9 NYCRR Part 4041 - Executive Department

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9 NYCRR 4041.1 - Colors registered with The Jockey Club

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
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Racing colors shall be registered by The Jockey Club annually or for the period of five years. Colors so registered shall not be taken by any other person. All disputes as to the right to particular colors shall be settled by The Jockey Club.

9 NYCRR 4041.2 - Permission required to run horse in deviate colors

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
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No person shall run a horse in colors other than those registered in his or her own or a stable name without special permission of the stewards.

9 NYCRR 4041.3 - Numbers on saddle cloth

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
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Jockeys must wear a number on the saddle cloths corresponding to the numbers of the horses as exhibited after weighing out.

9 NYCRR 4041.4 - Posting deviation in colors

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
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Any deviation from the recorded colors of the owner that may be granted by the stewards is to be immediately posted on the notice commission.

9 NYCRR 4041.5 - Horses not in owner's colors

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
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Under special circumstances a horse may be permitted by the stewards to run in colors not those of the owner.

9 NYCRR 4041.6 - Wearing of advertising or promotional material

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Jul 15, 2022
Related Register notice: SGC-45-16-00002-A · Adopted rule
Related notice published: Feb 8, 2017
Related notice effective date: Feb 8, 2017

(a)A jockey may not wear any clothing other than the usual helmet, silks, pants, boots and gloves nor display on such clothing any material other than:

(1)a logo of the Jockeys’ Guild that does not exceed 10 square inches;

(2)a logo of the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund that does not exceed 10 square inches; and

(3)authorized advertising or promotional material worn with permission of the stewards.

(b)Advertising or promotional material may be worn by a jockey provided such jockey has filed with the stewards and the race track in a form furnished by the commission at least 24 hours before the applicable race, a description of the advertising or promotional material to be worn with the name of the brands and sponsors and referring to a written authorization by the managing owner of the horse to be ridden which authorization is also filed.

(c)Notwithstanding the foregoing when a corporation, company or any other entity sponsors a race or raceday at the track, the track may prohibit such advertising or promotional material from being worn that represents a competitor of such sponsoring corporation, company or other entity. In this regard the track shall notify the stewards of such prohibition at least two hours before the first race of the day, and the jockey upon arrival in the jockeys' enclosure.

(d)A jockey may display the jockey’s name on the pants and the rear of the helmet, only if the name:

(1)is the jockey’s legal name;

(2)appears on any combination of the outside of the right thigh, the outside of the left thigh, the rear of the pants between the waistline and the base of the spine or the rear of the helmet;

(3)does not exceed 32 square inches on the outside of each thigh, 10 square inches on the rear of the pants and 6 square inches on the rear of the helmet; and

(4)appears in black lettering.

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