Section 69.5-01-05-30 - Jockey agent1.Eligibility. No person may act as a jockey's agent unless such person has first demonstrated to the stewards that such person has a contract for agency with at least one jockey and has been licensed by the commission.2.Limit on contract. No jockey agent may serve as agent for more than two jockeys. No jockey agent may make or assist in making any riding engagement for a jockey with whom the agent has no contract.3.Agent's record.a. All jockey agents must have in their possession at all times engagement books approved by the stewards, and all engagements made for jockeys by agents must be recorded in said books. Books are subject to examination by the stewards at all times.b. When an owner or trainer engages the services of a jockey through a jockey agent, he or she shall obtain a card from the jockey agent specifying thereon whether or not he or she has first or second call on the services of the jockey. Such calls must be declared at the time of entry.c. Before each day's entries are taken, jockey agents are required to file their first, second, and third calls in each race in the racing secretary's office with a person designated by the stewards. If during the time the entries are being taken, a jockey agent should lose or pick up a call, the jockey agent shall immediately add these calls to the ones previously filed.d. No jockey agent may falsify the jockey agent's records.4.Agent withdrawal. When any jockey agent withdraws from the jockey agent's representation of a jockey, the jockey agent shall immediately notify the stewards and shall submit to the stewards a list of any unfilled engagements the jockey agent has made for the jockey. No jockey agent may be permitted to withdraw from the representation of any jockey unless advance written notice to the stewards has been provided.5.Agent's contract filed. No jockey agent's contract with a jockey or apprentice jockey, nor any assignment of that contract, is effective unless filed with the stewards.6.Prohibited areas. A jockey agent is prohibited during racing hours from being present in the paddock, the winner's circle, or the saddling enclosure, unless permitted by the stewards.N.D. Admin Code 69.5-01-05-30
General Authority: NDCC 53-06.2-04, 53-06.2-05, 53-06.2-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 53-06.2-01, 53-06.2-04, 53-06.2-05, 53-06.2-10