TITLE 11: ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING
SUBTITLE B: HORSE RACING
CHAPTER I: ILLINOIS RACING BOARD
SUBCHAPTER f: RULES AND REGULATIONS OF HARNESS RACING
PART 1305 RACE TRACK OPERATORS AND THEIR DUTIES
SECTION 1305.230 LICENSED OUTRIDER


 

Section 1305.230  Licensed Outrider

 

The race track operator shall furnish a licensed outrider who is to be on duty and suitably mounted each day during racing hours. The outrider must display excellent riding ability. Among his duties shall be:

 

a)         Leading tough horses;

 

b)         Holding a horse during an equipment change before a race;

 

c)         Controlling the horses until they reach the gate;

 

d)         Catching the horses if they stray at the gate or after an accident;

 

e)         Detouring other horses away from an accident.