'A Stupid, Stupid Rule': New York Restrictions On Married Jockeys Stifling Davis' Business - Horse Racing News
Sponsored by: Jockeys Trevor McCarthy and Katie Davis were married in December “The dumbest rule in racing.” That's how attorney Bill Gotimer said TVG analysts have described New York's Commission Rule 4040.2 which reads: “No jockey, nor such jockeys' spouse, parent, issue nor member of such jockey's household, shall be the owner of any race horse. All horses trained or ridden by a spouse, parent, issue or member of a jockey's household shall be coupled in the betting with any horse ridden by such jockey.” The rule has become a topic of discussion in recent weeks as Gotimer ...
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