License requirements for jockey
Compiled text through Jul 15, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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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, a full jockey's license (initial and renewal) may be issued only to an applicant who:
(a)meets the requirements of an apprentice jockey in section 4002.27 of this Part;
(b)can demonstrate good physical condition for a jockey; and
(c)has demonstrated to the stewards a competence of riding ability, which may include consideration of the recommendations from the starter, head outrider and the designated representatives of the jockeys and the horsemen of the racetrack. The demonstration of ability shall include the ability to break with a horse in company from the starting gate, working a horse in company around a turn and down a stretch, switching a crop from one hand to the other while maintaining control of the horse in a stretch drive, and causing a horse to switch lead coming out of a turn.