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University of Louisville 2007

Stewards School & CE

Racing Officials

Accreditation Program

RACING
OFFICIALS

ACCREDITATION PROGRAM

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

12 POINT PLAN

12 POINT PLAN

12 POINT PLAN

ACCREDITATION

Experience Requirements
for Accredited Racing Official

Experience Criteria for
Accredited Racing Official

LEVELS OF

ACCREDITATION

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Continuing Education

Continuing Education

2007-2008 Continuing

Education Emphasis

www.horseracingofficials.com

Directory

Update personal

information

Upcoming Events

ROAP Newsletter

& News

Employment

VIDEO SURVEY

VIDEO SURVEY

TEXTBOOK

ROAP PINS

RACING
OFFICIALS

ACCREDITATION PROGRAM

University of Louisville 2007

Stewards
School & CE

Kristin
Hix

THE
JOCKEY CLUB

Legal
& Administrative Coordinator

RACING
OFFICIALS ACCREDITATION PROGRAM

Board
Member

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University of Louisville 2007

Stewards School & CE

Kristin Hix

THE JOCKEY CLUB

Legal & Administrative
Coordinator

RACING OFFICIALS ACCREDITATION
PROGRAM

Board Member

Racing Officials

Accreditation Program

Mission Statement:

“The racing industry in North
America recognizes that the integrity of racing is our most important
responsibility. In order to achieve the highest level of integrity, competent
racing officials, stewards and judges are absolutely essential.”

RACING
OFFICIALS

ACCREDITATION PROGRAM

ROAP is a collaborative effort
of many  industry organizations
dedicated to ensuring the integrity of horse racing through properly educated
and trained racing officials.

Oversight & support for
Universities of Arizona & Louisville accreditation schools &
continuing education seminars

501(c)(6)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

AQHA

Arizona Race Track Industry
Program

Caribbean Conf.

Breeders’ Cup

HTA

Keeneland

National HBPA

NTRA

Oak Tree Racing

RCI

The Jockey Club

The Jockeys’ Guild

THA

TOBA

TRA

USTA

Louisville Equine Industry
Program

12 POINT PLAN

Enhance accreditation schools
and continuing education workshops

Develop a uniform curriculum
and examination process

Publish Racing Officials
Resource Guidebook*

Provide website with directory
of accredited racing officials*

12 POINT PLAN

Create a racing incidents video
library*

Establish periodic race video
analysis surveys for accredited stewards*

Review state rules for
uniformity on riding infractions*

Increase recognition of
accredited racing officials*

12 POINT PLAN

Promote adoption of rules
requiring accreditation of stewards and judges

Produce Duties and
Responsibilities of Racing Officials video*

Develop recruitment program
with internships & job placement*

Commissioners’ workshops on the
duties and responsibilities of racing officials

ACCREDITATION

Education + Examinations +
Experience = Accreditation

Education = Stewards &
Judges School

The five exam sections consist
of:

an oral exam

a film analysis exam

a written exam which is
comprised of three sections

medication and drug testing

legal and regulatory issues in
racing

general rules and regulations.

Minimum experience
qualifications must be met

Experience Requirements
for Accredited Racing Official

Can be fulfilled before and/or
after school attendance and exams.

a) At least 225 days, within
ten years, of experience as a licensed racing official as defined by the
Racing Officials Accreditation Program, (steward, racing secretary, director
of racing, ass’t racing secretary, horse identifier, patrol judge, paddock judge,
clerk of scales, starter, placing judge, official/regulatory veterinarian or
other racing official as designated by ROAP).

Graduates of the UL or UA with
a Bachelor’s Degree in the Racetrack/Equine Industry Program receive credit
for 100 days of experience

Participants in the ROAP
Internship Program shall receive credit for up to 56 days of the internship
program; or

Experience Criteria for
Accredited Racing Official

(b) Experience in the
pari-mutuel horse racing industry as a licensed trainer, jockey or driver for
(i) 5 years (average 200 starts per year for jockeys and drivers and 100 for
trainers) and 150 days experience as a racing official; or (ii) 10 years (same
starts requirements) and 100 days experience as a racing official; or (iii)
15 or more years (same starts requirements) and 50 days experience as a
racing official; and completion of Stewards or Judges Internship Program; or

(c) Be presently employed as a
steward/Judge for a length of time in the opinion of the Racing Officials
Accreditation Program to meet the requirements above; or

(d) Experience in the horse
racing industry of a character and for a length of time sufficient, in the
opinion of the Racing Officials Accreditation Program, to meet the
requirements above.

