810 KAR 1:014. Weights.

      RELATES TO: KRS 230.210-230.360

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS Chapter 13A

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: To regulate conditions under which thoroughbred racing shall be conducted in Kentucky. The function of this administrative regulation is to outline the requirements for assigning weights for the horse to race.

      Section 1. (1) Weight penalties shall be obligatory. Weight allowance shall be claimed at time of entry and shall not be waived after the posting of entries, except by consent of the stewards.

      (2) 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.

      (3) Horses incurring weight penalties for a race shall not be entitled to any weight allowance for that race. Horses not entitled to the first weight allowance in a race shall not be entitled to any subsequent allowance specified in the conditions.

      (4) Claim of weight allowance to which a horse is not entitled shall not disqualify, unless protest is made in writing and lodged with the stewards at least one (1) hour before post time.

      (5) No horse shall incur a weight penalty or be barred from any race for having been placed second or lower in any race. No horse shall be given a weight allowance for failure to finish second or lower in any race.

      (6) No horse shall receive allowance of weight nor be relieved of extra weight for having been beaten in one (1) or more races, however, this subsection shall not prohibit maiden allowances or allowances to horse that have not won a race within a specified period or a race of a specified value.

      (7) Penalties incurred and allowances due in steeplechase or hurdle races shall not apply to races on the flat, and vice versa.

      (8) In determining eligibility, allowances and penalties, the reports, records, and statistics as published in the Daily Racing Form and the monthly chart books, or corresponding official publications of any foreign country, shall be considered official, but may be corrected until forty-five (45) minutes prior to post time of the race.

      (9) Horses winning races at unrecognized meetings shall not be penalized for such winnings in races run thereafter under the jurisdiction of the authority. The maiden allowance, however, shall be lost by the winning of a race at any unrecognized meeting.

      (10) Excepting in handicaps, fillies two (2) years old shall be allowed three (3) pounds, and fillies and mares three (3) years old and upward shall be allowed five (5) pounds before September 1, and three (3) pounds thereafter in races where competing against horses of the opposite sex.

      (11) In all races of one (1) mile or over, other than maiden races, races for nonwinners at a mile or over, stakes races or handicaps, any horse which has never won at a distance of one (1) mile or over, shall be allowed three (3) pounds weight allowance in addition to any other allowances to which it may be entitled in the race; such allowance shall be claimed at time of entry.

      (12) The following is the scale of weights for age, and shall be carried when not otherwise specified in the condition of the race:

SCALE OF WEIGHTS
Distance	Age	January/ February	March/ April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November/ December
One-half Mile	2	---	---	---	---	---	105	108	111	114
	3	117	119	121	123	125	126	127	128	129
	4	130	130	130	130	130	130	130	130	130
	5 and up	130	130	130	130	130	130	130	130	130
Six Furlongs	2	---	---	---	---	---	102	105	108	111
	3	114	117	119	121	123	125	126	127	128
	4	129	130	130	130	130	130	130	130	130
	5 and up	130	130	130	130	130	130	130	130	130
One Mile	2	---	---	---	---	---	---	96	99	102
	3	107	111	113	115	117	119	121	122	123
	4	127	128	127	126	126	126	126	126	126
	5 and up	128	128	127	126	126	126	126	126	126
One Mile and a Quarter	2	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	3	101	107	111	113	116	118	120	121	122
	4	125	127	127	126	126	126	126	126	126
	5 and up	127	127	127	126	126	126	126	126	126
One Mile and a Half	2	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	3	98	104	108	111	114	117	119	121	122
	4	124	126	126	126	126	126	126	126	126
	5 and up	126	126	126	126	126	126	126	126	126
Two Miles	3	96	102	106	109	112	114	117	119	120
	4	124	126	126	126	126	125	125	124	124
	5 and up	126	126	126	126	126	125	125	124	124
In race if intermediate lengths, the weights for the shorter distance shall be carried

      (13) Jockeys shall be weighed out for their respective mounts by the clerk of scales not less than fifteen (15) minutes before post time (see also 810 KAR 1:009, Section 11(1)).

      (14) A jockey's weight shall include his clothing, boots, goggles, saddle and its attachments, or any other equipment except as specified. None of the following items shall be included in the jockey's weight: whip, bridle, bit or reins, safety helmet, blinkers, goggles, or number cloth (see also 810 KAR 1:009, Section 11(4)).

      (15) Five (5) pounds shall be the limit of overweight any horse is permitted to carry (see also 810 KAR 1:009, Section 11(2)).

      (16) Only valets furnished by the association shall assist jockeys in weighing out.

      (17) After a race has been run, the jockey shall ride promptly to the finish line, dismount, and present himself to the clerk of scales to be weighed in. He shall carry over to the scales all pieces of equipment with which he weighed out.

      (18) Each jockey shall weigh in at the same weight as that at which he weighed out, and if short of it by more than two (2) pounds, the stewards shall investigate and when warranted take disciplinary action against the individual or individuals responsible for the violation. When warranted, such action shall include disqualification of the horse from receiving what would otherwise be its share of the purse.

      (19) No jockey shall weigh in at more than two (2) pounds over the weight at which he weighed out, except insofar as said weight may have been affected by the elements.

      (20) If a jockey is prevented from riding his mount to the finish line because of an accident or illness either to himself or his horse, he may walk or be carried to the scales, or he may be excused by the stewards from weighing in. (KSRC Ch. 14, 14.01 to.21; 1 Ky.R. 909; eff. 5-14-75; Am. 10 Ky.R. 680; eff. 12-2-83; 18 Ky.R. 2010; eff. 2-19-92; 21 Ky.R. 2287; eff. 4-21-95; TAm eff. 8-9-2007.)