Section 294-20.003 - WEIGHING IN20.003.01 After a race has been run the jockey shall pull up his or her mount, ride promptly to the winner's circle, and be weighed in by the clerk of the scales.20.003.02 If a jockey is prevented from riding the mount to the judge's stand because of an accident or of illness either to himself or herself or to the horse, the jockey may walk or be carried to the scales, or be excused by the stewards from weighing in. (In no case shall the jockey ride a horse bleeding profusely or crippled by a broken bone past the public stands, nor attempt to lead him or have him led past the public stands.)20.003.03 Except by permission of the stewards, every jockey must, upon returning to the placing judge's stand, unsaddle the horse he or she has ridden, and no person shall touch said horse except by his bridle.20.003.04 No person shall assist a jockey in removing from the horse the equipment that is to be included in the jockey weight, except by the permission of the stewards.20.003.05 No person shall throw any covering over any horse at the place of dismounting until the jockey has removed the equipment that is to be included in his or her weight.20.003.06 Each jockey shall, in weighing in, carry over the scales all pieces of equipment carried when weighing out. Thereafter it may be handed to the attendant.20.003.07 Each jockey shall weigh in and weigh out at the same weight. If short of it by more than two (2) pounds his or her mount may be disqualified and the purse may be redistributed accordingly, and the jockey may be subject to action by the stewards. Disqualification of a horse due to a shortage of weight on weighing in shall not affect the official order of finish for purposes of parimutuel payoffs.20.003.08 No jockey shall weigh in at more than two (2) pounds over the weight at which he or she weighed out, except insofar as said weight may have been affected by the elements.294 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 20, § 294-20.003