Apprentice weight allowances
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.
- Latest notice
- SGC-24-16-00007-A · Adopted rule · Sep 21, 2016
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
An apprentice jockey licensed in accordance with section 4002.26 of this Article may claim the following weight allowances in all overnight races except stakes and handicaps:
(a)ten-pound allowance beginning with the first mount and continuing until the apprentice has ridden five winners;
(b)a seven-pound allowance until the apprentice has ridden an additional 35 winners;
(c)if an apprentice has ridden a total of 40 winners prior to the end of a period of one year from the date of riding his or her fifth winner, he or she shall have an allowance of five pounds until one year from the date of the fifth winning mount; and
(d)if after one year from the date of the fifth winning mount the apprentice jockey has not ridden 40 winners, the applicable weight allowance shall continue for one more year from the date of the fifth winning mount, or until the 40th winner, whichever comes first. In no event may a weight allowance be claimed for more than two years from the date of the fifth winning mount, unless an extension has been granted under this rule.