Section 294-17.001 - PADDOCK TO POST17.001.01 In a race each horse shall carry a conspicuous saddlecloth number and a head number, corresponding to his number on the official program. In the case of any entry each horse making up the entry shall carry the same number (head and saddlecloth) with a distinguishing letter. For example, 1-1A, 1X. In the case of field, the horses comprising the field shall carry an individual number; i.e. 10, 11, 12 and so on or 10, 10A, 10B and so on.17.001.02 Horses must be in the paddock at least fifteen (15) minutes before post time.17.001.03 Every horse must be saddled in the paddock unless special permission has been granted by the stewards to saddle elsewhere.17.001.04 After entering the track not more than twelve (12) minutes shall be consumed in the parade of the horses to the post except in cases of unavoidable delay. After passing the stand once, horses will be allowed to break formation and canter, warm up or go as they please to the post unless otherwise directed by the stewards. When horses have reached the post, they will be started without unnecessary delay.17.001.05 After the horses enter the track, no jockey shall dismount and no horse shall be entitled to the care of an attendant without the consent of the stewards or the starter and the horse must be free of all hands other than those of the jockey or assistant starter before the starter releases the barrier.17.001.06 In case of accident to a jockey or to his or her mount or equipment, the stewards or the starter may permit the jockey to dismount and the horse to be cared for during the delay, and may permit all jockeys to dismount and all horses to be attended during the delay.17.001.07 If a jockey is thrown on the way from the paddock to the post, the horse must be remounted, return to the point where the jockey was thrown and then proceed over the route of the parade to the post. Horse must carry his assigned weight from paddock to post and from post to finish.17.001.08 If the jockey is so injured on the way to the post as to require another jockey, the horse shall be taken to the paddock, another jockey obtained, and then ridden over an uncompleted portion of the exact route of the parade to the starting point.17.001.09 If a horse leaves the course while moving from paddock to post, he shall return to the course at the nearest practical point to that at which he left the course, and shall complete his parade to the post from the point at which he left the course.17.001.10 No person shall willfully delay the arrival of a horse at the post.17.001.11 Only the jockey may strike a horse in assisting it in getting a start. No person other than the rider, starter or assistant starter, shall be permitted to shout or otherwise assist the horse in getting a start. The gate judge, track veterinarian, or others may assist at the direction of the starter.294 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 17, § 294-17.001