The Orders and Rules of Racing
Race Administration Manual (F)
PART 8 - HANDICAPPING, PENALTIES, QUALIFICATIONS AND ALLOWANCES
141. Weight allowances in steeple chases, hurdle races and national hunt flat races open to professional riders
141.1 In a race to which Paragraph 141.3 applies, a Rider is entitled to claim a weight allowance of
- 141.1.1 7lb until he has won twenty races,
141.1.2 after that, 5lb until he has won forty races, and
141.1.3 after that, 3lb until he has won seventy-five races.
141.2 In a race to which Paragraph 141.3 applies, a Conditional Jockey is, until he has won five races, also entitled to claim an additional allowance of 3lb when riding a horse trained by his employing Trainer.
141.3 This Paragraph applies to any steeple chase, hurdle race or National Hunt Flat Race which is open to professional Riders and which is
- 141.3.1 a Handicap other than the Grand National Steeple Chase,
141.3.2 a Selling Race,
141.3.3 a Weight-for-Age Race classed 3, 4 or 5 in accordance with Schedule 2, or
141.3.4 a National Hunt Flat Race classed 3, 4, 5 or 6 in accordance with Schedule (F)2,
but it does not apply if the race is confined to Conditional Jockeys and equivalent Overseas Riders.
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