Full List of Rule Changes and Codes of Conduct

Published: 6 December 2000

JOCKEYS

Owning Horses/Betting/Receipt of Presents

62 (ii) It shall be a breach of the Rules of Racing for a Jockey during the term of his licence, or a Jockey riding under the provisions of Rule 61, to

(a) be the Owner or part-Owner of any horse being entered to run under these Rules or the Rules of any Recognised Turf Authority with the exception of horses taking part in Hunters’ Steeple Chases only and for the purposes of this Sub-Clause “Owner” shall include a person who has a beneficial or equitable interest in the horse;

(b) bet or instruct any person on his behalf to bet on horseracing;

(c) receive from any person the proceeds, or any part thereof, of any bet on horseracing;

(d) associate or communicate directly or indirectly with betting organisations or with any person representing a betting organisation on or from property owned, used or controlled by the Managing Executive of a racecourse save in the context of the normal running of the meeting unless the person in question is an Owner for whom the Jockey is declared to ride or except as provided for in Appendix N to these Orders and Rules;

(e) be present in the betting ring during a race meeting unless he can satisfy the Stewards of the Jockey Club or Stewards that he had good reason to be there;

(f) accept or agree to accept any reward, gift, favour or benefit in kind in connection with a race wherever run from persons other than the Owner or Breeder of the horse he rides in that race except as provided for in Appendix N to these Orders and Rules.

N.B. The “normal running of the meeting” exception in Sub-Paragraph (d) above is intended to enable association and communication to take place or commercial activities related to a day’s racing e.g. prize-giving, meeting sponsors.

VALETS

Betting

69 (iii) During the term of his licence or permit no Master Jockeys’ Valet or Master Valet’s Assistant may, at any meeting, which he is attending in his capacity as a Master Valet or Master Valet’s Assistant,

(a) bet or instruct any person on his behalf to bet on horseracing, or

(b) receive from any person the proceeds, or any part thereof, of any bet on horseracing, or

(c) associate or communicate directly or indirectly with betting organisations or with any person representing a betting organisation on or from property owned, used or controlled by the Managing Executive of a racecourse, or

(d) be present in the betting ring during a race meeting unless he can satisfy the Stewards of the Jockey Club or the Stewards that he had good reason to be there,

and any Master Valet or Master Valet’s Assistant who may be proved to the satisfaction of the Stewards of the Jockey Club to have contravened the requirements of this Sub-Rule is liable to have his licence or permit withdrawn.

GENERAL RULE

Betting

220 (ix) Any person with whom a Jockey or a Jockey riding under the provisions of Rule 61, or Amateur Rider or Master Jockeys’ Valet or Master Valet’s Assistant has dealings causing them to breach Rules 62(ii), (iii), 69(iii) or Rule 243 shall, if subject to the Orders and Rules of Racing, have committed an offence or, if not so subject, shall be liable to exclusion pursuant to Rule 2(v).

GENERAL RULES

Records

241 (i) Any person subject to the Orders and Rules of Racing who

(a) refuses to supply any information or record within a reasonable period of time requested by a person, duly approved and authorised by the Stewards of the Jockey Club under Rule 1A(xxi), reasonably believing the said information or record to be relevant to an investigation conducted in connection with horseracing, or

(b) hinders or obstructs a person, duly approved and authorised by the Stewards of the Jockey Club under Rule 1A(xxi), engaged in carrying out an investigation in connection with horseracing shall be guilty of an offence unless, in the opinion of the Stewards of the Jockey Club, he had good reason for so doing.

(ii) Where the information or record requested falls within the following categories no request shall be made without the prior authorisation in writing of a Steward of the Jockey Club having been obtained beforehand and such authorisation shall be made available for inspection when the request is made:-

1. Telephone billing accounts for specific periods relevant to a particular investigation;
2. Records relating to sponsorship agreements where payment, hospitality or gratuities are involved;
3.Training accounts providing details of payments and by whom paid;
4.Accounts in relation to the sale and purchase of horses;
5.Betting accounts operated by or on behalf of a Trainer or by a Trainer on behalf of his staff.

242. Any person subject to the Orders and Rules of Racing having been requested by, or on behalf of the Stewards of the Jockey Club,

a) to attend an enquiry or hearing of an appeal under Rule 178 and
b) to produce at that enquiry any information or record in connection with horseracing relevant to that enquiry
who, without sufficient cause, fails to produce any such information or record shall be guilty of an offence. The provisions of Sub-Rule 241(ii) shall apply to requests to produce information or records at an enquiry unless the request is made by the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee holding the enquiry.

Information

243. A licensed or permitted person or a Jockey riding under the provisions of Rule 61, or a registered stable employee shall not communicate directly or indirectly to any person for any material reward, gift, favour or benefit in kind information about a horse which is not publicly available or is not provided for in Appendix N to these Orders and Rules unless the person in question is the Owner or Owner’s representative.

Note:- The Stewards of the Jockey Club will not consider a reward, gift, favour or benefit to be material provided it has a value of less than £100 and there is no pattern of receipt indicating the provision of information on a frequent basis.

Definition:
‘Betting organisation’ means bookmakers, the TOTE and spread betting companies and their employees.

Consequential Amendments

Delete Rule 204 (iv)

APPENDIX N

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR TRAINERS AND JOCKEYS GIVING INFORMATION OR OPINIONS CONCERNING HORSES AT INTERVIEWS OR PRESENTATIONS (RULE 243)

The Stewards of the Jockey Club have issued the following Code of Conduct to allow for the acceptability, in limited circumstances, of Trainers and Jockeys giving information or opinions concerning horses entered in races.

Giving Information/Opinions at Interviews or Presentations – Acceptable Circumstances

Provided that any fee is no greater than that which reasonably reflects the occasion and the status of the Trainer or Jockey concerned a Trainer or Jockey may give information or express opinions on horses in races by the following methods:-

1. Through interviews and/or presentations conducted in the course of television or radio broadcasting;

2. Addressing a specific group or groups e.g. talks given to corporate sponsorship groups or in the context of corporate hospitality, stable yard public