Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3769 - State Racing Commission › Chapter 3769-15 - Racing Eligibility › Section 3769-15-30 - Declaration to start and drawing horses

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(Declaration and entry are used interchangeably as
				indicated).
(A) Declaration also known
			 as the entry box. Entries may occur by a computerized
			 method approved by the commission, by phone or by using an entry box. The
			 permit holder shall provide a locked box with an aperture through which
			 declarations (entries) shall be deposited.
(B) At all commercial tracks the entry
			 (declaration) box shall be opened by the presiding judge or an official
			 designated by the presiding judge, at the advertised time. No owner, trainer or
			 authorized agent for a horse with a declaration shall be denied the privilege
			 of being present when the box is opened or for the
			 draw. Under the supervision of the presiding judge, or an official
			 designated by the presiding judge, all entries shall be listed, the eligibility
			 verified, preference ascertained, starters selected and post positions drawn.
			 An original condition (not substitute races) on the condition sheet may not be
			 altered and the race must be contested if at least eight horses, representing
			 eight separate betting interests, are entered and meet the eligibility
			 standards. If it is necessary to reopen any race, public announcement shall be
			 made at least twice and disseminated via a computerized
			 method approved by the commission and the box reopened at a specified
			 time.
(C) Drawing of post positions
			 for the second heat in races of more than one dash at parimutuel meetings, may
			 be conducted by the judges from the stand for succeeding dashes.
(D) Declarations (entries) made by
			 a computerized method approved by the commission,
			 mail, or telephone that are actually received and evidence of which is
			 deposited in the box before the time specified to declare in, shall be drawn in
			 the same manner as the others. Such drawings shall be final
			 except as specified in this rule. Mail and
			 telephone declarations (entries) must state the same information that is
			 required by paragraphs (B)(3), (B)(4), (B)(5), (B)(6), and (B)(7) of rule
			 3769-15-19 of the
			 Administrative Code. It shall be the responsibility of the racing secretary to
			 see that such entries are signed by the person receiving the same.
(E) When a track requires a horse to be
			 entered at a stated time, failure to enter as required shall be considered a
			 withdrawal from the event.
(F)
			 After declarations (entries) to start have been made, no horse shall be
			 withdrawn from the race except by permission of the judges. A fine and/or
			 suspension shall be imposed for withdrawing a horse without permission and the
			 penalty shall apply to both the horse and the party who violated the
			 regulation.
(G) Such drawings shall
			 be final unless there is conclusive evidence that a horse properly entered was
			 omitted from the race through the error of a track or its agent or employee in
			 which event the horse shall be added to the race but given the last post
			 position, provided the error is discovered prior to either scratch time or the
			 printing of the program; however, in the case of early closers of more than ten
			 thousand dollars and stake and futurity races, the race shall be redrawn. This
			 shall not apply at commercial parimutuel meetings in overnight
			 events.
(H) Drivers may be changed
			 by the owner, trainer or authorized agent until
			 the time prescribed by the judges, after which no driver may be changed
			 by the owner, trainer or authorized agent without
			 permission of the judges and for good cause.
(I) For all overnight events, starters and
			 also eligibles shall be drawn by lot from those properly declared in, except
			 that a race secretary must establish a preference system for races as not more
			 than one conditioned race per day may be divided into not more than two
			 divisions after preference has been applied and the divisions may be selected
			 by the race secretary. For all other overnight races that are divided, the
			 division must be by lot unless the conditions provide for a division based on
			 performance, earnings or sex.