Tex. Occ. Code Section 2021.004
Definitions Used in Administering Subtitle


For the purpose of administering this subtitle:

(1)

“Authorized agent” means a person appointed by an owner of a horse to represent the owner. The term is limited to a person who is appointed by a written instrument that the commission acknowledges and approves.

(2)

“Clerk of scales” means a racetrack official who is responsible for weighing a jockey before and after a race.

(3)

“Handicapper” means a person who predicts the winner of a horse race.

(4)

“Horseshoe inspector” means a racetrack official who inspects the shoes of the horses entered in a race.

(5)

“Jockey” or “apprentice jockey” means a professional rider licensed by the commission to ride in horse races.

(6)

“Jockey room custodian” means a person who maintains the premises of a room in which jockeys prepare for a race.

(7)

“Official starter” means a racetrack official who is in charge of the start of a race.

(8)

“Paddock judge” means a racetrack official who supervises animals entered in a race while the animals are assembled before the beginning of a race in an enclosure on the grounds of a racetrack.

(9)

“Patrol judge” means a racetrack official who is stationed at a set point along the racetrack to monitor the running of a race.

(10)

“Quarter horse racing” means the form of horse racing in which quarter horses mounted by jockeys engage in a race.

(11)

“Stable foreman” means the person in charge of the building in which horses are lodged and fed.

(12)

“Timer” means a racetrack official who times the running of a race.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.

Source: Section 2021.004 — Definitions Used in Administering Subtitle, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.­2021.­htm#2021.­004 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).

Accessed:
Apr. 29, 2024

§ 2021.004’s source at texas​.gov