Following consultation with the Professional Jockeys Association (PJA), an amendment to the Rules of Racing will be made on Monday 8 June to address anomalies relating to jockey riding fees when a declared ride becomes a non鈥憆unner.
Currently, a rider whose mount is withdrawn after the jockey booking deadline receives a non鈥憆unner payment worth half a riding fee and may still be substituted onto another horse in the race, resulting in them receiving one and a half riding fees, while the displaced rider receives no payment.
Additionally, when a horse is declared a non鈥憆unner because its originally booked jockey becomes unavailable 鈥� through injury or inability to make the weight 鈥� the non鈥憆unner still triggers a payment to that rider.
To resolve these anomalies, the Fee Code will be updated so that jockeys will continue to receive the standard non鈥憆unner fee unless they are substituted onto another horse in the same race, in which case the non鈥憆unner fee will transfer to the displaced jockey.
In addition, a non鈥憆unner fee will not be payable where the horse鈥檚 withdrawal is a direct result of a jockey becoming unavailable and no suitable replacement is able to be found.
This Rule amendment does not result in any change to the overall jockey riding fees agreed annually by the Racehorse Owners Association and PJA.
Changes to Paragraph 16 of the have been approved by the BHA Board and will be updated on Monday 8 June.
