Section 017-7-52 - Admission to the Paddock1. On any racing day, during the period in which the Paddock Judge has declared the paddock closed, only authorized personnel may be present as set forth in this section. Persons authorized to be present in the paddock must be at least fourteen years of age and are limited to licensed participants who are: A. Owners of horses competing on the date of the race, orB. Trainers of horses competing on the date of the race, orC. Drivers of horses competing on the date of the race, orD. Grooms of horses competing on the date of the race, orE. Officials whose duties require their presence in the paddock, orF. Persons with written passes signed by the State Steward, orG. Licensed vendors whose duties require their presence in the paddock.2. No driver, trainer, groom once admitted to the paddock shall leave the same, without the permission of the Paddock Judge, other than to warm up said horse until such race or races for which he was admitted is contested.3. Once having left the paddock, no person except an owner, who has another horse racing in a later race, an official, a person on the track warming up a horse, or a person who left the paddock with special permission of the Paddock Judge shall return to the paddock until all races of that program have been completed.01-017 C.M.R. ch. 7, § 52