Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., has issued some updated protocols for racing participants in response to the ongoing and winding coronavirus pandemic. The track is conducting live racing, but without spectators in the stands. Below are the protocols, directly from the Oaklawn overnight. The track is moving into the portion of its meet that features a number of major stakes races, and these policies will come into play for some participants:  

Oaklawn jockey protocol beginning 4/3/20: Update
Due to the recent corona virus outbreak and limited space in our jocks room,
any jockey who has not been a regular rider at Oaklawn during the 2020
Oaklawn racing season will not be allowed to participate at Oaklawn for the
remainder of Oaklawn's 2020 race meet; unless, the jockey is specifically
named in a stakes race to be run at Oaklawn on that day, and in such case
the said jockey named will be allowed to ride that specific day's card in its
entirety only.
Jockey's coming to Oaklawn named in stakes races will not be allowed to
access to the backside and will need to report to the health screening desk by
the American Pharaoh statue upon arrival the day of the stakes race. The
rider will be escorted to the quarantine area where they will remain until an
Oaklawn Security Guard escorts them to the paddock for the race they are
entered to ride. The quarantine area will have restrooms, TV and food but
will not have a shower, hot box, etc. At the paddock they will be weighed at
the winner's circle scale with their tack then escorted to the horse they will ride.
When the race is over, the valet MUST sanitize that saddle before it is brought
upstairs to the jocks room. The Rider is then escorted, by the Oaklawn Security
Guard, back to the quarantine area. The rider is asked to take all their
belongings with them and exit the premises without having any contact with
anyone else. Important, the jockey, trainer or owner is responsible to provide
the jockey their own valet.
Per Arkansas Department of Health Alert dated March 30, 2020 - Travelers from
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Louisiana, or outside the continental U.S.
("Designated Areas"), and travelers who have been in any of these Designated
Areas for any part of the then previous 14 days, are required to quarantine
outside these Designated Areas for a minimum of 14 days prior to being allowed
on Oaklawn grounds.
Jockeys named in a stakes race at Oaklawn, along with the current Oaklawn
jockey colony, are subject to all medical protocols required.
This policy is subject to change by Oaklawn in its discretion as circumstances
warrant.

Horses Shipping to Oaklawn protocol - as of 4/2/2020:
1. Trainers with horses on Oaklawn grounds who have been shipping horses in
during the Oaklawn 2020 season (or who have been participating in racing at
Oaklawn during the 2020 racing season shipping horses from Arkansas
stable areas), will be allowed to continue to do so with permission from the
Racing Secretary.
2. Otherwise, horses from other states are allowed to be sent to trainers
currently stabled on Oaklawn grounds for allowance and maiden special weight
races, with permission from the Racing Secretary. However, no trainer, assistant
or groom from outside Arkansas will be allowed in or on Oaklawn grounds with
the horse.
Stakes Races upcoming
3. Trainers are allowed to send horses to Oaklawn who are going to take part in
Oaklawn's 2020 Stakes program with permission from the Racing Secretary.
These stakes horses may be accompanied on Oaklawn grounds by the trainer or
assistant trainer only -no groom is allowed. However, if the trainer or assistant
trainer is traveling from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Louisiana, or outside
the continental US ("Designated Areas"), (or has been in any of these Designated
Areas for any part of the then previous 14 days), the trainer and/or assistant
trainer, as the case may be, is required to quarantine outside these Designated
Areas for a minimum of 14 days prior to being allowed on Oaklawn grounds
(consistent with recommendations of the Arkansas Department of Health Alert
dated March 30, 2020).
This policy is subject to change by Oaklawn in its discretion as circumstances
warrant.
When shipping horse(s) please notify the Stall Superintendent the day prior to
shipping between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. with all the names intending to ship.
Horsemen please ensure all tack and equipment are properly sanitized before
shipping and after arrival. Please sanitize your horse trailers/vans in the same
manner.