PART 5 - GENERAL DUTIES OF RIDERS - (D)30 to (D)57

45. Riding to achieve the best possible placing

45.1 A Rider must

45.1.1 ride his horse throughout the race in such a way that he can be seen to have made a genuine attempt to obtain from his horse timely, real and substantial efforts to achieve the best possible placing, and
45.1.2 take and be seen to take all other reasonable and permissible measures throughout the race, however it develops, to ensure the horse is given a full opportunity to achieve the best possible placing.

45.2 For the purposes of Paragraph 45.1, whilst it is not necessary for the Rider to use the whip, the Rider must give his horse at least a hands and heels ride.
45.3 But the Rider must pull up the horse where

45.3.1 it is lame or injured,
45.3.2 it is exhausted, or
45.3.3 the Rider considers that it would be contrary to the horse's welfare to continue riding out because the horse

45.3.3.1 has no more to give or is 'tailed off' through fatigue, or
45.3.3.2 has a problem which is materially affecting its performance.

45.4 Where the horse is lame or injured, the Rider must dismount immediately and must not ride to a finish.