General Manual (A)
PART 4 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AS TO CONDUCT
35. Placing bets or laying a horse to lose
35.1 A Person must not make or offer to make a bet on horseracing on behalf of a Rider where the bet
- 35.1.1 in the case of an Amateur Rider, is to be placed on a race in which the Amateur Rider is riding, or
35.1.2 in any other case, is to be placed at any time during the term of the Rider's licence.
35.2 A Person must not offer a Rider the proceeds (or any part of the proceeds) of a bet on horseracing which is prohibited by Paragraph 35.1.
35.3 Paragraphs 35.1 and 35.2 apply regardless of where the bet is placed or where the race is run.
35.4 A service provider to a Person to whom these Rules apply must not
- 35.4.1 lay with a Betting Organisation any horse owned, trained or ridden by that Person to lose a race,
35.4.2 instruct another Person to do so on behalf of the service provider, or
35.4.3 receive the whole or any part of any proceeds of such a lay.
35.5 Paragraph 35.4 applies for the whole of the period in which the service was provided and for the period of 21 days afterwards.
35.6 Any reference to a Person laying a horse to lose includes any single instance of doing so, whether or not the single instance was, or was intended to be, one of a series of betting arrangements.
35.7 Nothing in this Rule prevents the laying of any horse owned by a Betting Organisation in the ordinary course of that Betting Organisation's business.
35.8 Betting organisation means
- 35.8.1 any bookmaker,
35.8.2 the Tote,
35.8.3 any company offering spread betting on horseracing or person-to-person betting exchanges on horseracing, and
35.8.4 the employees of any such organisation.
35.9 Any Person who is subject to these Rules must ensure that
- 35.9.1 no Person but himself shall use an account with a Betting Organisation which is maintained in his own name to lay any horse to lose, and
35.9.2 all lay bets on such an account will be presumed to be effected by, or for, the benefit of the named account holder, unless in any case it is proved that the lay betting in question was effected by another Person without the account holder's actual or constructive knowledge, or actual or implied consent and not for his potential benefit.