SECTION 325:15-5-17. Qualifications for Apprentice Jockey

(a)   An applicant for an Apprentice Jockey license may be prohibited from riding until verification of the applicant's previous riding experience by the stewards or Commission. This prohibition shall not exceed fourteen (14) days.

(b)   The conditions of an Apprentice Jockey license shall not apply to quarter horse racing. A jockey's performances in quarter horse racing shall not apply to the conditions of an Apprentice Jockey.

(c)   An Apprentice Certificate may be requested from the Stewards on a form provided by the Commission. Each applicant shall be limited to one Apprentice Certificate. If necessary, a duplicate copy may be requested from the issuing Commission.

(d)   An applicant with an approved Apprentice Certificate may be licensed as an Apprentice Jockey.

(e)   An Apprentice Jockey shall ride with a five pound weight allowance beginning with his/her first mount and for one (1) full year from the date of his/her fifth winning mount. If, after riding one (1) full year from the date of his/her fifth winning mount, the Apprentice Jockey has failed to ride a total of forty (40) winners from the date of his/her fifth winning mount, s/he shall continue to ride with a five pound weight allowance for one more year from the date of his/her fifth winning mount, or until s/he has ridden a total of forty (40) winners, whichever comes first. The apprentice weight allowance may be waived at the time of entry by the trainer or the trainer's designee with Stewards' approval. If an Apprentice Jockey is unable to ride for a period of fourteen (14) consecutive days or more after the date of his/her fifth winning mount because of service in the Armed Forces of the U.S.A., enrollment in an institution of secondary or higher education, or because of physical disability, the Commission may extend the time during which the apprentice weight allowance may be claimed for a period not to exceed the period the Apprentice Jockey was unable to ride.

[Source: Amended at 11 Ok Reg 4195, eff 7-26-94; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2415, eff 6-26-00; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 3472, eff 6-26-01 through 7-14-02 (emergency); Amended at 30 Ok Reg 499, eff 5-15-13; Amended at 37 Ok Reg 1676, eff 9-14-20]

Note

EDITOR’S NOTE: This emergency action expired without being superseded by a permanent action. Upon expiration of an emergency amendatory action, the last prior permanent text is reinstated. Therefore, on 7-15-02 (after the 7-14-02 expiration of the emergency action), the text of 325:15-5-17 reverted back to the permanent text that became effective 6-26-00, as last published in the 2001 Edition of the OAC, and remained as such until amended by permanent action on 5-15-13.