Title 9 Part 4228

Every jockey must immediately after pulling up ride his horse to the place of weighing, dismount only after obtaining permission from the official in charge and present himself to be weighed by the clerk of the scales; provided that if a jockey be prevented from riding to the place of weighing by reason of accident or illness by which he or his horse is disabled he may walk or be carried to the scales.

Except by special permission of the official in charge, every jockey must upon pulling up unsaddle his own horse, and no attendant shall touch the horse, except by his bridle. Upon the returning of a jockey to the winner's circle to dismount after a race has been run, no one may touch the equipment of the jockey until he has been weighed in, except upon the approval of the official in charge.

If a jockey shall not present himself to weigh in or if he be more than one pound short of his weight or if he be guilty of any fraudulent practice with respect to weight or weighing or, except as provided in section 4228.1, if he dismount before reaching the scales or dismount without permission or if he touch (except accidentally) before weighing in any person or thing other than his own equipment, his horse may be disqualified and he himself may be punished as provided by this Subchapter.

If a horse carry more than two pounds over his proper or declared weight, his jockey shall be punished unless the judges are satisfied that such excess of weight has been caused by rain or mud.