. A trainer shall attend his horse in the paddock and shall be present to supervise his saddling unless he has obtained permission of the Stewards to send another licensed trainer as a substitute.

(j) After entering the track not more than twelve (12) minutes shall be consumed in the parade of the horses to the post except in cases of unavoidable delay. After passing the stand once, the horses will be allowed to break formation and canter, warm up or go as they please to the post unless otherwise directed by the Stewards. When horses have reached the post, they will be started without unnecessary delay.

(k) After the horses enter the track, no jockey shall dismount and no horse shall be entitled to the care of an attendant without consent of the Stewards or the Starter and the horse must be free of all hands other than those of the jockey or assistant starter before the starter releases the barrier (gate).

(l) In case of accident to a jockey or to his mount or equipment, the Stewards or the Starter may permit the jockey to dismount and the horse to be cared for during the delay, and may permit all jockeys to dismount and all horses to be attended during the delay.

(m) If a jockey is thrown on the way from the paddock to the post, the horse must be remounted, return to the point where the jockey was thrown and then proceed over the route of the parade to the post. A horse must carry his assigned weight from paddock to post and from post to finish.

(n) If a jockey is so injured on the way to the post as to require another jockey, the horse shall be taken to the paddock, another jockey obtained, and then ridden over the incomplete portion of the exact route of the parade to the starting point.

(o) If a horse leaves the course while moving from paddock to post, he shall return to the course at the nearest practical point to that at which he left the course, and shall complete his parade to the post from the point at which he left the course.

(p) No person shall willfully delay the arrival of a horse at the post.

(q) No person other than the rider, starter or assistant starter shall be permitted to strike a horse or attempt by shouting or otherwise to assist it in getting a start.