License requirements for apprentice jockey
Compiled text through Jul 15, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Jul 15, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
In addition to the requirements of sections 4002.8 and 4002.29 of this Part, an apprentice jockey license may be issued only to an applicant who:
(a)is at least 16 years of age;
(b)if, under 18 years of age, has the written consent of a parent or guardian;
(c)is vouched for, in writing, by a licensed trainer who has engaged the applicant as an exercise rider;
(d)has at least two years of experience on the backstretch or farm in horse handling, the past one year of which has been as an exercise person;
(e)has obtained a gate card from the starter at the meeting;
(f)passes a written or oral examination conducted by the stewards, which may include questions on the anatomy, characteristics and locomotion of the horse, lameness, bleeding and other equine problems, riding and track equipment, and rules and regulations relating to jockeys and racing in general; and
(g)thereafter demonstrates riding ability satisfactory to the commission while temporarily licensed. Should such applicant foul, be careless or unsafe, or be found guilty of any other riding infraction while temporarily licensed, the apprentice jockey may be penalized for such conduct, including the temporary license may be cancelled and not reissued for six months.