Title 9 Part 4223

The racing secretary shall write the conditions of all races and publish them sufficiently in advance of closing time of entries to allow them to be read by all owners and trainers. He shall conduct the drawing of all races and immediately post an overnight listing of the horses in each race. He shall keep the preferred list of all horses.

The racing secretary shall act as the official handicapper in all races with handicap conditions and shall assign weight to each nominee according to his sole judgment in the matter.

The racing secretary shall not include in the condition book the following types of races; optional claiming, combination allowance and claiming, or allowance races conditioned on the claiming price of horses.

The character and conditions of substitute and extra races shall be determined by the racing secretary. No substitute or extra race which is used shall carry less guaranteed purse than the race which it replaced.

The racing secretary may, in the event a stake or handicap does not fill, replace such race with an overnight race carrying a guaranteed purse consistent with the daily average purse.

If the racing secretary declares a race off, the names of entrants in that race shall be posted on the official bulletin commission that day, identifying the race by number as it appears in the condition book.

The racing secretary shall keep a complete record of all races run, and of all violations of the rules of racing and shall report such violations to the steward.

He shall discharge all duties expressed or implied required by the rules of racing.

Any track where graded races are run the racing secretary shall post on the bulletin commission prior to the time of entry a list of all eligible horses grouped under the grades in which they will be allowed to compete. No horse may be added to this list after entry has begun without the consent of those who enter eligible horses.

The racing secretary shall publish on the official program such information and notices to the public as the commission may direct; and shall be responsible for any error of commission or omission in the official program for each racing day.

The racing secretary shall be responsible for the safe keeping of registration certificates and the safe return of same to owners at the conclusion of the meeting.