LEVELS OF

ACCREDITATION

Accredited Racing Official

Has passed all of the required
tests and meets the experience requirements for accreditation and all
continuing education requirements current

Accredited Steward/Judge

ARO + Has worked at least (50)
racing days as a Steward/Judge of a specific breed during the past 3 years

Senior Accredited Steward/Judge

ARO+ Has at least five years
experience as an Accredited Steward/Judge of a specific breed with at least
200 racing days.

Accredited Fair Racing Official
or Steward

Education + Exams + Has worked
an average of 10 days per year for three years at fair race meets.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Current Rule: All accredited
racing officials, stewards and judges, in order to maintain their
accreditation, must attend a continuing education activity of at least two
days or 16 hours given by an accredited steward school or approved by the
Racing Officials Accreditation Program at least once every two years.

Starting in 2008, the ROAP
Continuing Education requirement is going to be at least 16 hours of CE every
two years.

Continuing Education

Reporting Formal CE:

Fill out Certificate of
Attendance, including hours attended and make sure you sign it.

Return to Organizer of CE, who
will then submit the approved forms to ROAP.

Upon approval, your profile in
the database will be updated to show your current CE status.

Continuing Education

Informal CE credit for
attending certain industry events (e.g. Symposium, RCI Convention attendance)
will be eliminated after 2007

However pre-approved Racing
Officials, Steward and Judge meetings, workshops and seminars outside of UL
and UA schools will be treated as Formal CE:

Deadline of 90 days prior to
the event for a tentative agenda to be submitted to ROAP and for information
to be posted on the website.

ROAP “important topics” must be
on agenda to be approved.

Approved programs must be open
to at least all accredited racing officials, stewards and judges

ROAP is also planning a Racing
Officials Conference for 2008, probably in conjunction with the RCI
Convention in March, good for 8 hours of CE.

2007-2008 Continuing

Education Emphasis

Uniform handling of objections
& inquiries in reviewing the race

Determining disqualifications
in race with multiple incidents of interference

Stewards & judges should
conduct regular meetings with racing officials

Weekly race video review with
jockeys

www.horseracingofficials.com

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Directory

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Update personal

information

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Upcoming Events

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ROAP Newsletter

& News

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Employment

VIDEO SURVEY

VIDEO SURVEY

PLEASE SEND ANY VIDEOS YOU HAVE
OF INCIDENTS, FOULS, ETC. FOR USE IN SURVEYS AND FOR OUR VIDEO LIBRARY

TEXTBOOK

RACING OFFICIALS RESOURCE GUIDE

Edited by Don Clippinger,
currently being updated

The Guide contains insightful
observations from some of racing’s most knowledgeable and respected
individuals. Not only should it be required reading for every racing
official, it also would appeal to any serious student of the sport. The
resource guide was commissioned by the Racing Officials Accreditation Program
(ROAP) for use in conjunction with accreditation courses.

$15 each for Stewards and
Racing Commissions.

$30 each for others

ROAP PINS

To be worn while working as a
racing official to signify that you are ROAP accredited.

Currently three levels are
available:

Accredited Racing Official

Accredited Steward/Judge

Accredited Senior Steward/Judge

If you don’t already have a
pin, turn in updated ROAP personal information sheet to receive your pin.

RACING
OFFICIALS

ACCREDITATION PROGRAM

Questions?

At last year’s
Jockey Club strategic planning session with our Stewards, we discussed how to
increase the number of qualified racing officials.

Last month, we
announced the establishment of the Racing Officials Accreditation Program.

Designed to revise
and expand the former stewards accreditation program, we have enhanced
curriculum by developing a “Racing Officials101” textbook and a “Duties Of
Racing Officials” video. We are setting continuing education programs
including a periodic race film analysis for stewards via the inter-track
simulcast network. We have formed an association of accredited racing
officials with a web-based directory. Finally, we have hired a full-time
Director of Racing Officials to manage this program..

Currently only flat
racing survey; once we have a sufficient number of harness racing videos, we
will create a harness survey.

From homepage, click
Links, then “accredited stewards video survey” on the right hand side.

10 videos

Directions, charts,
and survey available online for dowload

Watch the videos as
a group or individually and fill out the survey for each video.

Return the survey
and a completed informal CE form for 2 hours of informal CE credit

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