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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".15" citation="COMAR 09.10.02.15" title_num="09" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="02" heading="Drivers.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An individual may not drive in a race unless licensed to do so by the Commission.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An individual may not be granted a license to drive under any name other than the individual's legal name.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A horse may not appear upon the track within 1 hour preceding post time of the first event of the day unless the driver of the horse is dressed in colors.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A driver wearing colors may not:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Leave the paddock, except to drive, until all of the driver's engagements are fulfilled and the colors removed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Enter the public areas of the racetrack without the permission of the judges; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Partake of intoxicating beverages or controlled dangerous substances.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A driver wearing colors but not competing in a particular race may view the race from the stand as provided under Regulation .16 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The driver of a horse in a race:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall endeavor to win;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Shall drive the horse in a manner to achieve the best possible position at the end of the race;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Shall set or maintain a pace comparable to the class in which the driver is racing and violates this provision by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Going an excessively slow quarter, or any other distance, that changes the normal pattern, overall timing, or general outcome of the race, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Failing to react to the pace;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>May not drive the horse in a careless or indifferent manner;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>May not drive the horse in an inconsistent manner compared to an established pattern of prior performances;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>May not drive a horse so as to perpetuate or aid in a fraud; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>May not bet on the race, except:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>To win on the horse the driver is scheduled to drive, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Through the owner or trainer of that horse.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A driver under a contract of employment may not drive for a person other than the driver's employer in a race where a horse is entered which is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Owned or trained by the driver's employer;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In the same stable as that of the driver's employer; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Under the same management as that of the driver's employer.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>A driver shall wear an approved helmet with the chin strap fastened while driving in a race.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>An approved helmet under §H of this regulation is one that is manufactured in accordance with the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>1984 Standard for Protective Headgear (Snell Memorial Foundation);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Laboratory Procedure for Motorcycle Helmet Testing (Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 218, U.S. Department of Transportation); or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Specification for Headgear Used in Horse Sports and Horseback Riding (ASTM Standard F085.53, Draft #4, 1986).</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>