Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 16	ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 8	TEXAS RACING COMMISSION
CHAPTER 313	OFFICIALS AND RULES OF HORSE RACING
SUBCHAPTER A	OFFICIALS
DIVISION 3	DUTIES OF OTHER OFFICIALS
RULE §313.44	Paddock Judge

(a) The paddock judge shall supervise the assembling of the horses scheduled to race and shall have general supervision over the saddling equipment.

(b) The paddock judge shall supervise the saddling of horses in the saddling stalls and the departure of the horses for the post.

(c) The paddock judge shall maintain a record of all equipment on a horse saddled for a race and shall report to the stewards any change indicated at a subsequent saddling.

(d) The paddock judge shall prohibit any change of saddling equipment without the approval of the stewards.

(e) The paddock judge shall maintain a list of horses that are ineligible to be entered in a race because of poor or inconsistent performance or behavior in the paddock that endangers the health or safety of other participants in racing. At the end of each race day, the paddock judge shall provide a copy of the list to the stewards. To be removed from the paddock judge's list, a horse must be schooled in the paddock and demonstrate to the satisfaction of the paddock judge and the stewards that the horse is capable of performing safely in the paddock.

Source Note: The provisions of this §313.44 adopted to be effective August 30, 1989, 14 TexReg 4121; amended to be effective October 30, 2000, 25 TexReg 10733