Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-A - The Operation of Thoroughbred Racing except as noted › Section 12-574-A26 - Racing secretary, handicapper

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Racing
			 secretary
. A person appointed by the association and licensed by the
			 commission shall be the racing secretary. He also shall be clerk of the course,
			 and unless it is otherwise specified, he shall act as handicapper.
(b)
Duties of racing secretary
.
			 The racing secretary shall discharge all duties required by these rules, and
			 report to the stewards as the case demands, all violations of these rules, or
			 of the regulations of the course, coming under his notice; he or his designated
			 representative shall keep a complete record of all stakes, entrance money, and
			 arrears and pay over all monies so collected by him to such officers or persons
			 as may be entitled to receive the same. The racing secretary, or designated
			 representative, must record all winning races on proper forms attached to the
			 jockey club registration certificate not later than the day following the race
			 having been won. He shall assign the post positions of all starters in a race
			 by lot.
(c)
Records of
			 performance
. The racing secretary's office shall keep up-to-date
			 performance files on all horses registered to race with the
			 association.
(d)
Maintain
			 records
. The racing secretary shall maintain all ownership records in
			 accordance with the rules and regulations and directions of the commission.
			 Charts or records of every horse stabled at tracks during meetings thereat
			 shall be kept by or under the direction of the racing secretary. Said charts
			 shall show the breeding, name, registration, age and sex of the horse; and such
			 charts and records shall he available to the members and the steward of the
			 commission.
(e)
Program
. The racing secretary shall compile an official program
			 for each racing day, which shall state the time fixed if or the first race and
			 give the names of the horses which are to run in each of the races of the
			 day.
(f)
Details of
			 program
. The program shall indicate the order in which each race is to
			 be run; the purse, conditions, distance of each race; the owner, trainer, and
			 jockey of each horse; each owner's racing colors; the weight assigned to each
			 horse; his number and post position, color, sex, age and breeding. The program
			 may show other pertinent data.
(g)
Record all races
. The racing secretary shall keep a complete
			 record of all races.
(h)
Assigns stable
. It shall be the duty of the racing secretary or
			 designated track representative to assign to applicants such stabling as he or
			 they may deem proper to be occupied by horses in preparation for racing, and he
			 or they shall determine all conflicting claims of stable privileges.
(i)
List of entries to be
			 posted
. The racing secretary shall each morning, as soon as the entries
			 have been closed and compiled, and the declarations have been made, post in a
			 conspicuous place in his office a list thereof. Any newspaper desiring the same
			 shall also be furnished a copy.
(j)
Payments and arrears
. Within fourteen (14) days, exclusive of
			 Sundays, from the close of the meeting, he shall pay to the persons entitled to
			 it all the money collected by him; and at the expiration of the same period he
			 shall notify the association of all arrears then remaining unpaid, and all
			 arrears shall be regarded as having been assumed by the association.
(k)
Submit entries and transfers of
			 engagements
. Before acceptance, he shall submit to the association, all
			 entries and transfers of engagements and all races except those opened and
			 decided during the meeting.
(l)
Handicapper, duties
. The handicapper shall append to the weights
			 for every handicap the day and hour from which winners will be liable to a
			 penalty and no alteration shall be made after publication except in case of
			 omission, through error, of the name or weight of a horse duly entered, in
			 which cases by permission of the stewards the omission may be rectified by the
			 handicapper.