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Hawthorne Race Course Racing Protocols and Procedures

 

On days when live races are conducted at Hawthorne Race Course, the following protocols will be implemented:

 

1.       ALL persons wishing to enter the backstretch will have their temperature taken before being allowed access to the grounds. Any person registering a temperature above 100.4 will not be allowed onto the grounds.  ONLY LICENSED, ESSENTIAL personnel needed to conduct qualifiers will be allowed onto the grounds. License office will be open from 3PM-9PM on live racing nights. PLEASE GET LICENSE BEFORE COMING TO BACKSTRETCH! Please allow ample time for arrival so you are not late to the backstretch

2.       Horse owners are not allowed on the backstretch unless they are an essential caretaker for a horse.

3.       Facial coverings MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES in public areas.  Anyone who does not follow the facial covering rule will be asked to leave the grounds. Horsemen are to come equipped with their own facial covering. Facial coverings are to cover the mouth and nose

4.       Horses shipping in to race will be assigned stalls to ship into.  Those stalls will be disinfected prior to horse’s arrival and again following horse’s departure.  Trainers must ship into their ship-in stalls only. Hawthorne will use Barns D, 1 & K2 for ship in access. There will be an empty stall between each trainer’s assigned ship-in stalls to allow for social distancing.

5.       On live race nights, ALL horses in to race must have a security stall sign posted next to stall for their horse.  Security stall signs can be picked up at the entrance gate or security office. Please have tape on hand to be able to display sign.

6.       Trainers must provide their own bedding for horses shipping in.

7.       Horses stabled on the backstretch of Hawthorne Race Course will remain in their assigned stalls and report to Barn 1, West aisle prior to their race. Trainers are responsible for making sure they are to Barn 1 on time.

8.       For each race, ONLY ONE attendant is allowed in Barn 1 per horse unless circumstances call for a second attendant for safety reasons.

9.       Prior to each race, horses will line up in the West Aisle of Barn 1.  Drivers will hook up race bikes at that location prior to going onto track.

10.   Once on the racetrack, drivers will be allowed to remove facial coverings if they feel it is a safety concern. Otherwise drivers will be asked to keep facial coverings on.

11.   Upon completion of each race, drivers will unhook race bikes once off racetrack and horses will be walked back to barns.

12.   ONLY TWO PEOPLE are allowed in the winner’s circle following a race. The driver and one other person can be in the winner’s circle for a win photo.

 

Ship In Barn Assignments for September 4 – September 6

Barn D

              Perry Smith – Stalls 1-4

              Scot Banks – Stall 6

              Mark P’Pool – Stalls 8-9

              Greig Watson – Stalls 10-11

              Mike Rogers – Stall 13

              Cornelius Cavett – Stalls 15-16

              James Lackey – Stalls 18-19

              Willie Bell – Stalls 20-21

              Dale Knox – Stalls 23-24

              Rikki Soteras-Finn – Stalls 26-27

              Rick Schrock – Stall 29

              Jim Eaton – Stalls 30-33

              Al Scholz – Stall 35

              Todd Warren – Stall 37

              Harold Herrera – Stall 39

              Steve Searle – Stalls 40-44, 50-54

              Hector Herrera – Stalls 46-49

              Kim Roth – Stalls 56-58

              Dennis Bankston – Stall 59

              Chad Cook – Stall 61

              Cordarius Stewart – Stall 63

              Jennifer Sabot – Stall 66

              Scott Galloway – Stall 67

              Sanford Ropp – Stall 69

              Mike Letton – Stall 71

              Pete Leu – Stall 73

              Kim Hamilton – Stall 76

              Gary Rath – Stalls 77-79

              Rick Schulze – Stalls 81-82

              Mike Brink – Stalls 84-86, 93-96

              Merv Chupp – Stalls 87-89

              Tom Simmons – Stall 91

              Greg Kain – Stalls 97-98

              William Crone – Stalls 100-102

              Terry Leonard – Stalls 104-106, 112-114

              Gerald Hansen – Stall 107

              Rodney Freese – Stalls 109-110

             

Barn 1

              Charles Eustis – Stall 44

              David Moseley – Stall 46

              Kennedy Lindsey – Stalls 47-48

              Wayne Temple – Stall 50

              Tony Farina – Stall 52

              Merle Finn, Jr. – Stall 54

              Wayne Brown – Stall 59

              Dennis Brightwell – Stall 61

              Leslie Miller – Stalls 62-63

              Phillip Glenn – Stall 64

              John Pritchard – Stall 66

              Nelson Willis – Stalls 67-68