Thoroughbred and quarter horse racing, ch 10
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Additional scope-of-practice parameters Also eligible Altering entries prohibited Ambulance Apprentice jockeys Assistant starters Assistant trainers Cancel wagering Cancellation of a race Certificate required Chemists or laboratory Claim box Claim irrevocable Claiming races Clerk of scales Closing of entries Clothing and appearance Coggins test Commission veterinarians Communications Competing against contractor Competing engagements Conditions Conduct of races Confined to jockey room Counting of days Daily program Dead heats Declaration irrevocable Definitions Delays prohibited Detention enclosure Disallowance of claim Disputed decision Distance markers Duty stations Duty to fulfill engagements Eligibility Eligibility of in-foal filly or mare Elimination of stable Emergency authority Entitlement Entrance money Entries Entry and withdrawal Entry by disqualified person Equine infectious anemia (EIA) test Equipment Equipment change Exception Facilities’ responsibilities Facility policies Facility racing officials Fee earned Fees and engagements Field horses Films, recordings, and photographs Fire safety and prevention Full weight General authority General authority—clocker General authority—timer General description Handicapping Helmets and vests Horse identifier Horsemen’s bookkeeper Horses ineligible Identification Information dissemination Investigations and decisions Jockey agent Jockey betting Jockey conduct Jockey effort Jockey fines and forfeitures Jockey injury Jockey responsibility Jockey room custodian Jockey suspension Jockey weighing Jockey’s spouse Jockeys, apprentice jockeys, and jockey agents Limitation on overnight entries Limitation on scratches Limited partner entry prohibited Loading of horses Medication and administration Multiple claims on single horses Multiple engagements Mutuel manager Notification to the secretary Number display Offenses involving fraud Offenses not involving fraud Officials’ prohibited activities Other powers and authority Outrider Overnight entries Paddock judge Paddock judge’s list Paddocks and equipment Patrol judges Penalties not cumulative Photo finish Placing judges Positive test reports Possessing drugs or devices Post positions Posting of entries Postpone or cancel races Practicing veterinarian Preference system Preferences and eligibles Procedure for claiming Prohibited acts Prohibited areas Prohibited entries Protest of claim Quarter horse time trial races Quarter horses, when required Race procedures Racetrack surface and rails Racing numbers and silks Racing officials appointed or employed by the commission Racing secretary Racing silks Receiving barn and stalls Record of racing Registrations and supporting documents Required reports Responsibilities Restrictions Riding interference and riding infractions Sample collection of bodily substances Scratch time Scratch; declaring out Single official appointment Spurs prohibited Stake race entry limit Stakes and entrance money records Stalls Starter Starter’s list Starting gate Stewards Stewards’ denial of entry Stewards’ general authority Striking a horse prohibited Substitute trainers Successful claims; later races Sweepstakes entries Syringes, hypodermic needles, and infusion tubes Thoroughbreds, when required Timer/clocker Touching and dismounting prohibited Trainer responsibility Trainers and assistant trainers Transfer after claim Twelve-minute parade limit Waived claiming rule Whip and bridle limitations Whip prohibited Winnings Withdrawal of appeal Workouts© 2025 State of Iowa | Privacy Policy