North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 69.5 - Racing Commission, North Dakota › Article 69.5-01 - North Dakota Racing Commission Rules › Chapter 69.5-01-03 - Racing Officials › Section 69.5-01-03-11 - Racing secretary

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
General
				authority.
The racing secretary is responsible for setting the
				conditions for each race of the meeting, regulating the nomination of entries,
				determining the amounts of purses and to whom they are due, and the recording
				of racing results.
2.
Conditions.
The racing secretary shall establish the conditions
				and eligibility for entering the races of the meeting and cause them to be
				published to owners, trainers, and the commission. Unless otherwise provided by
				the conditions, the winner of a certain sum means the winner of a single race
				of that sum. Corrections to the conditions must be made within twenty-four
				hours of publication.
3.
Posting of entries.
Upon the closing of entries each day, the
				racing secretary shall post a list of entries in a conspicuous location in the
				racing secretaries' office and furnish that list to local newspapers and radio
				and television stations.
4.
Stakes and entrance money records.
The secretary is caretaker of
				the permanent records of all stakes, entrance moneys, and arrears paid or due
				in a race meeting and shall keep permanent records of the results of each race
				of the meeting.
5.
Record of
				racing.
The racing secretary, no later than the day following each race,
				shall attach or endorse on the registration certificate of each horse winning
				in any race the fact of that winning performance and the distance, the date of
				the race, and the type of conditions of the race.
6.
Record of jockeys.
Upon entry
				of a horse in a race, the owner or trainer shall furnish to the racing
				secretary the name of the jockey who will ride the entry no later than scratch
				time of the date of the race unless unusual circumstances prevail and the
				stewards grant contrary permission, but in no event later than forty-five
				minutes before post time.
7.
Handicapping.
The racing secretary, or a handicapper assigned by
				the racing secretary, shall assign the weight to be carried by each horse in a
				handicap when weights are not stated in the condition of the race.
The commission has adopted the association of racing
				  commissioners international's model rules of racing for all scale of weights
				  criteria, version 11.0.
8.
Penalties not cumulative.
Penalties and weight allowances are not
				cumulative unless so declared in the conditions of a race by the racing
				secretary.
9.
Winnings.
a. All inclusive. For
				the purpose of the setting of conditions by the racing secretary, winnings must
				be considered to include all moneys and prizes won up to the time of the start
				of a race, including those races outside the United States. Foreign winnings
				must be determined on the basis of the normal rate of exchange prevailing on
				the day of the win.
b. Winnings
				considered from January first. Winnings during the year must be reckoned by the
				racing secretary from the preceding January first.
c. Winner of a certain sum. Winner of a
				certain sum means the winner of a single race of that sum, unless otherwise
				expressed in the condition book by the racing secretary. In determining the net
				value to the winner of any race, the sums contributed by its owner or nominator
				must be deducted from the amount won. In all stakes races, the winnings must be
				computed on the value of the gross earnings.
d. Winner's award. Unless the conditions of a
				race provide otherwise the entrance money, starting and subscription fees, and
				other contributions, shall go to the winner of the race. If for any reason a
				race is not run, those entrance, and starting and subscription fees must be
				returned to the nominators.